Bagshaw Reunion Memorial Day- Moab UT

We had the most beautiful, amazing time in Moab, Utah! We had a Bagshaw Family Reunion and 80th birthday celebration for Grandpa Bagshaw. We have a serious love for Arches Natl Park and had a blast. It was so much fun to be with all the families we hardly see. We love our family! 

Hiking the Arches and Natural Bridges

We promised each other we would make it to Delicate Arch. It was beyond AWESOME!

At the Delicate Arch look out. The kids loved "rock climbing"!

Delicate arch view with the Bagshaw 5!

We also stopped at my favorite part of Canyonlands, newspaper rock!

Hiking the next day to the actual ARCH itself! Delicate arch here we come!

MaKynzee and her little cousin Kristen had so much fun hiking together, giggling and saying they were twins! SUPER CUTE! 

That's right we took the stroller all the way up! Way, way up!

The WHOLE family made it to the TOP! 

Climbing rocks with Uncle Justin and cousins!

Top view of Horseshoe Ruins

Boys will be boys. We had the boy cousins in our car in between stops at Natural Bridges! It was fun to see them together.... finally! 

Ok so there has been a dream of mine to hike down to these Indian ruins ever since I have seen them. Of course I thought that was crazy but then my loving husband said we could. AND WE DID...

the outlook view.

At the ruins...

this was by far the coolest EVER!

I was so amazed how they survived in these little places.

We made it! We are so excited!

 The bridge you hike down to and then pass to get to the Horseshoe ruins! Gorgeous view all the way around!

FUN at the CABIN

The cutest little pair...Spencer's cousin's wife and little girl! They were sooooo cute!

 We were celebrating Grandpa Bagshaw's 80th Birthday

Here is the birthday boy with his grandkids...only missing 2!

Grandpa had the best cake ever...

it was a fisherman on top and fishes all the way down the cake. I loved it!

I was in charge of games for the birthday party and we played 

Minute to Win It! 

Philipp: get 5 oreos from your nose to mouth no hands!

Justin: Keep 8 balls bouncing at once

Kristen: Blow a bubble across the room and into the hoop

Boys vs girls: Oranges and bananas 

Get the oranges into the hoop using your "banana"

Greatest game EVER!!!

On Sunday we went to church and it just happened to be next door to the Monticello Temple! 

I can't believe I took this picture...it looks soooo good!

My four generation James'!

L to R

James Brent, James Russell, James Lukas, James Spencer

   

Our kiddos with their Great Grandpa and Grandma Bagshaw

Isn't it GREAT!!!

Quick Trip to Boise and Mother's Day

 So we made a daunting 13 hr drive to Boise, Idaho to share a special day with our nephew Landon! He was Baptized on his birthday May 4, 2013! It was pretty awesome. After the baptism we got to have a little birthday/baptism celebration! It was a long hard journey but totally worth it!

Philipp Landon Schmidt 

baptized May 4, 2013

by his father Philipp.

He was also confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

by his father the same day!

One happy family!

Birthday PRESENTS!!!

Mother's Day 2013 

Well I got my annual mother's day flowers and am in serious, serious "green thumb" mode. 

I don't want them to die!!!

Unfortunately this was of course the first Sunday Spencer also got called into work but he made up for it...

I LOVE my flowers!!!

The kids celebrated Mother's Day by being tyrants and ended with Lukas saying "How come there isn't a KID day?" Well maybe we will eventually learn the meaning of mother's day!

I love being a mother...almost 8 years now and I would never take any of it back. They have taught me so much and I never thought I had this capacity to love this much!

Spring Days

This week was extra busy and more excitement in the family then we like to see but what can you do. We got 2 1/2 snow days last week and that was super exciting. We ended up with 17 inches of snow. Great for moisture but what happened to SPRING??

Daddy has been super busy as one of the 3 networking engineers left and so they are down to 2 and trying to absorb the responsibilities. It has meant a lot of overtime but Daddy doesn't mind cause he is dreaming of camera lenses and backpacking ultra lite sleeping bags. 

