1st Day of 5th Grade

I cannot believe that I am old enough to have a kid in 5th grade it is a crazy thought. He is such a good kid and was excited for school to start. I thought I was going to kill myself when we went back to school shopping, I was thinking the whole time if it is this bad I could never imagine how it would be if he were a girl. GOSH I never knew the kid had such an opinion about things. But we made it through it and he was set for school. He has an awesome teacher & tons of friends in his class. It should be a great year for him.

Bridal Viel Falls

My brother & his family came to visit the week before school started, so the day before they left my SIL & I took the kids up to Bridal Veil Falls for a picnic and then to play in the water for awhile. It was a lot of fun. My SIL is from around here and had never been there so neither had her kids they thought it was really neat that you could walk in the water and up the rocks of the falls. I was surprised how long they stayed in the water it was so cold. At one point Ryan came up to me and said "Mom my feet got sunburned." He thought since they were so red that he had got a sunburn. It was so cute. After that we went and got snow cones. Oh how I am going to miss the summer snow cones I am so sad that there is only 2 weeks and they all closs until next summer. It was a fun adventure before the boys all start school.

McCall

Back at the first of August the boys and I went to Twin Falls Idaho to go to the blessing of my Great Nephew Seth. We got a hotel after the blessing and BBQ and spent the night playing at the pool. Then the next morning we were suppose to go home but we decided that we were already this close we might as well just keep going and go up to McCall and spend a few days at my brothers house and hang out at the lake with all my family up there. So that is what we did!!! On the way up we stopped at a fish hatchery and saw some cool fish. Then we stopped in Boise and got some dinner with my BFF Stephanie. Before we headed up the canyon we had to stop and buy some mice for my brothers python & then get some clothes for the boys and a charger for my phone. We were so not prepared to be staying a few days. But we made it work and we finally made up the canyon and my sweet SIL had made up there trailer for us to stay in. It was nice to have a place of our own to crash. The next day we hung out at the beach all day and just played. The kids love spending time with there cousins & they have a canoe and kyake. Then we went to dinner at little pizza place in town. The day after that we drove around saw some sights and visited with family. Then later that day drove back to Boise to spend the evening with my Niece and her family. Oh how sweet her baby is I could have spent a few days there just holding that kid. So the next morning we woke up and started the long drive home. I was so proud of myself for doing this I never go places without Korey let alone drive this far by myself. I always say if it is not in my 5 mile radios I do not need to go there. It was a lot of fun and the boys were great. McKay was such a huge help in and out of the car & it was fun to just hang out with them. I only took a few pictures because we were so busy having fun. These are from the lake, it is so pretty there. I hope we next time we go Korey can come with us!!! Thanks for letting us go Babe we missed you a lot!

Stake Activity

A few hours after we got back from our camping trip our ward had a stake activity. I guess we are the oldest stake in Orem. So for the 80th year anniversary they had a party. My kids had a lot of fun. They had dinner and mutton riding a huge slip-n-slide, snow cones, popcorn, and lots of fun little games for kids to play, and some great entertainment. Over all it was a fun night. I thought it was so brave of my boys to do the mutton riding that I had to post pictures. Good Job Boys!!!! Next year they will be winning the Strawberry Day's Rodeo in PG.

Preston staying on with such SKILL!!!


Ryan did not last long enough to get a picture, but look at him fall with style!!!


Even my Niece Macy braved the big Mutton, but she too did not last long enough for the camera!!!


Here are some pictures from the big slip-n-slide & bounce house! The boys thought they were so cool doing flips down the slide!!!


I could not get this dang picture to flip:(

Camping With The Larsen's

We got a fun chance to go camping with Korey's family up to Wasatch State Park. We drove up the weekend before and staked out a great camp site. Then the next Thursday we left to go up to hang out for a few days. We had a great spot with lots of shade and fun places for the kids to chase each other and play. The morning after we got there we went for a really neat hike up to what they called a rock wash. To me it looked like a river should have been there, but instead it was a lot of rocks and they were huge rocks. The boys had a lot of fun climbing all over them. Then later that night we went fishing over at the pond. We did not catch anything but the boys had a lot of fun trying. It is so much more fun to go camping this year than last. The boys all sleep through the night and just have fun hanging out with each other and getting really dirty. I hope that we at least get one more chance to go this year before it gets to cold. Thanks everyone for coming up with us it makes it a lot more fun when you have family there to hang out with.

This is on our hike up to the wash we stopped at a stream to cool off for a while.





The boys having fun on the rocks.




We decided it was a great back ground for some fun group pictures!!!
Our Little Family:)

Korey's Brother & His Family:)

The 7 Grandkids With Grandma Kathy:)

The Kids With The Favorite Aunt Angie:)

The Kids Being Goofy:)

I think Ryan did not get the memo that this was a nice smile picture:)


The boys fishing at the pond.

Parker's 2nd Birthday

So it is Parker's birthday & my baby is 2!!! I cannot believe that he is already 2. Where does time go? He is such a crazy kid & so full of life. I do not know where he comes up with half the things he does or say. He is definitely our wild child he causes a lot of trouble. But I guess that is what you get from being the youngest of four boys. He can hold his own ground that is for sure. He has a great day to have a birthday. Since we are in Utah it is a holiday the day before & we get to have fireworks so after we had a little cake, ice cream & present opening we did some fire works. This is the 3rd time this summer that he has seen them and he is starting to like them. We think he had a fun day & loved his presents. He is VERY into action figures and does not like any kind of baby toy. So for his present we got him a batman castle and a bike. Will he thinks the bike is OK but is so crazy about his castle. Once he opened that he wanted nothing else to do with any other presents. Now anytime we go any where he says "Momma, go home, go home and play with my batman & my castle."
A few days before his birthday I took him to the store to pick out a cake pan. I had looked on line for a while to try and find a Batman pan, but of course they do not make them any more and people wanted crazy amounts of money for an old used cake pan. So when we got to the store he picked out a Monkey pan. Then he saw some cool Pirate cupcake holders. I swear does this kid not know the concept of a theme. Well then on his birthday I took him to get some balloons and he picked out a Spider man balloon. This kid was killing my need to have things the same, but since it is his day I let him choose. So over all I hope he had a great day. We love you so much Parker, I could not imagine life without you around. When you are not being the wild monkey man that you usually are you give the best hugs and kisses. I love it when you wake up in the morning and say "Hold you Momma, hold you." It melts my heart and all I want to do is to hold you! Happy Birthday:)

Parker 3 days old:)


The Monkey cake


He was very happy with his cake







Fireworks in honor of him!!! How many kids can say they get that for their B-day?



Watching the exciting event!!!