Tuckett Circus

Good 'Ol Poppa Tone

2012-01-18T11:43:00.000-07:00

We love having my dad here (AKA Poppa Tone). This morning he came downstairs while I was getting the boys ready for school. Acting in the usually way making random comments like, "hey I had one of those be-three" and singing "I'm looking over a four leaf clover.... that I over looked besix". He had the boys laughing, I don't even recall what all he was saying. But as I'm making sandwiches and Jaiden is sitting at the counter he looks up at me with his big eyes and a slight grin and asks in a almost whisper, "Can I take him to school with me?"
I died laughing. It was so cute.

Disconnected

2011-12-27T15:58:00.000-07:00

I sat in on a conference call today with Tammy. Brain Balance is amazing. I'm learning so much. I know it's going to help us. I'm very excited and hopeful.

A mouth Piece would get in the way

2011-11-22T15:13:00.000-07:00

It took me a minute to notice but ya gotta love this picture of Treyce sticking his tongue out.

Tryece's First Football Season

2011-11-19T18:20:00.003-07:00

We had a BUSY and fun football season this year with both of the boys playing.

Treyce got to play on Dakoda's team (thankfully) otherwise I don't know if he would've made it.
The coach said Treyce told him he wanted to touch the ball so coach put him at center. Which means he got to hike it to his best buddy Dakoda. On defense he was linebacker. He was so cute because he would always be back there behind the line holding his hands out in front of him, ready for whomever was coming at him.
This age is so cute and fun to watch they just don't have as much drama as the older teams. Most times after the game one of the players would ask,"did we win?" or "did we do good?". All I can say is God bless the coaches and people who love football and kids enough to volunteer so much time and energy to teach these kids all about the game. Treyce was lucky to have a good coach and meet some new friends on his team.

BIG THANK YOU to Shannon for taking most of the pictures.

First some PRACTICE....

GAME TIME

Always LOVE and support from Family and friends

What a great season we can hardly wait for next year.

Shooting

2011-10-09T23:23:00.003-06:00

Today we went shooting and Bentley got to shoot her new gun (from her dad for her b-day) for the first time.

Treyce Feels Bad For A Kid

2011-08-31T21:30:00.001-06:00

Me and Treyce were sitting across from each other on the living room floor. I was putting pads in his football pants he was in deep thought then he says, "Mom, I feel so bad for this one kid at school."
I responded with the same thing I did last week when he made this exact same comment, "Why?"
Treyce says, "because....(pause).. okay..... " Then Treyce continues to go into this re-enactment of what happened while playing soccer at school. Picture Ace Ventura when he's in the mental institution and he's wearing the tutu and calling out plays etc. That's how Treyce tells his story, he re-enacts it. The story ended with, "..... and the kid went POW and landed on the ground like this." Treyce continues showing me every detail by shoving his hands onto the floor then falling down so he is laying on his side. Treyce continues his story "And he was like, (Treyce starts to scream and is rolling back and forth holding his hand "AAAAHHHHHhhhhhhhhh!!!" Then Treyce stops and says, "Oh wait he's an Asian kid so it was more like EEEEeeeeeee!!"
I lost it. I started laughing and looked straight down at the floor trying to hide the fact that I was starting to tear up because I was laughing so hard. Treyce was looking pretty confused but if you know Treyce nothing stops him from finishing his story. So he continues, "I even saw the kid after school and he looked like he had tears in his eyes. I think he may have had a big rock stuck in his hand"
I was able to pull myself back together enough to throw a lot of questions at Treyce, "Was he okay? did you ask him if he was okay? Were you a good friend to him?" Treyce says that he asked if he was okay etc and the kid said he was okay but he just seemed sad.
But lets face it he lost me at the "oh yeah it was an Asian kid so it was more like......"

Way to Dream Big Kid

2011-08-31T20:27:00.000-06:00

Story as told by Jaiden.

My teacher put us into groups today. We had to go around the group and say what our favorite car is. One kid was like a Corvette, I said my favorite is a Ferrari, the next kid said a Lamborgini, another kid said a supped up monster truck then this kid says a honda Civic. Who says a freakin Honda Civic is their favorite car? We were all picking these cool cars and he says Honda Civic. Me and the other kids just looked at each other and tried not to laugh but I couldn't help it, I started laughing and was like, "DUDE! a Honda Civic?" The kid was like "yeah my mom drives one and it's pretty nice."

Hobble Creek Half Marathon

2011-08-27T21:25:00.001-06:00

It's fast but not my favorite.
I ran the Hobble Creek half marathon today. All I can say is "once and done". It was a fast course, everyone got PR's but the race is very unorganized, started late and was old school (and not in the good way). One of the directors of the race stood up with a mega phone saying if you have any complaints we will let you know the phone number for the bus company so you can call and complain to them. Then, he proceeded to tell us that we will be running with traffic, to a certain point, then against traffic, then when you turn this one road you run single file. He says that we are about to start the race and to watch for the timing truck because after everyone starts it's got to get by us to get to the end of the race to clock everyone as they finish. I haven't seen that since my first race in 1999.

Overall it's good and fast but could use some work. I may not be fair because I do compare races to Moab and they are the best!

The Things They Say

2011-08-07T21:21:00.005-06:00

We were sitting in sacrament meeting today. Our neighbors Shelley and Casey blessed their baby. Then the bearing of testimonies began. Shelley was the third person to stand up and speak. She was crying and emotional as many mothers are on a big day like a baby blessing. She was quite choked up. You know when you cry hard and audibly inhale (I don't know how else to describe the sound) she was doing that. Well it was so sweet and emotional. Then after she says "amen" and walks back to her seat my seven year old son stands up and says in his regular (loud) voice, "uuuppfffff....Oh my gosh! She was totally faking!!" I immediately sit him down. Then, I made the mistake of going to Shelley's defense and said, "no she wasn't". Which made him get defensive, "Yeah she was did you see her? She was totally faking!Did you hear her?" Then he starts to imitate the noises shelley was making.The lady behind us was totally cracking up. I'm sure a lot of people were. I could've died. I haven't been that embarrassed since Friday when Bentley pointed at a man about 5' 2" tall standing in front of us at Costco and said with excitement, "MOM, Look! It's a midget"

Oh the joys!!

Striving For Progress Not Perfection

2011-07-15T21:19:00.001-06:00

I had a great week at work, a few days of good workouts and it's amazing how good I feel. All the negative thoughts and feelings want to creep in my head but I'm just pushing them away and trying to stay positive.

I was looking at an old photo album with my little girl and I saw a picture of me one year after having my first baby. I look at the picture now and I can't believe how good I looked. But I remember seeing that exact same picture back then and thinking how bad I looked, how much more weight I needed to loose and how embarrassing it was to look as bad as I did. It's common for me to focus on the bad things, atleast about myself, my house, the way I raise my kids. I always seem to have this idea that I will be happy in the future. But really each decision I make each day is what creates and becomes my future. I am working on my "future" each day. Therefore, I'm going to be happy and positive in the moment. I'm not "going" to be happy when I accomplish .....(blank) I am going to be happy now and celebrate every little thing I do good and over look the bad things.

\That's my pep talk to myself for today : )

I'm Back!!

2011-06-25T21:18:00.001-06:00

Yesterday morning I did the canyon with Tony. It was the first time I've been up at 6 a.m. in a long time. It's the first time I've done the canyon since last summer. I don't know what it is about the scenic fabulous canyon but it's like something clicked.

I was happy again. I was happy the entire day and had way more energy than normal and I didn't even take anything to make me feel that way. It really made me realize how much I have to make time for myself and things I enjoy more of a priority in life instead of just getting by or going through the motions.

