It Was My Birthday!!

Aaron is so good at making my birthday so special for me! I love that he loves me!

This morning started out by me climbing back in bed with Aaron after Madi and Porter were off to school. Ry didn't have school today because of SEPs. Ry made us get out of bed sooner than we wanted to.

We got him distracted for a minute by taking some pictures.

Thanks for documenting our laziness Ry!

Os Man, he's just a part of the family.

Just Beautiful!

We got a good laugh over this one.

Self Portrait of Ry.

When this boy gets hungry he is a naughty until he gets food in him. Aaron then made me the most delicious omelet EVER!!! This boy knows how to cook!

How cute is he in the kitchen?

My 2 little boys and my omelet.

So Yummy!!

They were so so hungry too!

We then hung out for a bit, opened my birthday outfit, did a little shopping for Aaron. And, got these sweet..........

Motorcycle decals to put on the back of our car.

How cute is that?

I quite like them!

Madi and Porter then got out of school so we went to lunch at Winger's then took Madi and Porter to "Jack and Jill" It was pretty lame but still fun to take the kids.

Madi then went to dance while I went to get some fun jewelry from a "Paparazzi Party"

Then dinner time!!

I like to eat, ALOT!! We headed to Samurai 21 to get free kids meals:)

My Boys!

Me and my Girl!

The kids got to roast marshmallows when we were done.

Cute!

Blowing out my candle for the day!

When dinner was done:( We needed to go pick up the car. On the way to Moto Zoo Aaron and the kids busted out "Happy Birthday" to me. It was great and I felt like the luckiest girl alive!

I felt Loved!

When we got to Moto Zoo Aaron told me to wait for a minute with the truck. The next thing I know he is driving the fork lift out with a box in it.

That is always a good sign!

Turns out he got a new ottoman for our family room. It's not as plush as the other one we had but that is probably a good thing. Kids won't jump on this one and tear up the leather. It also has storage for the WII stuff.

When I got home I opened a card where Aaron had given me money to different places, and some Lacoste perfume. So delicious!

Aaron then told me that he had gotten an iPad for us too. I think the kids were more excited about this than I was.

It will be here on Thursday. Maybe Ry will get it:)

My birthday was perfect and so fun to just hang out with my babies and Aaron all day.

Girls Camp

Yes, I did go to Girl's Camp!

I am the assistant camp director. I do not like to camp but I made it through!

We took this picture before we headed out for the next two days of dirtiness!

We all got some cute shirts that said "We Believe"

We made some good memories.

Me, Susan Bangerter, Valerie Brewer, Diana Lunt, Alex Dressler and Mary Meadows.

All the leaders that went to camp besides DeAnna Kraupp and Stephanie Hoag.

DeAnna is right here with the girls, singing her favorite girls camp song.

The girls put on an awesome skit about "guarding their virtue" Each girl participated and it was short, entertaining and sweet!

Just how Susan likes them.

I can say that I got to know the girls a lot better and it was good to hang out with them for 3 days straight!

They are amazing girls with amazing trials, but I know they will overcome them.

They are just "those kind of girls!"

For Fun!

I needed to get a picture of me for some kind of project so here it is...

Just with a plant!

Bud and I.

with Ry:)

Bonnie's Birthday Night

My birthday continued to be a great day!! My family gets together every week but since it was my birthday, my family was cute enough to throw a "surprise party" so, we had dinner at Bud and Moss' house. They spent lots of time preparing and they made it perfect!!

My dad used to always have obstacle courses at our birthday parties so he made one for my 30th:) Aaron even took a few pictures while I humored my dad.....

Taking Off with Jason and Bud in tow

Heading for the playhouse.

Oh, Bud lost her phone.

Thanks for picking that up Jason.

Under the table.

That was rough!

Made it!

Doing a sweet roll on the tramp.

Whoops, Alan was in the way.

Aaron explaining something....Who knows What!

After the excitement of the obstacle course was over we went inside and played a game of "who knows Bonnie best?" It was fun to see who knew what about me.

Bud made this sweet poster for me. It had a bunch of pictures of me throughout the years. I quite like it.....

Then this poster....

Trini and Nicole also share November birthdays-the adults in the family anyway-So we had some Oreo pie and blew out our candles....

Trini, me and Nicole.

Something was funny!

Bud and I uploading some songs for Ry on his shuffle for his birthday....

We then busted out some Karaoke.....

All of us got into it and had a great time singing

Bud really rocked it!

Brayd was singing.

Ry was in the middle of it all too.

I think my dad was in heaven!

There were lots of balloons around and the kids had a blast with them.

They got them all to cling to the wall.

I think Brayd was worn out from all the festivities.

The party was a blast. It was so fun for Russ and Nicole to even come up from Vegas to celebrate with us.....The crazy thing was this was only the beginning of a crazy, busy week!

Now, for California....

But first....

When Ossie Baby is thirsty, this is where he goes!

Bonnie's Birth(weekend).....

If this birthday is any sort of preface to how this year is going to be than I'm going to have an AWESOME ONE.......

