Being Mom.....

Sorry if I offend anyone with this picture but sometimes this is just how I feel.

Some days I feel like I have gone completely crazy!! I hope it won't last but sometimes I think it might be a permanent side effect to having kids.......

Hope all you Moms out there survive another day.

Or should I say your kids..............?

Prom

Alexys went to her first Prom on Saturday. We decided to take some pictures of their group before they went to dinner. I think they had fun and enjoyed it a bit. They all looked great and this is such a good group of kids.

Thanks for letting me take your pictures guys!!

Lyndsie and Wade, Alexys and Nathan, Aubrie and Connor, Jessie and Ryan

I really did love her dress.

These are the only shots I got of her hair.

Craig intimidating Nathan

I thought this one was funny.

We had about 30 minutes before the others showed up.

Sorry it's sideways

I liked this shot. They all looked so good in their formal wear.

Zion

We went on a another trip to Zion N.P.

I don't know what it is about that place but I love it. =)

We went with my parents this time. I think we all had a great time. I know I did.

We stayed at the park for three nights. The sun was out every day and the temperature was lovely. The only two things that could have made the trip perfect were if Alexys had come with us and if gas was cheaper. The price in Spingdale had hit $4. CRAZY!

But what a beautiful world we have to enjoy! I'm glad we took the chance to enjoy a small part of it.

Craig and Katie on top of the lookout of the canyon.

Here is the view on top of the canyon overlook.
Amazing!!

Mom and Dad on a hike. We are so proud of Mom for taking this hike. It was not for sissies.

Good job Mom!!

A small bridge we crossed to get the lookout.

Zoom in of the bridge with Craig, Katie and Mom and Dad.

This is Angel's Landing. I hiked this a few years back but was not brave enough to reach the top.

This year I did it!!

It drops off 1400 ft. on one side and I think it's 700 ft. on the other. At some points its is only about 10 ft wide and there is only a chain to hold on to. Thank goodness for that chain!

Anyway. I'm just glad I finished this time.

It took Dad and Craig and myself 5 hours round trip. Not too shabby I think for 5.4 miles. =)

Here is part of the accent. We were waiting for our turn. People were coming down as we were trying to go up. This is pretty close to the top.

Craig sitting as high up on top as he could get. You can vaguely see the road back there next to the river.

The wind gusts got pretty strong at times. It kind of freaked me out a bit.

And here is proof that the motor home was there. This is Mom and Dad heading home.

I have over 300 more pictures but I won't post them here of course. Thanks for stopping in!

Thanks again Mom and Dad!! We had a great time.

Katie

Katie has been watching a lot of singing these last few months. She has always loved music but it seems she has had some new in site on how to perform. One of the new things is having a microphone stand in front of you. Not just holding a mic. but having the stand as well.

She was in the front room the other day singing. (That is not the unusual part.) I decided to go sneak a peak at what she was doing. She had taken my wreath stand and was using it as her mic. stand. I thought that was pretty clever of her. She was rocking out and even dipped the stand a few times. Pretty funny little girl. =)

It was the right size even.

The blue blur is a scarf that she plays with constantly.

Her foot was stomping so fast it's just a blur here.



Here is the dip.

So fun!

Upper Valley Idol Finals

So she didn't win last night but she was still the best singer up there. No I am not being biased. I wish I had all the songs performed last night to show you. The other girls are very talented but if you based the show entirely on voice and not theatrical antics, She rules it. Just a fact in my book. hehe. Well at least it's all over and done with now. No more stress over it all. I have her two performances posted after this one so keep scrolling down if you want to watch them.

I hope Alexys had a great time. She is such a great girl with so much talent and I hope she will continue on with her singing and never doubt what she is can do.

♥I love you Alexys!♥

Before the show still at home.

She just can't help herself. =)

After second performance being judged.

A couple of goofballs!

Nathan and Alexys

I love this girl!!!!!!!

I also need to send out a special thank you to my lovely friend

Hannah Chelson!!

She took over the camera for me for the night. I have never been able to just sit and watch Alexys perform before so it was great.

Thanks Miss Hannah!!!!

Alexys Upper Valley Idol Finals

This song was great after she got that little dry tickle out. =) She had been down in the basement of the theatre getting ready when they told her she was on now. She ran up the stairs 3 at a time and had just sat down to take a quick drink when he called her up on stage. She was pretty winded but pulled it together and gave a great performance.