Prior to this I have been super depressed. To top it off I was topping off the scales at my highest weight EVER (except when pregnant). Holy shit that's a weird feeling. I always feel like I'm over weight and look awful but to have the scale show me that I'm far bigger than I thought and to have my clothes there to clarify that yes, I am indeed a bigger fat ass than I realized, didn't exactly help with my state of depression.

However, I refuse to allow negative feelings to creep back up and get me down. Negative feelings were trying HARD today at the pool when I was wearing a swim suit that I squeezed my big mess into. But I just had to remind myself that there's nothing I can do about it right this second, I just have to always make good choices and pick my self up quickly when I make a mistake or have a set back.

I'm on a high and I want to stay on it.

Rain, Rain Go Away!!

2011-06-10T21:16:00.001-06:00

!It has been raining nearly every day. If it doesn't rain it's at least cloudy. It's been cold crappy weather for 6 months ENOUGH already. I'm so sick of it.

We are still ALIVE!

2011-05-31T13:58:00.001-06:00

I just realized that I have only posted ONE time this year. Crazy!

I have been out of my mind busy. But I do want to get my blog caught up and hope to do so soon. I could sum up the past few months with RAIN, CLOUDY, WINDY, COLD, sad, bad, busy, happy, new, rain, cloudy, windy, cold. BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!
#@* the edited version of what I think about this weather and what it does to my mood.

Really pictures and stuff about the kids coming soon!

1 husband+2jobs+3kids+friends+family=TOO MUCH

2011-05-01T21:13:00.002-06:00

I love working in the financial industry and being able to help people (and myself) with finances. However, I'm kicking myself for not getting my license sooner.

The husband has been very needy lately, which I struggle with, but he's getting better. He just wants to be able to come home and relax at night, wouldn't that be nice? I relax when I lay down and close my eyes to fall asleep. I'm trying to get better about making sure everything else that needs to be done is so I can give him attention. He's a bit of an attention whore. At least when it comes to me. He claims he would spend all his time with me if he could. And I just think, "WHAT?!!?" It's nice but I'm not that much fun or that great so I don't get it. I guess all things considered it's a good thing to have a husband that wants to be with me and would do anything for me

I haven't been running much lately. However, I have found the time to stop by Yogurtland. Dang that coconut yogurt.
ONE MORE MONTH of school. Yahoo, count down is on!!

Falling in LOVE (again)

2011-04-04T21:11:00.002-06:00

I seem to fall in and out of love with running. Last year I went through a weird time. I didn't like running anymore, I was over it. A few good days, mostly bad days. I would run/walk the canyon. I couldn't keep up with my friends Shannon and Marisa and I didn't really care. I didn't look forward to "running" I was in this weird "whatever" funk. I would try to like it but I just didn't. I blame part of it on not signing up for any races. I almost always run at least one race a year. At the last minute I signed up to run the Halloween Half with Marisa. Thank goodness! It doesn't make sense but for some reason running a race motivates me to run more.

Below is a draft of a post that I started on my family blog November 1, 2010 (after running) but never published......
Is it an abusive relationship or is it an addition? (both??)

What do you call it when you know something is bad for you but you do it anyway?
What do you call something that you know is going to hurt you physically and mentally but you do it anyway?
What do you call something that you love so much yet it makes you think and feel so many bad things about yourself?
At times it makes you feel like you literally can't go on. Yet at other times it makes you feel like you are on top of the world, nothing can stop you and you couldn't possibly be happier.
(That's why you keep doing it, for all the good times)
Even though you know when it's over you will probably be in pain. Yet even while in pain you just wish you could go do it again.
What do you call this euphoric torture you put yourself through?

I call it running.

I often refer to myself as a wanna be runner. I have ran 8 half marathons and 1 full marathon yet I'm a wanna be? I realized this the other day when I was at the chiropractors office after he listened to my heart rate and said what doctors usually say to me, "you must be a runner?" All of a sudden I was extremely uncomfortable. I never know how to respond to that. Most weeks I get in at least 20 to 30 miles but I may walk some of it so does that count? I run but I don't have a lean amazing runner body and I'm not fast by any means I just do it because I enjoy it. If I answer "yes" saying that I am indeed a runner I feel like I'm lying.---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The love was rekindled at bit after running the Halloween half. Then, I was finally able to get my friends to put in for the Canyonlands Half Marathon in Moab. At Thanksgiving time I had to have surgery. I probably was dying to run because I knew I couldn't. I ate horribly and couldn't work out, bad combo. We found out we were accepted into the race. I was able to start slowly running again after the first week of January. One thing after another kept hitting and setting me back and I just wasn't running much. Before I knew it March was here and it was time to run the half marathon in Moab. I was excited because I LOVE this run but scared because I really hadn't been running. I ran 3 miles a couple times a week. I think the most I ran was 7 miles or so a couple weeks before the race.
I really didn't know how I was going to pull this one off. When we were riding the buses to the start line is when I began to think about how little I had run lately. At that point it doesn't matter, you are there with what ya have. I was really excited for Haley, Shannon and Marisa because it was their first half marathon and I thought they would love it.

The race started and I started falling in love all over again. I love the canyon, the river, the people and the weather. It's like the kick off to the running season after being couped up and stuck in doors for months during the cloudy, cold winter, no more treadmill, no more seasonal depression. Life is good and being able to run outside makes it better. The having great friends to run with makes it the best.

The only twist now is that my friends are time concious. It does make it a lot more of a challenge, I have always just generally done "whatever". Now I realize I need to step it up and get serious starting with my eating.

Moab seems to do it to me every time. There's something about that run because I have fallen in LOVE all over again with running. I'm excited to run this year and am SO looking forward to the races I have planned!! I've set some goals and look forward to accomplishing them.

Thank you Canyonlands/Moab for getting me out of my anti-running funk.

Conference at the Condo

2011-04-02T00:21:00.000-06:00

Did someone say church??

Around The House

2011-03-30T23:04:00.000-06:00

I took this picture with my phone and sent it to my family asking "Can you tell which has the body of a Tuckett and which is more Ingle?" Freaky picture. I swear the camera angle made it look even better than it did in real life. The funny thing is when Treyce has a six pack to when that's the look he's going for.

Bentley and her Besties Bostyn and Ava!We love these girls

Canyonlands half marathon 2011

2011-03-30T22:19:00.002-06:00

My favorite girls and my favorite run.

First of all the Canyonlands half marathon is my favorite run in the world. Okay so I've never run a half-marathon outside the state of Utah but I'm still pretty sure this run has to be a hard one to beat, I love the course.

And these are three of my favorite girls in the world, Marisa, Haley and Shannon.

In my mind I was excited for a girls trip, fun road trip, laughing, goofing off, whatever. Gotta say it was an odd trip. I don't know if it was just me but it was odd. I felt totally out of place, but I was with "the girls". It was weird. By the end I couldn't get home fast enough. I felt like I was dragging my kids/husband to church or something. That or on a trip with people I didn't know.
I'll be happy to drive again next time so I can bring alcohol for the rest of them. New rule in my car, no reading or being quiet allowed!
Now that's something I never thought I'd say.

Days I Teach

2011-03-01T23:10:00.001-07:00

AND....Not so private!!

2011-02-26T23:30:00.004-07:00

Well that didn't last long.
I don't love having so much info. on my blog about my kids etc. especially their pictures but it's hard not to when they are my life. But I feel all silenced. I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I can't handle anymore decisions.

I'm going crazy!!!

