Moab

This past weekend we took a family trip down to Moab. It was a much needed vacation and it so nice to get out and get some exercise and see some really cool arches (oh, and it was nice to be in 70 to 80 degree weather). We went with Howard and Wendy and Jordan and Ashley. We got there Friday night and looked EVERYWHERE for a place to camp. After searching for about 45 minutes, we ended up staying at a campsite that really wasn't a designated one. We kind of took the liberty of making the spot our very own :) It was right by the road (not fun when trying to go to sleep at night), but all in all it was a great spot. That night Howard and Wendy took us out to eat at this Mexican restaurant. It was muy bueno! I drank WAY too much soda and spent most of the night peeing in the bushes. The next day we hiked to Delicate Arch. It was awesome! I have never seen it before and I must say it was quite impressive. We also went to Eye of the Wale Arch and Balanced Rock. It was sunny off and on that day, but we all still managed to get a sunburn. We tried to make it to Tower Arch, but the road we took to get there was really rocky and at one point we had to turn back because there was no way we were going to be able to get the suburban the rest of the way. We did a lot of hiking that day, so we were all looking forward to a good nights sleep that night. Before we all hit the hay, we ate beef stew and french bread (thanks Jordan and Ashley!). Then we made a fire and sat around talking. It was a lot of fun that night. Kylie went right to bed, and slept through the night both nights we were there. She is such a good baby! On Sunday Austin made us pancakes and sausage and eggs. It was soooo good. We cleaned up camp and then went to the Windows arch and spent some time there. Then we decided to make the Sand Dune Arch our final stop before we left to go home. I think this may be one of my favorite arches. It takes like 3 minutes to get to it and it is surrounded by the softest sand. Kylie loved it :) We went home after that and I must say I was really sad to go. We made it all the way to Springville when we blew out the front tire on the Suburban. Thanks to Jordan's impressive driving skills, we made it over to the shoulder of the road and the boys were able to change the tire. Anyway, that was our trip! I am looking forward to going back soon.

Delicate Arch

Eye of the Wale

Our campsite

The Windows

Ashley and I on top of Sand Dune Arch

This is the post that never ends....

It has been some time since I have last posted. It has been a very busy month and I never could find time to just sit down and put up a new post. So after about a month of being dormant, here ya go!

Here are a few pics of Kylie being a cutie. These first two pics you can see her little teeth that have come in. Don't get your fingers near her mouth, or she will bite you! She bit through my finger last week. Sharp little buggers...

ILLINOIS

I went back home to see my family for a week. It was so much fun. Kylie's personality and her ability to do things have changed quite a bit since the last time I was home. My sister Brenna had so much fun playing with her. She is going to make a great mom some day :)

Kylie LOVED playing the piano. Here she is with Grandpa pounding away at a tune :)

My brother Dylan is so cute with her. I would always find him entertaining her.

LOL...Oh man, this pic is hilarious. Looks like both of them smell something foul....

FAMILY HIKE

Austin and Kylie and I went for a hike on this trail near the mouth of Provo canyon. It was a beautiful day out and Kylie got to enjoy the ride from her back pack.

I tried the back pack out for a little while. I almost felt like toppling backwards, but since I'm a tough woman, I made it work out :) Several people that we passed looked at us funny because here I am carrying this back pack with Kylie in it and Austin wasn't holding anything. So I gave the pack back to him so his manhood wouldn't be ruined anymore :)

ONYX CAVE

Last Thursday we decided to go check out this cave. It was me, Austin, my brother Damian, his girlfriend Janelle, and Jordan and Ashley. On the way up to the cave we saw several deer. The hike up to the cave was pretty much straight up. When we finally got to the cave we then had to shimmy straight up this rock wall. I have several bruises from that experience :) We also encountered 4 bats (not cool) and some beetles. It was a lot of fun and I am looking forward to more spelunking!

Damian and his girlfriend Janelle

Getting ready for the adventure ahead!

Ashley and Jordan

Oooohhhh.....ahhhhhh


OUR BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS

Well our tulips have finally come up. They are the coolest looking flowers. I am so excited for spring to stay here!

On Saturday we went to go get flowers for my flower box that Austin made me a few years ago (I still love it hon!) and for my flower pots. Thanks Wendy for helping me out! It was a lot of fun to plant them and to make our yard look awesome.

Well, there ya go! I will try not to go so long next time in between posts :) Hope all of you enjoy your week! Im looking forward to a warm weekend in Moab! Yahoo! See ya!

Vinyl Lettering Anyone?

So my neighbor down the street sells vinyl lettering and I was wondering if anyone was interested in buying any. I am thinking about hosting a party, but only if enough people are interested. If you could let me know by either emailing me at linleymills@hotmail.com or by leaving a comment, that would be great! Here is a picture of my kitchen with the vinyl lettering I bought. If you would like to see more of these lettering and the different choices you can choose from, just go to www.uppercaseliving.com and click on customer corner login. Then on the left hand side of the page enter the demonstrator ID which is 523620 and the Registration Token, which is Tolman. Let me know if anyone is interested! Thanks!

Wal-Mart Pictures

So last month I went to take Kylie to get her pictures taken at Wal-mart for Easter. It was a living nightmare that day because we had to wait an hour when we got there for the lady to come back, and then when she did show up there were already people waiting. So after 45 minutes Kylie finally gets her turn. By that time she was sleepy and tired and a little annoyed at how the photographer was trying to get her to smile (she would wave this fluffy scarf type thing over her eyes and Kylie would just give her the stink eye). It was really hard to get her to smile, but the pictures turned out way cute (thank heavens). I love this tea party picture. I love the pearls and how she's holding her little cup :) Enjoy!

Fun with Kylie

Let me just say that I hope all the rest of my kids get their picture taken as much as Kylie, otherwise I'm going to feel bad! The other night we decided to take a BUNCH more pics of our little cutie pie. I thought these were the cutest little bath pictures we have taken.

The wash cloth makes a cute little hat, don't ya think!

We gave Kylie some bread to eat when we were over at Austin's mom and dad's house. She really liked it! I think she was saving that piece for later...

Once again, I can't seem to add a new post without including a picture of this face :)