Birthday weekend

This past weekend we headed up north for the birthday weekend.  Normally my family comes down to St. George and we go to Tuachan.  But this year we headed to Sundance to see 7 Brides for 7 Brothers. 

We started our weekend out with a date night by going to see the Dark Knight.  Polly babysat all the kids for us and Becca, Brad, Kelz, Cale and I all went.  It was really good and sooooo nice to have a date night.  

On Sat. us birthday girls(Elle, Becca, Kelly, Polly and myself) went and got Pedicures.  Elle has never gotten a professional one and she LOVED it!  I think I may be in trouble now.

After pedis we went shopping and took the kiddos to the splash pad.  After that we took all the kids to Shari's house and went to dinner at Goodwin's BBQ in Orem.  That was really yummy.  We got to visit with my parents and grandpa also with Cliff and Kim.  After dinner we headed to the play.  It was so much fun and much needed and thank-you to my sisters for the place to crash, the watching my kiddos and for having fun with me!!!  Love you all!

 Our toes after our pedis

 Birthday girls at the play

Kiddos at the splash pad.

Teeth

Elle has lost her first tooth.  She lost it the day after her birthday.  She was so excited for the tooth fairy to come and leave her some money.  Lets just say the tooth fairy didn't disappoint. :)

Happy Birthday Elle

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLE BELLE

Our little girl turned 6 today and we have had a blow out!!! She had a Monster High themed birthday.  I had a friend of mine make her cake and she loved it.  Some of the cute things that she has said today are: "This is the best birthday ever!" and "I just wanna say Thank-you!" I'm not gonna lie when she said Thank-you I teared up a little bit.  She is so gracious and loving and the best little girl anyone could have.  We love you sweetheart and we are so glad you have the best birthday ever!!

 Elle and her balloons

 She wanted donuts for breakfast and this is the one Brex picked out.

 Posing

 So shocked at the make up kit! 

 Elle and her amazing cake!

 Blowing out the candle

Every year we do a family photo and here is this years.

July happenings

This past week we got the chance to spend some time with my Aunt and Uncle from Texas. It has been years since I have seen them.  Cale went golfing with my brothers, dad, uncle and brother in law and the rest of us all went to the Children's museum and the planetarium in Salt Lake.  We also did tons of swimming, bbq's  and took in a baseball game. It was great to see all of my family(with the exception of Brandon) and hopefully it won't be too long til we get to get together again. Thanks Becca for hosting us all week!

Warning Picture overload ahead!

 At the owls game 

 All the kids on the moon

 On Mars

 These two are so freaking cute!

 On a real helicopter 

 Playing Fireman!

 Being Builders

 Climbing the rock wall

 Brex, Lexie and Elle shopping and taking off in their car.

 Brex loved getting on this horse.

 and playing in the water

Golfing

This is what I got to do today at work. 

 That's right we all went golfing at our city's golf course.  After 9 holes we went in and had lunch and did some networking with the Chamber.  It was a much needed day out of the office and we should really think of making this a weekly thing. :)

Black Eye

This little guys eye met up with the wii remote in a fierce game of tennis. The first picture is of the day after it happened.  The bottom picture shows what it looks like today, it is starting to heal so that is good.  Sadly though the pictures do not do it justice.  It was a mean black eye and he owed it!!! 

Brandon's Farewell

My youngest brother Brandon is leaving on his mission in about 10 days.  We went up north this weekend to go spend the last weekend with him before he leaves.  My family got together in Yuba lake to do some camping on Friday and Saturday. We drove down to Price on Saturday late afternoon and of course we had to stop at Little Acorn for shakes and fries. It's been forever since I had been there and it was YUMMY!!  We also made a stop at the wave pool for some more swimming.  Sunday of course he talked in church and we had a shindig at the house.  The kids had a blast playing in the lake, kicking a ball around and running around like crazy. Of course we jammed as much as we could in 3 days and we are exhausted but we had a lot of fun. We are going to miss Brandon but know that he is going to do great things.

 Brex throwing mud at me.

 writing names in the sand

 Little Acorn Shakes and Fries

The kids playing with their cousins

 All the cousins that went to yuba

 Playing at the beach and in the water

 Last picture with uncle Brandon for 2 years. We love you Uncle B!