Camping and What Not

July has been so hot! I brought some raspberries with me from my old house and they are dying! I am so sad. I loved my raspberries. I decided to transplant them at Amber's new house. There they will get hit by her sprinklers. I wasn't doing a very good job watering them. So hopefully they survive. I know transplanting in the middle of the summer probably isn't a good idea.
We helped Amber and Tyson move into there new house, Mike helped them tile and tear out a wall, and I helped paint and watched kids. Jaime and Matt's house in under contract, they have to be out by the 14th of August. And they have the house across the street from Amber's new house under contract. So they will be neighbors, and my mom is only two doors down. When we finally get our house built we will all be in the same ward! How crazy is that. Sarah, Mikes sister, will also be in our ward.
Right now our lot is not much to look at.  Mike bought a chain saw so we could get rid of this beauty! So if anyone is in need of firewood, we have some! The boat is not ours,  it is just resting on our lot.

This is the wall that will be in front of our house. They still need to but the railing up.

This will be the private road to our driveway.

This is Mikes Grandpa Fowles house, which will soon be Sarah and Todd's house.  Mikes Dad, Sarah and Todd, and Mike have done so much work to the outside. We all did a lot of work before the road went in, but they have put so much time into painting it, it is now a brown, with a darker brown trim. I need to take a picture, it looks so good.  They trimmed all the bushes moved a lot of crap that was all over. Tore down the deck. Now if they could just get to the inside...

Here are a couple pictures of our lot.

We are so excited. There is about 20 feet behind the trees that will be ours also.

We have had several meeting with the guys building our house. I think we have finally got the plan right. He will hopefully be able to tell the price in the next couple of days. Then according to the price we will start in the fall or spring.

 

We have been on a few camping trips. We went back to Lagoon, the kids love camping there. I did take pictures, but Wesley erased them all before I could take them off. Wesley has come along way, he now likes Bombora. Our first trip he didn't want to ride anything. This last week we went to a Camper World in Coalville.  We had fun. On the first night we found the kids asleep like this.

 

So cute. I love how much they love each other. We took the kids swimming, they are both little fishes. Jaycee is doing so good swimming. Every time we go swimming Jaycee is practicing, and she is getting so good. The other day she was even diving for things. They had a little pond so the kids got to try fishing, we didn't put a hook on the line, just in case they got lucky enough to actually catch something. Neither of us would have any idea what to do with a fish.  If we go again we need to get the kids a better fishing pole.  The ones we had were too hard for them to use. Mikes parent came up for the day on Saturday and took the kids fishing again, this time they had a hook on the line. We also played games, Candyland, Uno and Pass the Pig.  Jaycee loves to play game. She doesn't even mind losing, because that means we get to play again.

Just as we were getting ready to leave Mike noticed this little bird sitting on the back bumper. I had the kids come out to look at it, and it just sat there. Even as Wesley tried to grab it. So I picked it up with a stick and took it over to the Camp Manager.  He told us it was a baby woodpecker.

So then I held it (now that I knew it wasn't going to attack me).Wesley dared to touch the bird, Jaycee looked really close, and put her hands under it. :) She is scared of all animals...even baby animals.

We had a really great trip. I hope the kids will remember these times we spend together camping.  My family went to Lake Powell every year and I have very fond memories of that.

 

Here is a picture of my last ultrasound, the baby is waving hello. I have been feeling pretty good. I get sick right after I eat...so I just keep eating. :)

The other day we were down at Sarah and Todd's. Wesley was holding my hand, and out of the blue he said to me "I love you Mom." It was so sweet. I think that was the first time he has said that without me saying I loved him first. He's said it a couple times since. It's so cute, such good mommy moments.

We went to the drive in this month, the kids loved it. We went to Chili's and got take out then headed over to the theater.  We saw Monsters University and Epic. I thought both were good movies. Wesley actually stayed awake through both movies and the ride home!

Lately Jaycee has been afraid of everything, it is pretty frustrating for both of us.  She got stung by a bee the other day, and now she almost refuses to go outside. She's scared at night, because of the monsters.  It doesn't matter how many times I tell her there is no such thing as monsters. It's crazy, she will ride any ride at Lagoon, she volunteered today to say the prayer in front of entire primary and young men.  She didn't even ask for help.

She doesn't like to be alone.

During preschool she had some major anxieties and I started using essential oils to help her. This summer I have not done a very good job of putting it on her.  I started again tonight, and will continue everyday and hope that it helps her. I can't imagine being afraid all the time. I found a recipe for peaceful child and that is what I will be putting on her. Hopefully by the time school starts she will be back to her brave self.

June Recap

June recap: Jaycee graduated from kindergarten! We camped at Lagoon.  Jaycee turned 6! Went to Pineview with my family. And found out we are pregnant!

I'll start with Jaycee graduating from kindergarten.

Is kindergarten the only grade they graduate from, or do they graduate every year? They had a really cute program. We are proud of her. She worked really hard, I know it was hard for her to change schools mid year, but she did so good.

On Thursday June 13th we went and camped at Lagoon for two nights for Jaycee's birthday. All but one of her Bailey cousins came. She had a blast riding the rides with her cousins. They stayed out late and had so much fun!

 

 

 

 

We had her actual Bailey party Thursday night. We had Doritos salads and a Strawberry Danish dessert cake or chocolate cupcakes.

Jaycee said her favorite part was riding the White Roller coaster at night time.

This year for her homemade gift I made her bunny slippers.

