So I have definitely been neglecting this thing called blogging. Wow so much time has passed and so much has happened. Well time for some major updating. So here we go from where we left off.

So the end of the school year 2014  Logan starred in her first drama play through school. It was based on a compilation of the fairy tales.  Logan was the old woman who lived in a shoe and had so many children.. She did a super cute job.

 She even got an award.

 In May Steve and I was able to go up to Park City for a couple nights for their all star performance rewards trip. It was so beautiful up there. We got some good hiking in there and a couple good massages at the spa.

   Allie went to her Junior Prom. it was a masquerade and she went with a really nice kid named Chad who she has been also starring in a musical with. More on that later..  She was so beautiful.

 daddy daughter moment.

 Wish I would have known I was going to be posing for a pict. Could have at least done something with myself. Had been working in the yard all day.

 What a beautiful Corsiage..

 Pretty good looking couple too..

We also got in a few camping trips this summer. This one was to warm Lake and it was nice.  A beautiful drive up the canyons. Austin and Dallin decided to roast their kill for the day. Poor little squirrels.  That is so disgusting.  My son and his crazy faces.

 I however didnt fare to well a couple of the days.. I ended up tweaking my back and had some bad nerve pain that put me down till I was able to get a blessing.  first one I had had in a long time. so greatful for priesthood blessings. And so glad Brother Corn happened to be up there camping too and had some oil.

 The boys (our husbands) ended up coming back with some fried legs. Poor Steves feet blistered. That will teach them to use sunblock..

 Then came Logan's 10th birthday.  She got the best present she had been wanting all year.. A new Kitten. We had it hiding in the bathtub and we had to send her on a scavenger hunt to find it.

 This was Lucky's spot to hang out while traveling in the motorhome.

 Austin had to get some driving in over the summer so he could get his license. Heaven help us.

Next was the High Adventure for Austin and Steve went along as well. Looked pretty beautiful and they said the fishing was great. They did alot of hiking and backpacking.

Then came our favorite yearly trip to Flaming Gorge. This year Christina Norda and her kids were able to join us. We had a blast.

The kids and our two biggest kids (husbands) loved the greasy watermelon game. It was a big hit!!

And a little football..

Nice look Levi!!

We sure did get a lot of rain in this trip. I think it rained every day we were up there.

Christina did all us girls hair for us.. She did an awesome job. So pretty. Wish I could do that..

Getting me some snuggles on the boat.

The mighty flag holders..

Nice look Rich!!

The girls would talk the boys into pulling them around on the tube by Kayak!!

Just chillin!!

Austin trying to keep Conner warm..

Love this pict of Steve and Megan.. He was in the water with every kid trying to teach them to water ski..

So serious Dallin.. But check out those muscles..

So guess who I met at my gym in Middleton Id? Mark Asper from the New York Giants.. He was in between teams at the moment so he was working out at our gym. He was a super fun guy who liked to tease Staleen and I while we worked out.  He since has gotten hired on with the Miami Dolphins.  Best of luck Mark.. We will miss seeing you at the gym.

The girls and I also got to go to time out for women and teens. It was a fun time.

The girls even got to pose with Carmen Rassmussen from American Idol who was one of the guest speakers

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Posing with my girls.

Summer Football also started up. Austin played running back, Starting kick off and tight end I think or some other position.

 Catching the ball for a touchdown.. That's my boy..

 Of course so came the injuries. another trip to our reserved room in the ER..

A little out of order but just us girls hanging out at time out for women..

 

We also got a trip out to lake sublett near Burley Idaho. It was alot of fun..

This is my Step brother Cole he got married this summer. We dont see him much.

This is Allie and chad again.. They have been working in a musical through the nazarine college. It's called the Dr. Seussical.. Super cute play. They both did a fantastic job.

Well we finally got our family pictures updated and Allie's senior pictures done... It had been a while. I really loved our photographer I think she did a great job, however she was really expensive.

My sweet baby butt cheeks Logan..

