Summer Fun

We just had a Bridal Shower for my Gorgeous Little Niece Breanne! I can't believe she's getting married! I still remember the day she was born.. and her pooping ALL over me at the swim pool!! We are SO excited to have Chad be official though!!

My Cute Mom at the ShowerAvery helping Breanne with the presents!! She and Breanne are Buddies!! Avery is going to be one of her flower girls at the wedding!!
Avery with my Brother Shaynes, Brother's little girl! She is so cute! Avery was in HEAVEN! Thanks Melissa for letting her play!!

Avery and her Bernanne!!! (Breanne) They are Best Buddies!!

Avery with Grandma Taylor and Cousin Parker at Weber States Fireworks!!

Preston with Kirsten and Brigette at Weber State Fireworks! Some of my adopted daughters!! :)

Avery with Cousin Breanne and soon to be Cousin Chad.. The cute little couple will be married in a couple weeks.. Avery is their flower girl!! She's SO STINKING EXCITED!! :)
Avery is playing with Brooklyn and Brinley, Braden's little sisters.. .like she does every ball game!!! She's singing her little heart out for all to hear! ha! ha! It was quite hysterical!!!

Like I said, she's singing her Heart OUT!!

Our Summer has been So Busy! I know I say that EVERY Post... but it seems it just keeps getting worse! ha! ha! Preston has had SO MUCH baseball I can't even close my eyes with out seeing balls and bats flying!!! He made the Fremont JV A team which has been pretty fun. They did pretty well and it got him really excited for High School Baseball! His Northern Utah Baseball Academy team was one of the best experiences we've ever had! We just loved the coaches, the kids.. and even all the parents had a great time together!! Loved it!! Then he got asked to also play on a team to represent Ogden and the surrounding areas. They made it to the State Championships and got to play at Lindquist Field. For those of you that don't know what an honor that is... it's where our AA Team, the Ogden Raptors play! It's such a nice stadium and there were announcers and everything! It was awesome!! In between all his baseball games he's been hanging out with his best buds... Braden, Brody, Tyler and Tanner!!! It's like I've adopted more kids! ha! ha! He's also got a big group of friends that included girls! ha! ha! Which has always been kind of hard for me to deal with... thank goodness he hasn't ever really wanted to hang out with girls until now... but these girls are awesome! I love them like my own! So it's been a ball having them all hang out together. Avery loves it too! Not only has she acquired more brothers... she's now got 4 more sisters! ha! ha! It's been such a fun summer... we have been loving ever minute of it! I'm sad it's going by SO Fast!

We're just getting ready to get Preston all registered for High School!! I can't believe I am going to have a high school kid! YIKES!! I'm getting OLD! ha! ha! Plus Avery is getting ready to start Preschool!! Again I can't believe my baby is old enough for Preschool!! Where does the time go?? It makes me so sad!!

Little Miss Avery showing off her 4th of July attire and the pool! Miss patriotic!! :)

Avery going to the little slide! She goes down this.. .over and over and over!!

Avery with Grandma Taylor and Cousin Tyler taking a break at the pool!

Preston, Brody and Braden at Roy Pool! My Three Little Goofballs! ha! ha!
Avery and her "Other" Brother Brody! He's one of my adopted boys! ha! ha!

Avery started dance! She LOVES it! She loves her teacher and thinks she'd pretty hot stuff in her dance attire... she's in with one of her Best Friends... Hadlee. They are so fun to watch! Chaylie Rawlings at Energy Dance is her teacher and can I tell you what a wonderful teacher she is!! She is so good with the girls!!

Avery and Hadlee with Chaylie!
Learning 1st Position

We went camping with my Auntie Jill and Uncle Steve and Auntie Cindy and Uncle Dan and their kids up to South Fork! It was a riot! Avery floated the river for the very first time and had an absolute BALL! I couldn't hardly keep her off the river!! She wasn't scared at all!! We are going back in a couple weeks for our Fikstad Family Reunion... I can't wait! It's going to be so much fun!!
Hope you like the photos!!

Our CRAZY Busy Life

Avery and the Carp that was at least 12 pounds! It was almost as tall as her.. .bigger than her pole and took Dad about 15 minutes to bring in! What a crack up that was, seeing Nick trying to reel this sucker in on her Little Pink Princess Pole!!! Funny Stuff Right there!!! ha! ha!

My Little Fisher Girl! Throwing the Big, Gross Carp Back into the WILD!!! ha! ha!
Bubba and Daddy trying to get Avery to touch it so she wouldn't be scared of it anymore! She was FREAKING out when Nick finally got it in and out of the water! She didn't think it was cool anymore! ha! ha! She was screaming at the top of her lungs! It was a Crack Up!

