Splashin' Fun!

I decided to do one last summer play day before we totally got back into the swing of a new school year. This was the first time I had taken the girls to the pool swimming by myself! Only one set of eyes to watch three kids! I have to say I was a little nervous but we had so much fun! It was a perfect day! There were not a lot of people there and it made it really enjoyable!

The kids absolutely loved the water slide! I lost count of how many times they went down!

I think Makell loved the water slide more than anyone. For about an hour straight the only things I heard from her were, laughing and "I do it again"! I caller her my little Mermaid! I really think she would live in the water if she could!

Kourtney and Kaitlyn had a great time playing together! We all played shark, tag, ring around the rosies and this is a picture of them having a "tea party" under water! Wow, what imaginations!

Kourtney gets braces!

Today was the big day!! Kourtney got braces!! Doesn't she look so cute?! She has been really excited but yesterday the nerves set in. She was pretty nervous and really didn't know what to expect. When she was done she just laughed and thought it was funny that she had been so nervous. Adam and I think it makes her look so much older! Adam even made the comment that it made him feel older! And of course, she picked her favorite color....BLUE!! I think that was the most exciting part! She was a little disappointed when she found out she can't eat corn on the cob, popcorn, or candy for the next 6-9 months. We can't wait to see the before and after pictures!!

Super Slide!!

A few evening ago our wonderful friends Brian and Melissa invited us to go water sliding with them. I have to say we had the best time ever!! As we pulled in the parking lot and saw how long and steep this "homemade" water side was, I immediately felt the butterflies and nervousness (approx. 180 ft long). Adam and I were more nervous than our kids! The kids had a ball! Makell sure surprised us! We thought for sure she would be terrified on the way down but as she reached the bottom of the hill she ran back to the top and was ready for another turn. Many times she wouldn't even wait for her turn. She would just jump on and go! I'm afraid she is an adrenalin junkie!! Another thing, she was able to slide with Jackson! Those two crack me up!! Anything Makell does with Jackson is at the top of her list!! Kourtney and Kaitlyn had a blast coming up with new ideas on how to slide down. They tried their tummy's, backs, knees, backwards, sideways, and any other way you could possibly think of. Melissa's family and friends were there as well and we had such a great time racing one another and coming up with a new or different way to slide down each time! Melissa has such a wonderful and fun family!! They are pretty entertaining as well!! A few of them would ski down and do frontward flips! (ouch!) We even had an extra participant!! There was a little boy that was sliding down in the mix of everything. We were trying to figure out who he belonged to. Come to find out he didn't belong to anyone there! I guess he saw how much fun everyone was having and thought he would join in! (I wondered if his mother new were he was?) It was pretty funny! It was so fun to watch the kids have such a great time!! When time came for us to leave, of course they didn't want to go! On the way home in the car Makell said, "dat was AWESOME!! I do it adain!" We had such a great time and can't wait to do it again!! Thanks Brain & Melissa!!

Crafty Fun!

So the kids were absolutely bored today. I remember seeing this fun project on my friend Melissa's blog a little while back. I remember telling myself I think the kids would enjoy something like that, and I wanted to try it!! You know those crayons that break or get highly used and then no one wants to have anything to do with them anymore? Well who ever came up with this idea I LOVE it!! I sent the girls on a hunt to gather every crayon they could find that was broken and hard to use. There were more than I imagined! They peeled off the paper and then cut them into pea sized pieces. This actually took a little while to do but with them being board earlier this kept them busy for a while and they didn't seem to mind. They used an old muffin tin and covered the bottom of each muffin cup with the pieces of crayons. We then put them in the oven to slightly melt. I had some small distractions I actually let them go longer than I wanted. Some of the colors mixed together. We let them cool and harden and then just popped them out of the tin! Super Easy!! For the most part they turned out pretty well and the girls loved them!! Makell was down for a nap so she missed out on the fun but she sure liked using them to color with. I think these will be the "official" church crayons. If they spill you only have to pick up one and not the whole box!!!

Rainbows!!

OK, I figured I needed to make a post about this! Yesterday it was sunny and hot and in a flash a small little thunder storm rolled on in. Tiny rain drops started falling and the sun was still as bright as ever! It was so pretty!! I was standing at the kitchen sink and looked out through the window and saw these gorgeous rainbows!! I hurried out the back door and stood on the deck and there was a triple rainbow!!! I couldn't believe it!! I have never seen that before!! I ran from the back yard to the den and grabbed my camera and by the time I returned the third one had disappeared! Although it was very faint it had been there!!! Adam had been taking the girls for rides in his car and when he returned he asked me if I had seen the triple rainbow? Yay!!! I was not the only one who saw it!! Although I didn't catch a picture of the third one, I snapped several shot of these beautiful rainbows. The picture doesn't do it any justice. It was so bright and you could see every color perfectly! Amazing!!

Pioneer Celebration Week!

I am a total slacker! I was going through my camera pictures and found all of these pictures I hadn't up loaded yet. I figured better late then never, so here are some pictures of our fun events. (Sorry for some duplicate pictures. Not sure what happened!)




We started off by attending the rodeo!! It was a lot of fun! This was Makell's first year going and she had a ball!! The girls favorite parts were the clowns, mutton bustin, and the "mean" bulls!! The next day we watched the parade with family and the kids caught lots of candy!! Makell loved the princesses!! She was so excited because they were the "real" ones!!
After the parade we got together at my brother and sister-in-laws house for a BBQ! You can say our day and week was packed with several fun events! To top it all off we went and watched fireworks later that night!!

I am so glad that we have the opportunity to celebrate our pioneers heritage! I am so grateful for the sacrifice and determination they had to make there trek to this great valley!! We are so blessed!

Our girls!!

Melt my heart!! I love them sooooo much!!!!