Cant believe my first baby is now an adult.. Wow how time flies.. She is so beautiful!!

 

Hunka hunk of burning love!!  He is so cute..

Boy this year our Jessie has sure grown up and out. She is turning into a beautiful young woman. Why cant they just stay little. waaaaa..

This is my favoirite.. LOVE!!

 

Our cute little kitty Malificent!!

 

and cute little Rosie!!

Still working hard at the gym every day.. Some day I'll have something to show for it.. lol

 

Got a couple batch's of salsa in this summer..

 

Homecoming week at School. Kids had fun dressing up..

Homecoming dance. Allie went with Cameron Meine..

 

She couldn't get the boutenier pinned on so dad had to do it.. How many dad's do you see pinning on their daughters date's boutineir?

 

Allie's first concert of the year.  She is loving being in madrigals. It has made her year. She loves to sing..

 

Happy Halloween. Every year I like to make a fun halloween dinner.

 I decided to do the run or dye race in Nampa this year. It was super fun. Not timed so you can just run at an easy pace.

 

So Austin turned 16 this year.. Woo hoo.  My parents wanted to get him something special so they ended up getting him a gun. He was super excited.

 

No idea what this face is all about..

 

Looking good in his new suit though..

 And he knows it!!

 

Also it was Steve's birthday too and mine.. November is a big month for us.

 

On our way to Utah for Thanksgiving. YUM!!

Me and the girls out having fun for my birthday. Love going to the Villiage in Eagle..

 

Steve had the crazy idea to hang the lighted deer from the porch to make it look like it was dead and bleeding.. I thought it was pretty funny actually..

At the Palmer Christmas party Allie wanted to learn to country swing so her step 2nd cousins Jesse (Pepper) and Austin(Hos) taught her.. She was having a blast.

The girls wanted to do gingerbread houses this year. It was fun.

 

I forgot to take pictures at Christmas time this year. Well at least not to many so there is just a couple. Nice right? Lucky made out though!! He had that bone gone in like 3 days.. Oh the doggy farts though was killer!! LOL

Allie and Austin both got plane tickets this year for their birthday/christmas combined.  Austin is going to Alaska with Steve and Steve's brother Rich and his son Dallin for a last boys trip before Dallin goes on his mission so that should be alot of fun for them. 

Allie got a ticket to Hawaii for a graduation/ christmas/ birthday gift, so we are going with my mom and dad to have a girls trip before Allie heads off to college and then her mission.

Logan finally got her Ipad she had been begging for for 2 years. Spoiled little girl..

Then came Tip Off Dance,and Austin got asked and this would be his very first date since turning 16.

 

I think he had a pretty great time.

Allie asked a kid from our ward Jacob Staley. She was so excited to wear her 50's dress she had been wanting forever. She looked so cute and the dress was a big hit. She had a blast.

Jacob is such a riot.. He is so funny.

Up next was Jessie's 13th birthday.. Oh my another teenager in the house.

She wanted Runes from the City of Bones series on her cake..

Then it was Allie's birthday. Finally 18 I now have a daughter who is officially an adult.  Waaaa  where has all the time gone. I cant be this old already. waaaaa

Got to have her supply of popcorn. I swear she could live off of popcorn alone.

 

Austin finally got enough of his driving hours in that I finally caved and decided to let him get his license.  watch out everyone and stay off the roads. 

Well we have had a rough go of the new year with Logan. She got a bad cold just after Christmas and with it a horrible cough that lasted for 7-8 weeks. We had her in and out of the doctors office  several times and a ER visit as well. Poor thing we just couldnt get her better. she would cough and then throw up then she would make her self so nervous with worry of being sick that it would make it worse and she would have horrible stomach pain. It was a rough time.  This was when she was getting her stomach scoped and she had just woke up from the anesthesia.

They had had her do a breathing treatment at the docs trying to get her lungs to open up a little.