On Friday the kids got my dad to go on all the rides. He didn't even get sick. Here he is, his first time on Wicked with some of Jaime's kids.  He said he liked it!

We had so much fun we are planning on going back in July.

Jaycee's real birthday was on Saturday, we didn't really do anything, except try to recover from our camping trip.  Then on Sunday she had her Borgstrom party.

Grandma LouLou made her this pillowcase dress.

She got a lot of great gifts.

Grandma LouLou made her a really yummy ice cream cake.  It was so good.

So now we have a 6 year old.

Jaycee loves to write and do math. (her words, not mine)

She loves to play in the water, to tease, ride her bike. She likes to play with her poly pockets and her Barbies. She likes to draw pictures and make books. She love loves Lagoon and riding all the rides.  She is so great and we are so blessed to have her in our lives.

 

This last weekend my family went up to Pineview to camp. The kids had a lot of fun.  Jaycee loves riding in the tube and swimming.(Even though it was windy and cold.) Wesley and me rode the tube once, I had to make him get out there, and once grandpa got the right speed (slower then slow) he liked it.  He mostly likes to stay on the shore and play in the sand.  He would dig holes, fill them with water, and then use them as sinks. He would put sand allover his arms and legs them wash them in the muddy holes he had dug.  This kept him busy for awhile.

The kids had so much fun, hopefully next time we go it will be a little warmer.  Our next camp over is scheduled for August. I'm sure it will be warmer then.

 

And last, we found out I am pregnant! We actually found out in May, but we didn't get an ultrasound until June 11th.  I had another ultrasound done yesterday and everything looks good.  The baby was measuring at 9 week and 4 days.  We have been trying for a little over two and a half years, we are  so excited and feel so blessed to be able to add to our family.  I have been pretty sick and the last couple of days have been the worst! I keep reminding myself it is all worth it.  I don't remember it being this bad with the others. Maybe it was and the Lord helped me to forget. I've heard it's gets worse the older you are...I guess I am getting pretty old.  So all of our camping trips have not been much fun for me, or Mike, because he has to do everything! I am so blessed to have him!  Lucky for me he works from home, so he makes breakfast, lunch and dinner.  He cleans the house and does the laundry, the shopping, and pretty much all of the taking care of the kids.  He is pretty amazing, and I love him!

 

 

Ready for Summer

I feel like I'm falling behind. Easter seems like forever ago.

We've played a whole season of Soccer. Jaycee did so good this year!

 

She really got in there this year.

Wesley really liked it his first game.

 

 

After his first game he pretty much just liked laying on the grass. :) It was still fun though.  I'm not sure that I will be signing him up for fall season.

Me and Amber coached both of their teams. It was fun, but we were both glad it was over. Jaycee is already talking about basketball. I told her she still has another season of soccer before she can play basketball. She really wants to take dance also, but for Christmas we got season Lagoon passports. And we have several camping trips planned, so I think we will be pretty busy this summer.

We have already been to Lagoon a handful of times. Jaycee is fearless! Her favorite ride is Wicked.

After riding Wicked I took her on the Colossus, during the ride she was telling me it was too slow! I'm pretty sure I didn't ride the Colossus until I was 12 and even then I was pretty scared. The last time we went she rode the White roller coaster. She didn't love it at first, but Mae liked it, so we did it again and that time she loved it. Wesley likes going also. Luck for him he is too short to ride the big Roller Coasters.  The first time we went he wouldn't ride anything. The second time we went, Kayla was with him and he liked everything a lot better. He just needed a friend. They are so cute riding the rides together.

 

 

 

 

 

I can't believe Wesley went on the Tidal Wave again.  He went on it the first time we went and hated it.  So when he wanted to go on it again I was shocked.  He hated it just as much the second time as he did the first time.

Who doesn't love the bumper cars?

We've had so much fun already, it's hard to believe that summer hasn't started for us yet.  Jaycee still has one more week left of school.

Over Memorial Day Weekend we went to Star Valley with Trevor and Katie, and Amber and Tyson. Trevor stayed with us in the Motel.  Amber stayed with Tyson's grandparents in their trailer. The kids loved being together.

 I hope they always stay this close.

On Friday we went to Jackson Hole for the day.  We went to a mountain man Rendezvous. That was interesting.

 We went to the Bar J Chuck wagon. The kids did so good. The food was pretty good.  We both got the chicken and beef.  Next time I would just get the beef.  It was so good.

 The kids loved walking around, they had a lot of neat stuff to look at.

 On Saturday we spent the day at the Grand Teton National Park.

 This might be Jenny lake.  We hiked around one lake to get to another one that was really big.  I don't remember the names of the Lakes.

 To be honest I was so worried about running into a bear I didn't pay to close attention to anything, other then looking for bears.

 The kids loved it.  It's too bad it wasn't warmer, we would have let the kids get in.  But the water was freezing and the high that day was only like 67.

 Mike with the Tetons.  Mike has actually climbed Middle Teton.

 More cousin pictures.

 On Sunday we hiked up to a geyser in Afton.

 What a cute little family. :)

 For some reason Wesley started to pose like this.  I think it is his superman pose. Jaycee goes right along with him.

 Don't we have the cutest kids ever?

 

We've been working pretty hard with Jaycee on riding here bike.  She has been riding for a while, but yesterday she figured out how to start by herself! She is pretty awesome.

 Getting started is a little scary.  Once she gets going, it's all good.

We are looking forward to a fun summer.