Big Blue & Brooklynn's Dance Revue ~

Here are some fun picture's of the last couple weeks for us! On May 9th we threw a Big Blue party at our house w/our neighbor friends The Higgenbothoms! It's a long story of how this party came about but the short version is we were at a Utah State women's sport's fundraiser last fall and won it at the auction! We were bidding against eachother along w/other people & finally realized we could just share the cost and throw it together since it ended up just being the two of us in the end so that's what we did!!! It was a lot of fun and we had great weather! Big Blue was scheduled for only 30 minutes at our house but he ended up staying for a little over an hour, it was awesome! I think he was having so much fun he just didn't want to go - or it could be the fact that he knew some of the people there and wanted to give them a little extra :) For whatever reason we were sure lucky and very happy! Thanks to everyone that came and helped pull it all together, it was a great success!

So I had to add the hot tub shots in b/c this was the end of the day when everyone had left. Brian and his dad were taking down the bounce house and cleaning up the outside while Brian's mom and I were inside cleaning up from dinner when all of a sudden Brian looked over to find Spencer and this is what he found! Some of the kids at the party (mainly our daughter) had left the hot tub cover off and Spencer decided he wanted to swim and when Spencer decides what he wants he does it! Thankfully that is the only spot he had gone in and Brian found him soon enough but he was still soaking wet and we were all panicing w/our hearts pounding and it took a while to feel ok after that experience that's for sure! You know the feeling you have when your almost in a car wreck (I mean really close to it) well that's the feeling I had inside...and my heart wouldn't stop pounding for a while realizing what could of happened. We were very lucky and the daughter definetely got a talking to about the importance of closing it &/or asking someone to do it for her b/c we could of found him floating and drowned which my heart is now pounding again writing about it and re-remembering that day! So these are the stunts that are really wearing on me/us as parents and I sure hope he get's out of this phase FAST!!! I/we love this boy but boy does he give us a run for our money!!!

Brooklynn's end of the year Dance Revue was Saturday May 16th at the Skyview High School Auditorium and she did so good! She took a year or two off and I wasn't sure how easily she'd get back into it and she was amazing! Her class performances were some of the best one's (not being biest or anything) I really hope she continues to do it and I think she could be an amazing dancer one day if it is her dream! She had a fun year doing it and I really hope she continues to love it and progress! We love you Brooky and are so very proud of you! Her grandma & grandpa Hirschi also made it to watch her and even though she doesn't show her feelings too well she was really excited they came and I know it helps her to have those she loves there to support her!

(fyi) most of these pictures are horrible, it was dark so flash doesn't work and I don't have a really nice camera to get good shots with, without making them blurry so sorry but you get the idea!!

May Update...

Well life in the Hirschi home is back to many trips through the canyon, long long working days, watercraft to be prepared for rentals, many phone calls and figuring out employee schedules! This is just the beginning of our hectic & stressful summer but that's our way of life and our livelihood so I try to be as supportive as I possibly can as a wife and mother and try really hard not to let it get in the way of being a good mom & wife. It is definitely hard that's for sure b/c I tend to feel like a single mom a lot this time of year but Brian makes up for that the rest of the year! So it's worth it in the long run!

An update on our home in Bear Lake! It's finally DONE!!! We have all our stuff moved over & just some organizing still left to do. It's gonna be so great to have the little extra space and I can't wait to share it w/our family & friends! It's not decorated yet so I'll put some pics up of that when it's done but here's some recent one's for those who are interested!

So it's just the basics in each room for now until I have the time this summer to decorate and have it exactly the way I want it but it's a good start! Some rooms are done and some not but enough to live in it in just 3 short weeks! I have so much more cupboard space I don't know what to do w/it! Compared to the Funtime home we didn't have much space at all so I actually have some empty shelves & cupboards..it's GREAT!

Also the mini crib I had for Spencer b/c of space previously may not work for much longer! He is so tall that he is the length of the bed so I may just have to do what I've been dreading for months now and that's putting him in his toddler bed..uugghh..that is a step I was wanting to put off as long as possible but it's looking like I just might not be able to wait anymore! I want the poor dude to be comfortable at least and not hitting his head and feet on the bed every time he turns around!

So that's it! Kind of the short version of what's been going on in our house these days...Yes short version! So we are moving over for the summer the first weekend in June and will be there until the middle of August! We'll miss our friends, neighbors & ward members a lot but it's not forever just a couple months!

6th Folder 6th Picture Tag ~

This is when Brooklynn was 5 yrs old at her first class for swim lessons! She was sooo excited and obviously since she's posing and hamming it up for the camera! That was her favorite dance pose, she also was starting dance for the first time that year too!