Gracy's first fish

On Saturday we headed up to Calder to catch a few fish. It was such a nice day.....a little chilly but we all loved every second . It was my first mountain trip of the year, I grew up fishing, baiting my own hook and gutting the fish we caught, its something that is a big part of my life. It was heaven for me to see my little girl get so thrilled to go fishing, seriously she was giggling and just spilling over with excitement the entire time. It was so fun to see her with her Daddy learning and getting that one on one time. Those are the times I loved most spending with my dad. We caught a few 19-20 inchers but i think they have to be like 22 inches to take home......so we didn't get to keep any. What a beautiful day..... My Dad (who taught me the ropes and sport of fishing) and my Beautiful mom.

It got so cold i had to put gracy's extra socks on her hands.....and of course they were coated with fish slime pretty quick.

Danny would go fishing everyday if he could, I think he may be a little obsessive.

Na Na and Pa pa and Stinker.

Gracy kept saying ......AWSOME...cooo ......Ish .....ISH (meaning fish of course)

This is Gracy reeling in her first fish with her very own pink pole Grandpa Gardner got her when she was born.

Nacho was so thrilled to find out there were living creatures at the end of our lines lol......she loves the out doors. Wish we could have giving her one of the fish to play with. maybe next time nach.

Thanks cousin Adi for the levi jacket!!!

taken pictures. say "cheese mamma" ......so excited to get to the lake and "ISH"

Newest shinanigans......

Lately my daughter has informed me that she now is officially an intellectual 23 month old. And if you look closley that is her dad cheering in the background. (no really) She can easily hop the fence to her port-a-crib ......... we found this out while she was napping at my parents house....and her newest is acribating out of her crib......guess its time for a big girl bed......

It was my best friends wedding last Saturday.....She also married a friend. Mr. and Mrs. Colby Decamp. Mel I love you and am sooo happy for you. xoxo.

She was gracious enough to let me help with the wedding ........ she wanted something different for her centerpieces ..... we saw this done on a celebrity wedding and thought it was cool. really fun to put together......plus it was easy....

Thanks to my sister corinne for helping me the entire day put things together. what would this world come to with out sisters....Mine are pretty much hold my life together.

Danny got me these beautiful flowers for mothers day. They have been refreshing addition to my living room :)

We had the Sprouses over for a BBQ and FHE, Carson and Gracy are hilarious together. What good buddies they are.

Best time of their lives in the wheel barrow. Carson's mom Brooke is due on the 16th! we cant wait for baby girl to get here !!!! more friends the better !

On a much sicker note......we have had the flu for the longest time.......Gracy and Danny had it last week and Ive had a sinus infection and the flu for the past two days. Hopefully things will let up and we will all get feeling better before the Grady's come out to visit!!!! Yay.....T-minus 9 days. Like I said my sisters are defiantly my best friends I miss them sooo much. Especially Tiff because she lives so stinkin far away. And since she has already given the word....I get to be an aunt again!!! tiff is due at the end of September with .......(drum roll) A baby BOY!!!! we are in desperate need of this little guy to get here. we all have already been shopping for little boy fabric.......which was foreign territory for sure. but sooo fun.

What in the World?????

My dad and father in law Our dog nacho, she was pretty funny hangin out and she found time to dig a hole under the shed, trying to get to the chipmunks that live under there.

Notice my child's pants and shoes ....... Im ok with the mud and even the clean up if it means she is occupied for a few minutes.

Danny has been renting these crazy machines to get our yard in order, I think Gracy rode with him for about and hour or more. she thought she was pretty cool up there with her dad :)

Where have I been??? talk about busy, I am so behind on my blogging that I dont know if there is any hope for a catch up, it is my goal to get everything caught up from Easter to Danny's birthday and Gracy's "worth documenting" accidents, but for now, I thought I would post last weekend. We had Jon, my dad, Clark, Rhet and Danny working on getting our fence up in the back yard all day on Saturday. Our goal for the summer is getting a back yard in, grass, deck and maybe a swing set type thing for Gracy. wouldn't it be a dream to be able to send Gracy in the back yard to play!!!! We are so lucky to have supportive family that are willing to drop an entire Saturday to come and work! we were able to get up all the posts :) we are having the sprouses over tonight to help pop the rest of the fence up !!!! It sure doesn't look like much has happened back there but I tell ya what, it feels like Dannys has been working 3 jobs at this point. I put myself in his shoes and I don't think I could do what he does everyday. Thanks for working so hard babe!!!

March Birthdays!

