Pineview

Today Amber, me and my mom went to Pineview.

 Since it was a smaller group we decided to try the tubes. 

 We had a lot of fun. Most of the kids liked the tubes.

 After everyone had a chance on the tube we found a little beach for the kids to play on.

 These boys love the sand!

 Me and Viv love the shade!

 After the sand they were ready to play in the water again.

Those who wanted got another turn on the tube.

 Jaycee and Wes both tried out the new knee board.

 Jaycee got up for a little bit a couple of times. 

 Wes was content to get pulled around without trying to get on his knees.

We had a blast and it was a beautiful day.

Happy 4th of July

For the last several years Mike's family has gone to the Brigham City pool for the 4th of July. They set up a nice little spot in the park by the pool. 

 The kids swim, and have so much fun.

 Everybody loves this new tradition, except me. I love being with family, but I don't love being in big crowds of people.  It wasn't too crowded this year, we left to go to my house around 6, as the park was just starting to fill up.

After swimming the little kids came back to the park and took a nice little nap.

 Grandma always comes prepared with the funnest little crafts.

This year they made patriotic braclets and rockets out of candy.

She also made yummy chicken salad for lunch.

All the fun stuff she plans makes braving the crowds worth it.

At my house Trevor brought over his pizza oven and we had home made pizza's. They were delicious.

Then we had a firework show!

Everybody loved the fireworks, except Bensen, He cried and had Mike cover his ears, but then when one got over he would clap and smile. Love hate relationship I guess.

I love this time of year and the opportunity to celebrate our freedom! I am so grateful to live in America, the land of the free, because of the brave.

More Summer Fun

As I said in my last post we have been having a lot of fun! We are so grateful for Debbie and Ferrin Calder who let us come swim in their pool every week! They are awesome!

 We sure know how to fill a pool.

 All the kids are such good swimmers.  Jaycee and Wesley no longer need life jackets.  That has been fun. Bensen has loved the water this year and he loves to swim all by himself, and he does great!

 We are also very grateful for Grandma and Grandpa Bailey and the time they take out of their week to take us to the lake. We love it. 

 Some of my fondest memories are of boating, so I'm glad my kids get to experience it.

 This was Vivian's first visit to the lake.

 Bensen wanted to ride the water weenie.  I tried to tell him he was too little, he was having none of that, so we went for a ride.

 He loved it.

 But what my boys love the most is playing in the sand.

 They could play in the sand for hours...and they do!

It is so fun to see them love something that I love.

Fun Summer

We've been having so much fun this summer that Bensen cant even stay awake to eat lunch!

 He hardly ever just falls asleep, so we must be doing something right!

We've also have been doing fun Family Home Evenings, for this particular night we learned about how important it is to sustain the Prophet.

We sure love him, and now we know some more things we can do to sustain him, like

Pray for him, Stand behind him, Defend him, Do our callings, and Love him.

We really have had so much fun this summer, We've been swimming in Debbie's pool at least once a week, and going boating once a week, played outside, ran through sprinklers, played in grandma Carmae's slide pool.

These kids have way too much fun!

Jaycee's Birthday Party

This was Jaycee's first year to have a friend birthday party.  Don't worry, she only would invite her cousins and Holly. I tried really hard to get her to invite some of her friends, she wasn't having it. We also struggled with what she wanted to do for her party.

We finally settled on a paint party.

 Easy peasy...right.

 It turned out to be a little more difficult then I was expecting, but it turned out so cute.

 I love how different they all are.  These are some talented young artist!

Jaycee is so lucky to have so many cousins close to her age, and that live so near by.

Bensen hardly ever eats anything,  but i have learned that if you just leave food sitting around on tables he eats pretty good. Especially if there are treats on those tables. 

Mike and Vivian got in on the party for a minute.

Jaycee requested the Kit Kat cake! It is a favorite.

After the party she wanted to play night games.

Right before we took everyone home we did some sparklers.

Summer birthdays are the best!

We love Jaycee so much and we are blessed to have her in our family.
Jaycee is the best big sister! She is so good to play with Bensen and to help me with Vivian.
Jaycee loves to ride her bike, play with her cousins, sing and dance, play Mine Craft and eat candy.  She loves water! My mom calls her The Water Queen.  She is always the first one in and the last one out, whether we are in a pool or at the lake.  She loves it all!
Happy Birthday Jaycee, we sure love you.