This sucks! Oh by the way......

Happy 11th anniversary to Mark and I!!! While on a mini getaway to salt lake, (then onto lagoon!!) we received a call from Mark's brother telling us that his tow truck (marks) was set on fire!?!?! 6 weeks prior a guy set his own car on fire because his was mad that Mark towed it then gained it as his payment. After receiving threatening phone calls about his tow truck and the house mark went ahead and upped all the insurance coverage. Good thing he did cause 3 am while at a hotel in SLC, this is what went up in flames!!












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It's toast!! what to do? Insurance will come into play but who knows how long it will take. Meanwhile Mark is looking for a new truck. This has been a big eye opener that things you hold dear, like a job, can go up in flames at any time! We have taken all actions to now protect our home and our 5 little ones. Things will get better and we are relying on the lord more then ever! Some how, some where there lies a blessing for us, Mark thinks its a new and bigger truck, HAHAHA!!!!

Rodeo

Rodeo date night!


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The start of their Journey!

May 19, 2011! The start of their Eternal life together, Scott and Jenn Leatham. What an amazing day, sealed for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake City temple, their journey begins. Although it rained during the pictures at the temple the day still turned out to be full of smiles and giggles. Jenn chose such amazing flowers for her big day, I was awe struck! Scott could have not chosen a better companion. Jenn is stunningly beautiful and fun loving. Jenn's bridal pictures were on display and were so sweet, Scott did wonderfully, like always behind the camera!! The reception we full of beautiful, large flower arrangements that Jenn's mom put together.( she is very talented!!) Lots of kisses, cake and bubbles and the new happy couple are off on their new adventures!! Congratulations to Scott and Jenn! We are so glad to have been apart of your special day!! love you guys!!

From that to THIS!

Before



During- addi wanted to help too!

Addison's room is starting to come along well! I ordered the wall decal off of eBay! Now I am starting to think of what I can do in Lakota and makayla's room, oh the possibilities!


After- I'm so amazed at how it turned out! 20 bucks and lot of rubbing and a room transformed, too cute.
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Mom

This is what Lakota did at school for a mothers day gift. Lakota is a very thoughtful little girl! She just melts my heart and has taken over being the little mommy. I am so blessed to have her in our family and for her caring the way she does about others! I love her to pieces!



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A new wall

This is my new project! A family picture is going in the middle I just have to figure out what is the best way to hang it so the kids don't knock it down while heading down stairs. The red door defiantly gave the room the color that it was lacking! A big thank you to mark, my hubby for helping me hang the door up! (it was not an easy task!) I love how this turned out!


This is what my wall use to look like going down the stairs, boring and beige.



I have more projects coming I just have to wait till it warms up a bit so I can paint!

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Mexico Day 4-7!!

Day 4,Puerto Vallarta, We booked an excursion through the ship because it had a limit to how many people could go.(30) The Extreme Zip Line Tour!! It was like 5 excursions in 1. After the ship had docked we loaded a boat, the ride took about 25 minutes, from there it was into hummers that took us through a small little town that had a bunch of little taquilla factories. After the hummer ride we arrived at a little area in the jungle for instruction on where to place are hands while on the zip line. Then we geared up and was ready to go. Loaded on to mules and headed up the trail. This part was so much fun, the mules knew what to do and made the ride amazingly easy. Then we were off for our adventure, 8 zip lines and 2 waterfalls to repel down. It was so much fun and I got to experience all this with Mark!!! From zip line to zip line there was hiking, talking and jokes played on us by the many tour guides!! (like hiding behind things and scaring us!) I though that the whole tour went by really fast and I was hoping to do some shopping after, but that was not the case. This tour took up all 6 hours that we had. And YES I would do it all over again!
Day 5, Cabo, Shopping, Shopping and more Shopping. We tagged along with our new found friends. Our friends Derek and Brittney stopped and paid to hold a baby lion! When are you ever going to be able to do that? Brittney loved it and we took ever so many pictures for them. Next, off to the beach to soak in our last day. After boarding the ship we went our separate ways. (we had dinner in a different area) Later that night we all meet up for the comedy show. Drinks and a lot of laughter is what we needed to end the night right! We had a lot of fun with Derek, Brittany, Whitney and his wife Kassie, We are blessed to have ran into them and that we live so close! The last day (day6) was spent playing card with our friends, talking, lunch and getting to know each other. Sad to see it end, yes, but glad to have made new friends! Day 7, docking in California, super cold and windy! An easy flight home where we where met by Scott and Jenn!
Mark and I are very grateful to our parents for watching our kids so that we could spend an incredible time with each other. The kids could not stop talking about all the fun things they got to do with their Grandmas! How blessed we are!