4th of July

The 4th of July was a partly dreaded day for me.  The girls dance class got to participate in the Kaysville parade.  They were super excited to get to be in a parade, so we decided to support them with it.  I was not looking forward to getting them where they needed to be, then finding a place for us to sit and enjoy the parade while we burned up in the 100 degree weather.  It ended up being worse than I imagined in my head. 

It started with not being able to find where to drop them off with their dance class.  We thought it was at a lds chapel next to the area, but they were really in a parking lot near the start of the parade.  So I ended up walking the girls over from the church to where they needed to be.  I told Kyle to come pick me up, since I didn't want to have to walk all the way back.  He couldn't drive down the road I thought he was going to go on, but I decided to start walking back and trying to meet up with him back over by the church.  Of course he left his cell phone at home (why do we have two phones?) so we couldn't call each other.  He ended up making it over to the other side where the girls were, but didn't see me.  So he ended up parking and walking back towards the church with the three little kids and stopped at the information booth.  I could see them, but had to walk all the way around the fence to get to them.  I tried calling to them, and Rylan ended up hearing and seeing me but Kyle didn't realize that.  So then they start walking back towards where the girls were, so I ended up having to run to catch up with them. By the time I got to them me and the boys were in tears.  It was such a frustrating thing, and Rylan was scared he would never see me again.  

After that craziness, we found a place to sit and watch the parade.  We were able to have the kids got out in the street so they could get candy.  We were squeezed between a bunch of teenagers that were not being very nice and kept taking all the candy before the boys could get it.  But they still go enough.

They girls were at the end of the parade, but it was super fun to see them and see how excited they were! They had a lot of fun and that's what really matters!

I told them to enjoy the parade, because we probably won't do it again.  They did enjoy it, and now they are in the older class that gets to actually dance through the parade instead of just riding on the float.  So of course they want to do it again next year, and I'm pretty sure I won't be able to say no.  Hopefully we have a better experience next time!

I did all 3 girls hair in these cute star shape. But I had sprayed their hair with sunscreen so they wouldn't get burned.  The elastic had some kind of reaction to some chemical in the sunscreen and made a bunch of them burst. So they started to come out, but it was cute while it lasted. 

Their fireworks on their cheeks!

We ended up missing Kyle's family get together because the parade took long than we though, which we felt bad about.  Later that evening my mom and adam and the kids came over for a bbq. 

They had fun jumping on the trampoline and bouncing da. 

These two are so cute together.  Bryleigh talks about sammie all the time.

All the kiddos ready to get wet and cool off!

They played with the sprinkler and the slip n slide. 

Then we got the little pool out for the little ones. 

The day ended up ok after all!  Hopefully we will be better prepared next 4th of July!

June p12

Another month down!  

Dallen and Bryleigh had dr. appointments.  I left the older 3 in the waiting room reading and watching a movie that the clinic was playing.  Usually we are in and out with in 20-30 minutes.  We were back in the room for about an hour.  At 2 year old well check ups they do a heal prick and check their iron levels.  Bryleigh's test came in at a 9, normal is 12.  So they needed to either do another heal prick or go get blood drawn to test her levels better.  If she was really that low she would need to be put on some prescription strength iron.  Since the heal prick didn't bother her the first time, no tears we decided to try that again.  This time still no tears, it cam back around 11.  Which is close enough if you get them a vitamin with iron in it.  In the meantime we did Dallen's checkup.  I mentioned to the dr. that he likes to eat dirt (a lot!) and she suggested that we test his iron.  His came in around 11 also, so he is ok.  He just likes dirt I guess.  Then they both had to get shots.  Bryleigh just one and Dallen two.  He was very worried about the shots.  I warned him before we went, knowing he would have to get his 4 year old shots.  They both did well, and were happy with their suckers and stickers.  They were troopers! We also found out that Dallen has a little heart murmur, like Rylan does.  Interesting that both boys have it.  They should just out grow it and be fine!

Kyle and I got to go on a date.  We were trying to do something other than dinner or shopping.  So we decided to hike Adam's canyon.  It is a hike that is near our house that has a waterfall at the end.  We had heard it was a little bit of a climb, but not too bad.  We might of just been tired and worn out, but we thought it was a tough hike.  It has a lot of incline and was longer than we thought, it was about a 4 mile round trip.  Then to top it off, we only made it to the little waterfall.  I guess you go up and around the corner to get to the "real" waterfall.  So we ended up feeling like we didn't even accomplish what we wanted to.  I have no desire to do that hike again, but I'm sure we will so we can saw we saw the big waterfall. 

