Last Saturday

we were really busy! The girls helped Rob with our garden. Grace wanted to plant Watermelon, Cantaloupe and pumpkin! We are a month or two too late but we'll see how it goes. :)

I made some banana cream pie cupcakes using this recipe. Really delicious!!

Then we were on our way to Walmart to experience the craziest thing I've ever experienced in my life!! We got some groceries, went out to the car and Rob started putting all the bags in the trunk. My purse was in the front of the cart where the kids would sit. I noticed it was there before Rob put the cart away but I thought he would see it and he didn't. After we drove 15 minutes away from Walmart I asked Rob if he grabbed my purse and he said no. I looked in the back of our car and it wasn't there! I was seriously panicking the whole way back, saying prayers, Rob was driving like a maniac to get back to Walmart!
We finally arrive and Rob parks the car in the middle of the aisle, runs to the other aisle where he had put the cart away and comes back with my purse! The crazy thing is on the way over to the cart, through the back of a guys window, Rob saw a man put my purse in the back of his seat. Rob ran over and started pounding on his window, the guy opened the door and Rob said, "No way that's my wife's purse" and reached behind the guy and grabbed my purse from his back seat! Are you kidding me????????? What a crazy experience!
I really do believe in the power of prayer and believe with all of my heart that we had help getting my purse back. If we got there literally 1 second later Rob wouldn't have seen the guy put my purse in his back seat.
I guess the moral of the story is, Prayer works, you can't trust anyone and always keep your purse with you!! :)

busy baking

I decided that I wanted to try making whole wheat homemade bread and some homemade rolls since I've never done it before! I got the recipe for the bread from a friend and the rolls are from Our Best Bites blog. I'm in love with the rolls even though they look burnt! :) They were fun to make just took A LONG time!
I also thought I would try some homemade strawberry jelly. YUM!!

Random post...

Yesterday my family came over to celebrate Rob and Taylor's birthday! It's always so much fun getting together with family!
A new mirror we got for our downstairs bathroom. I finally feel like this bathroom is complete!
We also got some new frames to put in our family room. I also feel like this room is finally done even though the green frame is humungous! :)
A cake and cake stand that I made for my friend for her birthday...

Sugar cookies for the book club I had at my house.
A girl in my ward put together a book club for some kids that are Grace and Olivia's age and it was my turn to host. They are such cute kids!
Besides making sugar cookies, they also got to paint on bread, then I toasted it and put a little butter on it for them to eat. (The edible paint is dyed milk!) The kids loved it.

Summer is going by WAY TOO FAST! I can't believe that it is already the middle of June! I wish time would slow down with my kids! How are my youngest already 5?? :(

Robert's Birthday...

Taylor wrote that sweet note to Rob for his birthday. I showed her how to write a letter on the computer and she was so excited to write one for Rob!
Robert and I were able to stay in a hotel in Downtown San Diego for his birthday, thanks to my mom and sister for watching our kids! We ate dinner at Flemmings, soooooooooooo good! Then went swimming and watched a movie. The next morning we got up, ran to Seaport Village and ate breakfast and shopped a little. We then ran back to our hotel room, showered, got dressed and then went to Balboa park. We were able to go through the Museum of Man which was really cool since I haven't been there since I was a little kid. It was soo much fun spending time with Rob and having no kids interrupting our conversation! :)

The view from our hotel room at night and then in the morning...I LOVE San Diego so very much!

Taylor's birthday...

We had soo much fun for Taylor's birthday. Her Grandma Judd got her an American Girl doll for her birthday and so I decided to take her two cousins with her to the American Girl Doll store up in LA. My mom, Grace, Olivia, and my niece Maddie went with us too. I made a reservation to eat at the cafe there. Right when we got there Taylor got her girl's hair done and my mom paid for all of the girls to have their doll's ears pierced. It was soo cute but soo overpriced!

After we got their ears pierced it was off to the cafe. The food was DELICIOUS and the place was decorated soo incredibly adorable! The girls were in heaven. We also got to see Mario Lopez doing a special for "extra" TV. That was an added bonus :) Taylor had so much fun and keeps asking when we can go again, and I keep telling her once we can afford to go again, which won't be for a few years! :)

Busy, busy, busy!

When we got home from the beach house, we celebrated Grace and Olivia's birthday again with my family. They have definitely been spoiled!


Right before the 4th of July weekend, 3 of my friends from High School came to visit. It was soo good seeing them!
Taylor wrote this to Rob and I thought it was really sweet.


For the 4th of July weekend we went to St. George. We had such a great time. We were able to go see The Little Mermaid live in Tuachan. The girls LOVED it! Then on Saturday we went to Beryl, UT for a family reunion! I was able to make some treats to bring too (which I LOVE doing!)

chocolate covered smores...
red,white, and blue strawberries...
The girls loved riding on the horses. Taylor was out there for about 2 hours doing that!

The girls...
The guys...
The kids after the long day....
We drove home on Sunday night, then on Monday we went swimming and did fireworks with some friends from college! It was such a FUN weekend!!