Eight Things

Eight things I'm passionate about:
1. Logan
2. Tayvi
3. Conley
4. Photography
5. Dance
6. The gospel
7. Family
8. LIFE!

Eight words or phrases I use all the time:
1. Seriously?!
2. I'm not kidding!
3. If you don't stop that...
4. Do you understand me?
5. Mommy Loves You
6. ONE, TWO, ...
7. I'm going crazy!!
8. Be careful!

Eight things I want to do before I die:
1. Own a house! :)
2. Raise my children
3. Meet the Prophet
4. Visit every continent
5. Take my kids to Disney Land
6. Write a song
7. Learn to play the guitar
8. Watch the sun rise on the beach

Eight things I currently want or need:
1. A new bed
2. A time out! :)
3. A vacation
4. A magic wand
5. Sleep
6. No clutter!!
7. A house...my own! :)
8. My own yard

Eight Places I want to visit:
1. Europ
2. Hawaii
3. Egypt-the pyramids!
4. Australia (I want to see a kangaroo)
5. Arches
6. Japan
7. Alaska
8. Zions

Eight Favorite Restaurants:
1. Red Lobster
2. Tucanos
3. Olive Garden
4. Apple Bee's
5. R Pizza
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Eight TV show I watch:
1. The Office!!!
2. Biggest Loser
3. So you think you can dance
4. Sesame Street :)
5. Dora the explorer
6. Word girl
7. Super Why
8. Mostly I watch my kids' shows!

Eight People I tag:
1. Lindsey
2. Lindsay
3. Leslie
4. Jana(Mills&Miller)
5. Bridi
6. Nicky
7. Tammy
8. Chanel

TiMe To PLaY CaTCH uP!!

Well, here it goes...I have missed so much the last little while! October is always a crazy month! We have so many birthdays this month!! A Big "belated" HaPPy BiRTHDaY to Doug and Jasha on October 11!! Jasha's big 21st birthday was quite the occasion!! :) Us girls took a little trip to VEGAS!! We had a great time!! Here are Jasha and I having a "roaring" good time! :)

We stayed at the MGM...went to see "The Price is Right"...as well as "LOVE" Both were awesome, though we would have enjoyed The Price is Right more if we would have been called up!! Maybe next time! It was just great to enjoy spending the weekend together! Jasha is the best sister anyone could ever have! She has always been such a great example to me, and continues to do so! Thanks Jasha for being there for me...always! I Love You!
Doug said that he had a good birthday...though the kids may have enjoyed it more than he did!!

He took them to McDonald's and just had a great time spending time together! Doug is a great dad, and nobody thinks that more than Logan, Tayvi, and Conley!! They sure do love their dad!!

Happy Birthday Doug!

That is not the end, oh no it is not...there are more Birthday's that I haven't forgot!! :) (I'm working on my rhyming skills!! LOL!) October 15th was my Uncle Mike's birthday, so Happy Birthday Uncle Mike!!

A GReaT BiG HaPPy 1st BiRTHDaY to my Benny Boy!!

We got to enjoy Bennett's first birthday with him on October 17th! He had a great time smashing up his {SO YUMMY} birthday cake!! We Love You Bennett!!

And to sum up the birthday tributes...to one of the most amazing women I will ever know...Grandma Elda!! Happy Birthday yesterday!! My grandma is seriously one of the most unbelievable people I have ever known...I am forever grateful for the example of strength that she is to me! Happy Birthday Grandma!! I Love You!!
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Here is my fabulous soccer player, Logan!! He just finished up his soccer season, and he had a great time! Though he did tell me that he's glad that it's finally over! :) I just love watching my kids learn how to do new things, and am grateful that they have the opportunity to be involved!

Here is Logan with his cousin Sydney! They are such great friends, and had a blast being able to play on the same soccer team!

Here is Tayvi with her cousins BrinLee and Angelina on our girls weekend this past week!!

Every year all of the girls on the Hinkins side get together for a dinner

at Red Lobster, swimming at the hotel, and a day of shopping!! It's so great to have such a great family! I LOVE YOU ALL!! And to Bridi, Shannah, Christy and their girls...we missed you guys this weekend!!

Well, that's the news for the...month!! Hopefully I can stay a little more on top of things! We'll see...lol!!

HaPPy BiRTHDaY DaD!!

