White Water Rafting!!!!

This past weekend I went white water rafting with some friends we started this little tradition last summer my friend Robin and her son's have thier own raft and take us down the river. We go down about 9 miles down the snake river and then load the raft on the truck and race up and do it all over again. We had lots of fun but, defiantly have some aches and pains to show for it today. Oh well it was worth it.

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling gee my..... -"cityslickers"

Yes that would be Me standing up on the raft riding the bull and trying to pull the front of the raft out to get a good ride on "Big Kahuna"

Accomplished riding that bull...

Bye Angela! Bye Everyone Else!!!!!

I survived, Game On!

Well I did it I had my first official solo date and it was actually really good and really fun. YEAH FOR ME! Of course in typical Jen fashion it would not happen without a little bit of Murphiness so here are the funny's for everyone to laugh about. First, I fell down a set of cement steps and twisted my ankle (Smooth!) Second, my purse was in a storage compartment under the seat and we forgot and I sat on the seat all of a sudden we kept hearing some weird music coming from under my butt then I realized it was Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of the Heart" ha ha ha oldie from my music on my phone so I hurry and grab my phone and notice the screen due to my heavy fat butt was cracked and my phone is now broken. Third, we went to dinner and of course I end up taking a drink of water and some how there is a freaking hole the size of Texas in my lip and I dump the entire thing down the front of me. So there you have it SMOOTH FIRST DATE! Ha Ha Ha hey all the dumb nightmares that girls have about falling or making a mess of themselves on a date take note just do it all on the first date and get it out of that way I guess? Murphy Fashion for sure, by the end of the night this guy was sold on the fact that I was for sure Murphy and calling me "Murph" as well.

I got Tagged....

Ok so I usually don't do this stuff but, was called out and was tagged by Jenn so you know me never one to back down from a dare or a challenge here it goes....

1. 10 years ago... I had just run away from the "Real World" and moved to Yellowstone, augh the good old days.

2. 5 years ago... Ha Ha wow I was living in Dramaville with a psycho and trying to put a fake smile on my face and run the show and make everyone believe I had the happy little LDS family life that I was suppose to have? How quickly life changes.

3. 1 year ago... Umm due to dramaville the past almost 3 years have been a blur? Sorry can't remember many details.

4. Yesterday... Figured out that Kids handle change so much better than Adults do. And that there are a lot of people who preach a lot but, have a hard time practicing what they preach.

5. 5 favorite snacks... Popcorn, Rice Krispie Treats, Crackers, Strawberries, Grapes

6. 5 favorite books....Twilght series (so that is 4?) Pride and Prejudice, and anything by Anita Stansfield or Jenny Hansen basically anything I need a book to read at all times lately.

7. 5 favorite places to run away... Run Away? What is that? ok so River Rafting, Camping, the Spa, 4x4, My Bed with a good book and nap.

8. 5 bad habits...Being too blunt, Assuming everything is my fault, feeling guilt about everything, being too forgiving, my mother will tell you lack of liking to clean or procrastinating.

9. 5 things I would never wear...Neon again yuck can't believe it is back, Bikini, I can't think of anything else probably because I have probably worn every horrible thing I can think of for some sort of party?

10. 5 things I enjoy...Laughing, the sound of my kids giggling, camping, river rafting, hiking

11. 5 favorite tv shows... LOST, Survivor, Bachelor or Bachelorette (suckers falling for that crap), Friends, King of Queens

Ok now I tag Annie, Lindsay, and Melba.... Copy and paste the questions and have fun with your blogging buddies.

Congrats Tina and Jeff!!!!