 Last week mommy got stuck down in Fort Collins because of our snow storms and had to sleep in a hotel. Sleeping in a double king bed hotel room by yourself is the definition of loneliness. But she got home the next day after work. She is absolutely in love with L&D nursing and embracing the challenges.

Lukas has been on a humor kick that is driving us all...well he takes after his father. He has been taking one to many notes from Daddy and wrote this school assignment. You had to write sentences using spelling words. The teacher has told us repeatedly that Lukas has the hardest time writing but he sure didn't this week.

If you can't read it it says...

1.Because I like that instead of that. 

2. Their are different freks (freaks) in the world.

3. I am between tow (two) freeks for a resan (reason).

4. All the people in the world are freks.

5.These people are freks said dad.

6. I should call the people freks.

Well the teacher was not in the least impressed and neither was his mother but what can I do?? Anyway we had a good talk and Dad... well he laughed through it and gave Lukas a high five. All I can say is I tried...

MaKynzee is being MaKynzee. Right now all she talks about is when she grows up she wants to be a princess, musketeer, dancer. Anyway we love her for all her cute quirks. She is always decked out in a skirt and leggings. If she doesn't have a skirt or leggings she says she can't get dressed. (I make her where leggings cause its cold and she ran holes in all the tights she wore to school THAT day.) Anyway she is really into capes right now and drives her dad bonkers. We love her sweet spirit. She is very forgetful and causes much drama but we have hoped and prayed she will grow out of it. 

Bowen keeps us all laughing. He has started to show a little more attitude and terrible twos but we knew it couldn't be avoided and he has this little stubborn anger that comes out too. He loves to just play and really doesn't need to be entertained. He loves cars more than anything and loves to go to the babysitters and play with Karlee and story time at the library with mom. 

Seriously how can you have a bad week when you have this to be with or come home to!

We love you all!

Catching up April Days

Since Mommy has gone back to work MaKynzee has been getting in touch with her "Dr" skills!

How far are you going to push that thing Dr M! She loves getting all my stuff out of my nursing school bag.

We decided to go fly our Easter kites while Dad was at priesthood session. I had no idea/ didn't remember that you actually have to learn HOW to fly a kite. After 45 minutes and some hair loss we finally got the hang of it!

Lukas...

MaKynzee...

I don't know how long it took to get this picture of them BOTH flying in the air but it was super fun!

And this was Bowen....watching and playing without a care in the world! Love that face!

Mommy was scarily disappointed that she was going to be working on class picture day! YIKES!!! Daddy and hair do NOT go in the same sentence so I did what my mom always did....CURLERS!

I think it turned out pretty cute but Daddy for got to take pictures on Mommy's camera!!

The cute little curler BOB!

We were in SLC for Easter so I was unable to do our traditional Easter pictures so I grabbed a few last weekend in their Easter outfits!

 As you can tell by Makynzee's expressions it was windy and slightly cold...A+ for effort on all their behalves  Bowen was in the funniest mood so it was AWESOME to see his smiles!

This is Bowen running to the camera saying "I SEE! I SEE!" He wanted to check out the pictures right in the middle of me taking one! Grrrrr but cute pic eh?

I wanted an added touch of spring so I got the cute little wreath...little did I know SNOW CRAZED week was ahead!

Our kiddos are just the most important thing to us...they look like they are in pain but they were just laughing way too much!

We love Easter because of what it reminds us...OUR SAVIOR LIVES! We have tried and I think rather successfully been able to teach the kids how important it is and that the Easter bunny is NOT the reason. Every year we get the kids a new book that talks about Christ. This year it was The Easter Walk by Debrah Pace Rowley. It was amazing and we, well I felt the spirit as I read the words to the children that this is right! It is divine truth! He LIVES! He LOVES! He is THERE! We believe with all our hearts that the Savior lives and that because of Him our beautiful little family gets to be an eternal one!

Happy Birthday MaKynzee

So this year MaKynzee had a birthday weekend cause mommy had to work on her birthday :(

She thought nothing of it though. I mean 3 days of celebrating HOORAY!

Day 1:

So mom decorated the house in green and pink...this is before I broke out all the St Patty's stuff!

