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!!

Cruisin'

this year for spring break i went on a CRUISE with part of my family! my parents still have two boys at home. the oldest of them is leaving on a mission, so they wanted to take him on a fun trip before he leaves.. they scheduled the cruise and invited any of us that wanted to come.. it worked out that me, my older brother dave, and my two sisters could go. wayne was swamped with tax season and couldn't come... so i left my girls with my mother in law and a friend (they split the days) and we went cruisin... we left from LA on monday.. stopped in Catalina Islands tuesday... stopped in Ensanada Mexico wednesday.. had a day at sea thursday (which made most of us sick)... and came home friday.

it was an awesome experience. it was so fun to be with my siblings and parents! we got to be on the shows on the cruise like family fued and battle of the sexes, ate, we went to the club one night (i got carded! i guess it's a compliment that they didn't think i was 18, even though i turned 28 last week!) .. we layed out, ate, went to the spa, took naps, ate... it was so relaxing! deanne and i shared a room.. i made some phone calls from a calling card on the ship, and realized later that the ship charges $6.99 a minute for a satalite fee.. so $400 dollars later (after me and my sisters called home) we realized the damage and talked to cruise line in to halfing the charges..i was pretty ticked that they had those kind of hidden charges!!

anyway, besides that, it was a great trip! my family is definately my closest friends! we missed those who weren't with us!


catalina islands

karaoke ...

every night they made your towel in to the shape of an animal, turned down your bed and gave you chocolate!

dave, levi, tonya, deanne, me, travis, mom... everyone execpt dad!

ensanada mexico

my sisters, dave (my brother) and i all drove half way there on Sunday night.. we drove around blithe forever trying to find a good deal on a hotel.. finally we went back to one of the first ones.. i shared a bed with my brother and in the middle of the night he reached over and rubbed my back! i moved to the edge of the bed as fast as i could! he doesn't believe me that he did that! funny memories!

Catalina islands.. tonya and i got pedicures

me and deanne on the deck of the ship.. it was so beautiful!

formal night.. with my two sisters!

this was everyone that went!

levi, the show girl, and a protective sister :)

funny!

we look so tough! :)

our ship

Formal Night

travis, dad, mom, levi ( the food was AWESOME!)

dave, dee, tonya, me