middle school registration

8.17.17

I know it's so cliche but I can't believe I  have a 

Middle Schooler!!! Brooklin is so excited and ready

for 6th grade, she got her classes and we found her locker,

made sure she could manage the lock and we were on our way!!

I'm excited for her and proud of the young lady she is becoming.

lake powell

8.11-13.16

I absolutely love this place!!! We pull up and I see the water and 

all my cares just go out the window! It worked out great cuz

Kirstin was able to come with us. She was supposed to fly back 

to Ecuador but the Delta hub went down in Atlanta and she didn't

want to sit in an airport for days so she switched her flight for a week

later! It was perfect and I loved having some extra time with my sis.

Graves, Luds and us were the only ones that braved the trip

this year. The weather was perfect and once again we had a 

fabulous time with no issues. We found a hike that we had done a 

few years ago, got plenty of tubing, wake boarding and paddle

boarding in.. Until next year these pics will have to hold me over!

swim finals

8.5-6.16

The swim finals were held in Hurricane this year 

and we had some close races. It's getting pretty exciting 

to watch these kids the older they get, they are quite competitive!

The closest race was between Mason and Asher Jackson in

the IM both days!! Mason ended up winning barely, so exciting!

Brooklin did great in all her races as well!!

long overdue...

7.31.16

We were in need of some new family pics!

So we decided to set some up while Kirst was 

home. We had Amey Snow from Storybook Studios 

take them up at Red Cliffs Recreation area.

It ended up being windy that night so I wasn't 

sure how they were going to turn out. 

She worked her magic and I think they turned out

wonderful!!!! Thanks so much Amey!

grandma's bday

7.30.16

Momma's birthday fell on a Saturday... 

We had a swim meet in Hurricane and the girls

(Kirst, grandma and myself) snuck out early to

get massages and eat lunch at Kayenta!!!

It was a fabulous day....

We had dinner and dessert at Grandma and Grandpa's house

and then opened presents! She got some fun stuff, a book of 

memories, a new muumuu from Ecuador, a trip to Cancun!

We are so blessed to have this lady in our lives,

she is pretty special and one of a kind!!!

big surprise!!!!

7.27.16

I had been waiting for this day for months!!!!!!!

This also had been in the works for months.... So it was 

exciting to finally have it happening! 

Kirstin was coming home for a 2 week visit!!!!

The only ones who knew were myself, Kasey and 

my dad but he thought it was the next day.

He had planned a big lunch at Olive Garden for the big

reveal and was so proud of himself... Little did he know

 he would be getting a big surprise too!

I picked Kirst up in Vegas around 9:30 am, she had 

meeting with a counselor at UNLV so we met with

him at 11. She is looking at doing the ARL program

for special ed when she comes home in Jan.

One of her only requests was to eat at Cafe Rio, drink

Dr. Pepper and soak in the tub while she was home.

I was able to hook her up with a Dr. Pepper and 

Cafe Rio which didn't disappoint!

We headed to Mesquite and the plan was to drop her

off at McDonald's and I would go grab the kids for 

ice cream - thinking we were going to meet Andrea.

The plan was in motion and I don't think I could have

planned it any better. Their reactions were priceless!!!!

Kirst was standing with her back to us at the ice cream

machine, we ordered and Mason was the only one to 

order one. She turned to give it to him and he looked at 

her, looked at me with the most confused, excited look 

on his face. Brooklin has started to get her drink but had 

turned around as Kirst was giving Mason his ice cream.

She was brought to tears which we knew she would be

but it was priceless!!! She just ran over and hugged Kirst

and sobbed for a good 5 mins or so.... We headed to our house

for a little bit, Kirst had a power nap and then we took off

for the next surprise! 

Kasey had gone over to my parents and told them he had 

ordered pizza. We picked up the pizza and Kirst was going 

to be the delivery girl.... We just had to make sure mom 

answered the door since we were surprising her for her

60th birthday!!!! Kirst was at the door and I was hiding 

behind the bushes to video - Mom answered the door

and Kirst said, I have a pizza delivery for the Winters.

All mom could say was, Are you kidding me?

Dad was sitting in his chair in disbelief since he 

was expecting her tomorrow!!! It was awesome and 

mom even shed a few tears... I love watching the videos

over to see everyone's reaction! We have missed our Kirst,

it had been a year since everyone had seen her so we 

loved having her home for a few weeks!!!!

days of 47 parade

7.25.16

All the years we lived in Salt Lake I don't recall ever

going to the parade downtown. We would go to the rodeo 

with Grandpa Gene but never the parade. The kids, my mom

and Kasey's family stayed up there to attend the parade with 

the Whiting's since Shane is a motorcycle cop. They block off

an intersection for the families and have a great view! The kids

enjoyed themselves I think, Mason said he likes the ones in 

Mesquite cuz he can actually be in the parade!! Crazy kid...