Firecracker Tournament...Park City, UT

Crazy fun July celebration! First we got to stay on the top floor in the penthouse (it pays to know people in high places:) A good family friend is the resort manager so we got a sweet deal. Anyway since I uploaded the pics backwards here is our weekend backwards!! Picture overload....sorry. So we were able to watch the fireworks from our balcony, here is the view.

Swimming with the Claytons opened up a whole new world for my kiddos. Since our last scare at the pool with Jayc we decided to MAKE them wear water wings and they were awesome. Jayc was swimming all over and I didn't have to freak out. Sissy took a little longer to get used to the idea. Aynslee soaked up the hot tub with mamma!

This is my final drama queen who has been walking for almost a month and is even harder to keep up with. Of course what would a road trip be without some sick kids??? You got it, Sicilee got strep right before we left and had of fever of 104. Aynslee caught it the first night we were there so go ahead and imagine how much sleep I got over the VACATION!

The activities that the hotel had was incredible. Carousel rides, treasure hunts, petting zoo with 4 day old goats, face painting, and arts and crafts. It was a crazy day. Actually Joldy started out with the older ones while mom and I hit the outlets! HE HE!

The weather was great accept for one flash flood hour. We took a canope so everyone ran and huddled under it while the field got rocked. Here are the kids clinging on to Joldy.

Our biggest bees fan sportin' some bees gear!

Cheer Camp

Jaycee had cheer camp this last week and for the first time in her life I think that she was wore out!!! By the fourth day she crashed as soon as she got into the car. I am really impressed with this new cheerleading thing. It is like gymnastics, dance, and cheerleading all in one. There are girls her age that were in it last year that are doing back handsprings, flips, complete splits, the whole nine yards!!! She is really enjoying it and it is more fast pace than her dance so she soaks it all up and works super hard. We are proud of her!!

Jaycers being such a goof ball. There is a surprise at every turn with this child. She will get the best of me sooner or later! I hate her attitude now as her mother but I also know that it will take her far in life, so I have to remember the flip side to it (that is what I keep telling myself anyway)

Baseball lovin....lovin baseball!

BASEBALL, BASEBALL, BASEBALL. That pretty much sums up what our summer will be about and our little fam loves every minute of it. Just got back from a tourney in Utah and this pic is be trying to entertain my exhausted kiddos at a late night game with suckers. You got it Aynslee went wild over her sucker and would not let anyone near it once I gave it to her. She was eating the grass stuck to her hands too!!

Thought that I would just throw in a pic of my man in uniform, what a hottie!!!

Jo Jo finding entertainment in the stands while soaking up the little sun that was there.

Jaycee and Sicilee ran free and I hardly saw them during the games.

There was a little "Price, Utah" flashback and we ran into some old friends. Here is a pic of good ol' Wad who is now married and has lost a lot of weight since his college years. He was impressed with the clan of girlies we have created!

My kids just can't get enough of the pool time! Although scary bad mom of the year moment, Jaycee almost drown. Seriously I think I will have nightmares for years. Water......biggest mom fear. Jayc was pulling herself along the side of the pool and she had done it for 2 days and some of the players moms came in and started talking to me. I was chatting away and took my eyes off her for like 1 second and Joldy yelled her name. I look up and she was kicking as hard as she could and I could only see from her eyes up. I jumped up and scooped her out of the water and she sat there and threw up water for some time. SCARY SCARY SCARY! She still has a hole in her ear from her tubes so I can't put her in swimming lessons yet. But we did make a deal that she will always wear a life jacket or little water weanies on her arms because I think it scared her just as bad. I really think that my heart didn't slow down for at least 24 hours. Whew, close call!
I promise that one of these times I will quit having "bad mom moments" because I am seeing a pattern when I blog!

For the love.......

I am the biggest slacker ever, I can't even find time to blog. So here is a little update........


Nickole took my kiddos to the little carnival in the Fred Meyer parkinglot. They had crazy fun!!

Joldy just had his 27th birthday and we were so excited to just stay home, eat pizza, and hang out as a family. Pretty rare these days so we took advantage!

My cute little Jo Jo who won't wear headbands but will keep a cap on all day!! She looks just like her daddy.......it is pathetic!

She won't let me feed her anything she has to be a big girl so most of the time it is from the highchair straight to the sink for a bath.

My little weed turns 1 here in a month and is so close to walking. She stands by herself all the time and her personality is blooming every day. She now says uh-oh and ow! She thinks she is pretty cool. The two older ones have figured out that the whole neighborhood is their age and they met many new friends. They just disappear and play all day....well when we are not at a baseball game! Joldy's team is doing well, I think they won the first 8 games straight up until this last tournament. They played through all the rain and came out 3rd. Sitting in the stands with cold children was a little difficult. I watch my sisters little boy Roman on Thursdays and he tags along. He just plays in the mud and gets dirty from head to toe and I send him home in little girl pj's:) He is the easiest kid ever to babysit, no drama like my girlies! I keep saying to people is this what it is like to have boys.....this is easy!!!!

Seattle Gettaway!!!!!

We finally did it!!! Managed to sneak away for a weekend with my husband!! With our crazy schedules.......I didn't think it would ever happen. Sadly, this is the first gettaway since we started our growing family!!! So just to brag a little bit here are some fabulous pics of our fabulous weekend!!!



We ate dinner at the famous Space Needle. Here was one of the many views from our table This view was from the very top of the building looking down.

The really hard part about only having us two.....was the fact that there was nobody to take pics of us together.....so it was always taking them of eachother or even together

This picture was the view off the the balcony of our cute romantic hotel suite!

