top 10 things going on in our life... in no order!

1. i know to most of you this just looks like a block wall.. but to me it looks like a way to keep rattlesnakes out of our backyard! :)

2. most everyone has heard that we are going to have a temple in the gila valley! i am so excited about this. it is awesome that once people in thatcher started attending more regularly, that we will have a temple so close!! i will always love the mesa temple and have special memories there (my endowments, wedding, etc) but the gila valley temple will be a great place to make memories for my girls!

3. my sweet little hanna will be getting her tonsils and adnoids out this thursday... it is much needed, but i'm not looking forward to it! her dr. wants us to stay in gilbert for 7 days to make sure she recovers ok.. so anyone that wants to visit, feel free!! :) and please keep hanna in your prayers!

4. yuck! horrible picture... but i had to show proof that i ran a 5k.. it's called "the best cotton pickin' race"... it was so hard and i had to walk a couple of times for just a minute, but it felt so good to finish!! i ran with my sister in law, trainer, and a friend.

5. Maci is hallarious and so much fun! she says thank you about everything! (it's a great habit to get in to!) i love to pop my kids toes (i know, i'm not very nice) but after i did that to maci she said "thank you!" love that girl!!

6. my awesome little brother, levi just got his call to Melbourne, AUSTRALIA! He is so excited and will do a great job! i will miss him tons and i'm so glad i have been here with him for the last year.. i get to see him just about every day!!

7. i straightened haylee's hair the other day and it is SO long and pretty! i love it curly, but straight is so pretty too!! she doesn't realize how lucky she is to have such great hair!!

8. our new favorite thing is to go out to my mom's house and rope thier "fake" cow and just ride horses. levi is so great with the horses and roping and it is so fun to get out there. it's good for my girls to be outside and learn to be tough! wayne is loving the roping and we are all loving the small town country life!

9. SO SWEET! i went in to the girls room the other night and this is what i found... maci loves to copy her sister and they are so good to her! i love my girlS!!

10. last month (two days after tax season was over) we drove down to mesa to go to the temple with wayne's family. everyone was there except for wayne's brother who is not married and one other married couple. it was a great experience and so fun to be together. we really miss the layton side of the family!! it was a quick, one day trip, but well worth it!!

My "Friends" list

This was on my friend Maranda's blog.. it is so fun!

When did you first meet the 1st person on your list? Amanda Layton Bingham and I were in the same ward growing up. We were in YW together and in the same high school (since there is only one here! :) ... and now I am related to her, because I married her 2nd cousin (or something like that).. She is awesome and so cute!

What do you like about the third person on your list's blog?
Amber Massey Halverson is so talented! I love to look at her blog and see what new project she has done. She is SO talented in scrapbooking and keeps her three girls looking PERFECT all the time!! I knew her back in High School also and she had (and still has) the most beautiful hair and great personality!


What do you like best about the 5th and 6th people on your list?
How fun.. these girls are both married to Wayne's first cousins..and it is so fun to be related! I could go on and on about both of them but....
AMI Bethea is such a great mom and is always saying such sweet things about her husband and boys. She is so creative (she is the one who designed my blog!) I admire her so much because she is going to nursing school and being a mom.. that is hard! She is a great friend and SO cute!
APRIL Bethea is so well rounded.. she home schools her kids and does such a great job! she has a strong testimony.. she always looks adorable.. she has a great relationship with her husband and kids... she is friendly and talented!
I love you both!

What impresses you about the 11th and 22nd people on your list?
I am related to both of these people too!
KATIE Layton is my sister in law.. we met in college and were good friends and had some crazy times. It is so great to be in the same family! I love to talk to Katie because she is so funny and we can talk about anything. She is so much fun to be around! She is always trying to better herself and do what's right! She has two adorable girls and teaches them so much! I love her!
DEANNE Palmer Wahl is my sister!! She really is the greatest person. She is the most unselfish person I know. She will do anything for anyone. She always cleans my house & give me pedicures. I've never seen a cleaner house than hers.. She is so talented and fun to be with. I never get sick of her and wish we still lived closer! I love her and her cute kiddos too!!

