Peyton turned 4 last Wednesday, September 17th. I can't believe she is 4 years old already. Wow, how time flies. We had her birthday party last Sunday, September 14th. Bradyn's parents and brothers and their families came along with both of my grandma's, my Uncle Wade and my cousin Katee.
Peyton and cousin Preslie
Peyton blowing out her candles along side cousins Preslie and Raylee
As you can see from the pictures above, her birthday was about like Christmas.
I've been tagged by Brittany http://brittanyth.blogspot.com/
Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you. http://brittanyth.blogspot.com/
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
5. Let your tagger know when your entry is up.
Okay so here are six random things about me:
1. I graduated from Bingham High School in 1998.
2. I really want to learn to rope but feel it is a little late in life to learn something that many have been doing their entire life. Maybe if we ever finish our arena then I won't be so embarrased to rope calves in our back yard until I get better.
3. Bradyn and I have actually been together for a total of 13 years this coming January but have only been married for 5 years this last May.
4. I love to scrapbook to make other people books but I still have boxes of and even pictures I have never printed off of our wedding, vacations, baby, and misc. pictures.
5. I really enjoy giving at Christmas time and always seem to go over board. Since I have had kids I would rather just buy them Christmas then spend money on Bradyn and I.
6. I am looking forward to Halloween. It is one of my favorite holiday's and I have so much fun dressing up and going to the Halloween Party which has become a tradition.
Okay now I tag Calie, Jessie and Natalie. Have fun girls!!
Today was Peyton's first day of her second year of preschool. She was so excited to go. I can't believe how fast she is growing up. Last week I took her to pick out her backpack and she picked out a Dora one with wheels. Today at school she practiced writing her name, matched shapes, traced the alphabet in order and made a bead neclace. 
Peyton also started her second year of dance last Friday. She had so much fun. Last night I caught her singing hello toes, goodbye toes (which is one of the warm-up excercises they do in class), in the bath tub.
For the long Labor Day weekend we went camping with Bradyn's parents Brent and ReNae, my brother and sister in-law Hadley and Haylee, their kids Preslie and Colter, Haylee's parents Larry and Claudia, two of Haylee's sisters Whitney and Lindsey, my other brother and sister in-law Shayne and Mandy, two of their kids Kesley and Raylee, and Kesley's friend Aspen. We went to Henry's Fork which is located on the north slope of the Uintah's around the Wyoming/Utah border. The weather was great on Saturday and most of the day Sunday. It started to storm Sunday night and we woke up to snow on Monday. I can't believe we got snow already. We also woke up to another suprise on Monday morning. At about 5:30 a.m. are trailer started to shake really bad and when I went to open the door I discovered that the weight of the heavy wet snow buckled our awning and broke the main beam right in half. Looks like we will be investing in a new one. Other than our awning and waking up to snow we still had a really fun weekend. We rode 4-wheelers, went fishing, rode the homeade zip line, ate good food and the cousins all had a blast playing with each other.
Peyton caught the first fish Saturday. She even reeled it in all by herself with her Dora fishing pole.
Peyton and Preslie
Peyton kissing a fish that Bradyn caught
Peyton and Preslie making a train behind Grandma ReNae
Houston at the lake
West Marsh Lake
Bradyn releasing Peyton on the zip line
Bradyn releasing Preslie on the zip line
Raylee getting ready to ride the zip line. Grandpa Brent
Peyton riding Raylee's 4-wheeler
Preslie in Peyton's jeep and Raylee
Lindsy, Claudia, Colter and Hadley
Houston napping in the swing
Bradyn, Cindy, Peyton, Houston and Lefty
Waking up to snow
Joys!
1... My husband, kids and family. I am so blessed to have them in my life.
2... I have the best group of friends. Even though some of them consist of cousins and in-laws I still consider them friends. It amazes me that we have all stayed so close for so many years.
3... To see my parents succeed. I love to watch my parents race horses run and especially when they do good. They have worked very hard to get to where they are at.
Fears!
1... Losing someone I love especially my kids. I now understand the meaning of giving your life for your kids. I have already lost very special people in my life and I don't deal with it well.
2... Sharks, rattlesnakes and mountain lions. I am not sure why I fear these so much but I have nightmares about at least one of them weekly.
3... Getting ill and not being able to care for my kids.
Goals!
1... Get to where I can work part time from home so that I can stay home with my kids.
