Tuesday, October 2, 2012

BEST time of the year!

 I LOVE this time of year!  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!!  
Living in Utah has allowed me to appreciate and enjoy the different seasons.  Fall is my favorite.  I love the color change in the leaves, I love the cooler nights, I love BYU Football as I look up at the Y mountain while wearing a sweatshirt.  This season makes me happy.  Like giggly happy. 
 One morning while the big kids were at school Chad and I took the three little boys up into the mountains to see the beauty.  It did not disappoint!  In fact I think this year the leaves were more gorgeous than ever.


 One of our favorite places to see the colors is at Aspen Grove.




 Chad was a good sport.  He would stop on the side of the road and pick me branches for my Halloween decor.  






 Happy, Happy Fall...Y'all!

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Big Kid Max

 MAX started Kindergarten!!  
He was so excited and so nervous.  He has wanted to be one of the big kids for so long.  I love this kid.  He has been challenging and fun all at the same time.  
 I walked him to his first day of school pushing all of his little buddies.  Nicholas was SO SAD when we left Max there.  Not because he was going to miss his brother but because he wanted to go to school SO BAD! 
(if you notice in the picture, Nicholas is wearing his backpack)
 Max and Rylee
Carpool Buddies

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

School is back in session!!!


It's back to school for these kiddos!  

 Andrew 3rd, Sydney 5th and Tyler 6th
Sydney and Andrew are the same height!  Someone asked me yesterday if they were twins.
Kalli 8th and Raegan 9th
Raegan will be swimming for the high school this year!

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Our last Hurrah!

We ended this summer with a fantastic trip to Park City.  We stayed in a condo at the Westgate and loved every minute of it! (Well maybe not the part where Nicholas was sick, Chandler got pink eye and Chad wasn't will us all week due to traveling with work).


We had a hot tub on our balcony that the kids LOVED!!  But unfortunately I was a little too paranoid to allow the babies any where near it when it was open.  Chayce wasn't too happy with my decision. 

Me and the older kids had fun in the Hot Tub while the babies slept.  We told stupid jokes and laughed!  Great memories.

 We played tons of card games.  Each kid from Max on up learned how to play "Speed" 
(Grandma LaRue would be so proud)
 I bought a ton of naughty food that I don't buy on a normal day.  But we were on vacation and that means we eat like garbage!!!
 Poor Nicholas was sick pretty much the entire time, high fevers, mouth sores, etc.  But he still went swimming every morning with us.  He was so funny!  He would not take off these funny glasses the entire time.  He would even shower with them.  He also refused to let anyone carry him from the pool to the condo, so he would walk (at a snails pace) with his towel wrapped around him.  
(He is such an old man in a two year old's body!)
He is so stinking cute!!!

 Just outside our condo there were these ski lifts.  The kids would ride them over and over.  

 Kalli and Tyler entered into the condo's "Iron Chef" competition.  The secret ingredient...Bananas!  Kalli made deep fried Bananas and WON!  She won a $20 gift certificate.  Tyler came in second with his Brownies and Cashew coated bananas.  

 We swam every morning.  Chayce and Chandler LOVED the pool.  Chayce would bounce up and down and then kick his legs up and sit on the bottom of the pool, holding his breath and blowing out through his nose.  I've never seen a kid this young do this.  He loved it!!!

 We went to the Alpine slide.  Loved it!  
A "must do" in Park City!!



 This condo had tons of activities for the kids.  They got their face painted every day, colored pictures and made crafts.  They also loved the arcade.  
 We were so sad that dad couldn't be there with up except on the last day.  He had to travel for work that week.  We loved having him there the little bit he was there.  I had a fantastic time bonding with my cute kiddos!!! 
Happy End of Summer!

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Sydney turns 10

 We celebrated Syd the Kid's birthday a little later this year with a party at Classic Skating.  
Her friends that came were Alaina, Sydney, Ce Ce and Abby.
 Yummy chocolate cupcakes!!!  







Happy Birthday Syd the Kid!!
We Love You!

Another Fabulous Fourth!

We started some new traditions this year.  Instead of going to the Provo parade (bringing three babies didn't sound really fun this year) so we did a breakfast in our front yard.  We served french toast, bacon, fruit and four different kinds of syrups. (Berry, coconut, buttermilk and regular).  We had the Kerby's over, the Derricks and Grandma.  It was a nice new tradition that I think may stick. 
(Much cooler and less work than going to the parade)






 Later in the evening we headed to our traditional BBQ at grandma's house.




 It's so fun to be able to see PG's firework display from Grandma's front yard. 
 And it's always fun to hang out with cousins!!!



Heres too another Exhausting, Fun, Fabulous Fourth!