 

Steve has had a rough go too.. He had not been feeling well for a while with stomach pains and we found a lump in his kahones so we feared the worse and got him right in to the docs who also felt the lump and sent us for more testing and prepared us for cancer, however after more testing and ultrasound it showed no signs of cancer and felt it was probably just a swollen vericose vein. Thank heavens. They did do some scopes on him as well to check his stomach and felt he may have been healing from a ulcer so put him on some stomach medicine for the time being..  What a relief to know it was not cancer.

So that brings us to the present of March of 2015. This was my beautiful view from my deck this morning before I went out walking. It has been in the 60's to 70's the last couple days. We really got a early spring this year and not much winter so we will be hurting for water again this year. but it has been so beautiful and nice out side.

So I have a friend who is training to ride the Century Bike race and has been training for it. She also has been working out at the gym every morning with me as well that over achiever. Anyways she asked me to come on the ride with her and the girl she is riding with in the race for a ride monday. I was a little worried since I havnt rode for a year and I dont have a road bike just a hybrid bike which is part mountain and road bike crossed. They usually have been going 20-25 miles so I thought I guess I would give it a try.   OH MY WORD they almost killed me. they went 30 miles and they would just pull away from me on the hills going down and up. I had to work twice as hard to keep up with them and it was getting pretty frustrating. I was so out of breath and whipped on those hills, but I actually made it the whole way. I was pretty proud of myself. However, I wasnt going to do that again with my bike, so I went and borrowed a friends road bike who said I could use it for a while and if I was interested in it I could buy it for a good deal. So I took in and got it all tuned up and the tires fixed and we gave it a little test ride around the block last night because I was really nervous about being clipped into the pedals and the shifting of gears is really different on these kind of bikes, but I think I caught on pretty fast and so today we took them out for another 30 mile ride and it was SOOO much better this time around. I could have gone farther, other then my parts were hurting so bad and feeling bruised, but the bike did make a huge difference.  so I'm actually thinking of getting into it a little more. It was so nice riding out here on all these back roads in Idaho. Not much traffic and beautiful scenery it was just awesome other then the horrible smell of cow maneur every so often.

Oh ya and BIG announcement.... We are moving again.. YES I KNOW AGAIN..  We are finally going to make it back home to Utah. It's only taken us 8 years to finally get back.. When we first left we never thought it would take this long but the day has finally come.  Steve's work offered us a very nice relocation offer which was basically if we dont sell our home in 90 days they will come in and buy it from us and sell it for us and we can walk away from it and they give us 90% of the Appraisel value to take and use for the new home. Plus they come in and pack everything up for us and move it.  It was such a good deal we felt it wasnt worth passing up.  We couldnt do it last year because Allie was a senior and wanted to get her last year done without having to move again and start over which I cant blame her.  So now she is graduating and the time is right so we jumped on it before the offer expired.

It's bitter sweet.  We have definitely had some very memorable experiences along the way in all our moves and we have made some very wonderful friendships as well..  Some we will cherish for the rest of our life's.  It will be hard to leave Idaho. It is beautiful here and it will be tough to leave behind our friends here. Especially now that I am getting into biking and have a workout partner, that is huge for me and I hate to have to start over and try to make another friend and find someone I can go do this stuff with. It takes me along time to make a friend, but when I do it lasts forever.

But it will be nice to finally live back close to family and have family to go do things with especially since Steve travels so much.  We are building a home in Perry Utah and we will start breaking ground hopefully this next week.. We put our house up on the market and it sold on the very first day for full price. And they were not in a hurry to get in so we are closing on March 20th and then they will rent it back to us till June 30th which hopefully by then we will only have a couple months left on our home we are building so we can live with family for those  couple months. And we didnt have to do any repairs on the home as well. It was a miracle. It definitely must be meant to be. These things just dont happen. Especially after all the horrible experiences we had moving out here and the sell of our house in Michigan falling through.  I definitely believe Heavenly Father answered our prayers and the timing is right.

So we got just over  3 months to live it up here in Idaho before we say goodbye.