Happy 24th of July (pioneer day)

Happy 24th of July to everyone. Our family loves to celebrate this day with big get togethers and then going to the big fireworks at Liberty Park. My kids are now able to handle the loud fireworks. Kylee actually never had a problem, it was Brenton, but he is now capable of enjoying himself. Brady, my 3 yr old nephew had a hard time. At first he asked Brenton for a hug but then he resorted to having his mom cover his ears. I have to say that the firework finale was the best one i have seen yet!!! Here are some pictures from our party.



This is my mom holding my cousins baby named Brenna and Tessa being held by my cousin Richard. Such cute baby 2nd cousins.
Here are the kids, Brenton, Kylee, and Brady
Richard and my brother Kyle
My mom and Tessa in their matching shirts!!


Happy pioneer day to those who actually know what the 24th of July is all about. Looking at all the people at the park and the way that they would talk to you and treat you made me feel like standing up and saying do you all know what this holiday is about? it has alot to do with mormons and treating eachother with kindness and respect!!! Love to all, Marci

Batman Mania

alright everyone, walter and i went to see the dark knight on saturday night and fell in love with batman all over again. this was so well done and all of the surprises and twists were fun. i encourage everyone to get out and see it ASAP. brenton was angry we went without him but walt and i thought it might be a bit much for a 7 year old, although i did tell him as soon as we have the dvd he gets to watch the motorcycle part.





i thought Heath did such an awesome job, wow i am completely amazed!!!

my absolute favorite part of the movie, i loved it when it flipped over on itself against the wall, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is he not the most gorgeous batman ever? My friend Lisa who i saw it with said he wore the mask to much, he is too cute to cover up that face!!!! Love to all those movie going crazies out there because i understand your sickness, marci

Anger Mismanagement

okay so i have a confession to make and i am just curious as to how many other people are willing to admit that they feel this way too. when i get really angry inside i feel like i want to break something and it has to be loud. like i want to take my glass dishes outside and smash them on the cement. it kind of consumes me. i have been told to punch a pillow (that does nothing for me!). so now i have taken to throwing things when the crap hits the fan. i have broken two remotes and the picture below shows that our phone now has to be held together by a rubber band, but it still works just fine. one of the remotes was broken beyond repair but it was a really really old remote and i think the plastic was very brittle (yes i am justifying it a little). i have decided that i want my husband to take me to shoot some guns(i have never been and am curious to try it) and this may cure me of my high anxiety anger want to break something with a bang issue. we are not anti weapon in this house, you should see my sons weaponry of toys. it really doesn't worry me or bother me. thanks for reading my rant, marci

Family Movie Night

We have started to do a family movie night lately. It started because on sundays when it was just us hanging out we would get a little bored and decided to try this. Now our kids can't seem to get enough of it. We have watched The Pink Panther, Eragon, Camp Rock, and Hello Dolly so far. It has actually become quite enjoyable and turned into a nice quiet time. Here are some pictures.





And this is what happens every movie about 20 minutes into it, HEE HEE!!!!!

Tessa Pesta

It is official, Tessa is now the big Pesta. Now that she is able to get to where ever she wants to go and is also able to pull herself up anywhere, i have lost control of my 8 month old. Here are a few pictures of some of her pestiest moments.

She can now get into the recycling bin and pull out cans that have been thrown in there.

The minute i try to start doing a step exercise video i also have a pesta that has to be right under my feet.

And here is her favorite place to be, she loves to knock stuff into the tub, and if the toilet seat isn't down, her hands make it into the toilet water. Yes, very yucky!!!! Love to all those cute pesty babies out there, marci

Happy 4th of July

Well happy independence day to everyone out there who enjoys wearing their stars and stripes!!We had a very enjoyable day at my parents house with our own little fireworks show. Here are some pictures of what happened.

It was too early to light any fireworks so we watched a bunch of snakes growing until dark

Here is Molly and my dad and Tessa watching the fireworks in the front yard.