Actually, I think I'm on my way back from crazy. Yep I think that's it. Sometimes it's like I'm watching my self haul ass on a stationary bike, great workout (I hear) but in the end I go NO WHERE! Yet it's like everyday I keep finding a new stationary bike to get on. This seems to be a trend in my life. I tend to jump into things head first. I act on impulse then run wild with an idea or choice and I wear my self out.

I just want to be an improved version of me. I struggle to relax. I'm one of those people that is always busy, there is always something that can be done. My kids wanted me to watch a movie with them tonight and I lasted all of five minutes. It makes me feel bad I have a really hard time. I don't know why I always seem to have so much to do. If I don't have a lot to do I find mysl

Parenting

2011-02-10T13:54:00.001-07:00

I believe it was my ninth grade seminary teacher that said "it's harder being a parent than it is being the child". I remember thinking "yeah right, crazy!...... we are the ones living it, parents have NO IDEA, they think they know everything. All they have to do is go to work or take care of us. They don't even know what all goes on"

fast forward 18 years or so and I realize the seminary teacher was exactly right. Kids have no clue until they become parents.

Yeah it may start when they are two and another kid wont share or whacks your child with some hard object. It makes you sad when they cry but no big deal. Then, a few years later it turns into the other kids not wanting to play with your child. Unless of course he can bring out his cool toys to play with. Then, there's the phase where your child is the ass hole and you are so embarrassed because you always knew that you would raise a respectful, kind, loving sweet child that would never do anything wrong. It hurts to see your own kids hurt but it equally hurts to see them hurt someone else. In fact, I think it's worse to see them hurt someone else because it makes you feel like a failure as a parent. I HATE to see my kids be mean to someone else, it makes me so sad. But it equally makes me so happy and proud when I see them do or say something good to someone else.

I'm doing the best I can, I always want to do what is right for my kids. Sometimes it takes a slap in the face to remind me what is truly important to me. The hard times in life only make us stronger as long as we learn from our hardships. I love being a mom, it's all I've ever wanted. But there's no way I'll make it with out a lot prayers and heavenly father by my side.

Going Private

2011-02-01T08:57:00.000-07:00

I've realized I don't want uninvited people in my world or in the lives of my kids.

I always hate when people go private but It creeps me out to think of all the information anyone could get off my blog.

If I didn't send you an invite and you want to keep up on our family please e-mail me. I lost a lot of people when I lost my domain but I don't want to loose anyone who likes to check up on us.

send me your e-mail.

Basketball

2011-01-31T21:12:00.013-07:00

Jaiden played basketball this year and was so fun to watch. He always hustled, practiced hard and wanted to win. I was so proud of him.

Of course he had some cute little cheerleaders watching from the side.

Georgia

2011-01-31T02:06:00.003-07:00

New Year--last days

2011-01-22T00:50:00.002-07:00

This isn't about her life just about her death and how my new year started. I will soon write about her life.

I had a doctors appointment in SLC on Tuesday the 4th. After my appointment I went to see my Aunt Shirley and my grandmother (mama Whit). Shirley has been taking care of mama Whit 24/7 for the last three months. I realized what an incredible and amazing person that Shirley is. It was really hard for me to watch mama whit. She was not doing good at all. Bentley came in the room and was showing off her "player" ixl. As soon as Bentley came in the room mama whit seemed to light up.

By Thursday the 6th the nurses had given mama Whit less than 48 hours to live. Shirley couldn't get a hold of my mom all day. My mom was on a trip to North Carolina and had forgotten her cell phone. I was able to get her and had to be the one to tell my mom that her mother was dying. That was a little hard for me.

Friday I waited for Kyle to get home from work to watch the kids so I could head up to Shirley's. The closer I got to her house the harder it was to get to her house, not because traffic or anything, I just didn't know that I could handle literally watching someone I love die. When I arrived Shirley said that she had passed ten minutes ago. Honestly, I was more okay then, than I am now looking back on that night.

The next day was my birthday. More than anything I just wanted to be there and help or do anything my mom needed me to. My dad and brothers all got here as soon as they could. It was good to see and spend time with family. My mom has an awesome family.

The funeral was on Monday the 10th. I read the obituary during the services, Dad and Golden spoke. Golden did an amazing job. All the services turned out so well.

When I think of mama Whits last days I will always remember the way her face lit up when Bentley walked in the room. I remember the last thing I said to her, it was what I always said when I left, "Love you mama whit".

She was the last of my grandparents to go. It's a empty feeling. And suddenly life feels like a line and I'm realizing how short it is and how fast it's moving.

Christmas 2010

2010-12-31T22:08:00.000-07:00

I blinked and I missed Christmas. I haven't been myself, I hardly took any pictures, didn't get all my decorations up, no cards sent out, just wasn't in the spirit, so sad because it's normally my favorite.
The kids loved it and that's all that matters.

Santa even came...
Jaiden got a gun, cell phone, i-tunes cards, clothes etc.
Treyce got an i-touch, lego's, army guys etc.
Bentley got the pet shops she wanted and a fisher price ixl she calls it her "player" n stuff

We were SO HAPPY to have my newly engaged brother Israel and his fiance Candace here for Christmas.

The kids are always gathered around the lap top loading up those i-touches and ixl. My three kids are so cute (even when Jaiden does that weird bunny face).

I love getting Christmas cards especially with pictures.

We have so much to be thankful for. Such great friends and family. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

November

2010-12-26T21:42:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween

2010-12-11T20:53:00.010-07:00

It rained this year on Halloween. We took the kids to the trunk or treat for about 10 minutes then due to rain delay everyone left. We took the kids to Kyle's parents to trick or treat them and we called it a night. This year was the laziest Halloween yet. But good enough, here and gone!

Jaiden was going to be Napoleon Dynamite but costume turned out harder than it should've been. So he did the rocker thing again. I feel bad for not being on it more and hooking him up with N.D. he does a pretty good Napoleon..... oh well maybe next year.

Kennesaw 80, Georgia Tech 63

2010-11-15T22:24:00.002-07:00

Wish I was there.......

A HUGE win tonight against Georgia Tech. I was on the phone for 40 minutes with Dirctv trying to get the game so we could watch it on TV. But no such luck, here in the west. But we still watched it huddled around the laptop, plugged into the stereo so we could hear it. It was an exciting game. Kennesaw took the lead from the start and never looked back.

Bentley ran and grabbed her KSU pom poms and as she was watching the game said, "you know what I'm worried about, I don't have an outfit like those cheerleaders"

So CUTE that she noticed and that she was "worried" about it. Pretty sure I'm gonna have to do something about that.

BIG Congratulations to Dad and the owls of Kennesaw State University, they played awesome! GO OWLS!!!
Click for a good article to read about it

Treyce's birthday

2010-11-01T21:30:00.001-06:00

For Treyce's birthday we went to Boondocks. We had a blast playing laser tag, riding go carts, and playing video games. Then, we went to dinner. He had a great birthday!

Camping Capitol Reef--Labor day weekend

2010-10-09T21:26:00.000-06:00

We went camping by Capitol Reef over Labor day weekend. It was a lot of fun. We actually were at thousand lakes (I think) over looking Capital Reef. We had awesome views, did lots of hiking, riding, and hanging out together just our little family.

The boys went fishing at a lot of different lakes. Most of which we had to hike to then me and Bentley walked and hiked around while the boys would fish. She's a little like me, she doesn't like to sit still for long. The boys had SO much fun. Treyce LOVES fishing, as long as there are lots of fish.

HAVE A LOOK AROUND

2010-10-02T00:19:00.001-06:00

I have updated but I try to date the events close to when they actually happened so you may have to scroll a bit or go back. Just to July, Yep it's October second and I am blogging July, August, September. TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN....... then school starts : )

Bentley's Princess Party

2010-09-12T07:56:00.001-06:00

We are so glad that M.J. got to be here for Bentley's Birthday. Kyle's mom came over and helped out too. So nice when grandma's are around to help out!

