"I'm beyond thrilled"

it finally happened with these two...

NO Training wheels! 

Hallelujah

i have been trying since last summer to get these two off of training wheels and on to "Real bikes" haha

they had no interest at all.

until one morning their dad came out and gave them a start and they were off.

literally. 

they've been riding ever since with NO wrecks!!  They love it.

i'm pretty sure the bikes they got here helped.  They are amazing with helping them balance.  We sell them at "Canyon Sports" if you are interested....

this child literally may be in a "circus" one day.  He has finally mastered the "unicycle" and loves this thing... 

you must know how much Cory and I love biking,  that's an understatement!

so don't think we didn't take these guys on a 3 miler bike ride their first night on bikes.  It was so much fun, they totally rocked!  

father & son's campout...

our ward had their annual "father/sons campout" on friday.

my boys were so excited and totally looking forward to camping in a tent with their dad!  It was my little haysie bugs first time!!

Boston was the cutest big brother... the second hayes got home from school they started playing catch, hitting golf balls, packing up their back packs and doing everything together!  He was SO excited to take his brother camping!

Olivia was a sobbing mess, she wanted to go on the campout SO bad.  She kept asking why can't girls go. {sniff sniff}

i was kind of hoping this was going to be "our family" campout this summer....
guess not.

Funny faces...

we sent our boys off to go camping{olivia in tears}

 then we went with my friend nichole and her girls to get pedicures and ate "rubio's" after.

such a fun night....

i believe this is a "must have" item...

truly these are my new favorite treats!

 they are so delicious, my kids love them and they only have 90 calories per 17 crackers!!

~great to grab with some string cheese while watching my kids "ball games"...

"spring program"

it's that time of year again, where all the music talent these kids have been practicing is out!   

Boston's 4th grade class has been learning all  about "utah" and has been reading and learning all about our capital and pioneer heritage.  They just went on a field trip to "this is the place" state monument and then to the "capital building."  The whole 4th grade is performing a "Utah Heritage" concert at their school this next week.

but yesterday was their "spring program"   

lots of darling songs were sung from Kindergarten to the 5th grade.  The 5th grade has some awesome songs that they performed in the "hope of america" a few weeks ago.  We were lucky to hear those songs.

"happy mothers day"

I am loving mothers day...

my kids were so excited to sing to me today at Church. It was so precious!
They made darling homemade cards and pens that were wrapped with a flower on top.

When we got home, Cory had made me my delicious "Berry Crepe" and all the kids were so excited to give me this.  I am so lucky to have such darling little kiddos!!  They truly are what makes me smile!

I feel very fortunate to have such wonderful examples of mothers in my life!

I have the BEST sisters/in laws you could ever ask for!  They are my life and i have learned so much from them.  I feel so blessed to have so many!!


Lord knows he didn't stop there...


he blessed me with a sweet, kind and very patient mother who is such a great example of love and patience to me.  I am so grateful to have her as my mother.

I also have the best mother in law, who truly adores all her children and will back us up if you dare mess with her kids.  I think i have a little bit of her "mamma bear" attitude and i LOVE that about her.

I have such wonderful friends/neighbors/aunts who have given me great wisdom and are Huge examples of loving mothers!
Thank you and have a wonderful "mothers day"


{{{Hugs}}}

~today after we ate our dinner Olivia asked me "when is it kids day?" i told her "everyday!" she looked at me and smiled.

"mahalo gleeds"

another one of our dear friends are moving to Hawaii for a while! 

How am i not there yet?!

We took roxy out to "happy sumo" for our last time before she heads out to beautiful Maui and closer to my "bestie."  I am dying that i haven't been out there yet!!

soon jenn, soon!

happy "30th"...

yep... 

i do have a dear friend who is only "30"! haha

seriously this girl is awesome!  i always say we are "kindred" spirits, because we are so much alike it's crazy!   

Love her to pieces.

Happy "30th" sum, i know you are freaking out, but seriously 30's Totally Rock!! 

Peaks Ice skating...