She said it was a beautiful princess room.

Friday we opened presents...

As tradition her St Patty's shirt 

 and new pajamas.

Then the BIG ONE...

her very own computer! She was ECSTATIC!

That is what she wanted and mom and dad wanted because she always wants to get on ours!

She LOVED it! Mommy labeled it with a shamrock that says "MaKynzee's computer"

MaKynzee drew a picture of the cake she wanted. A rainbow cake with purple frosting and rainbow sprinkles...

Sooooo happy....

 Day 2:

MaKynzee playing on her awesome new computer...

Opening more presents and cards.

Day 3: HER 6th Birthday!

March 17, 2013

Daddy did a great job with MaKynzee and her birthday dress getting ready for church!

I love her birthday dresses every year!

Our sweet Irish princess has grown every year more beautiful and talented. We love all that she brings to our family. She loves her princesses and artistic things. She still is connected with Hippo at the hip. She asks at least once a week if she can take her to school. She is so excited to get reading. She LOVES wearing skirts and has a complete melt down without them. We have tried to build confidence in this little lady and everyday after she gets her hair done I look into her eyes and say, "MaKynzee you are a princess, the daughter of a King." I can only hope it sticks. 

WE LOVE YOU MAKYNZEE!!!!

School Carnival & MORE

This week was a very hard week. It was busy and sad and over all just crazy!

On Wednesday I was getting ready to go to the library and run some errands when I had an overwhelming feeling to check my facebook. At first I was trying to figure out if this was really a prompting or personal desire to stall the rest of the day but it was truly a prompting. There was a message from my friend stating that our mutual best friend from high school had passed away. I received the message just in time to get myself ready, dish off kids and make it in perfect time for the viewing/funeral. 

Oh, Adam. Adam Perkes is sooooo amazing. 

He was the best of friends and the zest he had for life was contagious. Many a Alfred Hitchcock movie nights, crazy weird other movie nights and crazy dates with this wonderful young man. The best part about being his friend was being a part of something amazing for he truly was. 

He was an actor! An AMAZING actor and had recently taken Denver by storm with The Bat Boy! He suffered from mental health issues that eventually would take his life with an accidental overdose... He took his prescription meds with alcohol. I am still in turmoil of this great life lost but I was able to go say goodbye.  Saying goodbye meant the world! His parents gave me so much peace and understanding of what happened in Adam's final days that has been invaluable to my healing.

I love you Adam! May you truly enjoy Act III! 

You better be there to greet me on the other side 'cause I'll be anxiously waiting to see your beautiful smile and spirit again!

On to a CRAZY Bagshaw Week...

It has been very cold and after the ice festival the real snow came in heaps!

This is how Bowen "rolls" to the bus!

Bowen has started to "read" to his animals like MaKynzee reads to him. LOVE IT!

MaKynzee has been obsessed with Barbie and the 3 Musketeers! So last Sunday we made this crown and mask to make her a Princess Musketeer. If you ask her what she wants to be when she grows up she says, "Well I am already a Princess so...a Musketeer so I can be a Princess Musketeer." 

It is cute and we love her vivid imagination!

Friday the PTO at school held a Carnival for the kids. It was a BLAST!

The boys doing the cake walk... We did it twice without winning so Lukas said we "wasted our time REALLY bad!"

They went through an obstacle course...

We had dinner of hot dogs and nachos which was put on by the Student Council!

In the gym waiting for dinner...

After a few more games we got our faces painted...

Bowen loved the way it felt and kept saying "more, more!"

Half way through the carnival we ran into MaKynzee's friend Kylie. She looks, sounds and acts like Kira so there is no doubt why they are buddies. Take off her brown hair and replace with red and you've got a Kira double! They were super cute together and it was nice to meet her mom.

The first part I was running around playing yearbook photographer and it was just awesome to see all the kiddos having a good time. Once my kids got there we really started to party. 

Well I start my job tomorrow so Bagshaw's are in full transition but can't wait to see where this takes us...hopefully into a BIG...BEAUTIFUL...HOUSE!!!! Enjoy!