Quote of the Day

2010-08-28T23:26:00.001-06:00

"Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders." 
 
- Tom Peters

End of Summer

2010-08-23T07:31:00.010-06:00

Summer went by pretty fast we were busy and had lots of fun.
Lots of Seven Peaks, Scera pool, and Lindon pool with some of our favorite peeps.

Kyle's Day

2010-08-22T10:55:00.001-06:00

It started out like any other day. Kyle woke up showered and got dressed for work. Read the note I left that said I went to do the canyon and I would be home about 8:30. As he walked out to his truck he noticed Lances truck in his drive way and thought wow I'm beating Lance to work, that's unusual. He also noticed that Mike hadn't started his truck yet. He got to work at 7:30a.m. as usual and started his day, going over the schedule and who needed to go where. He called his service man to tell him that he had an appointment scheduled for him later this morning at 8:30. By now it's about 7:45 and no one has shown up for work. He started to wonder where the heck everyone was. He started to look around no cars on State St. He called me, no answer. Checks his phone and checks the calendar and realizes IT'S SUNDAY.

Yep although there were a number of red flags it took him that long, he took it that far before he realized what day it was. Now I have been mixed up a time or two on what day it was but never took it that far.

Maybe he just loves his job so much he just couldn't wait to get there OR maybe it was the fact that we went to dinner at his moms house yesterday (Saturday) which we never do we only do dinner there on Sunday so he was totally messed up.

Now I might be in BIG trouble for posting this story but it's just too good, I couldn't help myself.
I love you Kyle even though you might be loosing your mind I still love you!

Quote of the Day

2010-08-11T10:14:00.001-06:00

"I may be an idiot but I'm not stupid"

Spencer, i-carly

Lindon Days

2010-08-10T23:49:00.000-06:00

Every year the city fills up the creek at the park with fish so the kids can go fishing. They have to use polls the first ? minutes and by the end of it anything goes and lots of people end up in the water trying to catch fish with anything they can. This year Melina and her kids (except we missed Ashlyn) went with us. Kind of a last minute thing but it was entertaining and I think the kids had fun.

Yuba

2010-07-30T23:23:00.016-06:00

The weekend following Starvation we went to Yuba. We had so much fun. It was our first time going to Yuba. Camped on the beach, fished went boating etc. Fun with more friends!!!

The kids lived in the water and the sand.

Kyle caught a big 15 pound, UGLY carp. Treyce LOVES to fish. Unless of course they are taking too long to bite. He got his mom's attention span.

Starvation Res. July 2010

2010-07-26T23:18:00.000-06:00

This trip almost didn't happen for us but I'm so glad we went. We had so much fun. The kids had a blast and it has become one of my favorite trips and place to go with some of my favorite people. See ya next year!

Days at the Lakes

2010-07-22T22:37:00.001-06:00

We got to go ride wave runners with Shirley, Bonnie and the kids. We went to Utah Lake Wednesday afternoon played until sundown or until I sucked the rope up in the wave runner and it died and had to be towed back. No problem though Kyle and his buddies were on it and had it fixed by the time I pulled in the driveway from the lake.
We got up the next morning and headed for Deer Creek. It was a lot of fun. It was super windy which was great when you were riding but cold when ya stop. We lost a tube via a big wind gust and I lost a toe nail via a big ass rock. Other than that it was a lot of fun, the kids had a blast and keep asking when we are going to do it again.

Independence Day

2010-07-06T22:03:00.000-06:00

Saturday we spent the day at Lindon pool with the West's and Duncan's. That night we watched the stadium of fire fireworks with Duncan's.
Sunday we did fireworks at our house. It was a little lonely this year without the Beardall's. We really miss them!

Swimming with Cousins

2010-06-28T15:24:00.002-06:00

We met up with my cousins and their kids to go swimming at the Browns house. I remember going swimming there when I was probably about Treyce's age. Golden was able to get off work and meet us there. We had a great time.
It's always so good to see Tracee, Keith, Lynn, Micheala, Sis and all the kids.
What a great family!

THE SAFARI

2010-06-28T15:04:00.001-06:00

My mom wanted to take the kids somewhere fun and different. She found this safari in Pine Mountain Georgia, none of us had been before. It's like a 2-3 hour drive, middle of no where. It turned out to be a big high-light of our trip.

First, we went through the animal park which is like a mini zoo. The only difference is the animals are really close and just behind a chain link fence.

We rented a safari van to drive through the open safari area. I can't believe the pictures didn't do the nasty van justice. There are no windows just bars going across the window spaces. The van is covered in slobber and who knows what else. I was grossed out just getting in it. I was bummed at first that my window wouldn't roll all the way down later, I was glad.


One last warning

We bought some food pellets to feed the animals and we were off. As soon as we drove through the gate we had animals coming up to our car. A huge steer was one of the first things. I was a little nervous about it. Jaiden was A LOT nervous. The steer was sticking it's big horns through the bars right at him as he's backing away something starts pecking at him from the other side he turned and was looking an ostrich right in the eye. He was screaming, the kids were screaming, me and my mom were laughing and screaming, it was CRAZY. We got through and kept driving. There were a lot of animals everywhere. As we drove along they would come right up to the car to get food.

First off, I think animals should be looked at and not touched, preferably not smelled either. However, when giraffe comes walking up to the car and sticks it's head in I would be stupid not to feed it. If nothing else for the fact that it doesn't happen everyday. So I held out my hand and fed the giraffe. EEWWWwww I didn't realize that it would lick my hand and leave a big slobbery mess stringing from my hand to it's mouth. I was trying to not trip out too much so not to freak out the kids.

It was quite the adventure. Just driving through keeps you on edge cause you never know what's going to happen. It was so much fun. We LOVED it. Thanks Mom!!

Braves Game

2010-06-28T13:43:00.000-06:00

I loved going to Braves games when I was little.
I'm really glad Jaiden & Treyce got to go to a braves game while we were in Atlanta. Weird thing is, I don't even like baseball but there's something about going to a game. It was so fun. Thanks to Dad, Eliott and Tony for taking us!

Happy Birthday Jaiden

2010-06-17T15:30:00.002-06:00

The Big Day(s)

2010-06-15T06:29:00.000-06:00

I left Kyle and the kids in Atlanta and went with my parents and brothers to stay the night in Birmingham, Alabama the night before Golden was getting married. It was fun to get to travel together as a family, lots of laughs.
Golden and Kristi were married the morning of June 11, 2010 in the Birmingham Alabama temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was such a beautiful ceremony. It was perfect and small with just close family there.

Following pictures outside the temple we all took off on the three hour drive back to Atlanta so we could be back in time for rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner. Mmmm the rehearsal dinner! Believe it or not I don't normally care so much about food but it was really good and in a cute personal setting, can't wait to go back to that place when I visit G&K.

June 12, 2010 was a HOT day in Georgia it was also the day of the wedding/ring ceremony. I really don't think it could possibly have been more perfect. I'm so happy to have Kristi as my new sister-in-law she's so perfect for Golden.

Summer Trip to Georgia

2010-06-10T14:53:00.000-06:00

Over the rivers and through air to Grandmothers house we go..
Me and the kids headed to Atlanta on June 9th we were supposed to arrive in the ATL at 11:30pm but thanks to a two hour delay in Dallas we didn't get in until about 2 a.m. Kyle had a straight flight so he was able to drop us off in Salt Lake and then wait on us in Atlanta for awhile. I know you might be wondering why he got a straight flight and I traveled solo with the three kids and had a layover, like most things it's all about the money.

