What Princess Are You?

You Are Pocahantas!

Free-spirited and wise. You have a strong passionate spirit that touches and changes all who know you. The wisdom and common sense that you have is really what guides you through life. Even so, you also have a very playful side that loves adventure and excitement.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Lake Powell!!!

We just got back from our amazing 7 day houseboat vacation at Lake Powell thanks to Good Things Utah and At Your Leisure!!! Back on Memorial Day I won this trip and it had seemed like the day was never going to come! It was a long drive but when we got there it was amazing! The houseboat was more amazing than I would have ever imagined (4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a full stocked kitchen)! There was 6 couples that went so we had a great time! I was worried that 7 days was going to be so long to leave the kids but with the day it took to get down there and then the day to get home the time flew by! I haven't ever in my life had that much time to just do whatever I wanted!! The weather was beautiful the entire trip! We went boating everyday, it took a week but I finally figured out how to wakeboard! It didn't happen without getting lots of bruises and a really sore back and neck to remind me how not so easy it is to learn a watersport even though everyone we went with made it look like a piece of cake!! I was just hoping to make it up long enough to get a picture (thanks to Brooke I think I will have a picture that makes me look like I have been waterskiing for years!!:) The people we went with are amazing at this kind of thing and were doing jumps and flips! I guess when you start waterskiing at 5 years old you would have to be amazing! I had never been boating before or to Lake Powell so I was not sure what to expect. We found a beautiful spot to park our houseboat for the week! It is hard to put into words what an amazing week it was, so hopefully you can see by the pictures!!! We have so many fun memories from this trip that we will always remember!! It was one big party!!!!

Our Little Photographer!

Carlie likes to take the camera lately and just take random pictures of anything around the house. It is pretty funny to go through the pictures afterwards and see what she has taken! Sometimes I see some pretty interesting things. These are just a couple of the pictures I found the other day when I downloaded pictures!!

Carlie's First Day of Kindergarten!

Today was Carlie's first day of Kindergarten! I can't believe she is already in school. She is in the same class as two of her friends and she said she made a new friend today! She said she loves Kindergarten and can't wait to go to first grade! Let's just get through Kindergarten first!!

"Monkey Munchies"

We have fallen in love with Jon & Kate plus eight! It is a show on TLC about a family with one set of twins and then a set of sextuplets! It is so amazing to see how they live and handle eight kids!! They are amazing and it is so fun to watch. They make things sometimes and one episode they made "Monkey Munchies", also known as Muddy Buddies. We of course had to make it afterwards, it is so good it is now our new favorite treat!!

Monkey Munchies

9 cups Chex® cereal (any variety)
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Into large bowl, measure cereal; set aside. In 1-quart saucepan, heat chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter over low heat, stirring frequently, until melted. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Pour mixture over cereal, stirring until evenly coated. Pour into 2-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag. Add powdered sugar. Seal bag; shake until well coated. Spread on waxed paper to cool. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.

The "PHASES" of our lives!

We went through the Barney phase, the Wiggles phase, the Doodlebops phase, the Hannah Montana phase (this was the most fun because I didn't mind listening to the music) and we have finally made it to the JONAS BROTHERS PHASE!!! Any of you with kids obsessed with the Disney Channel will know who I am talking about! I didn't ever imagine my five year old in love with a boy group already!! Carlie told me the other day that she still loves Hannah but she thinks she really likes the Jonas Brothers now! It's already beginning and we still have a long ways to go! I can't even begin to imagine what the next phase will be!:)