Country Living!

These are some of the benefits of country living. Besides smells that you just can't figure out where they came from in the house and since it has been raining there is nothing more refreshing than a deep breath of rain air that smell like wet manure. We have had a skunk smell at our house for a few weeks now and silly me just thought that some lived near by. Well on Saturday I was cleaning out around the house and in the window well I found dead skunk. Russ scooped it out with a shovel and being the man that he is had to share the sight and smell with me. SO being who I am I just had to get a picture to blog it and share it all with you. I wish you could have smelled it. Oh and if you look at the picture close, yes that is 2 skunks close together. I am happy to say that Febreeze took care of the smell that lingered. ALso last week while my mom was visiting we had another visitor in the house. A centipede. Now the picture does not do him justice. He is at least 3-4 inches long and fell off the counter next to the freezer which I was digging in at the time. My mom can still run really fast when I let out a blood curdling scream like I did. With joint effort (mostly Mom) we got the sucker caught and I let him whiff the alcohol off my cotton ball. Then last night before bed I found another one on the wall by the girls room. Needless to say we should see the bug man in the next few days to hopefully give us a break and a nights rest. Thanks MOM!!

THis is me trying my hand at being crafty. This was my first time working with fondant and it was quite the test. Then I thought that if everyone else was making hair bows I could do it to and now I am hooked.

Tessa & Cali got to spend a few more days with each other before Jenny & Cali had to go back to Missouri. They came to Escalante and we had so much fun making bows and playing and fixing our blogs.

WElch Family Reunion!! We went up to the Heber Valley Camp and had a great time with family!! Tessa can hardly wait to go camping again. The pictures of her are in the magical forrest where they grow beans for the magic bean stalks. Make sure you pick the right ones though or else the giant will come down and get you!! The last picture here is my awesome brother Jason and my new absolutely adorable cousin Samuel.

Best Of Friends!!

The girls and I went up north to spend some time with family and friends. I got a chance to spend some much needed time with two friends any girl would be lucky to have. Emmy Lou and Nicole have been with me through some of the most fun times of my life. I love getting together whenever we can because we just pick up where we left off. I love them TONS!! The picture at the bottom is of Emmy Lou and her husband that I thought was soo cute.

This is what happened when I took the clean clothes into the other room. I thought that I was quick but Lexi was quicker. She had so much fun popping out and saying Boo!!

Yes it has been a while but for once we have been really busy. Here are all the pictures to prove it. This is the girls with their new bubble machine. I got tired of almost passing out blowing bubbles.