St. George Round 2

We once again headed South this past weekend to enjoy the not so warm weather of St. George. This time it was to watch Barry & my brother Craig play softball. We were hoping that we would have at least 70 degree weather but wound out with 61 ish and windy. Boohoo!!

None the less we had a great time with all our family members and still did manage to get a little bit of sun. We were lucky to get to spend some time with Jake, Sierra, Bailee, Ron, Brittney, Ruby, and Grandma and Grandpa.

Check out the chicka below. Just chillin like a villian!!

Yummy ring pop!!

All in all a great weekend. Maybe next time we head down there it will be warmer.

Happy Easter

What a beautiful Easter today has been! Barry and I teach the CTR 8 class and lucky for me it was my turn to give the lesson. Of course it was on the resurrection! What a great lesson! I think I learned more about the resurrection than the girls did. I am so graetful for my Savior and his sacrifice for all of us. The knowledge that we will be able to see all of our family members and friends again someday is so wonderful. I am grateful that I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

As a family we had a wonderful weekend full of Easter Egg hunts a great times with family. Here are a few pictures :)

The annual dying of the eggs. Well actually this is the first time we
have done this since we have had kids.

What a cheese ball!!


Blowing Bubbles!! Look at that face, so cute!

Isn't she pretty???

Look who found us at Grandma's!!
Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail!!

I LOVE this particular bunny!! Betcha can't guess who's in the suit???

The young cousins and their loot.

On a side note, I have decided to work on little physical self improvement. Yep that's right! Time to hit the weight loss train hard core. I have done it before so I know I can do it again. You know when you look in the mirror and what you think you look like in your head isn't what you see. Well that's where I am at. I haven't been happy for awhile and am ready to put some action into changing it. I have decided to join Weight Watchers again and really take control of my eating. No more eating out as much. Focusing on nice healthy meals and working out EVERYDAY. So now that this is out in the public, please do not feed the animals (aka me) any junk food! Thanks to all!! I'll keep you updated on my progress. PS for my first week I am still working on avoiding junk food. Easter Candy isn't helping with this.

St. George Round 1

This past weekend we packed up and headed for the warm sunny weather of the south. However, it wasn't at all warm and it snowed from home to Cedar City and then rained all day Saturday. Then Sunday was finally a decent day. Definitely not swimming weather but, nice.

Saturday, the kids hung out with Barry and cousin Tayler at home while I judged a dance competition. So much fun to see all the amazing studios that are out there!

Sunday we of course headed to the outlets where I bought Andrew his Easter outfit. We spent the weekend just relaxing and enjoying a much needed break from out everyday lives. Sometimes its nice to step out of reality.

Here are some picture of our adventure!!

Shopping at the outlets!

A girl after my own heart. She insisted on carrying her bag everywhere!

At the playground in Grandpa's condo!

One of her best pictures. This was after she took a head dive down the stairs!
Poor kid.

We will be heading back down to St. George at the end of the month for our annual softball trip. So, stay tuned for round 2 of our adventure.

Cousins

This past Sunday, we had the entire family together for Ali's birthday. It's always so fun to get everyone together. While we were having a great time, I took the liberty of stealing some fun shots of Brooklyn and her cousin Ruby. They are four months apart. Brittney and I are trying hoping they will be BFF's!! So far we are off to a great start!! The last picture is all of my parents Grandkids 17 total!! So crazy and fun to see our family get so big!

Florida

Last week I went to Florida for the first time ever! I went with my lovely drill team and we had a fantastic time!! In the end we came out Grand Champions in our small division and reserve grand champions overall!!
We also did a ton of playing we did the whole Disney World Experience and hit every park. Rode every roller coaster and had a blast. We also got to perform in downtown Disney which was a ton of fun too. We had a ton of people just stop and watch it was great!
My favorite part of the trip was Universal Islands of adventure. I loved the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The dueling dragons ride is the best!! It's for sure a front row ride. The actual Harry Potter ride was also fantastic. I even had a taste of butter beer. YUMMY!

Cheers to you all and blog at ya later!

Happy Anniversary!!

So technically I should have done this yesterday but I let time slip away from me.

On February 15, 2003 and married my best friend, Barry Andrew Squires. We have been married for 8 years now!! So crazy how time goes by so swiftly. We have had our ups and our downs just like anyone but I'd say life has been pretty darn good.

We have two beautiful children who are the best kids on the planet, a beautiful home, jobs, and each other. I would imagine our life any other way.


Happy Anniversary!!!

All About Drill

Picture by DC Snaps Photography

For those that know me well, you know that I LOVE the sport of Drill Team!! It's a crazy sport full of high emotions, drama, it can be time consuming, and very difficult. Yet I still love it. It's a sport that is completely dependant on someones opinion. Some like you others don't. Some days you win and others, you lose. That's exactly what happened this past Tuesday at our Region competition. We lost. I still really don't know why. My girls were on FIRE!! They performed their absolute best. Yet we were still defeated. Saddest day ever. Lots of shock and tears came from all. I honestly can say and truly do feel that my team deserves to be going to state. However that wasn't the out come and I wasn't there judge. If I had been for sure a 1st place in kick :)

Pictures by Brad Nicholes

Here are some highlights from our season:

Jordan Invitational- 2nd hip hop, 5th in dance, 3rd in kick
Utah Valley Classic- 4th in kick (on a side note this was the competition where we scored above Lone peak in both kick and military)
Murray Classic- 4th in military & 3rd in kick
Region- 4th in kick

I tried to attach a video of the performances but, it wasn't up loading. Been trying for the past 4 hours. Oh well.

Trust me they were good!