It was a very eventful weekend another exciting thing that happened was my beautiful little niece got engaged!!!! YEAH!!! Tina and the sweetest little boy known to man as my kids still call him "Baby Pawker" will start a new life with a great guy named Jeff. I am so happy for all three of them. Jeff is a very sweet guy and I can not wait to get to know him better. I hope he knows just what kind of crazy family he is joining? Ha Ha Ha! I feel like it was yesterday that I use to babysit "Beeny" and try and get her to say "Gotta Sandwich" because it sounded like she was swearing and my friends all sat around and thought this little girl that looked like "Tweety Bird" was so funny. Wow how quickly times change. I love you "Teeny" (holy cow you have lots of nicknames we call you?) CONGRATULATIONS to all of you!

Cinderella's Ball

The Birthday Party was a HUGE SUCCESS!!!!! Thanks in major part to my good friend Angela who is AMAZINGLY TALENTED. She made both the big and little Cinderella Dress also Fairy Godmother, and her daughter Jaylynn who came in the best Belle costume I have ever seen. Angela's little sister Beth played Cinderella and I have to say she pulled up in the car and I about had a heartattack because I could not believe what a perfect Cinderella she made. Especially if you know that really she had short hair she looked amazing and did such a great job with the kids. Sunday at church I was laughing because two of the little girls who were at the party now in order to sit in thier chairs "Curtsy" because Cinderella taught them all how to curtsy and to spin like a little lady. Thier mothers were laughing pretty hard because now in thier sunday dresses they kept doing it... SO DANG CUTE!!! We also had some little boys come and they came dressed as little pirates one even came with a Parrot on his shoulder. They had fun and got to help lead a treasure hunt to find Cinderella's lost slipper.

Cinderella and her little Minnie Me

Disney Eat your heart out!!!! Sorry but, these little Cinderella's out do yours any day!!!!

Cinderella and the Fairy Godmother..... Sorry I do not make a great one at granting wishes???

Part of the party some of the kids had already left before we took this picture... oops.

Amazing dresses! Thanks ANGELA and thank you Beth!!!! LOVE YA!!!!

Getting Ready for the Madness...

Laken's 4th B-day was on Wed. and I felt like a bad mom once again because I was sick and probably did not give her the special day she deserved but, lucky for me she was happy just knowing it was her birthday. Thank goodness even though she thinks she is a princess and rules the house she does not ask for anything. She has not asked for a single gift and never really does. So now we are preparing for her big "Cinderella" Party. My great friends Angela and Jenn have talked about giving Laken a Cinderella party for months and Laken has told everyone about it forever she is so excited. My friend Angela amazes me with her incredible talent at sewing. I'm sure she is home today knee deep in fabric. Cinderella and the Fairy Godmother will be coming to the party. Angela asked if I could come help at least cut the pattern out for the Fairy Godmother dress last night so we went over to do that and all I can say is holy crap after staying up until midnight cutting out stupid fabric I now know why I have left the sewing and crap to my Mom and Grandma, yuck!!! The best part was Laken got to try on the little Cinderella dress that Angela's daughter is letting her borrow, she looked so dang cute in it and you could tell truly felt like a little princess. And Angela's daughter was so sweet as soon as we walked in the house she came running and got Laken so excited about her party and said "I am going to let you wear the most beautiful Cinderella dress." Laken's eye's lit up and she said "Oh thank you so much Jaylynn." It was way too cute to watch these little girls get so excited over sharing dresses together. I will be posting lots of pictures from the party hopefully if I am still standing and all these little princesses and pirates that are coming to have not killed me off.

A Better Picture to Look at...

So really I have nothing to post about at the moment. Just sick of when I bring my blog up seeing that horrible nasty picture of fat head starring me in the face. Had to stare at the ugly mug way too many years so I deserve to see happy things now. So how about this fun picture from last summer when we went rafting and half the boat fell out on this run except notice me in the green hat still rowing away! Of course the third and finally run down the river yours truly was "riding the bull" up front and managed to flip the entire boat completely over and thought we were all going to die. What an adrenaline rush!!! I'm so happy to say I found out this week that we will be pulling this marathon river running trip again down the snake river this month and I can hardly wait! I will probably not able to walk or move for the next month but, it will still be so worth it!!!