Sunday, June 22, 2014

Happy Father's Day!

We have some awesome Dad's in our life.  I am grateful for wonderful Fathers and the wonderful examples of the great men in our life.  We made Michael's choice for dinner and had rootbeer floats.  Michael got to open a few presents and then get ready to head to scout camp.

I put Evan to work at Church, since we were in the hall anyway.  ;)

The kids made Michael a few gifts which he appreciated.  Joshua made him breakfast in the morning.  Dallin made him a magnet.  

I hope everyone had a great Father's Day!

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Birthday and Schools Out!

Michael had a morale night at work on my Birthday, which was a night at a baseball game.  It worked out nicely to have Raytheon pay for my Birthday.  :)  We had a great time at the game.  My wonderful sister watched my kids while we had a blast.

They even had a fireworks show for me at the end.  ;)

Michael made a delicious cheesecake.  He did a great job making me feel special on my Birthday.  I got wonderful gifts, messages, and phone calls.  I feel very loved!

Joshua and Dallin moved on up to the next grade.  Joshua got all kinds of awards.  Dallin did great too!  They are excited to have a break from school.  Leah is excited to have them home.

We also did the DRC race.  The kids love running the 1K.  Dallin and Joshua did great taking first in their age division.  Not that it is competitive, everyone gets a cute medal, but the boys make sure I know where they came in.  :)  

Leah finished too and enjoyed the beautiful day at the lake.  

We have been spending time on our trampoline with the sprinkler.  Evan hates it, but the others love it!

Last week Evan took a spill and hit his face on the sidewalk.  It was awful looking.  He now has a little lip caught in his front tooth.  They said his teeth will move or it will come out on its own an bleed a little.  He creid and then was perfectly fine, but all the grown ups around were feeling for him.  

The kids also discovered posion ivy in our yard.  Dallin had a terrible reaction to it.  I had to take him in to the Doctor.  The others just had a little rash where they touched it or rubbed their faces after touching it.  They are doing much better now.  Dallin actually slept all through the night with no complaints of itching.   

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Dinosaur Valley State Park

We decided to go out camping before it got too hot out.  We invited the Clarks and Cruz families.  We went to Dinosaur Valley State Park.  We loved it.  Evan is a great camper.  He went to sleep while Michael and I had to yell at the big kids to sleep for hours.  I guess that is how it goes.  They were all up before 6 AM.  

The  boys love camping.  They have been counting down the days until we got to go, and now are asking non stop when we'll go again.

I love Thomas's pose for this picture.  :)

Evan wandered around and got really filthy, but he was so good the whole time.

Jessica is good at posing as well.  I guess that is where Thomas gets it from.  :)  

We went out hiking to find dinosaur tracks.  

We had to cross the water to find the tracks, but found some good ones.  It was fun to see, and my kids loved it.


We of course have to stand by the life size dinos.  

This was Rylan's first camp out.  He made sure to keep his parent's on their toes.  We had delicious food and the whole time.  

We had a great time.  I am going to have to steal other people's pictures, because ours weren't the best.  It is hard to take photos and take care of little ones too.  :)