June 2017

Lego event with just the boys and cousin Jake.

Last day of school deserves a Slurpee!  Hooray for Summer!!

UTV ride to Bluffdale park with Grandma

These kids are lucky to have such fun Grandparents!  They got to go check out the new park, but even cooler, they got ride on the HULK to the park!

Paxton's across the street buddy, Blake got baptized.  It's fun to see Pax have friends being a good example and to see him look up to them and be excited to be baptized himself.

This is what Graham did in my door one day when I told him to give me some privacy while I was using the bathroom.  Silly kid!

Swimming Lessons

Swimming lessons with neighbor friends is always fun!  It's fun to watch these kids get better at swimming and LOVE being in the water!

It's fun to have a pass to the aquarium and to be able to bring different friends each time we go.

One of my clients had a Bamitzfa, we went to the after party.  There was great food, entertainment and of course... dancing!  My client, Theresa was lifted in a chair while we danced circles around her.  It was pretty great, but the best part of the night was watching (and dancing with) Graham have the time of his life and dance the night away!  Many other people were also entertained by his dancing, it was great!  Paxton became a little shy on the dance floor and instead made some friends to run around and play with.

T-ball for Graham!  It was pretty funny to watch this age group play some t-ball.  Graham wasn't super in to it other than hitting the ball.  The outfield stuff was boring and you could often find him picking the grass, his dad yelling at him to pay attention and being in his own little world off in la la land.  Let's just say that I think soccer will be a better fit for him!

Lots of swim days at the pool this summer!

Some of my family joined me and my kids on a hike up to this bridge.  

Bluffdale water park with cousin, Jake!  The kids had a blast and the moms had a small panic attack when they lost sight of the kids.  That park is SO busy!!

We went to Liberty Park with some friends to a Charity Food Truck event, enjoyed some good food, music and beautiful weather!  The only bummer is they didn't have the water park up and running, but the kids had fun at the playground!

Weekend Camping Trip at Diamond Fork

We went camping with my parents and Jamie and her family.  The campsite was full when we got there, but my Dad was able to talk the manager down in price on group site.  It was nice to have a big empty parking lot to ourselves where the kids could ride their bikes and scooters with no worries.  We relaxed in hammocks, roasted marshmallows by the fire, shot arrows and went on utv rides. It was a beautiful canyon to explore! The next day we hiked to the hot pots which ended up being 5 miles round trip. The kids made it to the top although it was a little rough with Graham wanting to be held a lot!  I was proud of them though!  The hot pots were cool to see but it was so hot that we got our feet wet in the cold water by the waterfall instead. After we were all so exhausted that we relaxed for hours in the air conditioned RV and in the hammocks. Then we did some more bikes and utv riding. It was a fun weekend of camping! 

Happy Father's Day!!!
These boys sure adore their dad!  We are so lucky to have him in our lives!  I love watching them spend time together.  The kids know that one of dads favorite things to do is to take a nap so they did just that with him on fathers day out in the hammock.  

I got the kids each a pair of matching socks with their dad.  Rem couldn't decide who to match so he just wore one of each.

We are super grateful for these other two dad's/grandpa's in our lives!  They sure are full of love and love there grand kids sooo much!

Aquarium

More good times at the Aquarium with cousin Jake!

and ice cream to follow!

Happy Birthday/Graduation/Thankful 

for all the hard work you do PARTY

I failed as a wife celebrating my husband so this party was overdo!   When he turned 30, 4 years ago I had planned a surprise party, but I wound up in the hospital after having baby Graham and had to cancel the party and then I never planned it again.  So this party was making up for that.  Also he Graduated from the U of U back in fall I believe and he decided not to walk because he would have to wait.  So this party is also for finally Graduating!!  And lastly, he has done so much hard work on updating our home that we wanted so show our friends and family.  So I planned a big party for him and invited tons of family and friends.  We had a great turn out and it was a blast!  Rem was very pleased with his celebration!

I do have to say that I need to plan more parties because it gets him super motivated to get projects done!  I'm glad I didn't make it a surprise party.

May 2017

Hammock snuggles are the BEST!

Paxton struggled with reading in first grade.  There is this big test they take called "dibles test" I think 3 times throughout the year.  His first 2 test scores were really low, in the red danger zone.  His teacher brought me in and we set up some things we could do to help him.  By the end of the year he took his last test.  The day the scores came in I got a call from his teacher (I was a little worried) but it was AMAZING NEWS, he scored the highest in his class in the green!!!  I'm so proud of this kid and how far he has come.  We went out for ice cream that night to celebrate.

