Sit down and grab a soda this is LONG!!!!

Well, of course its been a while once again......so this is what we have been up to.....here are some Easter shots.......

Every year since we have been here our neighborhood puts on an Easter Egg Hunt, well this year it got divided between two neighborhoods (small town drama), the kids love it and so does Rich it is so funny to watch all the neighborhood children hunt for eggs. It was so cold and raining that morning but if you know my kids they will do anything for a little bit of candy!!

Check out Ellie's loot......

Lisa's loot............she was way cold....

Lane's loot......

As you can tell Alan is not on any of these pictures .....well......he's too cool for an Easter egg hunt. He was chatting with friends.............(red sweat shirt)

Here is my good friend, our Relief Society President, not wanting her picture taken!!! ( Cherise, I'll get ya when you least expect it....maybe the gym!!!)

Here are a few pictures of us coloring Easter eggs....

Do you remember when you were little and you HAD to wait for the dye to color your egg and it took FOREVER!!!

It is was so hard for Lane to wait for the eggs to dye he wanted to color all of them. When you have three other siblings fighting over eggs........it was a long night!!!

I am not quite sure what Lisa was making.......

Ok, if you know my mom she LOVES her grand kids!!! Well, she bought them a Williams and Sonoma Easter egg coloring kit..... and it came with GLITTER!!! If you know me I HATE glitter!!! Let me tell you, I am STILL finding glitter!! Thanks MOM!!!!

The kids lived it though, look at Alan, so very serious decorating eggs........yes, that is glitter in his hands.....

And look at the masterpiece Rich surprised me with!!!! Ahhhhh!!!! See why I love him!!

I can't forget Miss Ellie look at her work of art..and the reason they all have wet hair is because once again we bribed them to hurry so we can color eggs and dessert IF they hurry and shower!! And it worked!!!

These are picutes from a rock climbing park we go to all the time....

My kids like to try and catch tad poles, I am not sure I like this but they have fun...

This is Enterprise (far away) Rich needed to do a little scouting for turkey so we went and did a little off-roading and check out this view!!!

He didn't see, or hear any signs

We saw a few deer and then I saw this......

This is the biggest lizard I have ever seen. Lane wanted me to catch it but I do not touch any thing with four legs and a tail that long!!! eek!!!!

Oh and Rich's cell phone still worked on the mountain!!! I can't stand that thing!!!!

Now here is the best thing .........

Lane started T-ball!!!!

He has the best coach. He is or neighbor and friend.

I am not sure what I did with the coloring with my camera but, sorry........it was so bright out I thought I had it right.......not!!

Alright I will let you take a brake and I will post more later I have sat here way too long and I am off to Vegas!!!

much love, Sherrie

The other man in my life......

Do you know who this is?????...........................



same man........................

I think he is looking at ME!!!!! (wink)

Now do you know??????


Do you know???

well.....................it's America's National Romantic Music Sensation!!!! (his words not mine) lol

IT'S JIM BRICKMAN!!!!!

I have seen him 4 times now I LOVE his music!!! Rich was supposed to go with me but I went with a friend instead (Rich was VERY thankful she went) (wink)

He is so cute and funny and he has just GREAT music. It was an outside theater and started to sprinkle and a little chilly but the night was perfect especially with the mountains in the background. (Rich you would have liked it)

So, I am a BrickHead!!!

Yup, I will admit it I am a BrickHead!!!

My man Jim is always there for me, if I need a cry a long hot bubble bath or just to relax he is there. So who wouldn't want him as ....................the other man in your life.

So IF you haven't heard him, you should, he is fantastic!!! Oh and tell him I sent you (wink).

Much love, Sherrie

A day at the fire station............

Well, it was a very nice Promotion Ceremony and since Rich was forced to work overtime that day the kids and I took dinner and spent some time at the fire station. Rich got to take Alan and Ellie from the ceremony to the fire station in the fire truck with the "guys" I wish I had a picture of that it was priceless. They both had headphones on and looked very serious like they were going on a call.

