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Time for an Update....

So I have decided I am a total slacker when it comes to this blog thing.... so I guess I will give a little update.

We bought a new sandcar in June and Chevy spent most of the summer working on it.

We made a few trips to the dunes, had some fun parties with friends, lived at 7 peaks for a few weeks, my kids were in swimming lessons, I signed up for classes at UVU. Chevy is working hard as usual and enjoying his new love (meaning his sandcar). Braylee is in first grade now and Bostyn starts his second year of preschool in September. For most of you I am already friends with you on Facebook so you have been updated. I think this might work out better if I do something small once a week.

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Our New Addition to the Family....Bella

Meet our sweet new addition to our family her name is Bella, we adopted her from Lost Paws animal shelter. She is three months old. I really didn't want to do the puppy thing but she was so cute and the kids loved her, so wish me luck on the potty training. I think I am going to invest in the series of Dog Whisperer on DVD. She is so sweet and calm, I really hope she stays that way, I guess we will see.

Monster Truck Finals in Las Vegas

What a weekend.......I have to say that we had so much fun, so I guess I will break it down by day.

Thursday we drove to St. George and went shopping, then we headed over to see my Grandma & Grandpa, It was great to see them. After about two hours of visiting we went to Mesquite and stayed at the Eureka. Braylee & Bostyn were dying to swim even though it was 50 degrees and the wind was blowing, I couldn't tell them no. Thank goodness the pool and hot tub were heated so they were warm but I was freezing just watching them.

On Friday we drove to Vegas, we went to the M&M Factory and walked the strip which was pretty scary, I think we saw our life flash before our eyes 2 or 3 times just crossing the road. The kids thought it was pretty neat seeing all the Hotels & Casinos.

After we checked into our room we headed over to Circus Circus Adventure Land. Braylee & Bostyn had so much fun riding the rides, they also got airbrush tattoos.

Braylee wanted her hair braided which only took about ten minutes, it is amazing how fast they can braid. Chevy & I had our portrait done by a Caricature Artist. At about 10:30 we went back to our room and the kids were out like lights.

On Saturday we decided to go to the Hoover Dam since the kids had never seen it and I hadn't been there since I was a kid. Chevy was a nervous wreck, if the kids even wanted to look over the side he was freaking out, legs shaking and all, he was physically sick when we got in the car to leave from his fear of heights. It is amazing to me that he will jump his sand rail and race up and down Sand Mountain at 80 miles and hour, which makes me physically sick from the adrenaline rush, But you put him on a bridge or dam and he is a mess.

After the dam, we went to the pit party at Sam Boyd Stadium. As you can see the kids were able to sit in Grave Digger, and see all the Monster Trucks up close.

The highlight of Bostyn's weekend is when he got to see Travis Pastrana. Bostyn lives for Nitro Circus on MTV on Sunday nights, he absolutely idolizes Travis Pastrana, so when he was able to see him in real life all he kept saying was "Mom, that's the guy that does the back flip on motorcycles, I see him on TV, and I am going to be like him one day." I have to say I actually believe he probably will be doing a back flip on his motorcycle one day. We didn't want to wait in the mile long line for his autograph so we walked up to the front of the line to see if we could see him and he looked right at us and waved and gave a thumbs up for the picture. It was pretty cool, I have to say I was starstruck.

After we watched the parade of all the trucks head over to the stadium, We had great seats thanks to Paul. One of the trucks lost his breaks and rolled into the stands, If I was one of those people watching that truck come at me I think I would have had a major accident if you know what I mean. During the Freestyle competition almost every single truck rolled, it was so cool to see these guys who have put everything into these trucks completely destroy them.

Maximum Destruction ended it with a back flip which Bostyn loved. We had a great time, and are already planning on going back next year, I have to say it was the coolest motor sports event I have ever been to and I would suggest anyone who likes motor sports or horsepower to go, It is something to see. It will be airing on TV soon so I will let you know when so you can see what I am talking about.

Miscellaneous this & that..........

Okay so I am a total loser and really need to post something but I really haven't done anything exciting at all. We are headed to Vegas to the Monster Truck finals this weekend so I will finally have something good to post. So I will post a little of this & that.

First off Bostyn got a new four-wheeler and Chevy was trying to teach him how to do wheelies in the front yard. It was so cute he is such a great Dad, but I think Boss is still a little to small to be doing wheelies on a four-wheeler. (You never know with him though he could be doing it next week)

 

Another fun moment and my husband might kill me for posting these pictures of him on the blog was when he let the kids take the markers to him for about 45 minutes, I totally forgot to get a picture when they were totally done, but he was covered from head to toe.

We also had a surprise 60th birthday party for Chevy's dad and got a picture of the whole family. We had a great time I finally got to meet Chevy's grandma Marjorie, she is such a sweet lady. John (Chevy's Dad) was so suprised, he had no idea we planned a suprise party and was actually mad at us because none of us knew if we should say anything so we all acted dumb when he asked about getting the family together, knowing that we had this suprise party planned.

In the last couple of weeks I have been going through old family pictures and I can't believe how much my Dad and Bostyn look a like as kids. Tell me what you think. 

New Years Eve Party......2009

So me and Chevy decided to have a new years party at our house this year...... we had so much fun Jayson & Haley brought over their poker table not that we really used it and Ryan and Ali brought Rockband. We had a ridiculous amount of food as you can see.

Heidi rockin out on the drums me on the guitar and Haley singing

Chelsee singing

Chevy, Randen & Ryan wrestling I could really kick all of their butts they bend my theater couches downstairs! But men and their egos, they have to see who's tougher.

Me and Chelsee I think we took like 15 pictures to get one we both liked, she's probably going to kill me for posting this but check out this one she kept closing her eyes so she was holding them open.......

Chelsee & Randen

Brandon & Heidi

Jayson & Haley

Alli & Ryan

Carly & Austin

Chevy & Me

Me being a total geek on the guitar!

Alli, Me & Heidi rockin out and Haley singing behind the tree

Everyone playing poker

We had a blast I hope everyone else did too, we are going to have to have rockband night besides the poker nights....next year at our house ringing in 2010 sound good....