Thanks to all the new fee's to check bags I decided to have my kids carry on their own luggage. Out of the five of us we checked only mine so that I could help the kids. The kids did really good, Jaiden was a huge help. He insisted on pulling Bentley's bag for her. It's SO NICE when he is in that big brother, help out mode. This was of course after the fight going through security in Salt Lake City. Although I had prepped and practiced with my kids on the procedures going through airport security. Jaiden tried to tell Treyce what to do while we were in line and Treyce LOST his mind. Yep, my kids were beating the crap out of each other and screaming right in the middle of the security line. Meanwhile I'm imbarrassed to death yet acting calmly keeping things flowing while trying to break up a fight between my 6 and 9 year old. I felt like screaming at the top of my lungs but no I calmly kept it together (on the outside). After we got threw security it all got better. We got put back together quicker than a lot of the people traveling solo. And we were off.

Treyce's Field Trip

2010-05-06T20:40:00.001-06:00

Treyce's class went on a field trip to ride the train in Lindon.
It's a cute little train that goes in, out and around a neighborhood. It's about a twenty minute ride. Then, they played games and learned about the history of trains. It was a fun field trip and I'm glad I got to go with his class.
I like to see Treyce interacting with his friends and other kids. He is the (loud) life of the party.
Since I have been volunteering in his class this year on Thursdays I have gotten to know all the kids. It's been fun, I wish I could volunteer in all my kids classes every year.

Treyce as....."The Very Cranky Bear"

2010-05-05T21:00:00.000-06:00

Treyce played the role of the bear in the play "The Very Cranky Bear". Treyce loves being on stage and acting. He has a wonderful Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Bowles, we love her.
The class sang a song then did a series of four plays. Treyce did a great job and had so much fun.

Spring Break 2010

2010-04-30T21:14:00.002-06:00

We (me and the kids) went to St. George for spring break. We went with Haley & Bostyn, Shannon & Gage, Koda and Marisa & Meg & Ava .
We stayed at Haley's in-laws house. I used to not get why going to St. George was fun. I used to think there's nothing there, what's the point. For some reason I fell in love with it this time. Number one reason it's warmer there than it is here. I have been SO SICK of the cold crappy weather this year. Bentley did throw up three times on the four hour drive there.

St. George was the perfect little get a way, just what I needed and the kids had a BLAST! All of them were so good.
We did Vegas one day to do a little shopping, hang out and play.

Back to St. George...we played at the park and went swimming. It was a little cold for swimming but good enough.

Kids Say The Darndest Things!!

2010-04-01T23:31:00.002-06:00

We were in the car discussing the future. The kids our kids want to have. Bentley said she wants to have a baby girl when she's a mom. Jaiden said he's going to have ALL boys. Treyce said he wants to have 10 kids. Then he went on to blurt out random comments that when something like this

"I'm going to teach them all how to be quiet....."
"and how to be a marine"
"hehehehe yeah....."
"I'm going to marry a hot lay-T (lady)"

"unless she's ugly........ If she's ugly I'll just ACT like I like her......yeah!! cuz I'm an actor"

We were laughing, it was like one thing after another!
I didn't catch what he was saying after that but of course he kept talking and talking.

Tuesday is Dance day

2010-03-24T14:30:00.010-06:00

Bentley has dance on Tuesday's. Her concert is in May so we are nearing the show. Bentley has changed a lot since she started dance. She LOVES it. She was so shy I didn't know if she would ever join in and enjoy it but she has.
Luckily, she has her best friend Ava to go with. We love Ava! The two of them are so cute together, sometimes naughty, but cute. In the beginning at dance Bentley would stand there and not join in or do much of anything. Ava would be dancing circles around her saying "come on Bentley, dance!" Then, Ava would continue to dance all around the room as Bentley stood motionless in one spot. One day I noticed Bentley's hands by her side (of course) but moving in the motions she was supposed to. Slowly, Bentley has started to join in and loves dance. She gets so excited when she finds out she gets to go to dance. I really like her teacher Miss Gina she has been so good for Bentley.

We carpool with Ava, so some Tuesdays they get to play before or after dance. They always have lots of fun. Yesterday on the drive home I thought I heard Ava say something about lip stick in Bentley's hair. I turned and looked in the back seat and sure enough they had gotten Bentley's chapstick and smeared it all over their faces. Bentley had smashed chunks of it all in her hair and used it like a hair styling product. This sort of thing would be the "sometimes naughty" I was referring to above.

They are so dang cute! I can't wait to see how the concert goes, it'll be interesting for sure. Bentley talks about it and acts excited about being on the stage with all the people watching, hopefully she will stay that way, we'll see.
SO FUN!!! I only got a short clip one day
That's Ava on the floor behind Bentley

Happy St Patricks Day!!

2010-03-17T09:20:00.003-06:00

Some friends of the family have an Irish saying that hangs in their lake house. I always liked it and thought it was funny. So this one is for my friends, hope you like it....you know I love you......

You only have two things to worry about in life
Either you are well or you are sick

If you are well
You have nothing to worry about
If you are sick
You have two things to worry about

Either you will live or
You will die

If you live
You have nothing to worry about
If you die
You have two things to worry about

Either you will go to heaven or
You will go to hell
If you go to heaven
You have nothing to worry about

If you go to hell you will be so busy shaking hands with friends you wont have time to worry about anything

Basketball Jaiden

2010-03-07T01:15:00.005-07:00

Our Saturday mornings have been all about Jaiden's games. Treyce and Bentley had fun at the games while they supported their brother.

Weekend in Georgia

2010-01-20T21:58:00.001-07:00

It's been a long six months since I've been home to see my family. I got to go back for a long weekend, it's always good to be with my family, I miss them so much.

It was nice to go alone and not have to be "mom" just "Sunshine" and chill.

THANK YOU so much to my husband and awesome friends that took good care of my kids while I was gone.

I absolutely LOVE this boy.

I was SO HAPPY to finally get to see my new nephew, Porter. He is such a sweet little boy and so cute.
Eliott is a good dad and loves his kids so much.

We (me, mom, Tony met up w/Dad) went to Barnesville to see Israel and watch his team play. I have so many memories of Barnesville from the three years we lived there.

What's worse than loosing a basketball game??? Having your sister sit in your face taking pictures of you. I'm sure I was driving Izz crazy. He was nice and put up with me.
Then, we went to Huddle House to eat.

I love my Halle!!

My cousin Tracee came over with her family. Her girls are so cute. She has a great little family.

My dad became the winning-est coach in Kennesaw State history after KSU beat Mercer, the night I got to Atlanta. I'm glad I got to be at the next home game where they presented him with the game ball.

New Years Resolutions--the LITTLE things

2010-01-13T17:36:00.001-07:00

The new year is always "THE YEAR". Every year for as long as I can remember I make big resolutions. The typical get out of debt, save money, loose weight, clean, organize, go to church every Sunday on time, basically be perfect in every way. How great life will be in this dream world of mine not to mention how fab I will look. I start out with the best of intentions and it usually doesnt take long for it all to fall apart.

Not this year. Im just trying to make LITTLE changes and improvements, nothing major. I m not setting myself up for failure Im just going to be happy and constantly trying to improve in all area s of life.

Perhaps you ve noticed my lack of apostrophe usage in this post. That s because every time I push that key it brings up a weird thing at the bottom of my screen and screws up my post. This brings me to realize another thing that I need to work on, not letting LITTLE things get to me. Right now I am resisting the urge to close my lap top softly then slam it on the ground repeatedly and beat the hell out of it.