Preston going in after a Turtle for some kid he doesn't even know!! Trying NOT to fall in! If he only knew what what in this water! ha! ha!

Preston's Little Catch compared to Avery's!
Preston and His Catch of the Day!
Daddy! Don't you think there is a fish in there somewhere?? I think I want to throw my line in over there Bubba!!
Okay Honey! I'll help you catch a fish!! But I'm not sure how I feel about this Pink, Princess Pole! Who had the Brilliant Idea to cut these off and use them to hold our poles???
I just know there is a fish out there somewhere!!
Hi Mommy! How do you like my glasses??

My Bass Fisherman!

Avery Dancing and Grooving at Preston's Lip Sing Play!

Preston doing "Smooth Criminal", trying to be like Mike! ha! ha!
"Annie are you okay? Are you okay Annie!" ha! ha!

Preston and his Siblings! Aren't they Cute??

Avery taking Charlie for a Ride in her Jeep! He LOVES to go with her! It cracks me UP!

The Two Amigos!!
Are we Cute or What?? Mr. Baseball playing at Salt Lake Community College!
Preston Loves being a Catcher!

My Boy on Easter Morning! I LOVE My Kids! They are Best Buddies!!
Avery with her Cousin Breanne.

Breanne was helping her at the Easter Egg Hung at Grandma Taylor's
Avery finding her eggs! She LOVED the Easter Egg Hunt! Preston being a Little Dork!! He's so funny!!!

Man, I can't believe it has been since January that I last updated! Yikes! ha! ha! I wouldn't even to begin to post all that has happened! I had another knee surgery... and I'm getting really tired of those! ha! ha! But it was very much needed! Even though I am probably going to have another one in the not to far future! Thanks Church Ball for that one!! :)

Avery turned 3! I can't even believe she's 3! It's so fun, yet so sad at the same time! I waited so long for her.. .and now she's growing way too fast! She is so independent! LOVES her brother and all of his friends! Has decided that she has 5 boyfriends... which are all her brothers friends.. .so I think we are safe with that one! ha! ha! Charlie, Robbie, Braden and Brody all play on Preston's baseball teams! It's a good thing it's these boys.. they are the only ones Nick and I would allow for her to follow around like she does! She cracks me up! When ever she see these guys.. she yells their names.. and RUNS to them! Gives them great big hugs and follows them around like a little lost puppy dog! She'll stand at the fence and cheer for them, yell their names and tell them she loves them! ha! ha! It's a crack up! They are all so good with her! They will even let her help them get the team stretched. She tries to do all the stretches with them.. it's quite the crack up! She even named our new little Shitzu "Charlie", yes.. after Charlie on Preston's team! LOVE IT! She's all signed up for dance and Preschool! I can't believe she's old enough! I have to stop talking about it or I'm going to cry! ha! ha!

Preston is finally out of Jr. High and on his way to High School! Talk about another life changing event! Man! This is also something I am having a hard time with! I can't believe my baby boy turned 15, got his driving permit and is now going to high school! Where does the time go? Preston made his Jr. High Baseball team again and was also Captain! Yeah for him! He was pretty humble about it, but I think deep down he thought that was a great honor! He's my humble boy! One of the reasons he's such a great kid! We've been playing baseball out our EARS! Seriously! In the last 2 weeks, we played 14 baseball games! Yes I said 14! Holy Cow I know! ha! ha! He's been playing with "Northern Utah Baseball Academy" (NUBA) with GREAT Coaches and great kids! It is just getting over and I'm so sad! It was so fun with all the great families that we were able to hang out with at the ball park!! He's also been playing with Fremont's freshman team and now Fremont's JV team! I'm so excited for him to be playing high school ball and now we get more friends too!! Yeah! Avery is so excited because all the girls that come watch Preston, Brody and Braden play, play with her as well! Preston has made some great new friends and we just love them to death! It's been such a fun time watching him play and they make life all the more enjoyable too! Plus, Preston thinks it's pretty cool that the girls come watch them play too! ha! ha!

So that's our life in a Nut Shell... I hope the photos helped you see what all we have been up too and to show some of the things I didn't post! We LOVE our family and friends... so don't ever forget that!! :)

Mr. Snowman and Bird Door Hangers

Valentines Day is just around the corner... and what a perfect little "Love Bird" for your door! I can do the bird also with a flower that can be used more than just for February. If you'd like a different color I can do it with whatever color you'd like. Mr. Birdie also looks really cute in Blue or Yellow ! I also have a heart door hanger and some other fun Valentines Crafts on my craft blog. http://www.kerrieskrafts.blogspot.com/. Check it out! :)

Both the Birds and Heart are $20.00

This would also be so cute in a kids room!

I still have some Snowman Door Hangers Left. Let me know if you'd like one! $20.00