2... Get completely out of debt. Isn't this everybody's goal? I don't think it is ever completely possible though.
3... Buy property with irrigation large enough to build a new house, a barn, pasture for the horses, an arena and a hay field. There goes my goal to get out of debt.
Obsessions!
1... Lately it has been reading blogs and myspace pages almost daily. I need to go back to work 'cause I have had way to much time on my hands.
2... Shopping. Even if I don't have anything particular in mind or don't end up buying much, I love to just go and look around.
3... I have a sweet tooth. I love desserts, chocolate, ice cream, etc. You name it, I love it. This makes it hard when I am tying to diet. Although occasionally I will go through phases where I would rather have something salty than sweet.
Suprising Facts About Me!
1... I am not crazy about babies and kids. I love my own kids, my neices and nephews, cousins and friends kids. But I don't see a baby and just have to hold it and I don't know if I would have the patience to be a teacher or take care of strangers kids for a living.
2... It drives me crazy when my kids get dirty. I know they are just kids but it never fails when we are trying to go to a wedding or a party and Peyton is dressed in white or a nice dress, she gets a bloody nose or spills all down the front of her.
3... I am a neat freak, I think. You wouldn't know it by looking at my house right now but my office at work is spotless. Before I had kids my house was always clean. After kids there is no hope. When I clean I can't just do one thing like sweep or vacuum, I have clean the whole house from top to bottom.
If you read this... I tag you!
We had so much fun in New Mexico. Bradyn, Houston and I flew into El Paso, Texas last Wednesday morning and my mom and Peyton picked us up from the airport. We then drove from El Paso to Ruidoso, New Mexico. Thursday was the All American Futurity Trials. It started off with some really bad luck in the first trial. Ravin Corona, a horse my dad owns half of was winning his trial by about 3 lengths when all the sudden he had to pull up in front of the grandstands because he slabbed at the knee. He slabbed so bad that they ended up having to put him down. If he hadn't have slabbed he would have qualified for the futurity. It was really a terrible loss because he was such a nice horse. My dad one the last trial with Feature Ten but was 3 thousands of second from qualifying for the futurity. This horse ended up qualifying first in the juvenille. The other 5 horses he had in the trials run pretty good but weren't in fast enough trials to qualify. Friday was the All American Derby Trials. They had better luck this day. Wild Six run second in her trial and qualified third fastest for the derby. On Friday night we went to the horse sale. Saturday back to the races to watch Sycamore Lane run who ended up a really close third in the mud. Saturday night we went back to the horse sale. Then on Sunday we drove with my dad to Albuquerque where my mom and brother had horses running. And then Monday afternoon Bradyn, Peyton, Houston and I flew back home. Here are some pictures from our trip.
Houston on his first plane ride
Bradyn & Houston on the plane
Me and Houston on the plane
Me, Bradyn, Peyton & Houston at the All American Futurity Trials in Ruidoso
My mom, Jill, at the All American Futurity Trials
Wild Six, All American Derby qualifier
My mom's horse, Go For Fame And Cash
Peyton's frogs she caught in El Paso. She also caught a bunch of snails in Ruidoso. She definately should have been a boy sometimes.
Peyton with one of her frogs
My Dad, Wes, and Peyton in Albuquerque
My mom and dad in Albuquerque
My brother, Jason, in Albuquerque
Houston taking a snooze after a long day
Peyton riding grandpa's saddle
Me in Albuquerque
My brother, my mom, Peyton, my dad, Bradyn, Houston & me in Albuquerque
I saw this questionnaire on Brittany's blog and thought I'd kill some time...
4 jobs I've had
engineering development coordinator
office manager
project coordinator
vet assistant
4 movies I could watch over and over again
Sweet Home Alabama
Old School
Wedding Crashers
Oceans Eleven
4 favorite TV shows
Greys Anatomy
Desperate Housewives
King of Queens
The Girls Next Door
4 Favorite Hobbies
camping
going to the horse races and rodeos
horseback riding
playing on the Internet
4 Places that I've Lived
South Jordan
West Jordan
Riverton
Eagle Mountain
4 Places I've been on Vacation
California
Cancun
New Mexico
Las Vegas
4 Favorite Dishes/Foods
Mexican especially Chile Verde
pasta
chocolate
ice cream
4 websites I visit daily
gmail email
ksl
my blogspot
My space
4 Places I'd rather be
at the horse races
camping
Disneyland
anywhere on vacation
