Well, after MaryAnn's baby finally was able to go home we decided to follow her down to Thatcher. I always love going home and my kids just love being outside. We were originally only going to stay for three days, but we ended up staying a week. I have a very understanding husband! We were able to be there over the 24th and loved watching my brothers Levi and Travis in the rodeo. Then the next night we were so glad to have Steven and Kami let us crash at their house for the parade and fireworks! My kids just love the country life and I couldn't get Savanna off the horse. When we came home all she could talk about was "Inbinsible" or invicible which is Levi's horse!

The kids all loved the fireworks!

This is one of my favorite pics! Jay was loving having so many boy cousins to play with!

My kids at Steven's house after the parade. The kids had more fun playing in the yard than watching the parade :)

Levi and "Inbisible" with the kids. He was so good to always let them be on when they got a chance.

Isn't she the cutes cowgirl you have ever seen!

Jay and Lincoln. These two are so hilarious together!

The first thing the girls wanted to do was ride the horse. They would have stayed on all day if I would have let them.

New Babies

I am so excited about our families two new additions. My brother Phillip and his wife Kristy had a little boy on Saturday evening.

Timothy Hinckley Palmer was 8 lbs. 8 oz.

After a hard labor and eventually a c-section, my sister Mary Ann had her first little boy.

Nash Palmer Layton was 8 lbs. 7 oz.

Both babies are adorable and the Moms are doing good. Nash is in the Special Care Nursery because he is having some difficulty breathing. They hope that he will be out tomorrow and Mary Ann and Wayne are looking forward to getting to hold him a little more. I love you both and think you did amazing!!

I'm Back...at least for now!

Okay, so I just got called out on updating my blog! I didn't realize how long it had been. Just a few pics and updates...JoAnn graduated kindergarden. I am starting to feel old now, but she was so cute and even had a speaking part in her final class play.



Jay still keeps us laughing. He loves family reunions...there are more boys and as he puts it, "we have too many girls at home."


Savanna sprained her foot. She thought she could jump off the bed like JoAnn and Jay! it was so sad to see, but she loved being held! She wants to do everything like JoAnn, including curlers. Although she only left them in for about 30 minutes.



We have now moved to Mesa. Thank you to everyone that helped. We really feel sad to leave our ward in Coolidge, but we are grateful that we are closer to family and doctors :) On the 27th of June we were able to go to Flagstaff and celebrate my Palmer Grandparent's 90th birthdays and 70th wedding anniversary. It was so great to get to share that with so much family.


Now that I have done a quick recap, the 4th weekend was so fun for us. My brother Phillip and his wife invited us for their ward breakfast. They had a watermelon eating contest and JoAnn and Jay did the kid one, and Alan WON the adult one. GO BABE! Then we came home and just relaxed before going to swim and have a BBQ with some friends. (Thanks Corie and Brian). We were in the pool for almost 4 hours and the kids were still mad when we went home :) Savanna is our little dare devil in the pool and loved jumping off the diving board. JoAnn did a perfect dive and I have no idea where she learned it from. And of course, Jay was hanging out and loved to shoot everyone with the water gun :)

Monthly Update :)

I said I was back into the swing of things and look how long it took me to update again. This will be another long update, but don't feel like you need to read it all. This is just my way of journaling...can you tell how good I am :) Life has been crazy busy and so much fun. Levi is home and still in pain. They are not sure what is going on still. They have found a few things that they are treating, but the pain is still there. He has gained back alot of energy and is able to go about his day pretty normally. He has never been one to complain no matter how bad he is hurting though.



Another great family tragedy (j/k)... my oldest brother Alan was in a car accident and broke his neck. His son was in the car with him, but he was completely fine. He had surgery on his neck and they fixed the breaks and fractures. He was having alot of pain in his arm and numbness, but after the surgery he said the pain is gone and he is getting feeling back. He should be good as new after he takes time to recover.

Alan got Suns tickets from a Lawyer that he used to work with...they were 2nd row right by visitor's bench. We got 4 tickets, 2 in second row and 2 in fourth row. We invited my brother Levi and Dad to take the other two tickets. My other brother Tom has season tickets and let me little brother Travis and nephew Bryce take those. It was amazing. I do love sports, but this is definately the way I like to watch!


Easter came and left so fast. This year I made their Easter dresses (pictures to come) and had so much fun doing this hair do on JoAnn. Time just go too fast.

I had a Dr. appointment and was able to hear the heartbeat after 15 minutes of looking. It was a little scary, but the nurse kept assuring me she heard movement and that it seemed like the baby was turning circles. We get to find out next month if it is a boy or girl! Jay assures us he already knows what it is and that the Dr. is wrong if he says girl :)

About Time...

Sorry about those who want pictures, but this entry is just for journaling. I am so impressed with my sister how well she keeps up and I decided to do better. Pictures will come soon. So I have been way out of the loop of everything lately. I do have a good excuse though. I get the worst Pregnancy brain. I forget everything and just don't do anything for awhile. We are now 12 weeks pregnant and so excited. If you ask any of my kids it is a boy, and they won't even think girl (especially Jay). But we still have a couple months before we will find out for sure. I have been feeling pretty good, just the regular first trimester fun :) I am really hoping that I will be done soon.

On another note...my brother Levi came home from his mission a week ago. He has only been out 7 months, but has been sick for the entire time he has been in Australia. When he first got there he got tonsilitis. Then he started feeling pain in his stomach and throat. He has been going to the Dr. in Australia for 4 months and they couldn't find anything. They said every test came back negative and by those results he was a healthy man. But he just kept getting worse. Right before they decided he needed to come home, he was so weak and sick that he wasn't able to be out more than a couple of hours a day. Now that he is home, he is still doing tests and hoping that the doctors will find something. If they find something, they can treat it. The only thing that has come up positive is that he has a bacteria that is often found when there is ulsers. He is taking antiboitics for that, but those are hard on him since his body is so weak. He came home last sunday and it was so amazing to be able to have 9 of the 10 siblings there to welcome him home. We are all so proud of him and the testimony that he has. I know that it has been really hard for him to have to leave his mission, but he knows that everything is in the Lord's time and has been our example of faith.

GO CARDINALS!!!!!

Okay, so even though we didn't win, that was such a good game! Our family is big sports fans and it was so much fun to get to see the Cardinals in the Super Bowl! I am very proud of the team and think they did great! I had to make matching shirts for the kids and they look so dang cute...the kids, not the shirts :)

Happy Birthday Jay!

This is a little late in coming, but happy birthday Jay. I can't believe he is four! He has become my big helper and such a handsome boy. We just had a family day on Sunday for him and then did a Family Home Evening birthday party with Phillip and his family and some friends of ours. Jay I love you!!