This is whats going on at my house tonight...

These girls are trying to get in all of the sleepovers they can before Maddie and Shelbey move away. What a GREAT four years its been having them living near by! They have been like my 'other kids'. We have had almost weekly sleep overs and these girls have been so so fun. I cant say enough awesome things about them. And if I do...I might start to cry.

They are eating all of their favorite things tonight and trying to stay up all night.
They are calling it their "Constipation sensation that swept the nation" night. I think they might be RIGHT with all of this CHEESE!!!

bOoNdOcKs

My parents took the girls to Boondocks for a little girl time! They also got to sleep over for two nights without their brothers! Heaven!!! They had a great time!!! They even got Jentry to ride on the go-carts. Which I thought was IMPOSSIBLE!!! She has some weird fear about them. Hopefully she is over that now.

Nothing says summer like...

SNOW CONES!!!

4th of July....

The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays... but its also a sad one. It marks the half way point of summer for me and that makes me cry a little tear. I don't want school to start!!!

This year we celebrated all weekend long! We went to my parents house for a BBQ and the Riverton Fireworks. They didn't disappoint. They always put on a great show and my kids absolutely love it.



On Monday we went to a neighborhood party in the street. It was super fun. Everyone who had fireworks brought them and we had a SPECTACULAR display! Rain and all. We have such great neighbors and I love love love getting together with them. We are very lucky to live in such a nice place!!

( I didnt take many pics...whoops!)

Cousin Camp 2011

We did our 2nd annual cousin camp in Heber this year. My cousins friend, Anita was nice enough to let us stay in their family cabin. It was a fun time. Tho we missed A LOT of our cousins. For the most part it was just us three...

The first night we went to the store and got all the goodies and stuff to make dinner. We were going to make chicken fajitas. We got up to pay and all that we had grabbed for the chicken fajitas were peppers and cheese. But don't you worry...we had all the candy. So we had to do a mad dash through the store to get the other ingredients for dinner. I guess you can see what was most important. I also saw a local there. Man they grow em good in Heber!!


The next...ahem...morning. We woke up early enough to get..lunch. We went to one of my favorite places in Park City (Squatters) and got some yummy yummy food!!!





Then off to get pedicures at an awesome spa they have there. Its located in some ritzy shop called...Walmart... Ever heard of it? Probably not. They supplied us with massage chairs and gossip magazines. What could be better then that? I can only think of.. a few things..




Melissa and Todd then came up and joined us for dinner and the Alpine Slide and Coaster. That never gets old.




There was lots of board game playing too! It was nice getting to go to bed and waking up whenever we pleased!!!




We hope to do it next year too!!!

Strawberry Days

Can't have summer without going to the Rodeo! It was so so so windy. I was dodging orange construction barrels flying across the freeway driving to PG. I thought for sure we were going to be stormed out. But lucky for us the wind subsided just about the same time the rodeo started. The kids loved the rodeo and for (I think) the third year in a row my brother participated in the cow milking portion of the rodeo. Its always fun seeing three men run after a cow trying to milk it. They didnt win it this year...but next year for sure...right??

Yuba 2011

Brinley has been looking forward to Yuba since last year. Seriously. For at least the last six months she has been counting it down on a calendar. She loves going to Yuba because its the only time she gets to see one of her best friends, Krista. So of course...

She gets sick the first day shes there.

And I know how bad she feels...because I gave it to her.

Poor thing. She was so sick she ended up coming home. She was so super bummed! But we were able to bring her back on Saturday where we went back for a little visit. Jentry stayed the whole time and had a great time!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for putting up with a sicky and ... Jentry.


Brinley with Krista (can you believe they arent even a year apart!)


Sparklers! How fun!



I love this picture of Jentry on the tube..

Butterfingers....

More then once...or twice... I have found THIS when Ive opened the butter.

Im not naming names.

Rough'n it.

The other night the kids and I had a camp out in our back yard. They had been dying to use the new tent we bought and it was finally 'warm' enough to sleep in the back yard.

The girls and I were able to put the tent up by ourselves. We were pretty impressed with our mad super woman skills.

We had a great time!!! But there were a few things that I learned.

#1. Make sure to turn the sprinklers off before you pitch a tent in the back yard. Or you will be running like a mad woman across the grass to turn them off.

#2. Never drink 2 water bottles before you go to sleep. Or you will be AGAIN dashing across the lawn like a mad woman at 1:30 a.m.

#3 Spanish Fork wind is loud. As is every diesel truck and train that goes by.

#4. Ty tells THE funniest ghost stories EVER! That boy was cracking me up so much. Jentry had a stomach ache from laughing so much. He impressed me with his vocabulary. He was telling me that most people think that his story was just a "myth" but it wasn't...

#5 I need an air mattress.

Tyism

Im going to wear you all out with these. But I want to remember them.

Ty was getting in the tub and he said "Mom, I eat a lot of meat, dont I?"

I said, "I guess you do, why?"

"Well, I eat a lot of meat and I still don't have any meat on these bones."

He's right. He has no meat on his bones. Skinny boy!

Ty-isms

I used to do a lot of Brinley-isms with the cute things Brinley would always say to me. Now its Ty saying the cute things...so I'm going to have to start doing Ty-isms. Let me just say Ty is good for the soul. He always says the nicest things to me and in the cutest little voice. Here are two of his recents;

"Mom, I feel such comfort when you are around."

Last night he was coloring a picture and I was folding laundry. He looked up and said "Mom, you are a queen to me."

I don't think I could love this boy any more!

Ty's New Glasses

We picked up Ty's new glasses today and he is loving them! He had a hard time for about 30 minutes walking around. He said it felt like he was walking off cliffs. He was walking very carefully with small steps. But now he is doing just fine with them. I thought they would be hard to keep on his face but he doesnt seem to mind one bit. He kept looking over his glasses and then through his glasses saying... "Why is everything so blurry without my glasses?" I think they might be working!!

Chase turns 4!!!

For Chases 4th Birthday Grandma and Grandpa came down and we took a trip to Nickle City! The kids love this place! They always end up with tons of tickets and fun prizes!! We had a great time there!!



We then went to Sizzler for dinner. Its one of our families favorite places to go together. I think... We always seem to end up there, anyway!
The next day, (his real birthday) Kyms family came over and we did a mini birthday for him.


He got a "lawn mower" for his birthday from Mom and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa and My Grandma and Grandpa (Whoever gave him $ for his birthday!! LOL) This boy loves loves loves lawn mowers and weed eaters. He is so funny.

Ty had had Chases present that he wanted to give him hidden under his bed for weeks. He knew it was Chases favorite and when he saw it on the shelf (food storage shelf in the basement) He knew Chase had to have it...

He also got a tag blanket that he calls "Taggy" for his tag obsession!

I cant believe my "baby" is four!!! Thats just crazy to me!! I love you Chasers!!!

Brinleys 9th Birthday!!!

I've got some birthday posts to do around here!! Whoops!!! Even though Brinleys birthday was back in March I thought Id better document it!! Especially since she had her first friend party. I know, Im pretty lame. We usually do family parties. But, Brinley wanted a friend party this year. Here she is all dolled up with her necklace and purse...

Heres her cute cake I...um...made...bought...you decide...

For one of the activities we painted pillow cases.


All went good until I gave a 3 year old a paint brush and permanent paint...


We then opened presents and had cake and ice cream. We also watched Mega Mind and had Popcorn. She had a great time! And Im ready to do another friend party... in 9 years.