Alexys Upper Valley Idol Finals Open Arms

This was a wonderful performance. The sound guys were not on top of things like they could have been so there was a lot of feedback but she just sang through it and gave an awesome performance. I think this last song will always be my favorite one she did.

Meg

Our little friend left us yesterday.

She was 12 years old and had gone blind and her hearing was getting worse every day. I know she is happier now but I will miss her very much.

♥♥♥

♥ Thanks for the friendship Meg.♥

She was such a cute little thing.

Dates and Ears

I don't have any pictures to post right now but I will try to get them on here in the next few days.

Alexys went on her first date Sat. night. She went with her good friend Nathan. I think they had a great time. They are friends so they spend a lot of time together anyway so I'm not sure how different it was except that he paid. ??? Anyway. Both great kids. =)

Katie got her second hearing aid on Monday. Now she has her red one. (Her first was purple.) She came home and spent the rest of the evening upstairs singing at the top of her lungs. I think it makes her happy to be able to hear. Well that's all!

Have a wonderful rest of your day!

Saturday afternoon at the Womack house.

Craig Alexys and Katie decided to have a bit of fun. Well mostly Craig and then the other two didn't have much choice. =) Here are the pictures of Craig and his girls. ♥

He had been running from Alexys before this because he had taken her cell phone taken out the battery and hid it. (That's how you get your teenage daughters attention.)

She finally got it back but then he trapped her in the hall and these are the results.

It looks as if she could have gotten away but unless you know Craig.....

♥I love my Family!!♥

So as she got her phone put back together he tripped her an then somehow manged to get her on his back. Katie thought that looked like fun so she had to get on too.

She tried to get up from the horse back ride and he was not having it.

So up she went.

Craig was trying to get Katie up onto Alexys shoulders.

Alexys was yelling "no, I'm falling!"

Katie trying to get in on the fun again.

She is so strong!

She is a good sport. She always makes life fun.

She gets that from her dad. =)

Then he escaped out the front door.

All you could hear was Alexys screaming "Not outside!!" and then lots of laughing.

She was screaming and laughing so hard.

Katie wanted to have some fun on Dad's shoulders too.

So Craig took another loop around.

So he decided she would get to take the same route Alexys took.

She loved it! So did Jetta. =)

Alexys Upper Valley Idol

She made it through the first cut!! Now she has two week till the next performance. April 1 she will perform another song. Either Taking Chances or Perfect. She sings both of them well so if you want to come listen great!! If not then I will post it here.

Here is her performance from last night.

Enjoy!!

Turning 16

She is turning 16!

I have a hard time thinking of her as anything but my baby girl but the reality if it is she is growing up. First driving and now dating. Before I know it she will be leaving for college and I'm not sure I will handle that very well. I watched my friend today get ready to send her baby off and I cried for her. How will I do it when it's my own?

Here are a couple pictures of her when she was a baby. It is not hard for me to wake up some mornings and think this is who I will see running down the stairs.

Age about 4 hours old

Age 3 months

Age 4 months



Age 6 months



age 10 months throwing attitude at her doll.

Age 23 months with her big beautiful blue eyes.

Age 4 years

Everything in between this age and now is such a blur. She has been such a great kid and always so beautiful and funny. I really have a hard time wrapping my brain around the fact that I'll be lucky to have 2 more years of her living under my roof. She will go great places and I love her more every day.
♥

Age 15

♥Happy Birthday Alexys!!♥

Nothing new to post today!!

Just thought I would say hello and to say I hope you are all having a great day!!

Bye!!

Cougars at State!!

State Wrestling is this weekend in Boise!!

So of course so are we. =)

I'm not sure when I became a fan of this sport but I must say I do love it.

We have 8 boys from our school here and 3 were put out yesterday (Thursday).

We have some great kids fighting for a State title and I think a few of them have a great chance at pulling it off.

Here are a few of them below. The last one is of a pin made this morning by the only boy from our school that has not lost yet. The rest all lost their first round and out of the 7 that lost the first, 4 of them won their second round so they are still in and have a chance. If they win their matches today they will at least medal. Anyway I will stop boring you with all the details.

I'll post some pictures of Katie later.

Poor Alexys stayed home sick. We hope she feels better soon.

Have a great weekend!!

There is no doubt this was a pin. He had to hold him like this for like 5 second longer than necessary because the ref didn't have a clear view. Good for me though because I had a chance to get a shot of it with my camera.=)