Rich took the kids on a little drive around the block and I had the wrong lense on to capture all of them in the truck. This truck is the one that has a big bucket on front, it's huge.You can kind of see Lisa in the back window. Ellie got lucky and got the front! I am not sure how that happened!! LOL

I HAD to take a pic of this, I had the scooter in the back of the truck so Lane was scooting away in the garage. LOL

Rich sitting in the driving seat!!! (so sorry about the lighting in these pictures I am STILL practicing!!)

Miss Ellie posing!!! (wink)

If you knew my husband, he is ALWAYS leaning or looking for a seat, he is NOT a standing kind of guy so I got a quick shot of him leaning.....

twice..........................

Lane was just a little excited to climb all over the fire truck!!! Does it show? LOL

The little ones...............

The big ones (thats what Rich and I call the two and two)



Alan NOT wanting his picture taken.





We had such a nice day it was hard saying goodbye for another day.(he is working three 24 hour shifts in a row)

I even got to pin Rich's new badge on him at the ceremony!!! I am hoping for a picture to post.

If anyone wants a tour let me know, I can hook you up! (wink)

Much love,Sherrie

This is my punkin.....

This is my very handsome husband!!! We are going to Vegas tomorrow for Rich's promotion ceremony, so he had to try on his new uniform and man, oh man if you know what a man in a uniform does to me (well, my husband in a uniform) I had to shoot a few pics of him. He looks so handsome. He is going to kill me for this!! LOL

He tried for so long to be a fireman, it was a dream come true when he finallly made it. I am so proud of him and this picture makes my heart fill with love for him even more. There are not too many people out there that have a job they love and like going to work to help complete strangers.

I love ya punkin, thanks for all you do!!!

much love, Sherrie XOXOOOXXX

A family day....

We had another family adventure once again. Rich wanted to take the kids on a little outing and then go shooting so here are a few pics.......

This is at Red Cliffs.....my classes are working.......don't you think................... (another 'new' lense)

We bought a couple of boxes of clay pigeons to shoot and here is Alan trying to shot them......

I told him IF he didn't shoot JUST one he was going to have to buy a new box and what do you think he did after I threw them for an hour he hit two!!! He says more but I am not so sure...

I tried shooting a few and it is a lot of fun. My only problem is the noise. But I figured it out and taught Alan where to aim and look. He DID IT!!!

Rich has issues with teaching people new things..... thats all I am going to say about that (wink)

Me just shooting junk (I asked Rich to hold my camera and look what I found)

Look what Lisa found, nice junk huh?? the little ones loved this thing

Miss Ellie found a little dirt and just wanted to play with her puppies....

Lane just sitting in the back of the truck because he didn't want to get shot, like we would shoot him.............(wink) lol lol

Rich shooting junk........

I like this picture with the city in the background

Here is another family outing, we are just waiting for some visitors to take with us and don't forget we have a guest room.....

much love,Sherrie

We had dessert BEFORE dinner!!!!!

We had a bad morning this morning and I thought I would be a good mom and let the kids have dessert BEFORE dinner. I made some yummy cupcakes!!! LOOK............(well the frosting was a "new" recipe so it was a little ...........thick,but good)

I set the table before the kids got home from school so they wouldn't have to.

(which I was thanked for!!!)

Then......... I let them dig in!!!!!!!

Then.....................

I told them APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!! BAAAA HAAAAA HE HE!!!!!!

It was meatloaf with mashed potatoes frosting!!!!

I LOVE the look on Lisa's face, she wasn't too happy about this for a second!!!

Alan and Ellie didn't care they thought it was funny.....

I have never played a joke on anybody ever because I don't like then done to me. But, I saw this ideas from a fellow blogger ( Ucreate) look to the right and I thought this would really work. My kids LOVE treats and as soon as they saw them after school they wanted them but......I made them wait till after Lisa had piano and I told them they could have then AFTER dinner. But after I took a few pictures I told them " Well, lets have dessert BEFORE dinner!!" Man I was the best mom in the world for a few seconds!!! He HE

Like I tell all my friends,this is one more thing for them to talk about in counseling when they get older!!!

I hope everyone enjoyed their April Fools Day!!!

Too bad Rich was at work he would have loved to have been here.

much love, Sherrie ;)