Lexi Girl Grammy

I have a lot to post about the weekend that Penny was blessed... but I don't have the pages finished (or started for that matter)  but I wanted to post this one.  We are missing a few grandkids... but we got in the ones we could.  Mom needed this.  These kids love her so much and we are all so lucky to have her!

Take a HIKE!

Kyle and I really have been lame when it comes to taking advantage of where we live.  We hope to not live here forever, and we decided recently we needed to experience more of what our area has to offer.  We thought an easy hike would be just the ticket!  We woke up early, ate a good breakfast, packed a lunch and headed out.  We had NO idea where we wanted to go so we just drove up Cedar Mountain.  We ended up at Blow Hard Trail Head (seriously... who named this place).  Jaxton and Paisley LOVED it!  It was a lot of fun!  Well, it was fun until Kyle's work started calling with an emergency.  Luckily for Kyle, it also started to lightly rain, so we headed home.  The kids were sad we had to cut it so short, so we did a different hike the following weekend.  They love "walking on the mountain".  We really do live somewhere that is surrounded by beauty.  We plan on seeing a lot more of it while we are here!

Happy Birthday America!

I'm really just doing a bit of catch up... I have been lazy about blogging and scrapbooking... Really, I have just been lazy!  We had a lot of fun on the 4th of July.  As much as I don't love living in a small town, they do go all out for holidays.  We started the day with the parade down Main Street.  We walked over and bought the kids some poppers to throw while we waited... the kids LOVED that!  We barbequed for dinner and then we drove over by the airport and watched fireworks.  We didn't buy any this year... everytime we do fireworks ourselves, someone (Jaxton) burns himself.  So we decided to just skip that altogether.  The fireworks were amazing!  I always get a little emotional on the 4th of July.  I really am proud to be an American.  The kids were adorable during the fireworks... Paisley would say "These are so beautiful" and Jaxton would say "Mom, the fireworks are so magical".  Kids really do make holidays better!  And of course, in typical Shannon fashion, everyone dressed up and of course pictures were involved!