Playing Catch up

I'm playing catch up from the past few weeks.  We had an awesome 24th of July.  We went hiking up to Kanarraville Falls.  That is such a beautiful and fun hike.  You walk through water a good portion of the way but it's the perfect hike for kids.  We had a blast going down the slide and playing.  After the hike we did fireworks at my work where we went up on top of the roof and got a front row seat to the show.  Poor Brex was so worn out that he kept trying to go to sleep so about half way through Cale took him back downstairs to finish out the show.  It was an awesome way to end a fantastic day with the family.

The following week we went to Tuachan with Cale's parents.  They took us to see the Little Mermaid and it was awesome!  The kids had a blast watching it and Brex made it a little over half way before he fell asleep.  I love how they use the water elements and the zip lines it totally makes the show.

Next up was my Girls Birthday!  She has finally turned 8 and is so excited to be 8.  She is such a bright light in our lives and she's got a laugh that is so infectious that you can't help but join her.  She's my sweet, beautiful, thoughtful girl and I honestly can't imagine our lives with out her in it. Happy Birthday Sweetheart, we love you so much! For her birthday we had a heck of a day.  We took her to breakfast, than went and found out who her school teacher was. After that we got her cake and balloons. She had a Frozen party this year and was so excited that they went a little crazy when eating the cake.  Grandma and Papa came up and spent the day with us.  When they got into town we open presents, went school shopping(for 5 hours crazy kids! :) ) and ended the night with cake and ice cream.  Thanks G&P for coming and spending her special day with us.

The Kids started school on Aug. 11th and they were so excited.  Both said that they had a great day and had fun.  They looked so grown up and I can't believe that we now have a 4th grader and 3rd grader and one on his last year of preschool.  Trey is super stoked as he gets to use an iPad in school and bring it home to do his homework.  

 They look so old :(

 While the kids had their first day of school Brex got to go with my parents, Brandon and Kelz to Snow Canyon Park and up to Pine Valley. They had a blast hiking and playing.  On the way home they stopped and picked up a Veyo pie and of course had a slice while they were there.  My little trooper gave them all a run for their money and kept them on their toes. All the kids got to go swimming after school and hiking all day than we went to dinner to celebrate my sisters birthday and than Trey and Elle went to Tuachan with my parents to see Joseph.  They had a blast and they all got a kick out of Elle's laugh.  Kelz said that the guy sitting next to them would start laughing when Elle laughed. I told you she has an infectious laugh it's so fun and you can't help but join her.

Lastly we celebrated my birthday by going to Zions.  We hiked in the rain up to the Emerald Ponds and had a blast doing it.  I got to spend the day with my family and it was awesome! We ended the day with a good ol fashion BBQ and my all time favorite Homemade Cheesecake. Thank you mom and dad for spending the rest of Birthday week with us. We had so much fun and are all exhausted but that's ok when you get to spend the time with those you love.

Baseball, Yuba and 4th of July

We are at it again.  Trey had a baseball tournament in Parawon a couple of weeks ago.  It was so much fun and he play amazing.  They played 4 games.  The first two games they lost but not by much.  Trey had some great hits and the team played well.  The 2nd day they hit the ground running and were a head by 1 in the last inning.  The other team had last ups. The first batter gets up and hits a pop up right to Trey(he was playing in the pitcher position) he catches it.  The crowd goes crazy and he's so excited that he did a little dance and fist pump.  They get a second out and it comes down to the last out.  The tying run is on 2nd base and the other teams big hitter is up.  He hits a line drive right to Trey. We all went NUTS!!!! They finally won and Trey was the big hero for the game.  It was so cool to see my boy light up and get so excited.  The last game they played great, Trey had another great catch in the last inning.  Man I'm so proud of how far my boy has come, I have to say that tourney was a fun one.

Our Yuba trip came next.  My aunt and uncle from Texas came up and we spent a couple of days camping at Yuba.  Josh let us all crash at his place where we put up lots of tents and had a blast.  He also hooked us all up with Zip Line rides, paddle boards, and a kayak.  We spent a couple of days at the beach, had dutch oven cobbler and lots of laughs.  Thanks Josh for letting us crash with you and for all the fun activities.

Last but not least we booked it home and had a half hour to spare before we were to be to a BBQ with some friends.  The kids had fun playing 500 and eating bbq pulled pork sandwiches and we ended with an amazing firework show.  It's been a fantastic few weeks and this week we've been recovering before we go again.

Baseball, 5k, Reunion and homecoming

Whew that's a lot and that's just the title of the post.  We had a busy week last week and it all started out with a baseball tournament.  Trey's team the Vipers played in the Utah Summer Games and for being their first tournament as a team they did well.  It was definitely eye opening as to what they need to work on but it was a great experience for them.  Trey had a couple of awesome throws from the outfield to try to get the kids out at 2nd and 3rd but the umps called them safe each time.  He was also awarded the game ball after their last game.  I'm so proud of him for getting out there and playing hard.

In between the games on Thursday we went to the movies and saw How to Train your Dragon 2. Loads of fun!

On Friday I went up north while Trey and Cale stayed for day 2 of the tournament.  Brex, Elle and I hit up the OWLZ baseball game in Orem that night with my family.  We had so much fun sitting on the grass letting all the kids run and play to their hearts content.  We were surprised at the end of the game with Fireworks.  It was so much fun we just missed out on Trey and Cale being with us, they came up after Trey finished his games and rolled into town about 11pm Friday night.  At least Trey made it to run the 5k with us.

We all got up early Saturday morning to go run the Color Me Rad 5k race. Boy was it a blast! We had almost all of my siblings there.  We were missing Shari and her family and Josh. The kids did AMAZING!!! Brex is such a trooper, while he was running all these people would make comments about how well he was doing and how cute he was. I have to say I was one proud momma! Elle did awesome too, she danced before the race and got a little bit worn out but man she finished it and finished strong.  Trey is all about speed and to him a race is a race regardless if you add color or not.  He took off like a rocket and I left Uncle Dan to keep up with him.  Brex wanted to race with Uncle Brandon so he got too. Elle ran with Uncle Brandon too for the 2nd half while I took my nephew Zack and made a run for it.  We had a blast coloring each other with the color bags they gave us and we even gave my mom pink hair. I swear I'm still rinsing out orange from my hair. :)

After the race we went to the Jone's family reunion where we had lunch and play some wuffle ball. My uncles all joined in and we had so much fun!  My favorite is when my uncle Allen slide into 2nd base. We were all cracking up.

Our last stop on our trip was down to Price for Brandon's homecoming.  We stayed in a hotel and the kids swam and swam and swam.  I don't know how they even had the energy after running the 5k and playing baseball at the reunion. On Sunday after the homecoming we ate lunch with my family and the kids got to pick Cherries from my parents Cherry Tree.  They had a blast and were excited to bring some home with us.

We had so much fun and are still recovering but we can't wait to go up again for more fun.  Thanks to my family for letting us stay at your house, for driving us around and for letting us come play. We love you all!