On friday nights, we decided to take our family on "date night!"  each week the kids pick something fun.  I won't bore you with all the things we do, but one friday night we went "ice skating" at the peaks arena.  It was So much fun, my kids have been a few times before and they are catching on and doing awesome. {especially boston, he thinks he's ready for NHL}  

don't bother bringing your strollers. They're NOT allowed anymore!  Good thing, i have enough energy to put ice skates on my 18 month old and push her around as well as the twins & still have fun! haha

i designated cory as the Photographer, so here are some pics...

HUGE "Sale"

You don't want to miss out on this "HUGE" ski sale...  click here to shop...

Northern United FC "Thunder"

Boston has switched soccer teams and is playing on a premier team now and we love it!!   It's nice to not have to travel all the way to Orem for practices and games.  This team took state last year, so he is pretty pumped to be on it.

we have 2 games a week and some of them are in salt lake, and 2-3 practices a week.  then Baseball games and practices.  So this kid is pretty busy and doesn't EVEN complain.  He  loves it!  Some nights he has a soccer game and then goes right to a baseball game.

These games have been either super windy or snowing/hailing... remember it's Utah in the spring.  

we have watched the last 2 games in the car, because it's such cold and windy weather. 

these two escaped the car for a little bit because the playground was SO awesome.  It had a rubber ground like they do in Vegas. Ivy was climbing everything with her sissy.  

"Rangers" baseball...

our fabulous Utah weather is in "full effect" and of course perfect timing for our Baseball and Soccer season! It's spring outside for 1 minute and then it's starts raining or snowing.  SO unpredictible!

but we are still loving it.

Boston has been hitting so good this year and he is also playing Pitcher & 1st base.

this is what happened about half way into the game...

"2" iphones for sale...

Sold

It appears the men at "canyon sports" hated their iphone coverage...{sigh} so when the new 4G coverage comes out & the new iphones then we will switch back.

until then...

I'm learning to love my "palm pixi"

so i now have "2 iphones" 3G {white}, excellent condition. for sale. {$250} each.
email me if you are interested

shashtaylor@gmail.com

"kristi approved"...

I have been following this diet & exersize plan for the last 6 weeks!!  It's awesome!!

Kristi is one of my friends from way back and i have always done her Spin and Pump classes at Golds.  Well she has come up with a KILLER eating and workout plan that is working for so many people.  A few of my friends and me decided to try the whole 12 week program.

I am totally loving it...

and  seeing results.

alot of my family is on it too and they look fantastic...





I've been asked to give a live testimonial for "live the life" program on tuesday night at 9pm!
if you want to hear me along with other testimonials be sure to call and enter the code.


step 1~call 712-432-0075

step 2~access code 391113#

It's 30 minutes long and you will hear me along with some other testimonials.

Step 4.  if your interested in the program be sure to click here...

"end of season" party...

We had our annual "end of the season" {ski season} party for Canyon Sports up Millcreek canyon.

It was a great season even though the economy sucks and the snow came late! Proof that people still need Recreation!

It was so much fun, lots of employees to play games, eat some bbq and to

  just enjoy the outdoors.

they had all sorts of fun games for everyone to play.

kayak races, bike races, hole in one frisbee golf contest,

fastest tent set up, etc.

each game had a first place winner and the prizes were pretty sweet! these employees are pretty hard core.  My kids loved being involved in all of it.  Ha Ha

       

Boston & Brogan 

       

They made a course with the bike races and at the end you had to zig zag through some ski boots..  it was rigged up on a banana bike seat too.  The fastest time was 1 minute 17 seconds and Boston's time was 1 minute 30 seconds. 

winners recieved  $50 gift certificates

The Kayaking races between the stores was the best.

each store had their own kayak... even corporate had their own and it was very comical!  There was music in the background to go right with the theme of Top gun! haha  

*Cottonwood

*Sandy

*Downtown

*Ogden

*Corporate offices

and the winner was... "cottonwood"

after the games we all came in to eat, hand out awards and then Cory said a few words about the company and our ski season and then back to running around outside.

and of course S'mores to end off the night for my little ones.  I think Hayes seriously has an addiction to chocolate, he can pound some s'mores...

now just because winter is over doesn't mean you can't shop for summer stuff!  

we have rock climbing equip, lots of camping stuff, bikes, mountain & road, kayak's etc... 

keep playing Hard!