Carrie Underwood Concert

Pregnant Lexie, with Krissy holding her belly, Sharon, Brett, Emily, and me. Jess was taking the picture for us.

You can see Emily's arm, and Bretts head. She was so close

Carrie and two guitarists right next to us singing, Don't forget to remember me.

So close!!

Emily, Jessica, and me right in front of the runway

Josh Turner, Carrie's opening act. That is Emily's head in front

Me and Jess, amidst all of Carrie's adoring fans. Cheesy, I know!

Carrie came to town this weekend and I went with family and friends to see her. If you know me, you know I have been a HUGE fan of hers since her AI days. I read every interview, watch every performance and award show. Did you see her on American Idol gives back? Amazing. Chad thinks I have a woman crush on her! (Boys just don't get it) I do think she is completely talented, and I love her music. She was incredible, her voice is so amazing. I went to her first concert here, and she has grown a lot as an artist, and you can tell she has more money to spend on lights and stuff. It was great, we had the best seats. Thanks to Jessica. We were on the floor right next to the runway that came off the main stage. So Josh Turner, and then Carrie would come right next to us. Emily, got to hold Josh Turners hand, and she touched his boot. Almost all of us got to touch Carrie's hand, so cool. She was funny too, so down to earth, and gracious to all her fans. She is smokin hot too of course, I don't know why Chad would think I have a woman crush on her!:) It was great to have Brett, Emily's husband there. He was the only guy with us, he is cool like that! We joked that he was our FLDS husband the whole night!

The Pool is finally open!!

My parents have a pool in their backyard and on memorial weekend they have it opened officially for the summer. So the whole family got together and had a great time. It was a little chilly, in the 60's, so my dad turned the pool heater up to like 85 degrees. And the kids would hang in the hot tub a lot too. No adults got in, cause we are lame. I didn't do a great job of taking pictures either. So now I am feeling like summer is really here, and I am so excited for all the hours in the pool.

Kempers last day of Preschool

Kemp said goodbye to his teacher Ms. Luce on monday. It has been a great year of preschool. I am so gald I put him in, and he will go back 3 days a week this fall. He has learned alot and made great friends. He will actually sit now and color, or do an art project. If you know how wild my little boy can be that is definatly progress!!

Sunday dinner at the park

My nieces, Bailey and Kortini with Moos

It was Jennie's, (my sister in law) birthday dinner Sunday, and it was a beautiful day. Chads family all met at a park, we had sandwich's and cake. We played volleyball, my poor team I am sorry I really suck at volleyball. It was fun though. Dixie and Zach brought their new puppy Moose with them. Moose is actually one of Brett and Emily's puppies. He is so cute, the kids were going crazy for him. Andie was trying to eat him I think. When I would bring him close to her face she would laugh, and her hands and feet would start twitching, and she would try her hardest to get the puppy to her mouth. It made me want to get a little dog just becuase of how excited my kids were about little Moose.

Saturday fun

Saturday Kemp found some fireworks in the garage so Chad got a can and a bucket and they lit some off. Kemper thought it was amazing, it was no River festival firework show, but kids get so excited about the most simple things. They are the only reason us adults don't get lazy and boring in our old age!!

Step class, its not for wimps!!

You can't see us great but I am in between my 2 tall sis in laws!

Sharon is the excited one in the middle


We are all so buff


This past thursday was our step instructors, Sharons B-day. She is a rockin teacher. It took me like 3 months to keep up with, and learn the steps. I totally tripped over my step the other day, so I am obviously still learning. I have tried other teachers and no one compares. I am grateful 2 of my beautiful sisters, (Emily and Krissy) convinced me to try it out, and kept me coming when I sucked really bad. So she always says, "I lied, 8 more reps" of whatever we might be doing at the time. So almost the whole class made shirts that said, She Lied. And she got one that said, I lied 8 more. It was so great, she was really happy the whole class did that for her. Anyway, thanks Emily for taking pics so I can remember our sweet step class!

Husband and Wife: Tagged

My sexy husband

I was tagged by Shalie, so here it is.

Whats his name? Chadwick Byron Hessing

How long have you been married? 6 years in July

How old is he? 27

Who eats more? Him, usually

Who said I love you first? Chad, but I told him on our first official date we would get married someday, so I figured he should make the next move!