My mom went with me to the barenaked ladies concert.  They were giving away free tickets on base.  They were first giving away tickets on a Thursday, and Kyle had thought about getting some for me.  But waited too long so they were all gone by the time he went to get some.  I was a little bummed when he told me about it.  Then the next day they were giving away more free tickets, so he jumped on it and got me some.  He didn't really care if he went or not, so I had my mom join me.  I saw them in concert in highschool with my friend Janene. It's funny because back then my mom didn't like them because of their name and she really didn't want me listening to them.  I totally understand, they could us a new name, but I do like their music.   It's fun to see them kind of come back.  It was a fun night!

Father's day.  Yep great pictures!  But at least we have pictures unlike mother's day.  We had some tired and grumpy kids, and I gave up trying to get them to stop crying.  Real life for ya!

Bedtime!  Bryleigh ran away and hid from me when I was trying to get her in bed.  She really doesn't like bedtime, and just wants to keep playing and playing!

Doing their chores.  One of the nice things about summer is having help cleaning the house.  But I guess it also gets a lot dirtier! They still are at that "cleaning is fun phase".  I wish it lasted forever!

Our first broken window, and it came from a plastic golf club.  Hannah and Rylan were "sword fighting" with the golf club.  They have it tied onto the window with the blind cords.  They were using the other golf club to try to knock it off the cords.  It was Hannah's turn and Rylan decided to help her get it down by throwing a pink plastic ball at the golf club to knock it down.  It knocked the golf club, right into the window and broke it.  I was in the shower at the time, and had Bethany running into my room saying Hannah and Rylan broke a window and there is glass everywhere.  I wasn't sure if that had actually happened or if Bethany was exaggerating, but with those two together anythings possible.  I told her to have everyone go upstairs until I got down their.  And sure enough the window was broken.  Craziness.  Hannah and Rylan were sent to their rooms for a ridiculous long time, since I didn't know how to exactly express how serious and not ok this was.  It is expensive to replace a window and it could of really hurt someone.  Luckily no one was hurt and they were able to replace just that window pane so it didn't cost as much as it could of. They were pretty scared and sorry that they did it.  Hopefully they learned their lesson!

Dallen got to give his first talk in primary.  He got up there and talked in his loud voice and did awesome!  We and his primary teacher were so proud of him!! He is growing up way too fast!

spray park

There's a spray park that is on base that the kids like to go too. 

It was nice that Bryleigh would play in the water this year. 

It's a nice way to cool off in the summer!

alice in wonderland

Bethany, Hannah and Rylan got to participate in a Alice in Wonderland play that our friends family put together.  It was amazing and so much fun!! 

Bethany was Rose, and had a few other small parts.

Hannah was the Cheshire Cat and the King of Hearts.

Rylan was a cardmans, ocean creature, and a doornob.

Bethany with the flowers!

Rylan had fun in his first performance, ever!  His voice was a little sore from his surgery but he did good memorizing his lines. It fun to see them try new things and enjoy them!

Hannah the cat! She loved her costume being pink and purple!

The crew all together.  It was such a blast and they all did so well!  

cousins!

We are so excited to have my sister and her family here in Utah for the next year.  This was the first weekend all the kids got together.  My kids were so excited to see their cousins and had so much fun!

We went up big cottonwood canyon, trying to get away from the heat a little bit.  It was nice and so beautiful up there.  We found a picnic site that had a little playground.  The kids had fun playing!

Dallen hanging on the bars!

Hannah and Jerrod.  They have so much fun!

Drew and Bethany.  Two peas in a pod.  They are still best buddies, and love to spend time together!

Gideon and Rylan.  

Dallen and Sammie.  

I was trying to get Bryleigh in the picture too, but she did not want to. 

The kids all together! 

Silly faces.  I love that Bryleigh is doing a silly face too. 

We ate lunch by this stream.  The kids had to throw rocks in afterwards. 

Dallen gathering all his rocks that he wants to throw in the water.  I think he had to taste them all first and try out the dirt.  Not joking.  He loves to eat dirt, all the time!

The girls all dirty from the rocks.

Bryleigh was so tired and feel asleep pretty quick after getting in the car.  I love how she lounges with her arm behind her head, and her little ankles crossed!! 

After our picnic we went and saw The Croods at the movie theater.  It was a fun show and the kids enjoyed spending time with their cousins and Da.