Happy 13th Birthday Mikelle...

 She's a teenager!  My beautiful baby girl is now 13.  It seems like just the other day I held by first daughter in my arms.  I remember looking at her and seeing all of her gorgeous dark hair and thinking she was perfect ans she was.  I still look at her and see my chubby cheek, grumpy face, pig tailed beauty. Mikelle is growing up to be such a wonderful young lady.  There are so many things about her that I admire .  She is definitely a special daughter of God and I know she is destined to do amazing things.  Happy Birthday my Mikelley Girl! 

 

 A day of shopping and pedicures for this Birthday Girl

 Birthday Dinner Date with mom and dad

 Her favorite part... PRESENTS  I believe she is secretly hoping for a new wardrobe

Happy 13th Birthday Mikelle!  We Love watching you blossom!

Wakeboardin...

 Mikelle improving on her skills...

 And TA DA.... Chase got up for his first time.  No Fear from this kid.  He was loving it and now considers himself a wake boarding master.  So stinkin cute.  The passing boats couldn't help but point and smile when they saw this teeny kid on a wake board.

A Date with Chase

 This boy had been asking to go on a mom and son date for a while and today was the day.  Of all the places to go and things to do he chose good ol Peter Piper Pizza.  He was stoked to get all the "tokens" to himself.  I could barely get him to eat any pizza becasue he was so excited to spend his tokens.  Chase is such a great boy.  He rarely thinks of himself and is always eager to help anyone.  I loved spending a few hours with just my Chaser Bugs!

 So I walked around with Chase while he spent his tokens and he came to this game.  It took 2 tokens and so I suggested to him not to play it because he only had 2 tokens left.  He insisted on playing it because he wanted to get a lot of tickets with the jackpot,  As he pulled the lever down and went to push the button, I hesitantly said, no wait Chase let me help you, to where he replied, no mom I can do this.  My heart sunk a little as I knew he just wasted his last 2 tickets until the magical sound of JACKPOT began to sound.  Are you kidding me!  He hit the jackpot and got 250 tickets.  He looked at me and said, mom I did it. I got the jackpot.  Such a fun day for this cute boy.

And what does a total of 300 tickets get you.... CANDY!

Happy Fathers Day!

 A very Happy Fathers Day this this Awesome Dad!  He is truly one of the Best there is.  

If that is not the sweetest thing.  Apparently it was nap time for Steven too.

Painting

 I had been wanting to repaint my house ever since we moved in.  But because the color wasn't horrible I just dealt with it.  Well.... I couldn't handle it anymore so here we are in a giant mess.  I repainted my whole house.  It was a lot more work than I was anticipating but I got it done in a week and I couldn't be more pleased with how it turned out.  I Love the color.  It changes the whole house and I love it.  It's so pretty.  

Crossfit Kids

 Kayla and Chase did a little summer camp at Queen Creek Crossfit.  Watching my kids doing a little work out makes my heart happy.  Keep um healthy and strong.

Lake Time

 Oh Saguaro Lake how we love you!

Night Surfing

Look at that sexy man surfing it up.  

Girls Camp

 Am I seriously sending my girl off to Girls Camp.  What the.....  She was so excited to go.  She's growing right up.  Love Her!