Pinkalicious!

I have to confess that I think I have the best friends in the entire world!! My friends decided to do a baby shower for me and it was amazing! The theme was Pinkalicous (a cute book about a little girl that eats too many pink cupcakes and turns pink). And I think that after all the pink gifts, pink decorations, pink cupcakes, pink sandwich rolls, pink fruit dip, pink drink and grapes and watermellon-I think we all could have turned pink too :)

I am so blessed by good friends, wonderful family and an amazing ward family. I can't believe how many people came and the darling gifts that I received for Alexys. There were times during the shower that I had to hold back the tears, I recognize how my Heavenly Father has blessed me and my family. I'm so grateful to live where I live and to be blessed with the family and friends that I have. Needless to say, I am now ready for little Alexys Marie to come....and I can't wait!!

Thanks so much to Corey Wood, Sarah Hyde, Jenny Paskett, Tyree Hokanson, Heidi Chatterton, Josie Denton, Katie Eavenson, and Adrianna Vasquez for the wonderful shower and for being such great friends. Here are some pics of all of the fun!

Some of my sweet friends that hosted the shower

Me and my friend Harmony-"my other sister"

PINK, Pink, pink!!

Tyree & Corey getting ready for the shower

Not an attractive picture, but I had to post this 'cause my Grandma Swendsen crocheted this beautiful blanket...thanks Grandma!

Cute blanket from my Mother-in-Law

Chatting time...

Friends...

My nieces Courtney & Sydnee enjoying the refreshments

Yet another not so attractive picture but look at all those amazing gifts!!

Tu-Tu made by my friend Jeanne in her cute new room

And last but not least, I had to post a picture of the progress that we've made with Alexys' room. My friend Corey and sweet husband Tim painted, Tim installed the chair rail and my friend Sarah and I I made the Alexys wall hangings. She now has a girly girl room...

2 fishing licenses - $24...worms - $4...the cost of memories - PRICELESS!

I've been aching for some good 'ole fishing and had mentioned that to Tim numerous times. Who would have thought the day he decided we should go, I wouldn't be feeling good. But, I stuck it out and we decided to venture on an evening fishing trip with some friends to the Benson Marina. Not with the intention to catch a huge fish, but just to catch something. The kids love to catch anything! But I have to mention that we stopped at the grocery store to buy licenses and ran into my parents while we were in there. My dad jokingly made a comment to Tim about $24 sure being an expensive price for a cat fish and Tim's response, "it's worth all the memories". I have a great husband and my kids have a great Daddy!! Here are some pics of our fun evening.

Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It's off to school we go!

Drumroll please!!!!! Tyler Steven Denton has entered Kindergarten :)
He was soooo excited and thought he was so big. Here are some pics of his first big day.

On the bus and ready to go....is there fear in his eyes or sheer excitement?

Bus stop buddies...Tyler, Amanda & Amber

Climbing on the bus for the first time...

And of course, I had better post this pic of my Nic. He entered the 3rd grade this year. He was so ready for school to start. What a handsome kid!

Five years of memories...

Doing daycare has definately got it's ups and downs...but this last week made me reflect on all of the good times and good memories that I have had. Two of my daycare girls (I call them my girls) have grown up and are old enough that they don't need childcare anymore. They had their last day in my home. Katie was 18 months old when she started and Stephanie was 5. I have come to love these two little girls and feel like they are a part of our family. They will be missed a lot.

On Their last day we had a daycare bike party. Here are some pics.

"my girls" Katie Bug & Steph

Tyler

Joshy

The whole group

Amber & Katie

Nic, Huntyr & Josh

Bloomington Lake

August 23rd, 2009
We went on a hike up to Bloomington Lake with Tim's family and tried to take in some awesome scenery. Unfortunately, as soon as we got there it started to sprinkle, then rain, then downpour!! By the time we got back, we were all completely soaked. We ate our picnic lunch in the Durango on the way home but still had a great time.

The kids venturing with Grandpa Denton over to the tree swing.

Josh and his cute cousin Courtney

Looking for fish

Ty Ty

Nic and Tanner

Nic - might I note his new sense of style....he loves his hair spiked.

How long does it take a little boy to get dirty?

We went on our traditional Denton camp this last weekend and had a great time.

Here are our dirty boys...

Ty and his best buddy Karson

We shot Tim's handgun and Nic & Tanner got creative with the shell casings...

All of the boys enjoyed "putting sticks in the fire" but somehow they only ended up part way into the fire???

We spent Saturday at Bear Lake enjoying the sun and washing off some of the dirt.

Do I even need to say anything about this picture?

We ate yummy food, rode 4-wheelers, played lots of games, and even had a scavenger hunt courtesy of Grandma Denton where the kids got to have lots of candy. She even gave them each a cool headlamp. The boys were filthy the entire time. I would wash their hands and faces and it took literally 4 minutes to be covered in dirt...I finally gave up the last two days we were there. We have lots of fun each year spending time with the Denton clan. I'm grateful that I married into such a great family...I love them all.

Fun in the sun...

Last week I was invited to join some friends for an excursion to Bear Lake. We had a great time...oh, and the kids did too ;) We had 26 kids there. Here are a few pics of our fun day.

Josh and Madison are little buddies. They played together the entire day.

The kids had fun sneaking chips and all sorts of goodies from the adults to feed the seagulls.

Tyler playing with his best buddy Cord. They had lots of fun!

Nic playing in the "hot tub"

Nic couldn't figure out why he had sand in his swimming shorts when he got home???

26 kids happy as can be :)