The Tulip Festival

I went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point with my kids, my mom and my Aunt and Grandmother who are visiting from California yesterday! I have never been to the Gardens before (just the children's gardens) and the Tulips were beautiful! The waterfall that they have on the Gardens property is amazing as well! Sunny got so many cute comments on her outfit! She fit right in with the flowers because of her flower dress and matching pink hat with a flower on it! She is the cutest girl ever and I have so much fun dressing her up!

Riley had a blast rolling down the grass! In one of these pictures, Sunny is wearing my Papa's (grandfather) boots! She loves to wear other people's shoes, even big leather boots!

American Family Las Vegas Trip!

Well, all of Regan's hard work with Insurance paid off for us this week! We went on our very 1st American Family Insurance Trip that Regan won! We went with 5 other Agents and stayed at the Mandalay Bay Hotel! WOW! It was such an awesome hotel! The pictures of the pools below is a view from our hotel room! We went to the "Beach" which had a wave Pool (no salt water in your face), a lazy river and sand all around! We hung out by the beach for a while and got the start of a summer tan!

The highlight of the trip though was going to the Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian Hotel! We had 4th row seats and saw everything so close! It was the best Broadway Phantom that I have ever seen! The special effects were AMAZING! WOW-what a night! WE even got to see the Jazz Game afterwards on a huge big screen at the Venetian afterwards!

Thanks Regan for making this trip-we both needed it and it was amazing!

Las Vegas Trip!

On our trip to Las Vegas, we went to the M&M Factory, to the Coca Cola Factory and got a delicious Caffeine Free Diet Vanilla Coke! YUM! REgan went with the boys to a place called Game Work and played Video Games for hours! We had a blast!

Violin Family

My 2 younger sisters performed in a violin Mozart Recital and I did their hair for it! They looked SO cute in their beautiful dresses and done up hair! They played some really hard Mozart pieces and they sound AMAZING! These sisters of mine are so talented and really work hard at the violin! Thanks to my mom for making us practice every day growing up and never giving up on us! Too bad Ashley isn't in the picture, because then all of the girls in my family could be seen that play the violin! I am able to use my violin talent every day of my life thanks to my mom! I teach violin every day to my students, as well as my brand new student...Riley Fackrell! I am getting him ready to attend Suzuki Institute in June! Thanks mom for developing our talents!

The Dinosaur Museum!

The Kids just love to go to the Dinosaur Museum, and it is great because Regan's mom has a grandparents pass to Thanksgiving Point so they go pretty often! I was surprised that Sunny didn't get scared from the huge dino's, but her and Riley sure did love the wet erosion table and digging the dino bones out of the sand!

Our Pirate Night

Regan and I went to BYU with our friends the Seethalers to pass out ice cream to all of the BYU students for their closing social. Our friends have a ice cream van and they call themselves the Ice Cream Pirates! It was So much fun to be out at the good old Wilk and see Regan act like a pirate all night long!

Spring Pictures

Spring Pictures!

A couple of weeks ago, I took the kids to JC Penny for some Spring Pictures because I had a bunch of free coupons. {A year ago, I went to JC Penny for pictures, they forgot to put a battery in for the flash and as we went to review all of the pictures, they were all black!! They felt so bad that they gave me some free pictures!}
Anyway, we just got these pictures back today and they turned out SO CUTE! For some odd reason, Sunny and Riley were So good and they smiled for every picture and never complained for cried! WOW-of course they got treats afterwards!

American Family Awards Banquet

Last night, Regan and I went to the Marriot in downtown Salt Lake (this was actually the place Regan and I went after we got married!). It was the American Family Awards Banquet and it was a very nice evening! We got all dressed up, sat by friends, and ate a great dinner and dessert! The best part of the evening though was seeing my husband get up to accept 2 awards! He got an award for getting more than 1,000 policies in just 1 year which was a very honorable award because not a lot of agents are in what the call the 1,000 Club! Then he got an award for making what is called AFLIC which is an award for making a bunch of requirements. For this award, he got a big American Family Ring, and me, the spouse, got a beautful ring as well!

After the awards, they had a Casino Night and we each started out with $1,000 (fake of course) and were able to cash our money in for tickets for the raffle to get a Wii, or to play games with it to increase your chances of more tickets! Of course, me being the conservative one, I cashed my money in for tickets to put them into the raffle for the Wii. Regan, the risk taker, went right to the Rullette Table and played his money until he had gotten a few more tickets! It was a fun night, even though I just watched Regan lose and gain chips all night! Rullette is really just a game of luck-no skill I think!

The whole night was wonderful and it made me so proud of my hard working husband! He does so much to provide for his family and to make his agency the best! Good Job Regan-I love ya!

A Little Scare...

