Roughing It

We were supposed to go camping with the Speredons the last week in August. But of course as luck would have it, after waiting all summer for a weekend that worked it was supposed to rain all weekend. So the group opted to not camp in the rain and instead to have a "campout" in our playroom. We still roasted marshmellows-just in a firepit instead. And we still went fishing, which was going to be the Saturday afternoon activity. I was kinda bumbed it didn't work out...next year hopefully. I am not an outdoors girl. I am much more of a hotel and dinner and a movie kind a gal...so is my husband. But, we want our kids to have those experiences. Next year we will be more prepared. But they had lots of fun and didn't seem to care. The kiddos.
Roasting marshmellows.

Playing in the rain.
Fishing. We caught three fish.
Ty liked it more than Luke. Luke was a little hesitant when we caught the fish. All the wriggling around made him nervous.
Tres LOVED it!

On Our Way

Love this picture...snoozin' with Dad!

We have hit the 11 month mark and I continue to marvel at how quickly time is flying for Lily.

Things she has learned this month:

-says "UH-OH" but it sounds like "uh-uh"

-pulling herself up on everything

-cruising around the furniture

-taking steps as long as you are holding onto her fingers

-climbing stairs...but can't remember to turn around at the top...fell down a few times :(

-Stopped nursing right at the end of the month

-throw a ball

-cut two teeth, looks like our little vampire baby

So fun. One Year Old here we come!

Look What Ty Can DO!

Hooray for my little guy! He is now potty trained. After only 10 days we are pros. I cannot believe he was so easy to get trained. We started last Monday. Within two days we were wearing the same underwear all day, wearing pants the whole bit. He will even tell me when we are at the store or something and go there just like a pro. AMAZING! What a breeze this has been. So much easier than big brother was, which honestly surprised me. I thought he would be difficult because every time I would suggest it before he WOULD NOT try to go in the potty unless it was his idea. Ty is fairly stubborn to say the least. But last week we ran out of diapers and we decided that was it. So proud of my little guy! Plus I think he looks so cute in his big boy pants!

Sunrise, Sunset

Luke has year round school so on July 20th we started school. For the first week we had testing. But now we are into our third week and loving it.
This is Mrs. "Z" or Mrs. Ziegler. She is fantastic. I could not say enough wonderful things about her. I am so excited that Luke got her.

For the first day of school Mom got to stay which was fun...and it kept me from crying. That and the fact that we were running late. Wow! It was so hard to get into a rhythm in the morning. It made me feel like such a bad mom...his very first day of school and we were late. Sheesh! The second day of school Mrs. Z had all the kids wave goodbye to us parents, "so we wouldn't be scared." All the kids happily waved goodbye...then I started to cry. (Big sigh) it is tough, but we are excited for him. Luke is really thriving.

My handsome big boy. Where did my baby Luke go? K...I am making myself almost cry just writing this post. yikes!

Oh! Too funny, notice the Mario shirt? I should have taken one of the backpack too-you guessed it- MARIO. Anyway, there is a little boy in his class named Mario. Luke thought that was so super cool!

Oh, What do you do in the Summertime?

At the end of July my sister Heather and her family came for a visit. We had a great time. We went to a rodeo, Lagoon, swimming, shopping, we ate tons of good food. Such a great time! Thanks Deshler family for coming to see us all. You are so missed already!

Zoe and Ben. We all spent the day shopping and going to lunch. Fun fun!

The babies and little boys...and Brooklyn were getting tired of shopping by this point. :)

I love it! This is how the kids were walking through the mall. Pretending they were a train. So cute!

Chugga Chugga, Choo Choo!

Left to Right:

In the stroller- Ben (17 months), Sydney 4, Luke 5, Brooklyn 5, Alex 5, Zoe 7 (almost), Collin 9, Easton 12, Avery 13, Lily 11 months, in the stroller sleeping-Ty 2.

All 11 cousins.

The four girls. My sisters are so special to me. They are my friends and they are my sisters. I am so lucky to have them.

Lily and Aunt Heidi.

Syd and Easton.

Going to IN-N-OUT.
Lily loved Grandma's shake.
Deshler kids and Alex.
I love this picture. I have missed seeing my sister Heather so much since we moved back to Utah. Luke loves her, Uncle Reed and the kids so much. Easton (pictured here next to Luke) is Luke's favorite. Luke followed him around like a shadow for the 10 days they were here. He was so sad to goodbye when they left. Me too :(
Luke just loungin' on Zo. Grandma and Grandpa took us all to the rodeo. We had such a great time.
Zoe playing dress up with my glasses, hat, and lipgloss.

Grandpa and Ty watchin' the rodeo. Ty really enjoyed himself. Honestly, we almost left him with the babysitter as well. But, he liked it more than Luke did and I am so glad we took him.

Luke and Daddy.

Zoe kept wanting to take pictures on my camera.

Me and Zo-zo.

Earlier in July my sister Heidi and I took our kids to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden. It was fantastic and the kids had a great time. A very stoic king. :)

And his beautiful queen. Luke and Brooklyn often pretend that they are going to get married. We have told them that they can't since they are cousins...but they do love each other.

The "knight" was having trouble with his cloak.

There is my "knight in shining crown" :)

The music room.

On the farm...milking the cow.

The schoolhouse.

The teepee. Playing Cowboys and Indians.

Inside the United Kingdom exhibit. Drinking tea?

China exhibit. My kid is so crazy!

Also in July my sister Holly, my grandmother and I took the kids to the Riverdale splash park. It was so much fun and FREE! Gotta love that. Apparently I didn't take any pictures of my boys...oops. But look how adorable little Lily is.

Fun with Grandma and Grandpa

My kids really love their Grandma and Grandpa. Ty asks for them all the time...sometimes after he has gotten in trouble...what does that mean? Hmm. Anyway, they were so excited when last Monday Grandma and Grandpa took them to the Dinosaur Park. We had a great time. Thanks Mom and Dad.

Ty watching the robotic dinosaurs, "Oh, so cute" he says. Can you believe that he held himself up like that for several minutes.

The sacrificial child.

Lily was fascinated with Grandma's hat.

I love both of these pictures. So precious.

Grandma's are the best snugglers.