We took scenic boat cruise and this is the house that was filmed on Sleepless in Seattle!

View of the Space Needle from the boat

Love birds on the boat

Little me in "BIG" City!

Of course what would a trip be without seeing a baseball game?????? So the Mariners played the Giants and Randy was pitching for the Giants that night!

So all in all we had a lot of R & R which was much needed!!! The kids did great...Jayc and Sicilee stayed with Aunt Nickole and didn't even care we were gone and my mom took Aynslee who was still trying to kick the flu for the second time around.( Yep that's right.....we got the flu twice in one week, I would rather not talk about it. It's exhausting to even think about) But she did so good and only woke up once a night to get a bum change and a bottle. Hooray!!! Well we are back to the real life now with crazy schedules and a lot of baseball games to support!!!

Pre-School Graduation!

This was the girls last day of school pic!! Still cheezballs like the first day of school pic. According to Jaycee's memory book she grew 2 inches and gained one pound. Skinny little fart!!! Sicilee is the child that chases butterflies if you know what I mean. She is there just to be there!
So of course Jayc had her graduation which consisted of a cute hour-long program. She did announce that she wanted to be a doctor when she grows up.....we will see how that changes over the years!

Grandma Cookie got her this dress and said that she wanted to see pics.......here is for you grandma Cook!!!

OMG!!!!

There is reason for my title.....but first a little update since I have been a complete blog slacker. The Bee's didn't end the year so well, we went in 1st and ended up 3rd. It happens right? Here is a pic from honoring the seniors, we have a banquet for them on thursday. I decided to make make scrapbooks for the seniors and coaches as a coaches wife tradition. I always wished that my senior year I got more then a towel with my name spelled wrong:)



This is my little weed, who continues to grow such personality and makes me laugh all day long. She says mamma, dad, shakes her head no, and has just learned to clap and thinks that it is great. She babbles in the car if she isn't asleep, and a smile lights up her face anytime her sisters enter a room. Still chubby and happy as can be!

I love being a preschool mommy, I want to keep everything that they bring home!!!!! This was their mother's day flowers to me (still growing!!!)

And last but not least we had Jaycee's end of the year recital tonite and I have to say that she is one tough cookie. Now for the explanation of the title....OMG!! First off as a mother I always get the sickness that runs through the family last or very blessed to not get it at all. This time the flu hit the Watts home starting with me and Aynslee. Seriously we starting throwing up at the same time down to the minute. As I soon as I started, I heard Jo Jo on the monitor feeling the same pain. So I finished went and got her...found Joldy and asked for some help.....did laundry....and died. Joldy took Aynslee for the night cuz I checked out of mommy duty. Poor little girl passed my throw up number by at least six. It is so sad as a mom to not be able to "fix" things when they are not feeling good. Needless to say, I lost 8 pounds in 24 hours. Yes (Halley) Jo Jo is still chubby and most likely didn't loose an ounce. Laugh it up!! That was on Thursday so for some reason I thought that I was in the clear with the other two girls. WRONG!! I am going a hundred miles an hour trying to get ready for her recital and it all started at 6:00. Her recital was a 7 mind you. This hasn't happened in my mommy years but I also don't think that it will be the last. Jaycee came running from inside as I was just getting dinner started saying the she threw up, I asked if she had been coughing from running and she said yes. Cleaned her up...back to dinner....Sicilee started whining saying her belly hurts....turn around Jaycee goes for her second round....start cleaning that up and Sicilee projectiles in my kitchen...throw her in the shower...before I could get out of the bathroom Jaycee goes for round three on my couch. I am now freaking out over what time it is and what to do. Jaycee cries and throws a fit saying she still wants to dance....clean up ALL the messes.....do more laundry....get kiddos ready....GO! She dances early in the recital and we bounced right after!

This pic was like 10 minutes after we got home! Whew what a day! I do want to say thanks to the family that came to support Jaycee and apologize for our abrupt leave. I didn't want her to get anyone else sick either!!! So after cleaning up a lot of bodily fluids, and about 16 loads of laundry, maybe tomorrow will be a better day???? My sanity hopes so!

Date to Remember

So I am really bad at reminding people of special dates so I will cheat and ditch the phone calls. Jaycee has her end of the year recital on May 16th at the Rigby High School at 7:00 pm. We just went and got her dance pics done and I am excited to get them back. I just saw her dance outfit for the first time and it is A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E. I am, however, sad to say that Jaycee is giving up dance and wants to try the cheerleading thing and gymnastics next. Her cheer team is a competition tiny team and will do several competitions in the fall. She is excited and yes Joldy is too!! (not)

Work is crazy and stressful, Anyslee is cutting two more teeth, Jaycee has this cough that keeps us all up at night, Sicilee has her allergies, they both still fight NONSTOP over absolutely everything (nothing works, I give up and just let them duke it out now) Joldy never sleeps, and I don't even have time to keep up on my house or even cook these days. Whew!!! That about sums up our little family:) No, really I don't mind being crazy busy. It actually makes me more organized if that makes sense. Just very little sleep. I wouldn't trade it for the world!! He he!

Joldy's team started districts on Monday and played a very suspenseful game and won off of a home run against rivals Hillcrest. They played today and I have to say the most awful I have ever seen them play. They seriously just checked out after the second inning. So we will have to play tomorrow in order to play one more time on Saturday to make it to state. These boys are young but have some serious heart and talent. I just want them to do good for them, they deserve it!! If they make it to state that means another trip to Boise........ and that means the girlies might get to see Poppy and Mimi. We always look forward to Boise trips!!

I will keep you posted of our crazy crazy life and how the Bee's are doing.