ketta is 4!!!

I know I am a blogger slacker, we have been a busy bunch latley! our biggest news Miketta turned 4 on sept. 5th!! 4! I can't even believe it. She has also started preschool and loves it! Brett and I have been hunting a lot, we both bought archery tags for spike or cow elk. we had a lot of fun but no luck ): I have been working a lot too and have been busy with young womens. just wanted to write a quick update! loves to all!

For Grandpa Lamb

we went up to strawberry res. this last weekend and had a wonderful time, I spent a lot of time up there when I was younger with my grandma and grandpa lamb, I hadnt been there for years we stayed in the same campground we used to stay in and it brought back so many memories brett and I also own grandpas old fishing boat we took it up there and I just felt so many emotions being there again. remembering how much grandpa loved it and how much he would have loved to be there with us. he had painted the inside of his boat bright turquoise the same color that I am using on this font, we had painted over it an ugly gray color and I just couldnt help but notice that a lot of our yucky gray paint had peeled off, it kinda made me laugh and suddenly the words to this poem came to my mind, I am not a poet by any means I am sure it needs tweaking and I really dont know how to spell turquoise but my grandpa was sure close to my heart I am so grateful for all he did for me.


The Old Fishing Boat

The old fishing boat
memories of you,
gray paint fading
turquoise blue shows through.

It's almost like your here again
casting out, reeling in.
hearing the stories of when you were young,
singing the songs that used to be sung.

Forgetting your pain for a little while
enduring it just to see us smile.
twisted calloused hands taught me how
to bait a hook,
you'll never know all the lessons from
you that I took.

I felt your presence all around
every move and every sound.
Reminded me that your not really gone,
you were right there fishing with
me all along.

just in time for fathers day!

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my sis chels

trying to get everyone to look at the camera haha funny

ready for a day of shopping!!

ketta getting spoiled at the mall by chels she rode like every ride there!

Eating at the pizza factory!

So my dearest sister/friend chelsea came down to visit me I haven't seen her in forever and I am so glad she took time off to come down to St. George and play! we had a great time! love her! she is an amazing person she has the kindest heart she would do anything you asked her to! we need more people like her in this world!

So BUSY!!!

me, Miss washington county fair, and the new Miss City of ST. george

singin at the pageant! it was sooo much fun!!

So I have been crazy busy lately I just feel like I am taking on a lot and I know I need to just slow down a bit but I can't help it, I like to be busy! The thing that has taken a lot of time is trying to get my sisters moved and the house they lived in cleaned up! I forget what a pain moving is! my parents have also put their house up for sale and are building a new house so we will eventually have to help them move AGAIN! for like the 10th time, blah! I have been working and trying to take care of my own house, laundry, ketta a husband. Helping my mom with our family reunion invitations,Then we will add church callings on top of that girls camp meetings, preparing lessons for sunday, mutal, I have also been trying to sing wherever I can, we did the music for a friends wedding and I sang at the pageant awhile back, singing in church this sunday and I almost forgot about it! so got the practicing done today, visiting teaching done today, yay! I have also been trying to help a friend write a song and help all my friends with showdown stuff, I feel bad that I haven't had more time to help them! we have friends out of town that we need to help, and friends that want to come down and spend time with us when we are not busy! I also have been wanting to get started in the MONA VIE business, its an amazing product and I love the benifits of the product, so I am hoping to get on the road with it but I am not sure yet how we are going to manage that also! phew, anyway thats whats been going on in a nutshell, I finally got ketta to take a nap she has been running me ragged all day long, I really don't know if I can handle another one as fiesty as her! I really don't see this summer slowing down at all, I think it's going to fly by as busy as I am going to be but I like to be busy really I do!! (I just want a vacation somewhere in the middle of all this!) haha.

so lucky to have her!

My sweet little ketty

playing peek a boo in the camper I love her so much!

I love this picture, she was a chubby little thing(:

just a few hours after she was born, my beautiful baby.

Just another mishap to add to the book!

but I think she looks like a work of art!!

I love my little kettybug so much, Mothers day is so great! I love being a mommy, Ketta makes me laugh everyday she has incredible energy and a beautiful spirit, I sat and watched her yesterday and I reflected on the past 3 years I cannot believe how much she has grown and changed. I am so grateful she is my baby girl.

Easter and other happenings!

run ketta ruN!!!

waiting for the egg hunt

my mom my sister arli, me and baby hazel

Issac, arli and sara with hazel

arli and baby hazel

shooting my bow! look out!

kettybug and her daddy

camping at baker!

playing at the river with tyler!

tyler and ketta

So, where to begin? we had a great easter! I planned a get together at my moms house and then decided it would be a good idea to tell her about it! Aunt Cindy, Uncle Steve, thier family, my Uncle Jared and his family, Aunt Annie and Rachel all came over to my mom and dads and we had a blast! despite the yucky weather! we ate and laughed and colored eggs and played basketball, it was so fun! the easter bunny brought ketta a little mermaid doll and a bunch of other fun things!~ she was so fun to watch at the egg hunts this year she is totally getting the concept and its so fun to see her so excited! she said that the easter bunny was coming to her house on a blue scooter! hahaha. not sure where that idea came from!

some other things that have been going on this month, Arli had her baby on april 2nd she gave her baby to a beautiful couple they have been trying for 7 years to have a baby and they have had a long road and we are so blessed to have met them! they flew in for the birth and got there about 3 hours before they decided to take arli and have a c-section done, she weighed 9 pounds and 12 ounces, they named her Hazel Ann, I will post some pictures so you can see how beautiful she is! I cannot get over arli's unselfishness she just amazes me. its been hard and emotional but also very comforting at the same time we all know that she is where she is supposed to be its hard to explain. adoption truly is miraculous!

we went on our annual confrence camping trip! we love to listen to confrence in the great outdoors, its so nice. while we were up at baker we took our bows and got some shooting practice in! I ended up loosing an arrow! ooops! haha. I love my bow I am excited to be learning about bow hunting its definetly not as easy as a lot of people make it look!

I also took ketta and her little boyfriend tyler to the river a few weeks ago we got some great pictures and they had a blast!

anyway cant think of anything else that has been going on, I try to recapture the whole month in one post! probably not at great idea but its better than nothing I guess, I don't know I dont think our lives are all that exciting! haha! lots of loves!