Wow! I'm so bad!

Summer is almost over and yet, I've posted NOTHING this whole summer! I know I should have been sooo much better, but...

So here are some highlights from our summer so far...
We started the summer with a trip to Moab on the first weekend in June! We went with the Lucas family(Paul works with Tim, the dad), and Stretch(Paul also works with him). We had lots of fun...

Can't you see how much fun Kassidy was having! This was as we started up the trail called "Hell's Revenge" which is known as an extreme trail, but isn't too bad if you sit back and just enjoy the ride! Addi was also having so much fun she had to go to sleep! But Kassidy ditched us and rode with the others in our group and decided that Moab trails weren't too bad if she didn't have to ride with her parents! Poor girl!

Next was Addison's birthday...

I still can't believe this girl is 3! Kass seemed so"big" when she was 3 and Em was just so tiny, but grown-up, but Addi May is just still so little! But she tries to be big when she wants to!

We had a nice family party out under the carport, and of course Auntie Sonja made the cake that was requested!

Addi decided months before her birthday that she wanted a "care bear" birthday so luckily Sonja came through(again)!! Addi loved having family here to help her celebrate and is thankful to her uncle Royal for putting her princess scooter together(her daddy was on the phone with the Sunday school president at the time)! Great job, Roys! Later that night Paul took Kassidy and Emma to the Mormon Miracle Pageant! They got eaten by bugs, Emma fell asleep 1/2 way through, and got a little cold...BUT over all they enjoyed it! And they actually made it home a little before midnight!

And to end the month off just right, we got a puppy! Dagney is the newest member of our family! She is a black lab, who likes to chew on little girls and stuffed animals! We LOVE her!

Now onto July...

Here are the cuties waiting for the "Mammoth" parade on the 4th! Woo Hoo! Got loads of taffy and Nana got a T-Shirt(actually Dan got it, but Angie told him to give it to her Mom)!

After the parade, it was on to the park to have fun at the carnival! They did it better this year, just big items like the all famous 25' water slide! Addi was all for it, until she got to the top, then she started screaming and crying for me and I was NOT about to climb up there and get her! I know that doesn't make me the BEST mom, but oh well! So I sent Emma back up there and she had to literally PUSH Addison down the water slide! Needless to say, she didn't want to go back up! Then after the carnival, we went to Royal and Janielle's for more fun and games and yummy dinner! Then we were all set to watch the city fireworks, but it started raining and blowing so they were cancelled! Oh well!

The weekend of the 10th we had a family reunion! It was just for the day at a park in Draper(can we say WIND), and lunch was catered...this is the way to do family reunions! I, of course, didn't take ANY pictures! But it was great fun! And the kids had even more fun, since they went to Sonja's house on Friday afternoon and didn't come home until Monday afternoon! Lucky kids, Sonja was in for a REAL adventure since my cousin and her 5 kids also stayed with Sonja! I'm so sorry I missed all the fun!

Then on the weekend of the 24th we were back in Moab! Yes, we understood that it was MOAB in JULY, but we were all feeling adventurous! We took a day and did a trail called "elephant hill" that took us through the needles district of Canyonlands! It was fun and Frank got a good dose of whiplash! Jamie and Ryan rented a Jeep and went with us! Great Fun!Then the next day we went to Dead horse point and Arches! It was warm, but fun all around!

Then Paul and I finished the month with trip to Park City. Our anniversary is on the 8th of August, but Paul has to work then! So we took last weekend to celebrate! The girls stayed with Grandma and Nate got to stay with Sonja and Frank! With Frank giving him crawling lessons! And I missed it!!

Spring Break!!!

I know that I'm a bit late (like a month) to show our spring break pictures, but oh well. I just got them uploaded on my computer! We started out the trip with our first stop at Lake Powell! How beautiful, all that blue water! And the weather was warm, but a little windy! Then it was back in the van and on to Flagstaff, AZ where we stayed!

Our first day we went to Sedona, which was so beautiful! And if you want a psychic reading...this is the place to go! The girls were happiest when they got to hike and climb on rocks(so easily entertained)! Here they are waiting to hike up to "bell tower" rock. Nate and I hiked a little of the way and Paul and the girls went the rest of the way! Addi takes after her grandpa Kay, she's like a mtn. goat when she's "hiking" just like him.

The next day was supposed to be yucky weather, so I decided we should go to the Grand Canyon. BAD IDEA! We never did see the Grand Canyon, except in the IMAX movie we watched before we entered the park! But we saw LOTS of snow! Here's our documentation that we WERE there. Emma refused to get out of the van, so she and I have no proof that we were there! But we were!!! We tried to wait out the snow, and Addi kept saying that she wanted to "climb on the Grand Canyon", but it NEVER stopped! So our kids will now have great memories of the Grand Canyon!

The next day we made our way home, and it was a much better day, we stopped at Lake Powell again and had our Easter Egg Hunt. It was a beautiful day for this, 73' outside ! And the water was not too cold...we couldn't keep the girls out of it! I asked them to please not get their clothes wet, though!

Emma had a small problem with this request! She ended up sitting down, a lot! But they had a blast and now can't wait to go back to Lake Powell! Expect a blog update on that soon!!!

5 months now!

He just keeps growing! On Wednesday Nate turned 5 months!!!! Where is the time going? He is getting more fun everyday(except for the puking on me)! His new thing is trying to blow raspberries! But he is constantly chewing on his fingers so he's always slimy, and then he now blows that "slime" all over while trying for raspberries!

He's also VERY ticklish, so it's fun to make him laugh and laugh! But of course when the camera was on he was more interested in it than laughing for me! Last night Kassidy was holding him for me so I could get the others ready for bed...

Kass loves to read and from the looks of things Nate does too! Nate loves all of his sisters, but Kass can make him laugh the best! She is such a good "mama"!