Yesterday we had a little scare! After eating breakfast with the kids, I went to the bathroom and found some blood and had some cramping. After my friend dying last week in child birth, and Regan's secretary miscarrying her baby yesterday as well, I was very concerned. I spent all morning on the phone with my nurse, trying to schedule an ultra sound with the right hospital, and trying to figure out what my insurance covers, I was exhausted! Finally we got an appointment for an ultra sound at 3:00, and my sweet mom dropped everything in her day to help me out because she didn't want me to go by myself! My awesome dad stayed home with the kids and watched them as we were gone! I simply have the COOLEST family EVER! They will drop everything and anything to help me out!

SO-as the radiologist was looking at the ultrasound, we immediatly saw the heart beat and it was PERFECT! Then we saw the baby kicking, holding it's feet and moving all around inside me! What a comfort to know and see that the baby was just great! To tell you the truth, I was beginning to think the worst at this point! She said that there was no reason why I was bleeding and that everything was great with me and the baby! What a relief! I then talked to my nurse, and she also reassured me that I was fine and to take it easy for a little bit!

I came home and thanked my Heavenly Father for blessing me with a healthy baby and for comforting me throughout this whole scary day! I was surprised how calm I was. Usually I am pretty emotional during scary things like this, but I really did feel calm yesterday and before even going to the hospital, recorded my thoughts in my journal of the privlige and honor it is of mine to be a mother!

If anything good came out of this, the radiologist did tell me that instead of having my due date be October 3rd, it is now September 26th! WOW-that definently makes me feel a lot better!

Life is so Precious!

I have been thinking for a whole week now how precious life really is. Last Tuesday, my friend who was 7 months pregnant went to the hospital because she was having trouble breathing. Turns out, the placenta broke away and the amniotic fluid went inside of her body/lungs. The amniotic fluid is toxic and poisonous when it is in the body, so she ended up dying as a result of it. This type of thing only happens 1 in 80,000 pregnancies so it is very rare! Her baby was a beautiful, fully developed boy, and he died as well as a result of lack of oxygen. She was my very
1st Visiting Teacher I had once I was married and a great example to me of how important it is to stay home with your kids to raise and teach them. She always had a smile on her face and was so friendly to everyone!

Who knows why she had to leave behind a husband and 3 other children; who knows why it was her time to go; and who knows why any of this had to happen to such a sweet person. All I know, is because of this, I want my family to know how much I love them and how honored I am to be a mom. Being pregnant with my 3rd baby makes me nervous for the future, but I do know that if I just do the best I can as a person, wife, mother, friend etc. and am faithful, and prayerful, than that is all I can do-to be a good person!

Regan and I went to the viewing last night of my friend, and I saw the 8 year old daughter watching a video of her mom at the mortuary. Tears came to her eyes as she saw the many memories and pictures of her mom in front of her. I felt so sad and so confused as why Heavenly Father would allow this, but I will just continue to pray that He will bless and comfort her, her siblings and my friends husband. I am grateful for the memories I have of my friend Jenny Pemberton. For making me see the importance of being a Super Mom and respecting the chance I have to stay home with my little ones to raise them. Thanks Jenny!

My Food Storage Deals!

My friend has been sending deals for Smiths, Albertsons, Harmons and Macey's for the past year and it is amazing how much I have saved by getting the items that are on Sale through her emails. There is a red section that tells all of the items at all of these stores that are better deals than Costco prices! She has just set up an official website where you can join the food storage deals and get an email weekly on all of the great deals!

The website is www.myfoodstoragedeals.com

You will be surprised to see how much money you can really save!

Our Easter Trip

We went to St. George from Thursday to Monday with my family! It was such a fun trip and the weather was gorgeous! We had our annual McKell Family Games, but we went up to Snow Canyon to the Sand Dunes and played them their! It was amazing to be in warm weather after being freezing in Herriman all winter long! Let's just say we had a hard time coming home!

Regan did an Olympic Triathlon with his friends in Lake Havasue and met up with us in St. George on Saturday Night. I was so glad that you was able to spend Easter Sunday with us! We went swimming, hiked all over Zions National Park, ate at the Pizza Factory, did all of the fun Easter things (Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Bunny Baskets, Bubbles & more Bubbles, and dying Eggs!) Thanks Mom and Dad for a great Easter Trip!

CHURCH BALL!

My Church Ball Team won our 1st Region Game tonight! It was so much fun to play in basketball game again even though I have been practicing with them 3 days a week for a few months! The point is, I'm not that great, but I sure enjoy playing B-Ball!

All about Regan

My friend Danielle tagged me, but it is a tag about Regan!


What is his full name? REGAN RILEY FACKRELL

How long have you been married? It will be 7 years in June.

How long did you date? We went on our 1st date at BYU in September, and were engaged by February.

Who eats more sweets? Regan likes to have a treat on his "free days" with body for life. I just try to make sure that he does not have any dairy (ice cream)-for those of you who know Regan, you know why!!! Now that I am prego right now, I for sure eat more sweets than Regan!