Here s to the LITTLE things, that truly do make the biggest difference. Hopefully, by the end of this year I will be a little bit better person.
Try a little harder to be a little better, right?

January 2010

2010-01-13T17:12:00.000-07:00

Eliott was here for a long weekend. We loved having him here and Jaiden still talks about how funny E is. And we all miss him.

I'm so busy. The kids are bored and sick of being stuck inside (me too). I had a nice weekend trip to Georgia to see my family, of course that will need it's very own post.
Kyle went on a few trips and had a blast.
That's our January in a nut shell.

Chritmas Day 2009

2010-01-04T16:41:00.005-07:00

Christmas morning.... SANTA was here!!!

I love Christmas! We had such a good one but the whole Christmas season seems to be getting shorter, it goes by SO FAST.
Thanks to all the aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, friends and Santa my kids had a great Christmas.

Christmas day at the Tuckett's

2010-01-04T16:29:00.005-07:00

Christmas Eve

2009-12-31T16:32:00.002-07:00

Christmas Eve first of all we went to see mama Whit then, we had dinner at Shirley's house with Shirley, Bonnie, Carrie and all the kids. We exchanged and opened gifts from the people we had drawn names for in my mom's family. I forgot my camera so I have no pictures.

Then, we headed home and let the kids open the gifts we got them and their Christmas jammies. I hadn't wrapped them so I grabbed what I had handy and that's what I put them in. Kyle loved Jaiden's giant Victoria Secret bag.

Kyle surprised me with a new (much needed) camera. It was one of those "you shouldn't have.....but SO GLAD you did" moments. I'm still trying to figure out everything on it, which explains some of the blurry pictures on Christmas day.

BATBOY

2009-12-23T12:26:00.004-07:00

Treyce got a hold of the camera and made the following video of himself. I came across it when I was uploading the pictures of he and Bentley on the previous posts.
I'm amazed how well he does the evil laugh at the end. I LOVE IT!!
(It's 1 min. long)

Latest on Bentley

2009-12-22T23:44:00.000-07:00

Bentley HATES having her picture taken. If she see's me with a camera in hand she usually screams "NO!" and turns her head or drops face down on the floor in the fetal position. Last week I gave her a new long sleeve leotard to wear to dance class. She LOVED it. I took a picture and she actually let me. Then, she started striking poses, my crappy camera couldn't keep up with her. I couldn't believe it. She was so excited to go to dance that day, she normally has a hard time.

On Monday we had our Christmas party in preschool. When the kids get to school they have to find their name tag, then answer the question of the day by putting their name tag under their answer. Because of Christmas the question was "have you been naughty or nice?". Of course as each kid heard the question they answered "nice". When it was Bentley's turn she said with absolute certainty "Oh I've been naughty".

SUPER HERO'S

2009-12-22T23:24:00.004-07:00

My very own super hero's.
I love it when my kids play nice together, it's so cute.

Christmas Party

2009-12-10T21:18:00.005-07:00

November 30th we had a Christmas party with the Draney, Moon and Cox families. It was Corby & Shawn's birthday as well.
It's always good to get the families together. Santa even paid a visit. The kids had a blast. It's always good to hang out with friends.

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-12-10T20:34:00.003-07:00

I Don't Mind Hitting Bottom, I Just Hate Dragging

2009-11-08T12:45:00.013-07:00

My dad's book is here at last!!
I received my copy yesterday and read it cover to cover in a few hours, it is co-written by Kyle Whelliston. My dad and Kyle met in 2006 when Kyle wrote this article for ESPN.com. The forewards were written by Stephen Covey and Hubie Brown.
The book touches on some of my dad's experiences from being born with a face deformity, growing up in the housing projects and being beat by his dad for not quitting school. He covers the highlights and low lights of his basketball career as a player and later as a coach. He also talks about the lowest point, the 1996-1997 basketball season at Brigham Young University. I was a little surprised by the insight that he put in the book. He mentioned a few things that happened at BYU that I haven't heard him talk about before, other than to family and close friends. I'm glad he did include it in the book because it is what happened.
I remember after that experience he used to say, "they can take my job but they can't take my dream". Three LONG years later Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw Georgia gave the man with a dream, the job. Four years after that the dream came true with a Division II national championship win.
In the book he talks about the "cartwheel play". Any coach that runs a cartwheel play during a basketball game has to have a good sense of humor, right? My dad is known for his sense of humor. But I think some people have made the mistake of not taking him seriously, especially when it comes to basketball.
Knowing first hand the life and background my father comes from, it is truly amazing all the things he has accomplished. I have to say with out my mom he wouldn't be the person he is today, but that's another book for another day.
This is a great book for anyone who has ever cheered for the underdog, likes sports or faced adversity in life.

If you're interested in buying the book click on the book above or go to www.tonyingle.com

Halloween

2009-11-05T15:21:00.005-07:00

BUSY HALLOWEEN THIS YEAR

Tuckett party/dinner
carving pumpkins night
boys costume parade at school
Bentley's (& mine) Preschool party
Adult Friends Party
Trunk-or-treat at the church
trick-or-treating with friends

We had a lot of fun. Halloween night we got home by 10 and we all crashed!

Halloween--Party With Friends

2009-11-05T14:15:00.006-07:00

We thought we weren't going to be able to go to our friends adult Halloween party We figured out, the night before, that we could go. Kyle was like a kid on Christmas throwing together a Halloween costume. He loves dressing up like this 80's rocker, dirt bag, guy. He worked on his costume for hours that night. When he showed up to the party he was an instant hit.

Kyle, Jessie and Lance seemed to stay true to their character all night.
My favorite was Lance warming up as though he were in the midst of a fierce dance off.

2009-10-26T15:16:00.001-06:00

Kyle's parents had a Halloween dinner at their house the Sunday before Halloween. It was nice because we get to see all the cousins in their costumes without having to try to see everyone on Halloween night.

I didn't realize adults were supposed to dress up too. So last minute I put on all black and a fadora hat and went for the mobster look. Kyle said I just looked like Britney Spears. He wore an Aussie hat & we called it dressed up.

Football is Over, for now

2009-10-10T11:43:00.000-06:00

Another football season gone by. It went by fast this year. Jaiden ended up loving football this year. He was getting to where he really wanted to play a lot and his competitive spirit started to kick in, better late than never I guess. Hopefully, he will keep with it and be ready at the start of next season. He has a lot of good friends on the team.

Treyce wants to play football next year. He randomly will drop and do push-ups he says he has to workout and be ready for football. He's lucky to have a big brother that's been showing him how it works.

Treyce's Birthday Party

2009-10-10T11:27:00.001-06:00

September Sunday drive

2009-09-20T22:34:00.000-06:00

This time of year I love to go on a ride in the mountain's to see all the colorful leaves.

Old Man Takes Down Robber

2009-09-19T17:51:00.007-06:00

This made us happy today.

It's surveillance video from a bank robbery in Wisconsin. Keep an eye on the 54 year old man in the back ground. It shows one camera's view then another. I like the second one with the lady cashier. Watch the old man in the back ground getting his popcorn, turns around, takes a bite, realizes what's going on, takes another bite and then.......... Okay just watch. I don't know why it was so funny to us but we loved it. enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC7RFasvo78

Labor Day Weekend

2009-09-15T09:01:00.000-06:00

Labor day weekend we went camping at skyline above Fairview. We love getting away from the world and hanging out in the mountains. The kids love riding 24/7 and having so many good friends to play with. It's nice to not have an agenda for a few days and just chill & chat with friends.
I am starting to like camping more.

