The girls had fun playing games and soaking in the hot tub. 
Lexie had her friends hide her birthday gifts around the store and many of the gifts were pretty hard to find. 
We all sang happy birthday to her and then she wanted to take a bite out of the corner of her cake. Lexie loves getting cake all over her face.
Lexie's birthday party at the spa store was a hit. Everyone there had a great time!
Wow! I can't believe that my little Lexie is now a young lady. Time flies by way too fast! It seems like yesterday she was that funny little girl telling stories and making us all laugh. This is a picture of Lexie when she was four years old at our home in Logan Utah. She was helping her dad carry sold eBay packages to the car. I remember how cute she was that day, she dressed herself and went out into the cold winter weather to spend time with her dad. Lexie we all love you so much and we hope you have a very Happy Birthday!
Here's how it works..... the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a hand made gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. BUT, in order for you to leave a comment on my blog, you have to post this on your blog FIRST. (That means that sometime during this year you will send a gift to 3 people as well, not necessarily hand made) Get it? Ready, set, pay it forward!
My plans for Travis' surprise party were ruined because he ended up beind sick with a stomach flu. So we just kinda chilled out at home on his birthday. Travis I'm sorry you were sick on your birthday. I love you!!
Adam is another favorite of mine on American Idol. I love his voice and his look! I hope that Adam and Danny are the last two standing at the end of the season.
When I found out that Blurb got their blogger site working I was so happy. I published my second blog book last week and got is delivered to me today. It turned out so nice and I'm so happy to have it!! This book was my Valentines gift from Travis. I'm so glad that I can publish my blog every year. It's nice to look back and remember all the fun we had in that year and how much the kids have grown.
I decided today that I wanted to take Maddy to get her hair cut. Maddy has such thin hair and I wanted her to have a hair cut that would make her hair look fuller. I told the lady to cut it really short and give her a slight A line with it stacked in the back. When I saw how short the first cut was, I was a little scared. I was scared because she cut so much of her hair off, but she did exactly what I wanted her to do. Maddy loves her new hair style and I love it too.
My little Lexie is growing up so fast! Next Sunday will be her last Sunday in Primary and then she's off to Young Women's. It seems like yesterday she was that cute chubby faced little girl who made us all laugh and now she's a young women. Lexie we all love you so much and hope that you always remember who you are and that you continue to be a good example to those around you. We love you pretty girl!
Lexie tried very hard to make this Valentines fun. She woke up this morning and made chocolate chip pancakes and covered or front door in homemade hearts. Lexie also dresses Bryson up like Cupid and my little Cupid walked around the house shooting us with his love arrows. Travis is at the home show today and he will be there until 7:00 so I'm without my Valentine today. On a happy note, this is their busiest show and they are selling lots of spas. I hope you all have a very happy Valentines!!
Travis is always working and so when Travis takes a break from work and comes down from his hole AKA office all the kids want to be with him. They always fight over who is going to sit by him and they usually end up sitting all over him. The kids love their dad and they love spending time with him!
We just got a new puppy. I know I said I would never get another dog, but after seeing my kids with our friends dog and how happy it made them, I just had to get them one. The kids have been talking about puppies for the last few days and I wanted to surprise them with one for Valentines. Ignore the pink blanket, it came with our puppy but our puppy is not a girl it's a boy. He is a long haired Chihuahua, he was born on the 6th of Dec 2008. He has the sweetest little face and seems to be very loving. When we walked in the door and showed the kids they were all so surprised. Lexie was so happy she started to cry. We wanted to give our puppy a name that will fit him and his personality. Lexie came up with the name Benji. Benji is the name of a fictional dog that everyone loves, so I think that Benji will be a perfect name for our sweet little puppy.
Travis was invited to be a member of the Brunswick Advisory Council in Kohler,Wisconsin. He was chosen to be one of their twelve top Brunswick dealers in the country. I'm sorry if I sound like I'm bragging, but I'm so proud of him and how far he has come with his business. We had to board three planes to get to Wisconsin. Our fist plane landed in the SLC airport. It made me so upset to be so close to family and friends and not even see anyone! We were only in Salt Lake for a half hour so we couldn't see anyone if we wanted to. After a very long day of flying we arrived in Milwaukee at 5:30 and was picked up in a limo. 
It was an hour limo drive from Milwaukee to Kohler. We then checked in at The American Club resort hotel in Kohler and went and had a very fancy dinner with the Brunswick dealers in the Kohler Design Center. The room we stayed in was very nice and the bed was very comfortable. The very little time I had in our room, I spent relaxing in our hot jetted tub. 
All the meals there were five course meals. We would sit down at our fancy table with a menu in front of us. I thought the menu was something we picked our meal from but it was what they were serving for dinner. We got every thing on that menu list in one sitting. After each plate they would come over with a fabric comb and brush off any crumbs that might be on the table and I even saw them put napkins on dealers laps when they sat down to eat. 
The meals were very fancy and very delicious! The village inn at Kohler is a five diamond resort, it has a wealth of history dating back to the early 1900s, it was such a beautiful place! We had back to back meeting the whole time we were there and the meetings were located in The Great Hall Of Great Lakes. 
Every room in that hall was named after one of the great lakes most of our meetings were in the Lake Michigan room. I had to take a picture of the ladies room, it was a very nice looking bathroom. I was the only one at the meetings who wasn't a dealer, so I kinda felt a little out of place at times. Believe it or not I did enjoy going to the meetings and watching Travis at work. Travis really enjoyed getting business tips from the worlds top Brunswick dealers. 
He was the only dealer at the meetings taking notes and really soaking everything in. The Dealers were the most talkative at cocktail hour when they had a few too many drinks and Travis loved how they helped him with things he had questions with. It was so cold in Kohler. The weather was never above five degrees and we froze! We were inside the whole time and on our last night there I wanted to go outside and take some picture because it was so pretty outside of the hotel. 
We weren't outside that long because of how cold it was but I'm glad that we did take the time to go out and look around. This building off to the right is Kohler Company Headquarters and it's right across the street from where we stayed.
All the trees at the resort had lights on them and everything looked so pretty with the white snow. Everyone there loved Travis and they were very impressed with what he had to bring to the table. At the last meeting when all the dealers were done with their intense discussion and they were closing the meeting, Travis got up and thanked the Brunswick team for inviting him to come and join their council. He told everyone that being there was a great opportunity and that he was appreciative of all their thoughts and ideas.
Travis also told everyone to not take the meetings for granted, that he had learned a lot from everyone and was honored to be apart of the advisory team. Afterwards the Brunswick team came up to him and thanked him for his closing. 
They told Travis that out of all the years of doing these meetings, no one ever cared to say such nice things at closing. They said it was a closing they had always dreamed of and it really made them feel good to know that they were appreciated. I had fun spending time with Travis and I just want to thank our good friend Tim for taking such good care of our kids while we were away.
This is the Founders Boardroom where the dealers went after their long day of meetings for cocktails. 
Travis cleaning up after one of the meetings in the Lake Michigan room.
This is a picture of Travis sitting in the limo on our way to the hotel.
I hate being in airplanes! I just feel so uncomfortable and confined. I can never really get any sleep no matter how hard I try. This is Travis sleeping on his tray, I was very jealous at how fast he could fall asleep. I guess that is where my kids get it. I thought he looked so cute so I just had to take a picture.