Who said "I love you" first? REGAN! I think he said it when he 1st kissed me on top of Y Mountain-good old BYU fashion!

How old is he? He is 29-next year is the big one!

Who is taller? He is 6'0 and I am 5'6

Who's smarter? Definently REGAN! He is a genius in my mind! He has always been a good test taker and a good student, but now that he has his own business, I see how really smart he is! I married a very intelligent person!

Who can sing better? Regan tries so hard, like when he goes up to sing in the ward choir for church, and that is all that matters to me! The fact that he likes to sing (maybe he can't carry the tune all that well) is great with me!

Who does the laundry? Regan has NEVER done the laundrey in our almost 7 years of marriage! He has gotten in a bad habit of putting his dirty gym clothes in the washer without me knowing it, and then when I do the laundrey, it stinks SO bad in there!

Who pays the bills? Regan has really tried to push for me to have this responsibility, but the truth is, besides paying the bills, he does the money management. I just figure, if he got a Masters Degree in Accounting, why can't he do it?

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? ME-I don't know why, but ever since we got married, I have automatically slept on the right, and Regan on the left.

Who mows the lawn? Regan always does! I would like to, but he thinks that I will either cut my leg off or hack the grass so bad that it will never grow back! Oh well!

Who cooks dinner? Let's just say that if Dinner were left up to Regan, we would have cereal every night! I do the cooking, but lately, food and smells while cooking does NOT sound good to me! I am doing the best I can with cooking Monday-Thursday!

Who is more stubborn? I don't think either one of us is all that stubborn. We are both pretty easy going and will mostly go with the flow!

Who kissed who first? He says that I was staring at his lips while were overlooking the beautiful view of Provo from Y Mountain and that is why he kissed me, but that is so not what happened! First of all, he insisted to carry me up on his back all the way up the mountain, so by the time we actually got up there, he was all sweaty and kissed me anyway! I think he went in for the kill first!

Who asked who out? Regan asked me out in the BYU Library! Our first date was the easiest date ever-we talked for 3 hours straight after the other roommates brought their dates home!

Who has more siblings? Regan comes from a family of 8 children and I am the oldest of 6 so he has me beat in that department!

Who wears the pants? Regan totally does and I prefer it that way. Ya, I definently give my imput and opinion which he always takes, but he is the head of our household and I like how he takes charge of our family!

Well, did you learn something new about Regan? He is so amazing and I am so blessed that I married him! He is such a wonderful husband, father, and provider for our family! I honestly could not have married anyone better than him. He is exactly what I need in my life, and I love him so much!

My new Hair Cut!

I have been so sick of my hair lately and really wanted a big change so today I went to my friend to help me out! Here are the before and after pictures! It is super short, but I love it!

What was he thinking?

So the other day I was sewing a quilt with my friend Britta and the kids were outside playing on the tramp. There was tons of deer poop on the grass and before I went inside to sew, I said, "Riley, do NOT touch the deer poop!" He said okay mom, and I started to sew.

A while later, I go outside to check on the kids, and I see stuff bouncing up and down on the tramp with the kids. I got closer, and sure enough, Riley and his friend Dallin had grabbed hand fulls and hand fulls of deer poop, thrown it on the tramp, and were bouncing on it with bare feet!!!! Okay, pregnant or not, that is just gross! I started to dry heeve because it was so sick and then my friend came outside to see what I was almost throwing up about. When she saw the situation, she started to laugh so hard. The thought of Riley being covered in deer poop was too much for me to handle, but I didn't want to give him another bath, so we put his hands and feet in the sink and scrubbed them down!

Did he honestly think that carrying and jumping on deer poop was okay? Sometimes I wonder, What is Riley thinking?

Big Boy Riley

More pictures from Riley's Birthday Party! He got a cool SpiderMan Bike and Helmet but it was SO cold on his birthday that we weren't able to go on a big bike ride-just around our circle!

Riley's Fun Birthday!

Riley had a great 4th Birthday! He got to eat lunch at his favorite place (Carl's Junior-he calls it Stars), got a bubblegum ice cream @ Marble Slab, then went to Chuck E Cheese's for his party. Thanks to all of our family who came to celebrate Riley's birthday! We had a fun time since it wasn't crouded at all. Uncle Scotty won so many tickets that he was able to get a cool Spider Man blow up chair that was worth 1,000 tickets! Way to go Scotty!

We have such a loving and supportive family and I am so grateful that they are always there for my kids! Riley knows his Aunts and Uncles and Grandparents so well because of that support that they show! Thanks for making Riley's birthday special!

Happy Birthday Riley!

I cannot believe that my little Riley is 4 years old today! 4 years ago I was a scared mom having a c-section and now he is such a big boy. Riley is such a wonderful big brother to his sister, he tries to help his mom and sister out whenever we need help and he is such a sweet little boy! I love him so much and am thankful for his birthday today!