Happy birthday to my longest and bestest buddies!

ennazil, It was so great to see you this summer! Looking back through pictures I couldn't stop laughing at some of the things we used to do....and wear! Hope you had a great birthday!

Kristy, I love you! You are always good for a great laugh and fun times! You're the best!

I miss you Carla! We had fun back in the day! A word of advice, never sit in front of her while sledding in the same sled.... :)

"Excuse me, I work here so I will help you..."-Andrew

That is what Andrew was walking around saying to people after the kids workshop we did! It was pretty cute!


Here he is hard at work hammering. We sanded, glued, hammered nails (and my finger), and made a bean bag toss game! Thanks for the FREE project Home Depot!


And look at this wonderful dad taking his kids when his wife was out of town! (Your kids are too cute, Amy!)

Guitar, bass, drums, friends, microphone, candy, laughing, popcorn, cookies, singing, ice cream, phase 10....

All parts of a fun party! We had a last minute come play at our house party the other night. Of course, Rock Band was the main event! We have some pretty intense rockers in our neighborhood!


Myles jamming on the guitar while April serenades us and Derick tapping away on the drums! Shakierra had fun playing the guitar too.


Bet you didn't know how hard core Branden and Alex are! And that Brad, he is intense!


Jose showing Damion how to play. That little guy sang on the microphone all night long too!


Matt, Mr. One Man Band, was trying to sing and play the drums at the same time!





My little brother, Andy, came too. Ya, he has mad guitar playing and singing skills....


Me and Branden hanging out while Leisl, my new cute sister in law, shows us up on the guitar! It was a fun night! Thanks for coming over guys! We will definitely be doing this again, and soon! And if you want to come, you're invited! (As long as you bring a treat :)

Tomato anyone?

I should have known after I picked a bunch of tomatoes from our garden NOT to leave them out there for a little while. I came out later that evening and look what the kids had fun doing! At least they weren't all over each other, right? Well, the next day the neighbor girls came over to play and they all decided to have a tomato fight! I am so mad I didn't get any pictures of that! They were running around throwing them at each other! They were covered! The only rule, they had to clean up all the pieces out of the grass when they were done, which they did!





Brina, Katie, Andrew and Lizzie pre-tomato fight! They all seem to migrate to the smallest pool and neglect the sprinklers!

Ashley being cute in Andrew's sunglasses.

Once again, sorry for the underlining, don't know why it is doing that...

Highland Splash Park!

My neighbor Angie invited us to go to the new splash park with them! Andrew had fun playing with Nick and JJ, and Ashley was in her own little world crawling around on the rocks and up and down the stream! Thanks Angie, it was fun!

(sorry, don't know why the pictures are so dark and why the words are underlined!)

August Fun!

We have had a lot of fun this summer! It was so nice to be gone to Alaska for part of it. It is so hard to come back to the heat here. I CANNOT stand being hot! The kids just want to play outside but they will melt! Here is a look at a few things we did in August to beat the heat!


Andrew did a neighborhood soccer camp for a few days in the mornings. That picture of him kicking the ball...probably the only time he even attempted to kick the ball. He loved running around, doing drills and stretches...but when it came to the game on the last day, he liked to just sit there and stand next to the ref! Thanks Natalie, Mady and Kenzie, the kids loved it and you should do it again next year!


Ashley enjoying her post-game otter pop. She has the hardest time eating those things and gets so frustrated.


We have been to the splash park a few times this month too. Ashley and Andrew LOVE it! Ashley likes to sit on the spouts and Andrew chases other kids around!





Derick met us there for lunch one day. He brought dill pickle Pringles. They were gooood!

One fun family night!

For family night we wanted to do something fun and active with the kids. It has just been TOO hot to go on a bike ride, so we headed out to Kangaroo Zoo! The kids love this place!


Andrew is fearless and Ashley loves the little slides!


As you can see Derick was getting in on the fun too....or just had to put Ashley at the top of every slide!


I don't know what you think, but I think she is the cutest little thing ever!


Andrew was just go, go, go! He loves this baseball thing too where the air blows the ball up and you hit it.


Here we go down the 3 story slide! Like I said, Andrew is fearless! Look at him going down head first!


Here are some action shots of the kids!

Happy Birthday Derick!

Every year I think I stretch out Derick's birthday celebration a little longer and longer. I think I do this so that he will do it for me on my birthday! We started out by heading up to Park City with the kids and his parents and brother to stay the night on Friday. We made fajitas (one of his favorites), swam, wore fancy bathrobes back from the pool (I need to get those pics from his parents, they are pretty funny), had brownie sundaes, played Phase 10, stayed up late, woke up early, shopped, rode the Alpine Slide, had snow cones and ate candy. How is that for a fun-filled 24 hours!

Someone was anxious to swim AND thought it was his birthday. That is why there are only 4 candles. It was easier than trying to convince him dad wasn't turning 4...


Loading up and heading up the mountain! ("Please Andrew don't lean too far forward, please Andrew just sit still..."-this is what I was saying in my head the whole time they were riding the chairlift)


Here comes Grandma! It was her first time! Andrew rode with Grandpa.


Ashley was pretty bored and HOT waiting for them to come down. She wasn't quite old enough to ride it.

Later Saturday night we went on a date to Tucano's to use Derick's free dinner. We stuffed ourselves full of those little cheese roll things and lots and lots of meat! It was so yummy, every single bite!

On Sunday evening we had some family and some neighbors come to the park to eat cake and ice cream with us! Derick loves chocolate, so we had to get the chocolate cake from Costco. That thing is so good. Then I made white cupcakes for those that don't like chocolate! It was good fun, good company and a great weekend!

The kids enjoying some cupcakes. Looks like Ashley is pretty into Hayden!


Happy Birthday, Dad!


The next night we had leftover cake after dinner. I thought these were pretty cute of Ashley enjoying her cake!