Kamsty Getaway!!!

A couple weeks ago I did something I haven't done since I have been married to Jeff. I took a "Mommy/Wife Break". My friend Kami treated me to a night at Arizona Grand! Between the two of us we have 10 kids and we managed to pull it off with no kids! We are awesome! We soaked up the sun all day long, going down the lazy river, sitting at the end of the wave pool letting the waves hit us, and laying out getting our tan on and laughing until the sun went down! We then went to our room got ready went out to dinner, came back and watched a really funny movie and ordered 4 Dr. Peppers to our room which cost us $28.00 but was worth it! We went to bed and slept in and then came home to our families feeling rejuvenated!

As a Mommy I have always thought this is a selfish thing to do and that I would feel guilty, but I can honestly say I had ZERO guilt and I highly recommend it to all Mom's out there! (These pictures aren't so good, I need to stop using my camera on my phone)

Tyla Turns 7!!!!

I don't even know where to begin. My Pretty Princess is now SEVEN! This year is hitting me hard! I am not sure if it is because next month I will have a ten year old or because I am turning 30 in two weeks or because my baby is turning into a big boy already!

Tyla is a special blessing to our family and to anyone who has connected with her. Her smile radiates and melts my heart every time. Tyla has taught me so many life lessons and has made me a strong person. She really embraces life and is just happy over the smallest things. Tyla loves her Sissy MacKenzie and looks up to her all the time. She has managed to steal Justin Bieber from her and every time we take Kenzi to cheer she begs me to let her do cheer and gymnastics with Kenzi. She loves dancing and practicing cheer moves. She is a little fish who loves to swim and everyday after school she asks me at least 100 times when Daddy will be home so we can all go swimming! Then when Jeff comes home she kisses and hugs him a million times even when we are swimming and if he doesn't kiss her on the lips she makes him do it over again! She loves Ryker and asks him all the time if he is tyla's baby and when he makes her mad she tells him that he is not her baby anymore and that Mommy is. They are best buds but both have strong personalities that sometimes clash but I think when they are older they will be best friends. Tyla loves food and wants to snack all day. Her favorite foods are hot dogs, chicken tacos, turkey, chocolate, bananas, grapes and apples oh and "yellow chips" AKA Lays potato chips! Tyla loves Angry Birds and her ipod touch and anything Justin Bieber! She watches his movie everyday and listens to his music A LOT! I think someday that Tyla will be in track or even cross country. This girl can run and she is FAST!

In the past we have always had just family birthday parties for Tyla, but this year she actually has some very close friends who she doesn't get to see enough, but who she absolutely loves and our like family to her so I really wanted her to cherish these times and remember how much they all LOVE her so we had a small layed back swim party with The Schureman family! I think Tyla was in heaven the entire time and that smile as you will see in the pictures never left her face! We had a BBQ with all her favorite foods!The party couldn't have been any better!


I walked outside to check on these two lovebirds and I couldn't resist posting this picture! Sorry I had to! Ryker and Jirzy!
Jordynn and Tyla - BFF'S!!!
Ty and Tess!
Tuff and Ty!
These four are the best of friends! Tess, Tyla Jordynn and tuff! They are always fighting over Tyla and asking for their own turn to come stay with Tyla and play! They love her so much and Tyla is all smiles every time she is around them!



Happy Birthday Tyla! We all love you so much!

Back to School

MacKenzie is now in 4Th Grade! How is this possible??!!Tyla is in 2ND Grade! Holy Cow! Crazy!

I am so excited for this school year for MacKenzie because her teacher Michelle Mullenaux was actually my Kindergarten and first grade teacher at Hawthorne and I just LOVED her and have kept in touch with her over the years.

Tyla actually has the same teacher she had last year (Sandy Meschke) and I am also very thrilled about this too! She was so good with Tyla last year and so loving.

MacKenzie and Tyla: remember to be ridiculously amazing everyday and this year will rock!

Summer Recap 2011

Here is a recap of our Tribes Family Summer! Let me warn you....it is kinda a LONG post, but just trying to play catch up! So enjoy!

The first couple weeks of Summer Kenzi did a music camp that she has now done the past three summers and they are amazing! This year it was willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory! It was adorable and Kenzi had a main character and leading role! She did awesome! They have some camps all throughout this year that I would LOVE for Kenzi to audition for, but we will have to see if we can work that out or not.

Swim Lessons definitely paid off! Ryker swims the entire length of our pool, he dives, does front flips, jumps in and grabs the wall all by himself and monkey walks! He is such a little fish now! Thanks Miss Shelley! You are the best!
The beginning of this Summer we went up to the Treible Cabin in Pine top with our good friends Jason and Sherry Stevens and all our kids. It was seriously such a great time and I am pretty sure I gained 10 pounds in the few days we were there! We cooked some yummy food and ate alot! I love trips like that! I love good food!Our kids just love each other and play so good together! I think us adults stayed up until 2 AM every night just talking and laughing. We were there for Father's Day weekend so the boys went golfing one day while Sherry and I slaved in the kitchen all day for a huge dinner when the hubby's got back from golf and the kids made books for the Daddy's and made up a great song and dance to perform to them! Check out Ryker Beat boxing with Jax! So funny!



My Parents decided we should go to San Diego 4Th of July weekend for a couple nights so we packed up and went! My Brother Brady, his wife Milea and their four kids went with us too! We stayed at The Hyatt Grand Manchester Bay right next to Seaport village. We loved walking around the shops at Seaport everyday. We went on a boat ride to Coronado Island which was a great time! Ryker LOVED the boat and kept saying "go faster!" We spent a day at La Jolla Beach which the kids had a blast!

















We made one last very quick trip back to the cabin with my Sister n Law Milea and her kids! It rained the entire time, and Tyla was sick throwing up, but it was still nice to get out of the heat!
We attended some BBQ's that were always a great time!

Sleepovers and swimming was happening alot! So much fun with great friends!




Arizona Grand Day with friends!


There were also very LONG HOT boring days where we had to amuse ourselves in the home because it was too hot to go anywhere!

Well there you have it! I know there wasn't any extravagant vacations or any of that this Summer, but I really enjoyed the time I had this Summer with the kids even if it was just swimming and being silly! It was a great Summer and I was happy to be home doing small things making great memories with my kiddos! I hope you all had a great Summer too!