This, quite possibly has been my BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!! It all started on Friday night......We went to dinner with Brent and Heather at Outback. It was great of course! After dinner the plan was to go shopping for Ryan's birthday which is on Wednesday, but because we are leaving for DISNEYLAND on Monday, we wouldn't have time to shop any other time. Well, when dinner was dying down Aaron was hinting that he wanted to go to a movie, not shopping. What happened from then, until Heather and I were running to my car was all a blur. I do remember Aaron telling us to go shopping for ourselves-pretty much to go on a shopping spree!! We were so excited but we had less than an hour to get some good stuff!! So, we headed to Maurices of course!

The next hour was a BLAST!! There is nothing better than shopping with your best friend on someone else's dime:)

After our time was up and the mall was closing we did make it to Wal-Mart to get Ry some presents.

Saturday was filled with more shopping and fun! I went to Vegas with some friends from my ward. It was so fun to get to know these cute ladies better. We pretty much shopped until we dropped! We all decided we are old. That's o.k. we have accepted it.

This is the result of shopping! I had so much fun and am excited to wear all my goods!

This morning I woke up-early of course! I can't seem to sleep in on my birthday. EVER!!

Aaron got up about a half hour later and told me I was a grandma because I can't sleep in. It might be true.

Ry was in charge of the still camera....

My face after seeing the decorated kitchen:) Aaron even filled balloons with helium from his work. He makes me smile.

Porter the camera-man.

All set up with my breakfast. Aaron made me a most delicious omelet with 8 egg whites, mushrooms, tomatoe and cheese. Complete with wheat toast and a bottled water! He's the best!!

Check out that food!

And the cute boy behind me:)

Aaron cooked up the egg yolks for the kids. The other boys didn't like theirs so Ry took care of them.

That's a good eater Ry!

I then got to open my presents...I got some Avril Lavigne perfume, a gift card to Maurices, a blender and a Kitchen Aid. As a mom, I'm really excited for the kitchen stuff. Of course they are both "Professional Grade" I guess when you marry someone that always wants what is best I benefit from it!

Madi was so cute to make me a necklace and some earrings. The necklace is the one that I am wearing. One day while I was napping she measured my neck-I love this girl-. She put all the kids names on it. She then wrote me a card. At the bottom she had erased something so I looked closely and it said....

P.S. Porter and Brayden didn't love you enough to write their names....

She told me she was mad when she wrote.

I laughed so hard. They did end up writing their names. That is so something I would say. Maybe she is a little like me....

I do need to thank my mother-in-law.....She taught Aaron that birthdays are a HUGE deal! She loves them and makes a HUGE deal out of every one of her kids birthdays. I'm so glad that Aaron was raised by her....

It is 10 o'clock in the morning on my birthday and it has already been an awesome one!

I BROKE MY FREAKIN' TOE!!

It's no secret that I am not the most graceful girl on earth, but come on, a gas pump nozzle landing on my middle toe?

I hope someday I acquire some grace, just for the sake of my poor body!

I tried to tough it out and didn't take any medicine for about 6 hours after I hurt myself. Until my sweet friend Heather got tired of listening to me complain about my toe and gave me 800mg of Ibuprofen. That sure did the trick and I haven't felt much pain since.

Except for when I put my high heels on to go to church. Gotta wear those high heels:)

Dr. Moss did tell me it looked broken but there's nothing I can do but tough it out-or milk it!

My Awesome Kids!

Our life seems to be getting crazier by the minute. My incredibly adventurous and spontaneous husband keeps throwing new ideas of vacations and moving happenings at me and it did me in!

Last Tuesday night I got back to St. George from looking around for a place to live in Vegas while Aaron drove to Idaho. I just was not feeling good at all. I was discouraged, disappointed and just tired of not being able to make a decision on a place to live. My throat started hurting on Wednesday night and by Thursday evening I was bedridden with my 4 kids taking care of me.

I had been hanging out with my sisters and just thought I caught the "bug". When Porter asked what was for dinner I told him he needed to make himself some dinner. He made ramen noodles for everyone. He was so excited!! The kids got to watch t.v. ALL NIGHT! At about 10 o'clock the kids got themselves ready for bed. Madi brushed Brayd's teeth and said an article of faith and Porter prayed. Just before the prayer I was assigning out jobs when Porter came and asked me where the 12 FREE Butterfingers go. He said he was going to make the kitchen look "nice". My Porter is such a good boy:)! My dad came over just after that and said the kitchen looked so nice that he felt obligated to put away the mess he had made-that mess was finding me the right medicine.

Somehow I got through the night and was feeling a bit better by morning. I can't remember the last time I spent ALL DAY in bed. This day I did. Bud brought me some ice cream and diagnosed me with Strep Throat. I didn't believe her. Then, I went to the instacare and THEY diagnosed me with Strep Throat. I believed them.

I am now on the mend and feel one hundred gazillion times better! I am very thankful for my health and am happy that I am as healthy as I am. One thing I did realize through this is that my babies are such good helpers and really are compassionate. I found out Porter likes it when I'm sick because he gets to watch shows all day and Madi told me to just not think about it and it won't hurt so bad! Thanks Babies....

HAPPY BIRT-DAY TO YOU!

LOOK WHO'S 29!!!If you know Bonnie, this picture will not surprise you; It clearly shows her very outgoing personality!!

Just wanted to let you know how much we love and appreciate you. You are a great sister and an AWESOME aunt! We hope you have a fantastic day

(Just a little flashback of some good times!)