Shawn snugged up and asleep by the fire

Happy Birthday Bentley

2009-09-12T20:59:00.000-06:00

GOLDEN is getting MARRIED

2009-09-04T21:57:00.010-06:00

After an amazing dinner, Golden and Kristi went for a walk on the beach. At sunset, he proposed. The ring is beautiful It was September 4th (also my mom's birthday) . It sounded like such a romantic, perfect proposal, he was really nervous (cute) for a week or so before. They are a great couple.
Good job Golden! (and good choice) I'm so excited to have Kristi as my future sister-in-law.

Cute-Crazy-Kids

2009-08-30T17:01:00.000-06:00

Treyce's First Day of Kindergarten

2009-08-28T21:40:00.000-06:00

Football Fun!

2009-08-22T15:09:00.000-06:00

Bentley's First Day of Pre-School

2009-08-19T13:37:00.000-06:00

It was a little hard to get her to be still long enough for a picture. Bentley was really excited to start preschool. Her teacher (me) was really nervous to have her in the class. But she did really good. Hopefully, she will be able to keep school and home separate. Good start!!

Girls Night

2009-08-15T15:38:00.000-06:00

Me, Shannon and Marisa did a girls night and went back to school shopping. We went to Fashion Place Mall and the Gateway. We had dinner at The California Pizza kitchen then drove up to Park City. We stayed the night at the condo, got up and went to Main Street then to the outlets.
I kept saying "I'm so happy right now" it was so nice to get away, play and relax with the girls.

We got to the condo in Park City at about 10:30pm. I put the key in the door to unlock it and it broke off. I was determined to find a way in. Shannon snapped this picture of me climbing through the woods in pitch black darkness.

Lindon Days-- Huck Finn

2009-08-06T20:02:00.000-06:00

Treyce and Bentley had fun with their friends at the "Huck Finn" fishing event for Lindon Days. The city fills up the stream with fish and kids can catch fish. Treyce had a blast. He and Preston were running everywhere I think they got about fish. Thanks in part to the giant net Treyce took. Jaiden had to miss it, he was at football practice.

Flow Rider

2009-08-03T13:29:00.000-06:00

The boys did the Flow Rider at our new pool. It took them a bit to get used to it but they got the hang of it and loved it. There's short video clips at the bottom of the post.

Starvation 2009

2009-07-24T13:19:00.000-06:00

We had so much fun at Starvation Reservoir this year. We love this trip. What's not to love, good friends, great kids, lots of sand, boating, and time to chill & chat. There were 15 adults, 17 kids, 4 dogs, 3 trailers and 4 boats. And a few of those adults (myself included) are a bit camera happy so I have SO many pictures.
The families; Duncan, West, Manolakis, Condor, Palmer, Helm

This picture is so ugly of me that I had to share it. WHAT THE .............

The kids had a BLAST and get along so well.

Some of the little girls were sitting by each other a couple of us tried to take a picture and Greg (i think) snapped this classic. It's a great shot of what its like trying to take a picture of young
kids.

Bentley, Meg, Alexis, Ava

HOT MAMA's

out on the boats

Natalie & Greg brought a pinata for the kids. They loved it!!

With all the hundreds of pictures I have for this trip I can't get over the ONE picture I DON'T have. On the last day Jaiden tried wake boarding. For some people that may not seem like a big deal. Jaiden has a major, major fear of deep water. He's okay in water as long as he can touch bottom. He has wanted to wake board for so long. Last year and in the past me & Kyle have tried any and all tactics to get him in the water. This trip we would ask him if he wanted to do whatever it was that we were doing, knee boarding, tubing, wakeboarding, etc. he would usually say yes at first only to back out, we didn't push the issue. On our last day we were on Chris and Lora's boat Jaiden said he wanted to wakeboard, all of us were surprised he said it. We were even more surprised when he did it. He got up his first try and after he fell he tried one more time. He did awesome and we are so proud of him for facing his worst fear and taking a step toward over coming it.
A perfect way to top off a GREAT vacation.

4th of July

2009-07-22T02:40:00.005-06:00

We had a fabulous 4th. We went swimming, grilled out courtesy of Golden, swam some more, and did fireworks. It was a perfect fourth.

Stone Mountain & Independence Day Celebration in Norcross

2009-07-22T01:26:00.009-06:00

We had fun hanging out at Stone Mountain but we soon realized July 3rd and 4th are their busiest day of the year. So we didn't get to do as much as I would've liked. We had to stand in a lot of lines. We rode the train, saw the 4D movie, rode the sky ride to the top of Stone Mountain then hiked down.

Bentley didn't make it through the intro. of the 4D movie. She was crying and screaming, so we were outa there.

We had so much fun and it was so good to get to hang out with Tony, Izz and Chelsie.
We rode the sky tram up to the top of the mountain and realized we were running late, to get to Kristi's, the lines were so long to get back that we could hike down in less time. I think it was a mile down the mountain then another mile or so to the car. Tony, being the great guy that he is, went ahead of us and ran to the car and drove it parked it at the bottom of the mountain then ran back up until he met us and walked down with us. WHAT A GOOD MAN. Tony is so thoughtful and such a great help with the kids, well anything and everything.

We headed straight to Kristi's to meet up with everyone else. First, we hung out at the carnival thing. Bentley got to ride a pony, she LOVED it. Then, we walked back over to Kristi's to eat hang out and watch the fireworks. It was such a fun night. My kids finally got to see and catch lighten bugs. I love it!

Tooth Fairy visit's Treyce in Florida

2009-07-22T01:09:00.007-06:00

Treyce lost his first tooth in Florida at Kristi's beach house. He pulled it himself, thanks to some coaching from Kyle. I play little to no roll in the teeth pulling part of parenting. Teeth freak me out. The next day he pulled out the tooth right next to it. I think Treyce really likes getting that money.

Laser Show at Stone Mountain

2009-07-22T00:57:00.003-06:00

At Last

2009-07-14T22:44:00.008-06:00

ALL OF US

The Original Ingle Family

2009-07-14T22:32:00.004-06:00

Playing at the BEACH

2009-07-14T14:26:00.005-06:00

Hangin at the beach house

2009-07-14T14:20:00.004-06:00

Vacation in a Nut Shell

2009-07-14T12:01:00.004-06:00

We were so excited to get to spend two weeks in Georgia with my family. It just never lasts long enough.
I left Utah with the kids Tuesday, June 22. My first time flying with all three of the kids. They did really good, for the most part. We did the aquarium, Fried Green Tomatoes movie set, Moms swimming pool at her club etc. Kyle flew in Friday night and Saturday morning we headed for Panama City Beach, Florida (heaven). We were so happy/excited that we got to stay in Kristi's fabulous house. Some people had to arrive or leave on different days but we did end up getting a couple days with everyone there. (except baby Porter) It was so nice and so much fun.

My kids LOVED the beach. I love the beach but it is so much work with kids. Treyce has no fear and would be half way to Hawaii if we didn't stop him. Bentley was all over the place so I followed her around. Jaiden is more cautious so he was easier to keep an eye on. Luckily, the adults out number the children.

Another road trip back to Georgia on July 1st. The night of the 2cd we went to the laser show at Stone Mountain. Then, on the 3rd we went to Stone Mountain for the day with Halle, Tony, Israel and Chelsie. We went from Stone Mountain to Kristi's house which is right in the midst of the city's 4th of July celebration. The town has a big firework show and carnival type stuff. Bentley got to ride a pony and LOVED IT, she didn't want to get off. We ate dinner on blankets on the lawn. The kids tried to catch lighting bugs. I tried to catch some for them but I've totally lost my skill since my childhood. Could I be happier? I love the south.

