More Catch Up

I think the months must be going faster and faster! I'm having a hard time keeping up!

 Bensen is so good.  Sometimes he just falls asleep while playing with toys!

Emily came home on August 7. Here we are all waiting for her to come down the escelator. Mike flew in from Kansas City Missouri and got in about 3 minutes before she did.  So he was able to go get her off the plane! I didn't get any good pictures of her with any of us. I mostly took video.

Here is my latest soccer injury.  I accidentally kick a girl in the knee with my follow through.  Ouch!

We have had a really fun summer, but I forgot to take my camera with me most of the time.

We went to Lagoon a lot, Jaycee was able to go on some rides she wasn't tall enough for last year, like The Samuri, The Rocket, Jet Star, Cliff Hanger and the Screamer! Every time she tries a new ride it becomes her favorite. She is fearless that way. 

We went to Pineview a handfull of times. 

We got caught in a really bad storm.  It poured on us, and there was lightening and thunder.  Wesley hasn't been the same since.  He is constantly worried about the weather.  We have to check it several times a day, and if there is a cloud in the sky it is really hard to get him to go out side. :( It is so sad.  He doesn't like the dark either.

He didn't want to go to the lake this time, but we got him up there and he loved it.

Bensen likes the sand, we don't let him spend that much time in it though.  I hate sand!

Wesley loves the sand.

Jaycee likes to play in the sand also, but she loves the water! She likes to ride the tube and the Water Rocket.  She even goes with the big kids and doesn't mind falling off. Like I said, she is fearless!

On August 21 we were able to go to the Ogden Temple Openhouse.

That was such a fun expierence!  The kids loved it.

I am so excited to be able to the Ogden Temple again! I know Bountiful really isn't that far away, but it kind of is. :)

Here is a picture with Aunt Emily, see, she really is home.

We were able to go with most of Mikes family. Josh, Marlee, Rylee and Cheryl are missing.

Jaycee's favorite part was the bapismal font and the lights.  She said she felt good and happy to be in the temple.

Wesleys favorite part was the swimming pool (he now knows is the bapismal font) and the movie you watch before you went into the temple.

Bensen was a little angel for the whole tour.

Look at that cute face!

Grandpa Randy and the kids.

After the temple we all went to "Chuck-a-Grandma" as my kids like to call it, and ate way too much food!

I am so grateful for Temples, and to have them so close.  I love that my family can be together forever.  We are truely blessed.

 On August 25 Jaycee started 2nd grade! 

They all got different teachers this year. It could be interesting.  I'm sure they will all do fine.

Mrs. Gold is Jaycee's teacher. So far she really likes her. I think it is because she didn't give them homework for the first week of school!

I can hardly believe that summer is over already! 

Where To Start?

Bensen had his first taste of baby oatmeal...he loved it!

 The kids love to stack stuff on top of Bensen.  They call it "taking care of him", I wouldn't call it that. :)

 On June 10th Jaycee got her ears pierced for an early birthday present.

 Jaycee had her birthday party at Debbie's pool.  We had a blast! Bensen liked this nice warm pool much better then the freezing pool in St. George.

 It is hard to believe that Jaycee is 7! When did that happen?

Jaycee is such a good helper.  She is always packing Bensen around.  If he starts to cry, she is right there talking to him, making him smile.  She is such a good big sister. She even helps Wesley occasionally.  She likes to tumble and play soccer.  She is the biggest tease in the world! She is goofy and she likes to make people laugh.  We love her so much and we are so blessed to have her in our family.

 We slept in our house for the first time on June 14! We had a camp out in the living room.

 A big mess that only got worse! Don't worry it looks much better now.

 To this day, Jaycee's room is the only one that is truly unpacked and finished. Don't worry though we are working hard at getting thing put away.  This is by far the hardest move we have ever made. We have so much stuff.  That's the hardest part is going through all the stuff we have collected over the years and throwing it out.  Some of the boxes are things we never unpacked in Hooper.  My guess is I probably don't need anything in those boxes.

We went to Star Valley.

 It is so beautiful.  I think this was at Cottonwood Lake.

 We love cousins!

 These pictures don't even do the beauty justice! But look at those cute kids.

 This water was freezing!

 We were able to ride the Snake River! It was a lot of fun.  Some got to do two runs, those with babies only got to do one.  Here we are waiting for the first group to come by.

 There they go.

 After Jaycee saw this she told me she didn't want me to go because she didn't want me to die! Side note, Amber told the kids to stay away from the river, that if they fell in they would die. I'm pretty sure that is where that came from.

We had a lot of fun and everyone stayed in the boat this year. :)

 

 Only the adults and Josh and Parson were able to ride the river, so after we took some of the kids to the Teton National Park and let the kids paddle around in String Lake.  The kids loved it.  We had to force them to get out. 

 It was a little windy and rainy but that didn't stop the kids from playing in the cold water!

 We eventually had to make the kids get out of the water.

 Colton only slipped into the water like twice!  This kid is crazy, he cracks me up!

 My sweet Bensen just loved being outside.  He didn't seem to mind the breeze or the rain.

 My handsome boys.

 Just look at that face! Bensen is seriously the best baby ever.

 Cousins on the 4th of July.

We took our kids to their first rodeo...I liked it.  The kids got a little bored. It was a cattle ranch rodeo, so they did events that happen at the ranch.  It was different.

 Here they are getting excited for the fireworks.

 Right before we went home some of us played kick ball. Here is our cheering squad. Jaycee did come out and play soon after I took this.

 This is how Wesley rolls!

We had such a good trip, it is so beautiful there.  I love it.  Next time I would like to try going to Yellowstone.

Since we have been home Bensen has been rolling all over the place.  He has been able to roll from his back to his belly for a while.  Then he would be stuck on his stomach.  In the last couple days he has mastered rolling from his belly to his back. 

I guess it is time to put up the baby gates!