Who is taller? Chad

Who sings better? Me, chad is pretty aweful :)

Who is smarter? Gotta give that to my man for sure.

Whose temper is worse? Mine, Chad doesn't really get mad. If he does though......be afraid!

Who does the laundry? Me

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me, but Chad always ends up on my side by morning, bed hog.

Who cooks dinner? Depends

Who drives when you are together? Chad

Who is more stubborn? Chad

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Me, but Chad is good about that too.

Whose parents do you see the most? Thats a toss up, Chad sees his dad every day though.

Who has more friends? Probably me, we have alot of the same though.

Who has the most siblings? Chad, 2 brothers, 3 sisters.

Who wears the pants in the family? We both do, we are a good team. I liked Shalies answer, we both have a leg!
I Tag, Emily M., Jody, Jessica, and Sommers. You have to do it girls!

Hawaii!!

The Marriot Resort. Our home for a week!

Chris and Krisssy

Bruce, and Chad at the Fia Fia dinner.

The Boys

Me and my Cheese ball on a boat, going snorkeling

On the Arizona at Pearl Harbor

Last week we were in Hawaii, and it was so amazing! We went with Chad's dad Bruce, and Chad's sister Krissy and her husband Chris. It was beautiful there and we had fun. We went and saw Pearl Harbor, went snorkeling, went to North Shore, we went to the Fia Fia show, which is like a condensed version on the Polosisian Cultaral Center (no idea how to spell that) We hung on the beach alot, and went shopping of course. They had a beautiful running path along the beach in front of the resort. We took a lot of pictures, I probably should have just done a slide show for my post. The best part was being with my best friend, and he is sexy! We have had some great trips together. The Chris's and Bruce were a blast too of course. Chad and I were both ready to get home to our kids, we tried to get both of them out of bed, but they were'nt having it. I was so worried about leaving my little girl, and I am not sure she even noticed I was gone!! It was way harder on me to be away from my kids, then the other way around. Wich is a good thing, and they had tons of love and fun while we were gone. Now that I was in that hot weather, I am ready for summer.

So long Idaho!! For a week, anyway.

We are of to Hawaii today. I am excited, it is cold and windy here in Boise. And it is supposed to be cold all next week here. So my fellow friends in Boise don't hate me too much when I am soaking up the sun on the beach. :) I am really nervous about leaving my girl. She is so little and tender. I know my sister and mom will do a fabulous job though. Kemper can't wait for us to leave so he can stay with our freinds and family. I will have pics to share in a week or so, Aloha!

My boys love their guns, even paintball ones!!

Chad went Paintballing with some guys over the weekend, and Kemper wanted to go so bad. Of course he didn't go, but Chad promised they could shoot some paintballs when he got home. That was all Kemper could talk about all day. What is it with boys and shooting guns? Granted the chances of Kemp loving guns with Chad for a dad are very, very high, but I swear it is in boy DNA or something. I am cool with it as long as he learns how to be safe and respectful of guns, doesn't shoot birds, or other defenseless animals, and the guns stay locked in a secure place, like Chads gun safe. It was great to watch Kemp and my husband in their element, and Kemper even got excited to wash off the slide when they were done. I wonder if Andie will be shooting with them in a few years, we will have to wait and see.

Daddy and Daughter

Chad holding Andie while Kemp rode his bike. Notice his big helmet!
Hangin out after Dad got of work

I got some cute pics of Pandi (her nickname, and pretty much what we call her) and Chad. He is seriously so cute with her. If you know Chad he is pretty mellow and laid back, to say the least. So it is so fun to see him go to extremes to get her to laugh, or smile. She melts both of our hearts. And we have the sweetest almost 4 year old. He is always making sure his sister is okay, and happy. No one can get her to laugh like her brother can, thats for sure.

Thanks Jessica!

Last night I pretty much destroyed my blog, or so I thought. My friend Jessica got on her computer with my password and fixed everything. I think she is a genius! So the disaster is over. I am not sure about all the cool blog backrounds. I need to learn how to change them without ruining, or erasing a bunch of stuff. Anyway thanks again Jess, love ya tons.