The next day was the actual 4th of July. I had to pack and get us ready to head back to Utah the next morning. I said good-bye to Eliott, Halle and Carla the night before at Kristi's house. My Dad was leaving for a trip to Serbia. I said bye to Dad, my mom was taking him to the airport. Golden and Kristi were leaving just to run to errands, Chelsie and Israel said they had to go too. Everyone leaving me all at once was just more than I could handle that day. So I fell apart, started crying and couldn't stop. I'm not one to cry, so when I do it's usually major. I'm pretty sure I freaked everyone out. My kids were wondering what the heck was wrong with mom. Israel and Chelsie ended up hanging around a little longer almost like they were scared to leave. I'm sure Chelsie was like what the .......? Eventually, I pulled myself back together.

Golden had the idea to have a BBQ by the pool. Kyle, my mom and I took the kids swimming while Golden and Kristi went to buy all the food and some fireworks. Poor G&K ended up doing all the work. It was so nice of them. Tony joined us when he finished his run. We all hit the pool then did some fireworks after. It ended up being such a nice night and good way to end the trip.

We were so busy the entire time and yet there were so many things I wanted to do and people I wanted to see and didn't have enough time. Guess that means I'll have to go back.

This is the first time in years that I've had such a hard time coming back to Utah. When we got here I wanted turn around and go back. Not that I don't love Utah, I do, and my friends especially. I guess all I can say is thank goodness for internet, free long distance and cheap airfare (when I'm lucky).

Good times go by too fast. I can't hardly wait to get back there.
My last two and next few posts are pictures and more details of the trip.

Georgia Aquarium

2009-06-27T11:51:00.003-06:00

On Friday we did the Georgia Aquarium, I love it. We had so much fun. My mom, Tony, Halle, Me, Jaiden, Treyce and Bentley.

Treyce LOVED the petting area where you get to touch the sting rays and the little sharks. He had to lean so far over I thought for sure he was going to fall in (luckily he didn't). He was so good about using two fingers. In most of the pictures he has his two fingers together. My mom on the other hand...... grabbed a shark and was like "I got!!!" it was so funny.
I must have been on the other side because I didn't get to witness the following but Tony Jr. told me all about it.
Treyce was leaning over the edge stretching as far as his little arm could reach. He was just about to touch the little shark swimming up when mama Jeanne grabbed him real quick on his sides and gave him the quick little jogged towared the water as though he was falling. hahaha!!! She got him good. It was so funny just imagining it. I think it's just in our blood, you see a kid reaching over to touch something in the water, teatering on his belly it's only natural to want to scare him. my mom's the best!
The boys freaked out a bit when they saw the hammerhead shark above us. I think it was their favorite thing.
Thanks to the preschool book I've been reading my kids (mine & my preschoolers) I knew what type a lot of the sharks were called. I realized that after hearing myself saying things like, "look a whale shark!, a saw shark! thresher shark! tiger shark!"

It was so nice to spend the day with Mama Jeanne, Halle and Tony. I wish they could go everywhere with us. Not only are they fun but they help out a lot.

Fried Green Tomatoes

2009-06-26T12:55:00.012-06:00

Remember the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes"? It's one of my all time favorites.
I've always heard that it was filmed in Georgia. Israel found out it was filmed in Juliette, just 15 minutes from where he lives in Barnesville. Wednesday the 24th we met Israel and his girlfriend Chelsie there. It was about a two hour drive for us. It was so fun. I loved getting to see it all. The kids were good sports.

Jaiden's 9th Birthday

2009-06-17T20:51:00.007-06:00

The only thing that Jaiden wanted for his birthday was to have a day to hangout with his Dad. He didn't care what they did just as long as it was just him and Kyle (no bro. sis. or mom) no presents, no party. His birthday was pretty chill. Kyle stopped by the house and brought him his gift from us. Instead of wrapping the gift we wrapped the kid and made him guess what it was (his idea).

Jaiden asks me EVERYTIME we pass the skate park if I will take him there. I always say NO almost before he finishes asking the question. But this time I figured it was his birthday and I wanted to do something with him that he likes. So last minute he invited a couple friends, Connor & Ronin, and we headed to the skatepark. They were so intimidated at first but they got the hang of it.

Kyle couldn't get off work on Wednesday, Jaiden's birthday, he did take off Friday so they could go "shoot stuff". They had a great time! Jaiden shot a coyote. Kyle couldn't believe how good Jaiden did.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAIDEN.......... WE LOVE YOU!!

The Things Kids Say

2009-06-16T00:10:00.000-06:00

Treyce: Mom when we grow up, get really old, die and go to heaven do we get to take our wii with us?

Me: No

Treyce: Oh! (pause) Well then, I'm not going.

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Bentley (age 2): Do you speak spanish?

Me: (surprised, laughing) No, do you?

Bentley: No

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Around Our House

2009-05-20T16:38:00.008-06:00

"I'm basically a teenager."

Jaiden is 9 going on 19. He thinks he knows EVERYTHING. Which means he argues with me, Kyle, and anyone who thinks they might know something.
We tell him he'll be a good lawyer.

The other day Bentley was wanting me to carry her constantly around the house I said to Bentley, "I'm not going to carry you around everywhere, you have to get down and walk."

Treyce said," Yeah Bentley! Mom can' t carry you when she's driving.... (pause) how would she answer the phone?"

Treyce hates school, loves playing wii and with lego's, and anything to do with Star wars or super hero's.

Bentley LOVES to dress up and dance around the house.

She says she is a princess. I swore I would never call my little girl a "princess" but whatever.

She calls Treyce her prince and often makes him dance with her. (He likes it)

She usually is dressed up any time we go any where and I bought her some $2 dress up shoes and she clomps around everywhere in them. LOVE THIS GIRL!!!!

Just the everyday stuff.

Banquet & Beaches

2009-05-01T12:54:00.019-06:00

My sweet Dad called a month or so ago and told me he was being inducted in the Cherokee County Hall of Fame. (full story from the news paper) There was going to be a banquet April 24th and after it he was headed straight to Destin, Florida for a coaching clinic. He thought maybe I'd like to go with and hang out on the beach. Ummm YEAH!! I left all the kids home and went solo. I debated heavily on taking Bentley but I knew it would be so much more enjoyable for me if I didn't have to be "Mom" for a few days. I'm not so good about leaving my kids. I hate it. But I found out this trip that I also LOVE IT.
The banquet ended at about 10 o'clock and we hit the road for Florida. It's about a 5-6 hour drive, so we drove all night. We were in 3 separate cars. It was so fun to do a road trip with my family. We stayed in a hotel in Destin Friday night. Then, the coaches, Dad, Israel and Tony headed to the coaching clinic for the day. The rest of us hit the (most fabulous) beach.
I can't believe how much my 12 year old niece Halle has grown up. I absolutely adore her. I'm so glad she was able to do the trip with us.

That night we met up with the boys and Kristi's mom at this great restaurant that's right on the beach. We hung out on the beach a bit after dinner to get a few pictures...........

Then we headed to Panama City. Kristi's family was so nice to let us stay in their beach house. We all LOVED it and had so much fun hanging out at the house, the beach and the pool. It was so nice to just sit around listen to a little Jack Johnson, Adam from Idol etc. and RELAX.

Everyone had to leave Sunday. Me & my mom stayed until Monday night. We went to dinner, did some shopping, just hung out and said our sad good bye's to the beach.
It all went by fast. I had a GREAT trip it was fast but fabulous.

Kyle I might add became SUPER DAD while I was gone and did such a good job taking care of the kids. He impressed me. They had fun camping while I was gone.