Rhino Rally, St. George

I LOVE these girls! Savanah, Shanna, and I are all preggers!

Beaus second race of the year was fun because I had my sisters Sharla and Savanah {and Sharla's boys}, and friend Shanna there with me. They had come down for a girls weekend the day before!

So they got to experience the excitement of Desert Racing.

Kurt, Beau, and Mark ready to head out!

There he goes.

The starting line makes me anxious, nervous, and excited.

Jamen caught lizards while we waited

I LOVE this picture! I had these shirts made and surprised Beau the morning of with all of us wearing them!

 After the race started out. We headed back to Pit Row to eat lunch and enjoy one another. Oh man, did the girls get burned. I think they didn't realize how much hotter it is here.

This picture makes me laugh! This is our crew waiting for the boys to come in so we could fill there tanks with more gas, give them water, change their goggles, and gloves. I look like Can you see my worried look? HA!

 

 

Love these girls!

We waited forever and finally the boys started coming in. Pretty soon Mark and Kurt had come in but no Beau. That isn't like him, at all. Usually he is right alongside of the rest of them. I started panicking thinking of every possible thing that could have gone wrong. Talk about anxiety attack.

Finally Beau came in.....his boot on his spark plug had come off and made his bike stall out, making him dead last at the starting line. So he really was playing catch up the whole time. I thought for sure he was gonna call it good and not keep going, but he was such a tropper and still headed out for his second loop regardless. 

Even after all of that he managed to come in 61st out of 300 bikes. 

He really is such a great rider. 

It was so frustrating for him. 

I was just glad he was ok. 

After the race Beau took all the kids back to the house and Sharla, Savanah, Shanna, and I headed to St. George to go shopping and to dinner.

Oh my goodness....we had SO MUCH FUN.

Some of the other highlights of there visit were:

Facials, Scalp treatments, food, hitting the town, face masks, movies, swimming, more shopping, and laughing hard.

They were all so sweet. One morning they scrubbed down my walls, counters, cabinets, and floor boards to help me out while I was pregnant. I miss having family around so much. This is something I miss. Having that extra help when it is needed and being able to help them out as well.

I will cherish the memory of them coming FOREVER.

I had a good cry after they left. 

It really was such a fun time with them here.

Can't someone just move here???

PLEASE!

tehe.

Face mask and movie night.

I love this picture of Sharla and I....even with my chubby pregger face!

Did I mention already how much I love these girls?

I am going to miss them so much. 

 I can't wait for the next girls trip!

Enrichment

I have loved being the ward Enrichment Leader. I love being able to serve the sisters of my ward and plan fun activities. My love for the Cedar 4th ward has grown so much. We have an amazing group of women. I have learned so much from so many of them.

Here is just a small glimpse of what I get to do.....

This was our Relief "soul"-society Night 

 Here are two of the beautiful ladies I get to serve with, Sis. Robinson and Sis. Pena.

I have definitely grown from their testimonies and desire to serve the Lord.

I love Relief Society so much. I love how women from all walks of life can join together in sisterhood and serve the Lord.

 One of the greatest lessons I have learned was from an older sister in our ward, Sis Beatty Jo Dunnell. {I tell her all the time that she is my "kindred spirit". We have always had a special bond.} I had mentioned at an Enrichment meeting that I didn't know how to bake bread from scratch or use my wheat grinder. Several weeks later I got a phone call on a Monday night from Betty Jo asking me if my family had plans for FHE. I told her we didn't yet and she informed me that her and her husband Fred were coming over to teach us how to make bread and use our wheat grinder. It was such a beautiful act of service. One that I will always cherish. This is just one example of the generosity and kindness of the sisters in this ward.

I know the Lord guided us to our home here in Cedar for a reason. I also know that we were meant to form bonds and friendships within the ward that I know will last a lifetime!

Beaus Mesquite Desert Race { 2012}

Beau had his first desert race of the year. They are always so fun to watch.

My parents were here visiting so they were able to see it too. 

Beau's dad and step mom were vacationing in St. George so stopped by to catch part of the race too!

Beau and Mark ready to go

off they go.

Let the races begin. They added a motocross track this year in the first portion.

 Beau ended up taking 3rd in his class!

And this little guy was grinning ear to ear!

He is obsessed with dirt bikes.

 And  I am glad that he didn't get hurt and had lots of fun doing what he loves!

Christmas Time {2011}

Christmas Eve was very fun. I baked crepes all day long so I wouldn't have to on Christmas Morning. We cleaned the house and just had a nice calm day. We read our favorite Christmas books and shared some of our favorite Christmas memories. 

For dinner, we headed up to the Church's to have a nice dinner with the Barricks and them.

I felt so close to the spirit all day long. 

It is such a magical time of year celebrating the Saviors birth and reflecting on what Christmas is all about.

I am sure being pregnant was the culprit for my teary eyes most of the day.

After dinner we read the birth of the Savior from the bible and headed back home.

The kids got to open up their Christmas Eve jammies beofre they got into bed.

 Surprisingly they fell asleep pretty quickly!

Here they are the next morning waiting on the stairs for dad to give them the "o.k." to come down.

{He had to set up the recorder and start a fire}

The kids, as always, got spoiled.

 Their favorite thing they got this year were

Savanah- her bb gun

Caleb- his Dsi

Kennedy- her Ds

Lukas- his dump truck

We spent the rest of Christmas day enjoying each other. Watching old movies, munching on crepes all day, and a delicious ham for dinner!

Merry Christmas!

 

Happy 11th Anni Babe {Dec. 2011}

Eleven years have come and gone. I can't quite believe it. 

We have accomplished so many things together.

We have four beautiful children, and one on the way. 

We have shared 4 different places we have called home together. 

We have experienced some lows and many highs. 

We have laughed together, cried together, prayed together, worried together, and have shared so many wonderful experiences of life. 

We have grown and formed  a special unbreakable bond. 

We have shared the many experiences that come from parenthood. 

We have played, vacayed, and been content to sit at home. 

We have continued to date and  have found time to continually grow in our relationship. 

We have done so many many things, but I think the greatest thing we have accomplished is doing all these things together.

You are my partner in crime, my confidante, my rock, and my best friend.

Life wouldn't be so simply wonderful, so beautifully sweet, and so worth it without you by my side!

I love you babe!

Eternally yours,

Bon

Annual Ugly Sweater Party {Dec. 2011}

Every year Beau and I host a "Ugliest Sweater Christmas Party". Due to being extremely ill with this pregnancy, I just wasn't feeling up to much hosting.

 I didn't do a Halloween party this year either.

 Luckily a good friend decided to throw it instead!

I must say that their wasn't near as many troopers this year. 

I was disappointed at the lack of costume.

Maybe we will have to make it mandatory to get in this year...tehe.

We had some fun games. The Newly Wed game, White Elephant exchange, and a Singing Bee , which were both hilarious.

I think some of the things people said will forever be in my mind! 

This is Sharon preforming her best at the Singing challenge! She can sing!

Kurt and Beau. I am thinking this might make a HILAR Christmas greeting card. What do you think?

Farah and her headband....LOVE

This was my favorite White Elephant gift. A White Trash Nascar Shirt made from mens undies. I think I laughed so hard I peed a little...hahah...j/k

Shaun and his sweater jacket.

We have some of the best friends here in Cedar. 

 I can't wait for next years party!