Preschool Graduation

 My baby girl is growing up too fast. 

She came home from preschool and said that she is going to have graduation,

and she is supposed to have someone special to come and tell her good job.  :) 

She told me she wanted all of her Grandma/pa's, Aunt Christy and Amy there. 

It was so sweet, but just not a possiblity. 

I explained it to her and asked if there was anyone that lived here

 that she would want to invite instead. 

She smiled BIG and without a moments hesitation she said Brother Hundley

(he sits in front of us at church and they adore each other)

and "MY" sister Cluff. 

I explained that Brother Hundley works in the day, but we could definately  invite "her" Sister Cluff. 

We did and she was sooooo cute and excited about it. 

Becky Cluff has always been such a sweet friend to me.

She has 12 kids and after I had "B" she begged me to let her watch her

every Wednesday to help with her baby withdrawal.  haha

She has always been so sweet with "B" and it sure was nice to have an afternoon a week

all to myself.  She is ALWAYS serving people

and has been such a good example to me.  It is so hard to live far from family and ask for help,

but Becky is always my go to person when I need help.  I LOVE that woman!   

The kids were all adroable.  Becky wanted to make "B" a graduation hat, but didn't want the other kids to be left out so she made them for the entire class.  It was adorable!!!! 

They sang cute songs and got to introduce themselves.  They had to say their name and what they want to be when they grow up. 

"B" said she wants to be a church Mommy.  :)  I asked her later what that means, and she said you know like you.  A mommy who takes care of her sweeties and packs the big blue bag to church to teach all the children.  (primary teacher) I have this huge blue bag that I put my manual and games and such that we will use during class.  It was adorable.  

Here she is with her diploma from Ms. Staci.  

We took a thank you gift for such an amazing teacher.  I found the card idea on pintrest.  It was actually a Mothers Day card but we changed it a bit to fit Ms. Staci.  I loved that it was simple enough that she could do it on her own.  We also made a pencil out of a long plastic tube filled with hot tamales and wraped in paper to look like a pencil.  We painted the lid pink for the eraser and used a chocolate kiss for the lead.  I used rub ons that said thank you and "B" wrote her name.  

I also made her a wood pencil I got at the Wood Connection in Utah with Amy.  

 I forgot to get pictures of them til right before we walked into graduation. 

They aren't the best pictures but it's better than nothing I guess. 

After some frusterating experiences I decided I wasn't going to blog anymore. 

But....after feeling the love from my readers who say they have missed it (haha)

I decided to try and pick it back up again. (that is if I can figure out the new changes they made to blogger.  Oh my) 

To be completely honest I enjoy it.  It is a simple way to journal

the things going on in our family and such a simple way

to keep connected with out of state family. 

So now, to play catch up...

Moving is always such a HUGE ordeal so when my sweet sister Christine

called to tell me she was going to be in town for her BFF's birthday, I was sooooo excited. 

She spent the first two days celebrating with her and making her feel like a million bucks only the way that Christy can. 

I even got to go over for games with the girls and it was just SOOOO.much fun!!!  I do love these ladies and am glad they always let me come and "play" too. 

 Christy spent the next two days helping me pack. 

I felt like I had an ok start on things, but once she was here, things really got done. 

I will never forget the great service she did for me.   

She is a good hard worker and amazing packer. 

I seriously can't thank her enough for all of her help. 

 Because Aunt Christy was involved "B" was  right there in the middle of things. 

She was adorable and did a great job actually. 

Who knew packing could be so fun.  

 I had so many angels come and help me out with the move. 

I got some killer cleaning tips from Carla Smith (RS President)

I never knew just how awesome baking soda is for cleaning. 

She is a pro. 

 I loved the talks, support and oh my goodness the LAUGHS that I shared with Kate Merkley (visiting teacher and friend) 

She is no doubt an eternal friend I will cherish always. 

It's amazing how fast work flies by when your with fun people. 

 Staci and Gwen were incredible and always asking to watch "B" for me

so I could get stuff done, and brought in yummy meals. 

It was very helpful and touched my heart

each and everytime they offered and wouldn't take no for an answer.

Such great examples of the kind of friend I want to be. 

Moving is hard but moving while pregnant is even more exhausting.   

Now that we are in our new beautiful home and loving it,

I need to come up with a fun way to thank these amazing people in my life.  

It is people like these who make moving just sooooo darn hard. 

I am glad we are only a few miles away though.  

I will always cherish the remember the kindess and service shown to me and at just the right time. 



Beat the Heat!

It is already getting soooo hot.  I told the kids the weekend was going to be really hot a few weeks ago and asked them what they wanted to do.  We decided to rent a big blow-up wet slide and then invited as many friends over to enjoy it as we could.


we had all the small little friends come over in the morning

they were adorable and fun to watch.

there were some pretty awesome tricky moves

with lots and lots of smiles 

The boys invited their friends over after lunch for some more intense sliding. 

We munched on fruit and otter pops all day. 



We ended up being out side from 9am til 6:30pm. The kids had a blast and I enjoyed visiting with the moms.  My cute friend stayed til the very end.  We decided we were too tired to cook so we ordered pizza for dinner and ended the night with a pizza party.  It was such a laid back fun day.  I can't wait to do it again. 

  

 

                                I counted 32 little friends (not including my own) who were able to come and keep cool with us.  It sure was fun!!!

I got spoiled with some yummy thank you treats.  Bread from Gwen, Pot Stickers from Jolie, cookies from Becky and brownies from Amy.  I'm thinking I definately got the better end of the deal.  :)