So I have been a HuGe SLaCKeR this last month!! But...Tuesday was my dad's birthday, and I just wanted to do a big shout out to the most incredible man ever!! I am so grateful for my dad! He has always been the one to remind me that I'm strong enough to do anything! He has always been there for me when I needed him...even it's the middle of the night and I just need to talk. He has always been so supportive of me in all that I do...dance, track, family, photography...he lets me know that I'm important to him! I don't think he ever missed a dance performance of mine...and that's a lot of performances!! Anyway, He's the BeST DaD eVeR!! I LOVE YOU DAD!!

Cabin Fever...can you feel the heat?!

This weekend we got to go to Grandpa's cabins! We love being in the mountains! It's just so nice to get away from everything! Early Saturday morning, Grandpa, Uncle Jed, and Aunt Sarin took Logan, Tayvi, and Conley out for a little hike. They got to go and call elk in! They loved it! Conley's favorite thing to do lately is his "uk" call! He's pretty impressive for a 10 month old! Logan and Tayvi thought it was great too. They especially loved getting to use all the fancy schmancy calls that Grandpa and Jed had!

Logan loves to find all sorts of creatures!! Here he is with his water sceeter!! He also caught quite a few mormon crickets (Crokets as he called them)...

Tayvi just loves to be doing something!! Here she is roasting a marshmellow!! I think more of them ended up in the fire pit than in her belly! They love to watch as the marshmellows grow!

What's camping without "Cousin" Zeus!! The kids always look forward to seeing Zeus when Jed and Sarin come! They do sometimes wonder when Jed and Sarin are going to have a Human Baby though!! LOL! They're so cute!

Here are Logan and Zeus having a little Tug-O-War!

aLL GRoWN uP!!

My Beautiful Pre-School Princess!!
It's funny how you wake up one morning and realize how many tomorrows you let go by without "doing that tomorrow! Well, Last week Tayvi started PRe-SCHooL!! Here I am now finally posting about it! :) She loves it! Miss Sandra is The World's BEST teacher...ever! Logan had her for two years, and now it's Tayvi's turn!

Here they are together playing with the doll house!

What's that? You can't find your cookie? Me...eat it...no! Hehehe!!

One thing about it, Conley is putting his new teeth to good use!

Isn't he the cutest CooKie MoNSTeR ever!!

ouR LuCK!

Well, Logan had his first day of KiNDeRGaRTeN on August 22! That morning before I took him to school, I noticed that his head (between his eyes) was a bit swollen. WeiRD! So, I continued to watch, and it continued to swell. By the time I left him and school, I was a little concerned - to say the least. But, I remembered about a year ago when my nephew had the same thing happen to him. It was all froma bug bite, and it just so happened that Logan had a bug bite on his forehead. By the next morning, the swelling had moved from his forehead to his eyelids, and by Sunday it was below his eyes. We're glad that's over!! But besides the swollen head, Logan loved his FiRST DaY of SCHooL!!

Logan loves to ride his bike to school! I had to run to keep up...okay so I didn't really keep up, but I gave it a good effort!!

Here is Logan after school with his classmates!

Well, as some of you may know, Tayvi has a little problem with passing out. She passes out sometimes when she gets really upset or hurt, especially when she's overly tired! Well, the other day, she was sad that Kodi and Jasa were leaving. She was standing by their car crying, so I looked out to see what was going on. That was when I saw her tip her head back (trying to get some air), so I ran for her, but didn't make to her until she had kissed the black top of the parking lot! She got a cut above her lip, and knocked her teeth pretty hard...notice the litttle chip on her left side! YuCK...not fun! A pretty crazy week! Like I've said before...NeVeR a DuLL MoMeNT at our house!!

All I can say is OUCH!!

I don't have a picture of this yet, but Conley now has TWo NeW TeeTH!! He is just growing up way too fast...

LOGAN...

What can I say... Logan is the best!! He is such a strength to me! He is always taking good care of his mom, his sister and has little brother! We are all thankful for him! He is such a good boy! He loves life, and lives it everyday to the fullest...he wears me out!! Here he is with a butterfly he found at Grandma's! Isn't it beautiful!
Hide Race Baby!! That's right! For anyone who doesn't know what the hide race is... the rider has a rope with the hide tied on and races to the other end of the arena where their partner is waiting by a barrel to "jump" onto the hide. Our little neighborhood was inspired!! We now have weekly hide race "practices!!" The kids each get their turn to ride around the yard on the saucer! I don't let my kids "jump" on, but they love to ride!!
We love our fun group of neighborhood kids!! We had a big sleepover and watched a movie outside after our little BBQ!! We never have a dull moment in our little apartments! It's great for the kids to always have each other! Logan, you're such a great friend! You have so many great qualities, and sucha strong testimony!! Always hold on to that!!
Logan...Mommy Loves You!!