Brenton and Kylee enjoying fire, fire, fire, and smoke.

And this is the year that Brenton has officially turned into a pyro and had to light EVERYTHING!
with supervision of course.

Brenton is so proud of himself for being taught how to light stuff.

Here is a picture of my cute kids in their 4th of july outfits.

Cheer up Kyle it is all done and over with. Just Kidding he actually was really cute with the kids and i think enjoyed himself quite a bit too. I hope all of you had a great time being with family and friends, Love to all those proud to be an americans, marci

More Pictures From Kylee's Recital

Well hello to all who enjoy this blog. Not much has gone on but i do have these pictures to add of kylee with her family at the recital. I thought they were too cute to pass up. Enjoy!!!


This is a picture of Kylee and her Grandma Metcalf
A picture of kylee and her daddy

A picture of kylee and her mom and very tired baby sister Tessa This is a picture of Tessa in one of my favorite outfits, i threw
this in just for fun.


I recently came down with the flu and just want to say how grateful i am for the days that i feel well and can get up and do whatever i want to do. Being sick and having a sick family is complete misery to me so i just want to let everyone know i am so thankful for me and my families health. Count Your Blessings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy 7th birthday Brenton!

Well my oldest child is now 7 years old and i can't believe it. He is growing up right before my eyes and also getting a slight attitude but, still remains quite sweet. I got told by one of his friends that this was the best birthday party he had been to. we had 9 kids running around and that is why we chose to do it at classic skating fun center. the kids were able to ride their scooters around the rink and then they were able to ride the waterslides outside. brenton had requested batman invitations, wall-e balloon, a snake cake, and pokeman gift bags. quite the modge podge of stuff if you ask me. anyways here are some pictures of the big day.

this is kylee walking around the kiddie pool
nicole and brady having a scooter race which i am pretty sure he won, i am telling you that 3 year old can outscoot anybody!!!!!!

the snake cake as requested by brenton tessa trying to get at the snake cake, i think she already knows which good stuff to go for

brenton blowing out his trick candles
brenton and his cousin alex going down the slide together
brenton and his cousin again at the water slides
brenton on his new scooter that he got for his birthday

kylee giving us her best smile on her scooter

Happy birthday brenton. Love you more than life. My sister molly and i were observing a girl on the skating rink who was singing, dancing, and skating like nobody was watching and not caring if they were. We decided that this is how you should go through life. So to everyone out there dance and sing like no one is watching!!!!! Much love to all, Marci

Kylee in Aladdin

Kylee's dance recital was on wednesday night at kingsbury hall. She did a wonderful job as a genie in aladdin. Here are some pictures of her dancing and in her costume. I will try and figure out how to get some video up from her dance if i can. Everyone keep on dancing even if it is in your own house. Love to all, marci

st george vacation

we just went on a trip to st george where the heat is so much better than here in slc (yuck)! it was my whole family and it was very fun. alot of swimming and eating and laying around doing whatever. here are some fun pictures.


this is a picture of molly(my sister) and kylee playing cards, so sweet of molly to do this for her niece

brenton and brady(my nephew) ready for bed and acting like action heroes. brady was brenton's little shadow the entire trip.

the baby girls in the kiddie pool with nicole(my sister) and grandpa

saylee(my niece who is 6 months older than tessa) and tessa in the exact same suit that nic and i did not plan!!!

tessa in the pool with her grandpa

brenton and kylee made sure that grandpa was keeping on enought sunscreen (just wish i had done the same for brenton, poor kid)

this is what sun and swimming will do to a kid at the end of the day

brenton going down the slide

brady stating his own personal quote "i don't want to"

it is finally hot here in stinky utah!! and my little girls face says it all "bout time!" it is really late now and i should be sleeping but i am not because i was determined to put something on my blog. kylee has her dance recital this week so pictures will be up soon on that. sending my love out to all of those who prefer heat over the cold, marci