Camping on the River

To kick off Summer and celebrate our nephew Elisha's 9th birthday, we took the boats out to the river and set up camp. We spent 2 nights and 3 hot days on our own little rocky beach. The lake was completely windy the whole time which made lots of tubing and what not a little difficult but we had lots of fun nonetheless.



The highlights were definitely the night rides... after the sun went down a huge full moon took over the whole sky and everything was so calm. We took the boat out and rode around on the dark water. It was amazing! The kids were so wiped they slept hard, the girls enjoyed the rocking of the water as they slept on the boats. I had a hard time the first night because every sound seemed crazy magnified to me. By night two, I slept like a baby cuz I was just as wiped as the kiddos!


Camp food always seems to taste better than regular food. Maybe it's due to the exhaustion of spending your whole day in the sun or the pride in knowing what you contributed to the meal. It was delicious to say the least.

We had a great time as a family and can't wait to do it again!!

PreSchool and T-Ball are Pau!

J.T. has officially finished another season of T-ball. He really enjoyed playing and we enjoyed seeing his skill level and appreciation for the game improve and evolve. He's got a great glove and a killer swing. At his team party he was awarded the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards. That's our little Dodger! They had a cute team party and we passed out mini photo albums that I made of our team over the season.

School's Out!

June 23rd was J.T.'s last day of Pre-K! He's now a bonifide kindergartner. We were so proud of our little guy. Thanks Ms. Winnie and Mr. Vincent! (I don't know what's up with his weird picture faces today...) He'll miss his best buddy Phoenix. Martina will miss him.

an awesome iPad for an awesome iDad!

My hubs Mr B is beyond the stars the best man I know. He works so hard for our family and does so much for all of us. He's a great dad and watching him rock fatherhood is one of the greatest pleasures of my life. He's an amazing husband and top notch best friend, I know first hand. Mr B is a VERY hard man to shop for because as he works hard, he enjoys life just as much so normally if he wants something, he'll just go and buy it for himself. Well, the ipad has recently come out and although he'd expressed how cool they were, it wasn't something that he felt he needed so he wasn't going to splurge on it. This provided us the perfect opportunity to do something to spoil the man that spoils us daily. It took calls to 12 apple stores within 60 miles, an appointment with a personal shopper to get on an email black box system list and waiting very patiently for our name to get to the top of that list. We didn't have it in time for actual Fathers day so I printed out a picture of it and we presented it to him that way. He was very excited and 6 days later, finally got to unwrap his iPad, which he (and pretty much the whole fam) has been enjoying ever since.

Thanks for everything you do babe. I know I try to thank you as much as possible and I thought a little public gratitude is good for anyone once in a while. U da Bess <3

The Caravan to Vegas

Our Nephew Skye graduated this year as well and we headed out to celebrate with the Brandow's in Las Vegas. It was great to see and be with our family. Normally when our little Booth Fam heads to Vegas, we do the trip in about 3 1/2 to 4 hours, with kids. It was a whole different story this time around. We had 3 cars and two motorcycles making the trek and with all the stops, tire inflating, tire blow out and waiting for a tow truck to come with the right size tire iron, it took 9 hours to make it. Then we had 13 people staying at 3 different hotels and 1 timeshare. Needless to say it was a crazy two days but we enjoyed swimming around the shark tank at the Golden Nugget, roaming the Bass Pro Shop for hours and stopping at State Line to ride the roller coaster and log rid on the way home.



Mara acted as chauffeur for Maga and Tutu as Maga had sprained her knee two days before we left. We brought Tim, our friend and Rock Steady employee with us to help set up and strike the stage and lighting that we took with us for the little hula show we put on with our family at Skye's Graduation party. At one point, I was going to our time share at the Cancun Resort with two arms full of double chocolate chip blended frapps for the kids and as we were walking through the lobby, I lost my balance and dropped (although it kinda look like I threw them) all 6 frapps with whip on the floor. I was mortified. It was a little stressful being self proclaimed coordinator extraordinaire for so many travelers but in the end, any time with my fam is a good time.

Annual River Trip to Kick off the Summer!

Every year we go to Laughlin with the Imbachs and some members from their ward. This year we went a little early since we had to leave a little early but it afforded us 5 days on the water opposed to our normal 3. It was tons of fun, there were huge rocks to jump off of, no water marks because the water was so high, lots of sun, fun and good times with the fam. We launched at Kathrine's Landing in Bullhead on Wednesday and rather than put the boat in a slip, we took it out everyday which gave me lots of practice in pulling and backing up the trailer... I still suck at it but i'm getting a little better ;) The kids (and the adults) had lots of fun. We relaxed and hung out. Ate well and napped well. Looking forward to taking the "Holo Holo" out again soon!

Buster's Prom and Graduation!

Our Nephew Buster Imbach went to prom with his beautiful girlfriend Tasnuva. I was lucky enough to snap a few photos of them...


Congratulations to Buster and the rest of the Class of 2010!

Love is Spoken Here, Mothers Day 2010

Mother's day 2010 was a wonderful one spent with my wonderful family. It was a weekend of being pampered and treated and surprised. Saturday evening, I was surprised with an awesome Beach Cruiser and even though I hadn't been on a bike in ages, we have since had a blast riding together as a family, with our friends, after school, after dinner, just because rides and chasing down the ice cream truck. Sunday was a nice one at Church and the food at our house is always yummy so dinner was goo-oo-ood. I adore my family!

It's time to Dance!!... How we love Yo Gabba Gabba

Hea bug is Yo Gabba Gabba's newest fan. We all don't mind dancing and singing along to the music that rocks all of our socks. It features great indie bands and some terrific old sounds. Hea Bug and Jack Man (even though he's 5 and "isn't really into kid shows") both have fun getting their wiggles on to some "GabbieGabbie".