Havin' Fun!!

Monday, August 5, 2013

Lake Powell 2013 (part 1)

Lake Powell is one of my most favorite week of the year! It is my perfect vacation...sun, water, family, friends, no cell service and tons of FUN!!!! This year was very successful for all of those requirements. We left Crew and Colbie with my parents who are always AMAZING to watch grandkids for a whole week!!! THANK YOU mom and dad you are the BEST!!!

We forgot to bring a golf club...duh! So our golf game struggled this year. But it was still fun and we get better and better every year!

Boat rides!!

We took a fun hike and had this beautiful picture spot!!

Carter and I on a boat ride!

Brook driving us!!

Every year my mother in law brings this awesome cow costume and one night after dinner they just drive slowly up and down the canyons. It is pretty hilarious. The other house boats around think it's pretty funny. What an awesome tradition.

Carter skiing. He did awesome!! Carter skied last year but I didn't get to see it so I was so proud to watch him this year. He loved it!

Camden loved it also. She is a pro by now. She did awesome!!

At night every night we would jump in and have a family bath time! It was the perfect way to cool down for the evening. Plus you go to bed clean.(well as clean as you can get with soap in LAKE water)

Part 2...coming

-football game

-a fierce game of pounce

-ducky game

-cousins

-ice cream

-lots more

Lagoon

The same weekend of the 4th we decided to take the kids to Lagoon. With the help of G&G and Aunt Joan we had an awesome time!! The kids were in heaven and thought this place was our very own Disneyland.

Even Crew got to ride 2 rides and he thought he was something special. He didn't want to get out of this little car. He looked so cute!!

We could have spent the entire day at just the bumper cars for this little lady. She loved it. She would just turn the wheel so she could go around and around in circles. It was hilarious. She loved all of the rides and dared to go on some big roller coasters. Brave girl.

The Carousel is always a hit.

Colbie looks a little terrified in this picture but if you could hear the squeal of happiness that accompanied it would make sense. This was her first ride and she wasn't quite sure what she was in for. But she loved it and went on every ride after!

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

4th of July

Cute kids all dressed in red, white and blue! I love the summer and I love this holiday. Mainly because it means BBQ's and being outside in the sunshine!!

Such patriotic children!

We went to G&G's for the holiday and we had such a fun day and weekend!!

Of course my kids couldn't wait to get into the pool. They are always the first ones in and the last ones out. Especially Camden, She loves it! But Crew is a fan of the water! He loves putting his face under and splashing everywhere. He is really exhausting to hold anytime but in the water he is extra wiggly.

Colbie is die hard and fearless of everything especially water. She loves it. She wanted to try the slide by herself and she had a blast. Her face is full of fear in this picture and I love that cause it shows that maybe she is a little scared, she just won't admit it.

This little girl, thanks to Kayden, learned and kept practicing a backflip off the diving board. She was pretty darn good. I am very proud of her for trying it. She is a little brave thing. I for some reason didn't get a picture of Carter in the pool but he is doing awesome to. He doesn't need his floaties at all and he jumps off the diving board like its nothing now. He is such a good little swimmer!

Thursday morning our friends, Sarah and Brock, who moved to Vegas 2 years ago were driving through Utah and they stopped to see us. It was so fun to catch up with them while all our kiddos swam. We miss them so much but we have actually made time every summer to see them for at least a few hours. Its the perfect tradition and we need to start planning our reunion for next summer. Thanks guys for stopping and hangin with us!

We had a fun BBQ with the family and then spent the rest of the day in the pool! That night my mother in law knew some neighbors who bought like 500 bucks worth of fire works so we walked over and enjoyed an awesome firework show. Well everyone enjoyed it but Crew. He hated the bright flashing lights and loud noises. He screamed and cried the entire time. Poor Boy!

Enjoying the show!!

It was the perfect, relaxing, enjoyable 4th of July!!

Handsomeness...

This little man makes me smile! He is always happy even on a 2 hour drive to Grandmas. I point the camera in his direction and this is what I get!! What a handsome guy!

A Year in Review

June 2012

My little 2 year old!

July 2012

August 2012

September 2012

Ocotober 2012

November 2012

December 2012

January 2013

February 2013

March 2013

April 2013

May 2013

June 2013

My new 3 year old!

Birthday Girl

This little lady had been looking forward to her birthday since Crew celebrated his a month ago. She was one happy girl when the day finally arrived. She thought she was pretty cool when everybody was singing Happy Birthday just to her. I wish I could capture her proud little face but pictures just don't do it justice. We went to the summer movie and then came home and played in the water in the backyard which is Colbies favorite.

Colbie has been telling me for months that she wanted a Rapunzel birthday cake. Well I don't have very good cake making skills so I decided to just buy some princesses and call that good. It was a hit. Not only did she love it because there were toys on it but it was pink and what more could a girl wish for. She was a happy camper.

We had cousins over and sang and had cake and ice cream! It was a successful birthday!

This little girl was so happy to turn 3 but I was a little sad. Time is going way to fast and I can't believe this girl is 3. She is our little firecracker and we love her so much!!

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

All About Colbie

This little rascal celebrated her 3rd birthday last week! She has been looking forward to her birthday for about a month now. Ever since Crews birthday. She loves it when people sing to her, silly girl! Well Colbie has always been a little firecracker and she still very much is. She is super headstrong and independent. I love it but man it can be a struggle. Colbie likes to do EVERYTHING by herself and she will scream and throw a fit if I help at all. Colbie cries ALL the time! If you ever tell her no or even you look at her wrong she will be embarrassed and burst into tears. Colbie can be a handful but she is also amazingly cute and hilarious most of the time. She has the most beautiful smile, it just melts my heart. We sure love this little 3 year old!!