There are alot of march birthdays on the Bingham side and Gardner side. We only got one picture for some reason but it was fun having birthday bashes on both sides of the family this year. Happy birthday to.........Clark and Amy, Big Jon, Dad, Coco, Uncle Scott and me! Notice our cool cakes, I was the lucky one to get the "Healthy cake" geez, I was gunna fight my dadfor the German chocolate, but I figured he was old enough so he earned it. I really got spoiled this year, Danny gave me a "weekend plane ticket" to go see my sister. I am sooo excited. as soon as I can find a good priced ticket ......im off to Kansas City. ( I also bought myself a new blender with my remaining birthday money) Im getting ambitious to find new ways of getting gracy to eat fruit.......the little stinker she eats every veggie known to man....just wont eat the sweet stuff. What a weirdo!

Question: where do you buy Flax seed?

P.S. I am now a whopping 23 years old, I still feel immature and dangerous. I hear once you turn 25 you loose this confidence. So I've still got a few golden years to go before they turn silver I guess. :) Yay.

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The Amazing Box!!!

I have been without an oven for almost three months!!! I know I'm so tired of cooking in the crock pot, So on Monday We loaded the trailer up and headed to Lowe's and finally got one!!!! I have to say that the new stove is not as exciting as the shiny new box that came with it. Danny, Gracy, and Nacho have all played in it all week! its been hilarious. Gracy will drag her little DVD player in it and watch a movie with nacho. Sometimes she kicks nacho out, And the little demanding Gracy would cry if her dad tried to get out of the box and cried when I tried to get in. So obviously NO MOMS ALLOWED. We had to retire it after she went to bed last night. Thank goodness she didn't really notice it was gone when she woke up this morning. I think this settles it. Gracy is now OFFICIALLY a Daddies girl, no doubt about it.

Catching up......

I have been a slacker lately and haven't updated for a while. For some reason the first of the year is always a whirlwind for us, a good whirlwind :) We have alot of good things planned for this year. I think we all are getting the bug and are ready for camping and sunshine. This winter has brought on the blues for us and so we have been keeping busy. Gracy got to have a fun play date with her cute cousins left to right Becca, Bridger, Gracy and Adi. They also got to go see the circus together that came to vernal. I think Gracy is still a little young to want to sit for an hour in a half and watch elephants.......I think I liked it more than her. It was actually really cool, WAY over priced though lol.

This is Gracy FINALLY feeling better after getting over her ear infection. I was so upset to leave her sick while i left to Vegas. But thank goodness she has an amazing daddy that drops everything to take care of her. Thanks again to Danny and my mom and dad for helping me out :) I am so blessed to have great family all around me.

This is kinda not so important, but fun for me. I had been eyeballing this vintage lamp for like two years while i worked for betty at Merle norman. It was part of the Goosbumps inventory. Well she recently went out of business and I got this awesome find for like 75% off, and thus in my budget I was able to get it! The bad thing is it was a wal fixture, so since danny is the handiest husband in the world was able to re wire it for the plug in, seriously he is the best.

Gracy's favorite spot lately. she could hang out in the fridge for ever, she cries when i make her get out lol. I don't understand this new fascination.

just a few pictures I took from vegas, we had tons and tons of pictures. so i snagged a few. This was the best store. Its called "lush" its all naturally made skin care. infact these face masks were in a bowl on ice they scooped it out for us to take home. and it smalled like frosting :)

I have to tell you my friend amber was 7 1\2 months pregnant while we were there. And to be honest I seriously couldn't keep up with her. lol. What a trooper. I am so glad I have great friends. Ive known these girls since 3rd grade. Sometimes we dont get to see each other for a year and its neat because we still can get together and pick up were we left off. Thanks for inviting me! Loved vegas. it was a really great place....There is alot of filth there also, but we kept really busy and enjoyed ourselves. We went and saw the Broadway show "the lion king" Please go see it! There is nothing like it. I was so amazed the entire time.

I didnt get any pictures on Valentines weekend but Danny had a friend getting married in Pleasant grove area so we decided to go to the reception and socialize with Danny's old roommates. It was alot of fun, we actually had some really grand plans to go and eat at a nice place and get dressed up , unfortunately we both thought we had food poisoning but it was just the flu, and we cant believe we traveled while we were so sick. I wouldnt recommend it, lol. In fact Danny almost lost it while we were riding the elevator up to our hotel room lol. We both felt a little better next morning and went and ate at the corner bakery for breakfast and it was sooo yummy. Thank you to Nanna and Papa for having a sleepover with Gracy :) We wanted to bring her with us but They insisted on taking her. I am so glad Gracy gets those precious memories that I had as a little girl. Sleeping over and Grandma and Grandpas house making forts and eating candy before bed, Ill never forget my Grandpa trying to fix my hair for me :) I LOVE that Gracy gets the same memories.