Idaho

Gearing up for our non stop flight to Cour De Alene, ID. Kids were great, and so excited to see Grandma and Grandpa!!

We loved relaxing on their hammock! It was the first thing we did outside.

I mean HONESTLY, look at my mother in law's garden!! I can't even keep my cactus alive :( She has red, and yellow raspberry bushes and the cutest miniature strawberries
Awwe, the smell of her cilantro was so amazing! But my fav is actually her Swiss chard...yummy!

We spent a couple days downtown at a annual art fair 'Art on the Green". It spans about 3 miles along the downtown strip, which happens to also be on the lake. So we would shop, swim, eat, then shop some more!!

We spent a relaxing Sunday afternoon sitting on at Honeysuckle Beach

My absolute favorite memory was the Michael Buble concert. It was fabulous, and I have a new crush :)

We spent a fun day at Silverwood Theme Park. Just a really fun, mini Disneyland!

My two favorite men!

Perhaps my most treasured shot of the trip!

A very kind pilot in Mike's parents ward took Mike and I out on his Cessna plane! Phenomenal views...thank you Roger and Julie!!

Our view from the flight

Boating with Mike's brother's family at their lake place!

Funny story: We head out for a two hour drive to go rafting, and floating on the river. An hour into the drive we loose his parents, and brother for a full hour on the road. This is us stranded with no reception, and NO idea where we were going. We eventually were found by his dad...woo hoo!

Clearly we ran out of things to do!

It was all worth it...this was our view from our campsite!

After tubing we just vegged on this beach! Heaven

Mikes sister was passing through town, so we got to see her for literally 10 minutes at this McDonald's. Sad!

Lastly, enjoy my all time favorite song by Michael! I will not confess to the singing in the background...I would like to think it was the lady next to me!

my little rock star

Post more in a bit...

Daddy there's mice in my pool...

These pictures make me want to vomit...beware!

We have desperately been trying to catch these "mice" for months. (First off these aren't mice they are monster rats...possibly half bunny??? Secondly, had no idea it was a family. And yes I do feel bad about the baby.) We have sticky traps EVERYWHERE! Who knew all you needed was a kiddie pool to catch them. Lesson learned, don't ever live on, or near a mountain.
The big one was eaisily 10 inches...YUCK, YUCK, YUCK

St. Regis in Laguna Beach

My fabulous, talented, hard working husband won a sales contest for work...and won us a trip to Cali! My jaw dropped when we pulled into this hotel! Never in my life could we ever to afford to come here again, but we sure enjoyed it. We were spoiled to say the least, and every moment was worth missing the kids for 4 great days! Thanks Mom for watching the kids.

This was our stunning view of the beach from our hotel room!

Drum roll please...this lobster pot pie was $72. I ate every morsel of this pound of lobster!

We soaked up the sun set down at the Monarch Bay restaurant

Ah...the pool! It was like a gorgeous English garden by the beach. Heaven!!!

This had to be documented...we honestly sat at the pool for 4 hours the entire trip cause I neglected sunscreen and was FRIED!

Anthem Park and Holidays past...ooops!

Owie and mommy enjoying the park!
Honestly....the jelly shoes are amazing, right?

Owen and his buddy Cooper have made it a habit of running off with my wagon at the park. Today I found it under the play gym, and hidden behind a bush. Last time it was on the play gym almost ready to go down a slide. Pretty funny!

I never posted Christmas or Halloween pics...but how could I resist posting these cute memories?

Little blurry, but here we are matching at our ward Christmas Party

Looks like Owie found the perfect "pumpkin"

I think my friend Amy wanted to feel out what it would be like to be part of the Roth family...don't worry, it didn't last long!

Here is Owen and his buddy Guy at their school's Halloween bash :)

Peter Pan! He lived in this costume for 2 weeks.

Spring is here!

I love spring in Arizona! It, in my opinion, is the most colorful and beautiful time of year! The last two springs we have been lucky enough to witness a real birds nest being built, eggs being laid, and baby birds hatching! Oddly enough I have a wreath on my door with fake nests attached...apparently a perfect decoy for a real one!! We now have 4 of the cutest blue eggs I have ever seen. I will keep you updated as the baby birds arrive :) The other thing I love about spring is the inspiration to create! I have been crafting away, and I CANNOT stop. My mother asked me to document the madness, so I added all my recent decorations and creations!3 decoy nests The real deal !!

Which inspired this...

and this!

this photo collage idea I totally stole from my sis in law...but I did make the letter, hand paint the medallions, and make the two children in the pics! ha

Ah, my windmill banner. I call it my "spring banner", mike called it trying to hard and took it down. Sad!

My runner creation, and table scape

If you love Pottery Barn, then you have seen these live moss letters selling for $79. Yikes, I make mine for $10.

Another farewell shot of my banner...see you next spring...or in the trash.

Who could resist posting this shot!

Time for another photo shoot...

may I just say that my sis is a genius! She managed to get some great photos even though my kids were grumpy, tired, and completely wild! Love you Jamie! You are so talented(jamieharper.typepad.com) (this is one of Owen's best buddies....Bentley) We were able to coordinate a few shots together!