More Summer Fun!

This summer we discovered a brand new splash park and lets just say that it was a BIG hit! We loved to just go and take a lunch, set up our pop-up shade, and enjoy the water! All three kids LOVE the water! It was so nice to just let Grady run in and out of the water and not have to worry about him going under because of how shallow the little stream was! We took some of our good friends with us one time! They all had a blast!

One of our favorite treats in the summer is ICE CREAM! You just are not a kid if you can't have an ice cream cone and get it EVERYWHERE!

We also made a trip up to Ogden to visit Natalie and Rob for an overnighter! We had a great time at the park, watching daddy and Rob play tennis, bowling, minature golf, bumper cars, and ice cream at the Farr Ice Cream Factory! It was a fun time and we love to hang out with Nat and Rob any chance that we can get!

We were able to attend the new temple as a family! It was so fun to take the kids in and to let them see the inside of the temple! They thought that they were pretty special that they got to go inside for once! So beautiful!

Halie took Gymnastics over the summer and enjoyed doing that! She is getting more and more daring and willing to try new things all the time!

Yes we made another trip to the Farm! We had our good friends move closer to us and had to take them out to show them the farm! We had a great time and the kids ran around and also ended up getting very tired! Bonus for us moms!

I LOVE this picture! These two girls have been best friends since they were born! They love to get together anytime that they can! They have been separated for the past hand full of years and so now to have them close has been a lot of fun! They truly are BEST FRIENDS!

It's what fun is!

We had the chance this past summer to go to Lagoon with Jed's family! It was a blast! The kids are at such a fun age to go places like Lagoon! They are tall enough to ride many rides and they enjoy it more and more. Don't get me wrong, they are still terrified of many rides but we are working on it and hope to have them over some of that by the time we go to Disneyland in December! We got soaked on Rattlesnake Rapids and had a great time on the Bat, this was Gavin's favorite ride! I was so excited that he liked to ride the rides as much as he did! Halie would confide in her Grandpa to take her on something that wasn't intimidating to her and of course he would NEVER tell her "no!" Devin and his now fiance Aniela were able to come with us. It was so fun to have her with the family and the best part was that she had never been on a roller-coaster! She seemed to have a great time! Jed won the boys a dragon at a game and we all had to have an ice cream break too! It was a great day and the only thing missing was that Grady wasn't there. Maybe in a year or two when he is able to enjoy and even remember it! Lagoon is definitely what fun is!

Our family after rattlesnake rapids, we are all SOAKED to the bone! I love this picture of Gav on the Bat! He was so excited that he was big enough to ride a ride that looked like it was for adults!

Here is uncle Dev and (soon to be) aunt Aniela on her first "real" roller-coaster!

The ice cream was for sure one of Halie's highlights of the day! And all the kids couldn't get enough of the swings!

The three amigos! They had such a great time together! This is them contemplating what to ride next!

A trip to Richfield

We love taking trips to Richfield whenever we get the chance. Grandma had all kind of fun treats to make and Halie LOVES to make just about anything! Halie and her Great-Grandpa Kyhl dipped pretzels in white chocolate together! They make quite the team! We also have a new little cousin Collin. He is so darling and Halie loves nothing more than holding babies. We enjoyed getting to cuddle with Collin!

My First Niece!

After the long wait, Brooklyn is here! Brooklyn was born

October 23rd and weighed 8 lbs 6 oz and 20 1/2 inches!

I must say that it was love at first sight! She is such a darling little thing. Because of the scare with the swine flu I was not able to go in and see her:( It was very hard and yet if it keeps her healthy than it is worth it. I can't wait to hold her and smell her and kiss her cheeks! I am so happy that she is here and is healthy and that her mom is doing great as well! Congratulations Nat and Rob! She is beautiful!

Brooklyn's first bow!

(of many to come I am sure!)

Simply precious!

The proud parents! So happy to have her in their arms!

Down on the Farm

Nothin' like hangin' down on the farm on a hot summer day! My kids LOVE to go to the petting farm at Thanksgiving Point. They love to feed the animals, ride the hay ride, the ponies, and play in the little town they have set up! They found the little jail house and so I couldn't resist this picture...

I think that I need one of these for those "hard" days! ;)

Halie is at that little girl stage where she LOVES horses. So she was thrilled to see that they had a little baby horse and that it was right at the fence so that she could pet it! I think that Grady just liked that there was something there that was his size! The goats are always fun because they like to eat!!! We always have to stop and give the goats some corn and I was surprised that Grady was not scared of them at all! He would put his hand right into their mouths to make sure that the corn was in there!

After the pony rides we were so hot that we decided to head out and get a popsicle to help us cool down! We had a great time and will probably go again, and again, and again if my kids have any say! It really is so fun to watch them discover new things!