What is a memory you have with the 23rd person on your list?
Debbie Huish is a friend from my Mesa ward! She has a great personality! Her and a group of ladies from that ward all took me out to Olive Garden before I moved. She is a great mom and I miss being in that ward!!

spring...

a couple of weeks ago we went to EA football field and flew kites with some of our cousins.. it was perfect weather and the kids loved being outside. maci was up on the bleachers most of the time! it is so fun to be close to so much family!

when the weather warmed up.. me and the girls went out in the back yard (that is still all dirt) and had a picnic.. they loved to run in the yard away from the house (they don't make it very far).. and then race back. it's always fun to do things as a family, especially when the girls are getting along. they play like best friends sometimes.. other times not so much! :)

wayne's mom, dad, and sister (and two of her kids) came last month and we went out to my mom's to see all of her animals.. people call her house the palmer zoo. she has a miniature horse that had a colt. it is so tiny you can hold it. it is so cute! we also went for a ride in her golf cart.. we love grandma's house. it was so fun to spend time with some of wayne's family too...

i had to put this picture on here... this was at the dollar store the other day.. maci grabed some baskets and toys and started heading down the isle to see what else she wanted. it was so funny. she is already quite the shopper!! :)

On Friday night, some of my family went down to the river and had a campfire. Wayne was working so he couldn't come (2 more days until the tax deadline.. then i will have a husband again! YEAH!!) anyway... we all had so much fun that night! The sand was so soft that everyone took their shoes off, we rode 4 wheelers, and enjoyed cousins.. we made tinfoil dinners and they were great too! Maci loves being outside the most.. she keeps herself busy and is always so happy. hanna did great too, but haylee thought it was too windy and cold!.. we need to toughen her up a bit! :)

the other great thing i did this weekend was go to the temple. jarom and lisa wagoner are our close friends from our chandler ward... we did everything together. well a couple of years ago they moved to idaho and then we moved to thatcher. they were so lucky to adopt sweet bryson and i was able to go to their sealing yesturday (alone again!) it was an amazing experience and made my testimony grow even more! i am so thankful for forever families! as you can see in this picture... lisa is now pregnant.. her boys will be 9 MONTHS apart! she is just so thankful to be pregnant! this was an awesome day!

room makeover...

My sister was in town and she is an awesome decorator.. so we went to my favorite store here (gingerbread & co.) and found what i wanted for mine and wayne's room! i love it.. someday i will get the bed and bedding that i really want, but for now, this is great! I put the lettering up above my bathtub too.. i like how it turned out except brightness is spelled wrong.. so i will get that fixed!

calling all web designers...

does anyone know some one who designs websites? we are trying to have one made for our business??? if you do, please give me their name and info to get a hold of them. thanks so much!

Easter... better late than never!

Our Easter was great! The week before easter we had a Layton picnic here in Thatcher with Wayne's distant relatives. His parents and sister came and stayed at our house. Wayne has such fun cousins.. I know a lot of them better than he does, because I grew up with them. Easter morning the girls got their baskets and we colored eggs. Church was great! I had sharing time and talked about the resurrection (of course).. which now has such a closer meaning to me since my niece passed away.. I went to my parents ward to hear them speak too and they did an amazing job!

On Monday after Easter, we got together with my family (everyone except 2 siblings) and had a huge easter egg hunt. We always have a blast together.. My parent's neighbor had a "train" he had built, pulled by a tractor.. It was so fun and the kids had a blast! It was a great weekend!





I ordered Haylee and Hanna's dresses on line and they weren't here for easter, so they wore them a week late.. and looked adorable. (haylee didn't know where to put her hands! :)

Vinyl Lettering Blog!!

Most of you know that my sister and I have a vinyl lettering business. I have been working on a blog to get our info. out there. This is what I have come up with so far! If you have any questions just email me!
http://mywordsofwisdomvinyl.blogspot.com/

ToOthLEsS

a month ago, haylee lost her first tooth!! it was super loose and she didn't want to pull it.. she was eating an apple and it came out! she looks so cute! today she lost her second tooth at school... (it reminded me to post these pictures on here!)

i didn't know my own strength! :)

my brother steven and i were just messing around and he came behind me and tickeled me. i hate to be tickeled so i made a fist and swung around to hit him in the stomach (he is 6'4) well he ducked down right then and i hit him right in between the eyes!! it took both of us a minute to really know what just happened. he fell to the ground (just pretending) and then realized he was bleeding!! he had a cut above his eye brow and below his glasses. it was pretty deep! most of the family was there! it was pretty funny (even steven thought so)... my mom super glued it shut and things were ok... (except for his headache and my sore fist!) i can't imagine what it would feel like to get in a fight! now my brother know not to tickle me!!