Sometimes its just really nice to get out of town! We went to Billings for a few days.(We found out our Peytie had strep throat when we got there!She still had fun.(just not as much as the boys!)she just needed lots of extra snuggling and pampering! Our hotel had 2 big water slides! So we played at the pool and ate and rested! It was nice to go eat at our favorite places-Red Lobster and Olive Garden. Our little Hunter can put the sea food away like his Daddy! And Avery enjoys fish only.(he says "just like Jesus did!" ( my cute boy!))Peyton wont touch any of it-she stuck to her salad and baked potato (I was surprised she wanted to eat at all!)Then we drove home in the snow and wind!(gotta love spring in Montana!)We have just been so spoiled to have Heath home with us and off work for the last 15 days! Today we have to get back to life as usual as he heads off for his 5 days away! Time to scrapbook!!!

A perfect day in the mountains!

On Saturday we went to the mountains to play. It was such a beautiful day. When we got there I was really sleepy so I was going to take a little nap in the van, I was almost asleep when my hubby came and got me and said he wanted to show me something. I didn't have a very good attitude about it but I followed him anyway. He was such a sweetie and had hung a hammock up for me to nap in. I took the best nap ever,I slept for several hours-it was heavenly!! They played and fished in the half frozen stream right beside me. There giggles and laughter filled my dreams. They caught several different types of small trout and cooked them up and ate them. I did wake up in time to watch them catch some fish and of course I had time to take some pictures! My Avery said it so well "Mom-these mountains God made for us are just so beautiful-I'll never get tired of looking at them!" I cherish these moments together and give praises to my God for giving me such an amazing family and life!

finished!

I finished up a scrapbook project I was working on for my sister and got it in the mail! Yayy! Completion is a grand thing! I posted a couple of pages from her book.
My sweetie turned 33!

The Spike-do's

I had to put these pictures up of the boys with the spike-do's their dad gave them!
Hunter now wants me to spike his hair up every day! We've had a lazy weekend with dad gone, I even got to do some scrapbooking! I have 3 great snugglers who keep me company when daddy is away. Last night they were all snuggled up so sweetly I had to take a picture. I pray they will always be best buddies!

My Champions!

At our church we just had the pine car derby races. This year Hunter won 1st place in his age group and Avery won 2nd place in his. And my Peyton Blaise had a fabulous attitude about losing! She was cute she said "Mom, Im just happy for everyone that won, and I had fun doing it!"I was so very proud of all three of them they are my champions!!

Happy Birthday Babies!

February is busy with Birthdays! My Avery turned 9, I cant believe it! And my Peyton turned 7, time sure flies when your having fun!!!This year I attempted to make their cakes again. I started with Peytons, I spent 2 hours decorating her 2 tiered square Littlest Pet shop cake. I sat it outside on a nice flat pile of snow while I started on Averys. When I went out to bring it inside, it had slid off of the suburban and splattered on the drive. I woke Heath up-like I thought he could save it or something! He was sweet he got up and went out and tried to recover it. It was a lost cause! I was so tired I stood there making some really sad crying sounds but no tears would come. Heath had a great idea, he said dont worry babe Peyton will love an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. After that, I just didnt have it in me to put too much work into Averys Mario cake, but he was happy with what I did do.
On there Birthdays we always pull out there baby photos and I tell them all about the day they were born. Oh how God has blessed me with my beautiful children! Im so thankful that 9 and 7 years ago he picked me to be Avery and Peytons Mom!!

My Ring!

On January the 10th Heath and I celebrated 11 wonderful years together!!! I think I say this every year but just when I think we've had the best year yet, we have another year together!! For our anniversary we went to dinner at Applebees and he surprised me with a beautiful diamond ring!! He and the kids picked it out and I just love it! I feel really special because he sold one of his guns to get it for me. I am truly blessed with the most precious man on this earth!

our snow day

Finally the weather was warm enough (40 degrees) to drive into the mountains and play in the snow. The mountains and trees breathtakingly beautiful as always!Im continually in awe of my Father God and the never ending beauty He places all around us! I could never get tired of the view here in Montana! Only subzero temperatures drive me a little crazy every now and then! My hubby built us a fire, and the sledding began! I sat in the snow and took no less than a hundred pictures of my family eating snow, playing and laughing! And of course I got in there and played too! SO much in fact that I couldn't move for a few days. I owe it all to the snow ramp that Heath and Avery built at the bottom of our grand hill. I think I flew atleast 4 ft in the air-that was the fun part then I landed! What was I thinking!! Well I wasn't- that's for sure! But we live and we learn-right! I sure hope so! lol!

Grandpapa and Ggs visit!

It was such fun having Grandpapa and Gg for Christmas! They arrived at 1pm and we waited for them to start Christmas. Which wasnt hard since we stayed up all night playing and slept till noon. The kids were thrilled when they walked in the door!! The greatest Christmas present of all! Avery read the Christmas story from the Bible, then we opened gifts. Grandpapa and Gg got us a Wii-which is just a total blast for the whole family! We were all compleatly spoiled with gifts!Then our dear friends(family really!)Derrick and Erin and there children joined us for a Christmas feast. It was cold and snowy outside! It was a perfect Christmas! Time always flys when your having fun! So there visit flew by! It did warm up for us to go play in the snow- we went sledding at our favorite park. And Hunter Kent managed to sled into the icy cold river. Grandpapa pulled him out quickly! I had no idea he would go in so I was snapping pictures as he was sliding down the hill, then right before my eyes-he dissapeared over the ledge into the water.I came running down that hill like a screaming maniac of course! Thankfully God is always taking care of my children-He has put His mighty angels around them to protect them in all that they do! After we got Hunter warm and changed he was ready to sled again!
It was hard saying goodbye to our Grandpapa and GG!!Hopefully theyll come again soon!