Baptism

Our beautiful Elle Belle was baptized this last Saturday Sept. 13, 2014 It was a wonderful baptism and we are so grateful for our family that could make it to share her day with her. We had a long week leading up to the baptism as the time for it kept changing right up until 2 days before the event.  Talk about trying to plan and re plan and re plan again. But it all worked out. After the baptism we went to the splash pad park and played in the water and on the ball field.  We got my mom out hitting the baseball and the kids got their aunts and uncles to play in the water with them.  There were lots of card games, swimming and fun. Thank-you to everyone especially Dan and Grandpa W. We love you all.

My beautiful girl. 

Thank-you to Uncle Dan and Grandpa Whitney for baptizing her and confirming her.

The family

 The splash pad and ball field

Silly kids and auntie!

 As if the splash pad wasn't enough water they kids had a water balloon fight in the back yard and they went swimming at the hotel pool for a few more hours.  

Fun Days

Brex started preschool a week after the kids started school.  He is going 5 days a week this year and has 4 different teachers.  Normally he was only going to go 3 days but than I put him in on T/Th for a reading program that our preschool does and he has loved it so far.  His teachers are Ms Mary, Ms Brandi, Ms. Ronda, Ms. Hilary. It's going to be a great year for him.

 His T/Th class at the ice bucket challenge. His teacher Ms Brandi did it with our staff.

 Playing with shaving cream writing their names.

Cute Class of his

 Trey got invited to play on the 10u team for a scrimmage game and had a fun time. 

 Riding a mini bike the boys had a blast.

Don't my boys look a like love them

 We've had quite a bit of rain and the boys had a blast playing in it.

 Silly Faces

 This boy of mine was racing the day after it rained really hard.  It was picture day and he turned a corner and in his words he tried to drift and ended up sliding like you do into 2nd base. He got all muddy right before his turn to take pictures. Boys will be boys and he now will be doing retakes. :)

 Nothing like a little water balloon baseball on a hot day during labor day weekend.

 Elle and I had a mommy daughter day.  We went shopping for her baptism dress.  We went to 5 different stores, lunch and made a few other stops.  I had a blast with my baby girl.

 We were challenged to the als ice challenge by the kids friends Karter and Hailee.  The kids had a fun time and challenged their cousins Zack and Codi and their Uncles Dan and Brandon. 

Soccer started this last weekend and all 3 of the kids scored 2 goals each. It was awesome to see them out there playing again.  I am so proud of each of them. 

 This little man has captured our hearts.  He wanted his face green and his sister was only too happy to help him achieve that look.  Fun little story: I asked him if I could call him my little man and he said no. When I asked what I could call him he said "Cutie Patutie" He is that for sure! Life has gotten busy but I wouldn't change it for anything as I get to spend loads of time with my family and enjoy these awesome fun days.

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.