Our Favorite Place

One of our family's favorite places is Thanksgiving Point.  We love it!  I especially love the gardens.  I love the "escape" from the hustle and hurry of everyday life.  The kids get to run free, roll down hills and discover new paths.  

It's beautiful.

Last night we went to the gardens for Family Home Evening.

Nicholas is happiest running free and being outside.

These two little guys loved being outside.  We don't get out much with three babies so any opportunity they get to be in the stroller they love it!

Raegan always is a TON of help.  She follows Nicholas and carries or give piggy back rides to anyone who is tired of walking. 

We love to take Grandma with us whenever she can go.

Silly Girls

Syd the Kid

The mosquitoes were out in full force.  Kalli's legs and Chad's neck got the brunt of it. 

It was great, they passed out free Popsicle at the end and we had promised the kids we would go and get them a 50 cent ice cream cone at the Soda Fountain.  They deserved a couple of treats after all of that walking and shooing those mosquitoes away.

Not the most flattering picture of me but I couldn't resist with these two cuties in my arms.

Nicholas is so much fun!  He is always making the kids laugh.  He has never had a Popsicle before and wasn't about to leave until it was gone.  He also spied a pack of birds flying away and thought that was pretty cool.

Waiting patiently for the ice cream

It was a wonderful Family Home Evening.  The kids were so good.  I love family time whenever we can get it.  And Nicholas loved getting not only his first Popsicle but his very own ice cream cone too.

LIFE IS GOOD!

Back to School

It's that time of year again. The time when school starts and routines begin.  I have mixed feelings this year. Not sure how I am going to do three babies at home without any help. 

 Kalli was "Striking a Pose" before her seventh grade day.  

(all of the seventh graders go to school a day earlier so they get a chance to figure things out with out the 8th and 9th graders there)

 Kalli 7th grade and Raegan 8th grade

 The three amigos!  

These three will be at the elementary school.  Andrew is in 2nd, Sydney is in 4th and Tyler in 5th.

 Crazy Kids!

Nicholas

Nicholas is 18 Months old!

Nicholas with our friend Sydney HalladayI haven't posted any picture of Nicholas lately and he is the sweetest kid on the planet...no joke! I love this kid. He is so much fun and keeps us laughing all of the time. He is saying so many words now. He can repeat anything that is said to him. He is by far my best talker at this age.

Nicholas playing the piano

Nicholas loves:
Books (especially about animals)
Yogurt
Apple Sauce
Cookies
Spaghetti
Playing outside
His Brother's and Sisters
His babies
Stuffed Kitty
Trucks
Grandma
Night Night
Milk
Going for Drives
Leaving the house
Mom
Dad
Cheese
Chips
Fishy Crackers
He does not like Nursery...Yet! I am working on that.
I am so blessed to have such a sweet little guy to help me with his two little brothers. He makes me smile. He is such a joy in our family!!!
Nicholas makes Life Good!

Pretty Pedi's

My friend Robyn and I decided to take our two cute Sydneys to get Pedis and Manis. This was my Syd's first time.

The end result.
Its hard to see but the Sydney's got purple sparkle with a cute flower on both their toes and fingers.

All at once!

What a CRAZY July we had!! The last two weeks Andrea and her family came up to Utah then Grandpa Kerby his son Jake and Ryan came for EFY then Stephanie and her family decided to come up plus Chad and I had to direct an EFY. We were so busy these last two weeks. Some pictures are off of my phone, some are from Raegan's camera and then some from my camera all different sizes. Here is the last two weeks in rewind...

Christian, Ryan, Kalli and Tori

One of the Saturdays the kids went to Temple square with
Todd and Grandpa Kerby.

Sydney and Abby
Then on Tuesday we went to Lagoon.

Kalli and Kymber

Raegan and Tori

Dylan, Porter and Tyler

Tara and the kiddos
before the Grizzly River Run

Andrew, Tori, Raegan, Abby and Sydney at Lagoon A Beach

Andrew celebrated his 7th Birthday with his cousins

Raegan and Tori

Taralee wanted to hold Chandler until she said "Get it off!" Kirk was making sure Chandler was safe!

(Sorry so little) Chad and I directed EFY at BYU the last week in July. This is always one of our very favorite weeks of the summer.

Torie, Kymber, Kalli and Raegan
The last Saturday the Derricks were here we headed up to the Salt Lake Farmer's Market.

Kalli, Grandma, Raegan, Tori, Kymber and Bryndee

Chad and Todd
Saturday night we headed to Todd and Benka's house for some dinner with Stephanie and her kids before they headed back to AZ

What a bunch of monkeys!

Max, Sydney, Christian, Kalli, Sarah, Keslee, Clint, Kylee,
Raegan and Michael
Good bye July, we had a blast!!!