How to start off a TERRIFIC Summer!....

Well I don't know about everyone else but I am ready for July to be here, maybe we won't have as much rain and can actually hit the Pool! Our summer has already hit off with a BANG! (Literally- within this post you will learn why!)

(pictured: Kasie, Jennifer, Me, Jen and Whitney)

On June 8th I said goodbye to the ladies of the control center. It was a very sad, and very hard week for me. I have grown so much as a person, mentally and emotionally, since I started working there almost 2 years ago. So much has happened in my life within the time I have worked there, I made a wonderful support and Vent team! The Women and Men I had the opportunity to work with are AWESOME people, and I will always remember and reflect in the things I learned! Now I am sure that you are all wondering why I said goodbye... continue to read and you will find out~

Mason and Aidan have spent the last 14 days with their mom, Randi. It has been very tough on Emery and Hunter, as well as Ben and I. We love having all 4 of the kids together as much and as often as we can. During the 2 week stay with their mom, we asked if the boys could attend the Oquirrh Temple open house on Thursday the 11th, and they were able to go with us. It was a very touching feeling to be able to walk through the house of the lord with those 4 kids by my side. I haven't felt that much peace and comfort from my Heavenly Father in a while, and to know in the house of the lord, with my family beside me that we ARE a family, as hectic as it may be with schedules and other parents, we Are still a family, and that our Heavenly Father is watching over us.

As we walked to the Celestial Room in the temple, we found Grandma Cindy, Grandpa and Dallin already sitting in there. How neat it was to take that into Eternal concept and just be able to think that one day when we're all gone that we will be able to walk on over and still be with our families forever. I honestly can't wait for the day that I am able to go through the temple with Ben and make our marriage forever. To quote my two 3 year olds Aidan: "I don't see Jesus anywhere, I thought this was his house?" Hunter: "Nope, he's not home, where's the balls?!"

Now moving on... Get me off my spiritual high! lol My wonderful, sexy husband took me up to Snowbird overnight to getaway for a little while. It was beautiful, we stayed at the Inn, where our room had it's own wood fire place, we swam and sat in the hot tube, we walked around Snowbird, paid a ridiculous amount on dinner and then had a great breakfast at their Sunday Brunch. What is the point off all this... I'd like to say because my husband likes to spend money like there's no tomorrow! But that's not why, some of you may know others may not... Ben received his "Official Deployment" papers in the mail, he will be leaving our family in the middle of September and return home May 2010. It's a 6 month deployment overseas to Afghanistan, but he has tactical training for a month before he heads over seas. This is why I have quit my job, because I need to be home with the kids. We are asking for everyone's support and prayers not only to keep Ben safe while he's gone, but also to keep our family together.... I will take on Ben's custody of Mason and Aidan while he's gone and we will continue to go by the divorce decree, unless Randi throws a fit over it and says No, that she wants full custody of the boys while Ben is gone. At that point we will have a very broken up family, with lots of tears, and lots of explaining to do to 4 little kids who have come to rely one another.

The announcement is out.... so everyone that thought I was PREGO... That would be a BIG NEGATIVE! I have enough to deal with!

I signed Emery and Hunter up for swim lessons with Geri's, they have done great! I think by the end of the 2 weeks the teacher will finally have them separated because they do not leave each other alone every time she turns her back!

Well, this is how we're kicking off our summer! Stay tuned for good times, be safe and get lots of SUN! We're off to Uncle Jacks Cabin this weekend and will take lots of pictures!