Family pics are here!

Yes, I know my summer pictures haven't even made it up yet, but first things first. I was so excited to get these back and see if any of them turned out, I had to show the world! I don't know why Ashley looked like a monkey half the time, she has a really great smile, but I guess she said "cheese" a little too well? Daniel wasn't quite sure when it was time to smile in most of them, but you can always count on Kaylee to have her "princess pose" w/her shoulder attached to her cheek! :) Here are some of the good ones:

Happy Birthday to Matthew & Vince

Matthew turned 10 yesterday (18th), and Vince turned 33 on Mon. (13th). We had tons of fun Mon. night with Vince at home. We ate steak and shrimp per request from Vince, opened some presents and had some peach torte.

Then for Matthew's bday on Sat. we set up a geo-cache contest between two teams. 5 geo-caches, see how many you can get in an hour....then Kaylee got a high fever and we had to call off the guests so no one got sick. We ended up going out anyway, boys against girls, but the girls didn't last very long with one being sick, two in flip flops, three not really loving the bugs, then Ashley ended up having to go potty and got cut on the weeds! In the end, the boys won (no surprise) & Matthew had a ton of fun. We came home, had Eggo waffles for dinner, per request, and then opened presents and sang happy birthday with the birthday donut! :)

Pictures to come.....

New decorations

Some people don't have access to facebook, so I am going to post about all my new decorations. I have finished the girls room and my room (except for a few wall pictures) and have the boys room painted, but no decor. My grandma also finished the oil-painting for us for our living room wall. Here are some pics:


The lighting in the girl's first picture isn't great so the second and third are the true colors. Also, if you can't see it, behind the girl's bunk beds is a tiny little play area created by their princess draping.















I still need to get a few pictures up on the wall over my bed, but mostly its done.















We have some magnet boards and I would like to get a few wall shelves that we are going to hang for the boys and we may be getting a little homework desk in there between the beds.















Vince says his favorite part of the picture is the ground because you feel like you can step into it.

Happy Anniversary to Us

We have been married 11 years today. I am very excited because my parents are taking the kids to their house overnight and Vince and I get a night out in Salt Lake without having to deal with bedtimes! It goes by faster every year!

Day 20!

Kaylee has made it to day 20. I think we will be going to the mall in 10 days....I have been dreaming about this for a long time and it feels just as I thought it would!

Cousins come to visit!

We got to have Corinne and her kids out for a few days while they were on their way back to Virginia this July. It was great fun for everyone, Tay got to sleep in the girls' room and Carter got to sleep with the boys.

While they were here, we got a babysitter for the kids and had a fun girls' night out with Steph, me and Corinne--we were really bummed that Chelsea couldn't make it at the last minute. We got pedicures, out to eat and back to Steph's new house for a movie. It was great fun, but we only got one picture which I am probably glad I don't have!!

The big event for the kids was going to the water park near our house. Here are a few pictures of that fun outing.

Swimming lessons!

Gotta love that time of year when the pools are open! We signed everyone up for 2 sessions of swim lessons this year. Matthew actually did some private lessons first, then decided he preferred group. The other did two sessions of group lessons, one at the beginning of summer and one at the end. They were all at the Box Elder Hight School Natatorium. Its an indoor pool with great instructors! We never had to worry about it being canceled due to weather and never had to worry about too much sun. Here are some fun pictures from the first group lessons.

Kaylee is the one in the last picture on the left upper corner of the stairs. Matthew I don't have a picture of because he was in private lessons at the time.