Father and Sons camp out with our church.  I told them to take pictures and this all I got.  They started out going to Nickelcade and then the camp out was in the park by our church.  They had dinner and played games.  I'm glad they had such a great time!

This cute boy helped me plant my flowers.

Helping mom make pies, they each got to lick their spoons afterwards.

T-ball

Graham played spring soccer with his friend Elly.  He loved running around and going after the ball, but he got frustrated that he couldn't always get to the ball.  There was always one really good player on the other team that would hog it pretty much the whole game, it was annoying.  But he still seemed to have a good time!

Tulip Festival

We joined my mom, Jake, Jamie and her kids at Thanksgiving Points tulip festival.  It was my first time going.  It sure was beautiful walking around those gardens!  At the beginning Graham kept smelling the different flowers.

Zoo Field trip

I took Graham and Elly to their preschool field trip at the zoo.  These little kids sure are cute!  And they loved seeing all the big bugs around the zoo.

lunch time

Happy 4th birthday Graham!!!

Graham woke up to balloons in his room and got to open a few of his presents.  Paxton had school that day so my mom and Jake met me at the farm at Thanksgiving Point.  Graham loves his cousin Jake and they had a good time looking at animals and going on a pony ride.

Then later Graham chose Chuck-a-Rama for his birthday dinner.  And back home to open one last present...a ninja turtle kitchen!

Birthday Party

Then the following Saturday we had a friend Dinosaur Party!  We colored dinosaur pictures, read dinosaur books, dug for dinosaur bones, made dinosaur airplanes to throw into the volcano and had a dinosaur pinata.  The kids had a blast!  We also had some dinosaur food and opened presents.  Graham loved having his friends from preschool over and a few of his cousins.  

Cousin picture!

Happy Mother's Day!

I'm so grateful for my little family.  They spoiled me with breakfast, cards and flowers to plant in my yard.  I sure love all the hugs and snuggles I can get.  These people make me happy!  And I am SO grateful for my own mother and all she has done for me and continues to do for me.  She is a wonderful example and I hope to be more like her as I grow up.

Zoo day

We had a friend in town so we took them and my sister to the zoo.  My kids are obsessed with getting maps when we go places.  Graham kept getting his out and walking around with it telling us where we should go, it was so cute.

Fit and Fun Run

Paxton's school does a run ever year where you can do 1, 2 or 3 miles.  Paxton's teacher had his class running everyday and challenged them to do 3.  I joined him last year and so I joined him again this year.  We only made it 2 miles.  I think if I was more of a runner and he went with a friend that was more motivated he could've done all 3.  But I was having a hard time and I had to keep motivating Paxton and Jaiden to keep up with me!

Graham came with us in the stroller.  They got apples and water at the end.  I was proud of them for finishing even if it wasn't the 3 miles.

Preschool Graduation program

Graham loved his teachers Miss Lori and Grandpa Avery.  It was such a fun preschool for him and he made some new friends.  For their little program they had to each memorize a poem and say it with one of their friends.  Graham's friend got stage fright and I was so proud of Graham for saying it all by himself!  It was the cutest thing, he did a great job!  I love that the last line of the poem was "because I made a new friend today" and Graham always said it, "because I made a new friend UP today".  They sang a bunch of songs and got their graduation certificate.  Such a cute program!

Memorial Day weekend getaway

We went to the cabin with most of my family for the holiday weekend.  One of the days we ventured out to find a hike, it ended up being more of a walk.  But we walked along this river and found a field of Alpacas.  We also did some four wheeler rides, yummy dinners, played games and slept over.  It was a good weekend. 

Field day

On Paxton's last day of school they do a field day with big blow up slides, face painting, snow cones and fire department comes at the end to spray the hose and soak the kids.  I took Graham and Elly over to go have some fun.  We barely saw Paxton, he was off playing with friends.  Paxton loves to get soaked by the fire hose, but Graham doesn't even care to get sprinkled by it.  It barely got him wet and he started crying.

At the end I found Paxton hanging out with a sixth grader.  I guess he met him at Tae Kwon Do.  He really looks up to him and they seemed to be getting along really well.  It was so sad yet sweet to see Paxton get all teary eyed when he realized that this was the last time he would see his buddy at school because next year he'd be in junior high.