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It has been so warm lately that I noticed these today!

I don't think I'm ready for spring to come and go yet...although I love the warm weather.  

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OK...I'm cold

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It was a super wet, wet weekend.  This rainbow's colors were so bright and vivid, I had to take a picture.  Along with a dozen others on instagram. 

We started our day at 6:30 a.m. and watched our two older sons in a lacrosse tournament and this buddy in his football game.  By 2:30 I was ready for a warm bath! The score at the end of his game was not in our favor, but he played as good as any kid could in pouring rain and muddy conditions.  The older boys were undefeated in their lacrosse tournament.  Too wet for my camera to be out today.  

After such a rainy weekend, rain and umbrellas will have a new meaning to me after President Uchtdorf's comparison at The General Women's Conference.  Such an uplifting night.

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Our cute Abby gave us these beautiful flowers as tiny little blooms.  We planted them in our yard and they have been so fun to watch grow.  

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What a reward of hard work!

And that huge carrot is the only one that survived.  But is was delicious on our salad tonight!

 After dinner we started FHE with the family searching for the missing mail & shed keys that The Jett swung around and let go flying into the air earlier in the day.  After many prayers, Pink spied the keys dangling from their shoestring at the tip top our our tree.  With help from very kind neighbors, their 20-foot PCP pipe, Z half way up the tree, and the rest of us cheering him on...he was able to maneuver it enough to bring down the beloved and needed keys. That was fun…yikes.

After that we proceeded with finishing our 72-hour kits.  This is M in his stored clothes, he was so excited to take this picture.  It turned into a late night but we are now ready to go with clothes that fit, food that is fresh and edible, and hopes that we will never need them!

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Cousins Camp: Day 6

Uncle Sam drove these three boys 4 1/2 hours to play in a Lacrosse tournament together.  Apparently they had a great time. I finished my back to school shopping.

That night we attended Becca's ward picnic and the kids canoed all night long.  

It seemed a little crazy to just let them go, but they managed just fine.

Later that night Z had his wisdom teeth pulled.  One of the purposes of the trip was to have them taken out, but Z didn't want to ruin his vacation so they waited until the last minute.  9:00 p.m. Saturday night.  The cousins have some pretty funny video after he returned still a little sedated.  

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Cousins Camp: Day 5

Around 10:00 a.m. they came in and asked me to come out and take pictures.  Which I did!

 He was voted best boat driver of the trip.  They claim he produced the best wake.

 He may or may not have wake boarded in his underwear.  Don't mind me, I'm just your mom.

 I did go out with the girls for a minute until the rope broke during one of their "toilet" moves.

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Cousins Camp: Day 4

One of our favorite things to do in Montana is go camping and boating at the lake.  It was so nice to have the older boys there to take the younger kids on the boat.  We prepared to cook foil dinners on a fire but learned that they had just banned fires.  So I paid for a cube of butter from the camp host and we made hamburgers and fried potatoes in the camper.  We also found some Top Ramen in the camper for those kids that couldn't wait to eat.  It's all about how you handle plan B!  Hopefully our blaring fire alarm didn't bother too many neighbors.  The three boys drove home and slept and returned at 6:00 in the morning so they could wake board on the best water. I was surprised they made it back so early.  The rest of us snuggled in the camper and slept pretty good.

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Our cousins arrived and brought us this little pot of Sunflowers!  I can't wait for them to grow!

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We are soooo excited!

Well I am, the kids won't eat them.

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Cousins Camp - Day 2

Snowbird Ski Resort Summer All-day Pass!

Another Top of the List funnest Cousin's Camp Activity!

We really missed a few cousins and those that were at EFY & Girls Camp.

Activity #1 - The Mountain Flyer &

Activity #2 The Ropes Course

 Activity #3 

The Tram ride to the top of the Mountain!  

We brought our lunch with us and ate on top of the world, so beautiful.

Activity #3

The Bungee Trampoline

They loved this activity and came back several times throughout the day.

Activity #4 

The Alpine Slide!

This was also a favorite.

Just riding the chair lift up to the Alpine Slide! 

Activity # 5

The Mountain Coaster!

This was one of my favorites and I loved going with this girl.  We giggled as we attempted selfies.  Notice the very dark clouds in the back ground that crashed our party 1 1/2 hours early!

But no worries, we just headed to Leatherbys instead.  

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We have some cute neighbors living in our tree.

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After we planted our garden, we found this cute garden label idea on Pinterest.

Paint and label paint stirring sticks.

 Operation Garden-COMPLETE!

Now - "Let it Grow"

We also used our other new purchase for the first time - A new BBQ

Happy Memorial Day!

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Sunday mornings seem to be snuggle mornings.

We love it!

 Later, this girl mapped out our planting plans for tomorrow.  

We're pretty excited!

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Today we cleaned out our garden and bought some seeds and plants (we will plant them on Monday).

After we cleared the weeds, it was a fun surprise to see we had some volunteers - chives, lettuce, potatoes & broccoli!  I am so excited to finally have a garden.

 B Girl also spent over an hour deep cleaning the tramp.  So cute.

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It was a beautiful day and the kids finally planted the flowers they gave me for Mother's Day.

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It was our last day in Cancun and it started to sprinkle for the first time.

 Later we sat under a canopy and watched a complete downpour for about 20 minutes!

I love the rain, especially when it's warm out and I'm not getting wet.

 Last picture of the trip.  A beautiful night & the view from our room.