More Summer Fun!

This summer continues to keep us busy! Justin got a wild hair and decided it would be fun to take the kids to Lagoon! Of course they thought this was a great idea also, so away we went. We went up Sunday after church and spent the night in Orem and headed to Lagoon Monday morning. (after a long night of Jonah screaming with a tooth ache!) We spent the whole day at Lagoon and had a great time. It was HOT but still fun. Hailey was a daredevil as always, and rode everything. Syd did pretty good this time. She's getting a little more brave all the time. We put big shoes on Jonah and set his hat high on his head and he was barely tall enough to ride the white roller coaster and a few other things. He really wanted to go on the collousus, but about half way up that really steep first part he changed his mind! Too late buddy! He decided it was pretty fun though and ended up riding again. I decided I must be too old because every ride seemed to hurt my body!!!

Syd, Max and Hailey at the motel
Danny on the merry-go-round. He is so easily entertained!

After an hour of waiting in line, they didn't even get wet! Hailey, Sydni, me and Danny on the BAT!

On to the 4th of July. This is always such a fun holiday in our little town! People come from all over to celebrate the 4th in Delta! The day before we let the kids decorate their bikes and be in the kiddy parade. Jonah and Sydni thought it was a race so I got stuck helping Danny down main street. About two pedals down the road he got too tired so I Pushed him the rest of the way. Pretty sure we won't be doing the kiddy parade next year! :) On the 4th I got up early with my girls and we ran a 5k here in town. Hailey and Syd thought it was about the hardest thing they had ever done, but they made it....even over the 8 foot fence!! After that we watched the parade and the kids got tons of candy, as usual. Hailey was in the parade this year with her dance class so that was fun. Thanks AGAIN to Russ and LeAnn for letting us sit at the laundromat. It's pretty much the best seat in town! Then it was off to the park for tritip sandwiches! I live for those every year...they are the BEST! The rest of the park day consisted of fighting with the kids over hermit crabs, bouncy slides, etc, etc. I don't think my sister really likes hanging out with me and my children at the park! Too bad for her! We ended the night with a big BBQ at the Bliss' and fireworks. It was a long day, but sooo much fun!

Jonah and Syd....Danny hadn't made it to the park yet! :)

Hailey, Hilary, me, Syd, Misty, Erica after the 5k

Hailey with her dance group

All of Justin's family has been here so we've been spending lots of time with them. We love going up to the canyon together. We brought 4 wheelers and Grandpa Bob brought his horses so everyone had a great time!

Max gets the graham cracker part of a s'more!

We had some black bath water goin' down the drain that night

Me and Danny going for a 4wheeler ride

I haven't updated in a while because.....

...there has been NO TIME! So much for June! Wow this summer is really flying by! We are livin' up every minute though! I really didn't think we were involved in too much this summer. Never mind! So far we have been......


Learning to sew
Hailey spent 3 days at a 4-H sewing camp that she loved! This is right up her alley. Not to mention she's pretty darn good at it. Maybe now she can teach me to make PJ pants and aprons!

Playing T-ball

Jonah is in T-ball again this summer and loves it! The first few games were freezing cold, but it has finally started to warm up now so thats good. He especially loves being on a team with his best friends Walker, Austin and Jarrett!

Learning new tricks.

Sydni, Jonah and Danny are all in summer tumbling. They love it and are getting pretty good. I need to get a few more pictures...this ones not too great! But they are getting better, and hope to be doing back handsprings by the time grandma and grandpa get home!

Playing at the Res!

"Whats the res? Is this the res? I want to live at the res!" Danny's feelings about the res!


Eating our first nectarine!

Right down to the pit! Max loved watching the kids play in the water and eating his nectarine. He was pretty sticky and sandy when it was over, but he sure had fun!

Learning to Swim

Danny and Jonah both just finished up swimming lessons! Danny passed level 1 woot woot! Jonah didn't quite pass level 3 but it's pretty tough so thats okay. Maybe next time (or the next)



I didn't know what to think when they told my little guy to jump in the deep. But he did it and did great!

What a dive!

A few other picture-less things......

Hailey went to science camp in Cedar City with her cousin Olivia and had the best time!

We went to the temple in St. George with Darlene and family to see them get sealed! YAY!

Spent the day at the res with all the sisters-in-law! Super fun but......33 kids between us all! Whoa!

Spending time with Hilary's family

Lots of training for my half marathon! another Whoa!!

Enjoying sleeping in and no homework!!!

Last but not least....Saying goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa Church for a year! I didn't get any pictures of this tearful goodbye but they are doing good and we are surviving without them! I am so proud of them for going on a mission and am thankful for the example they are to myself and my kids! We love them!

Now on to the rest of the summer!

Georgia!

The girls and I have been looking forward to this trip for a LONG time! We are lucky enough to have some great friends in Georgia that we got to go visit. The Bell's had a dairy here in Delta for a few years and we got to know them through that and since then have become life-long friends. It's sad to have them live so far away now, but at least it gives us some place fun to go and visit!
The trip started out with Ammie's 18th birthday so she and I went and got pedicures and manicures and out to lunch. Later that night was Ammie's graduation, so that was fun. The weekend was birthday parties and laying out by the pool. They showed us a great time at the "duck pond" where we swam, canoed, jumped on the tramp in the pond, and went off the zip line! It was so high but I was brave! Hailey too! Syd thinks maybe next time she'll try:)
They live in a cute little historic town, so Monday we walked around and shopped. My favorite thing to do!
The rest of the trip pretty much consisted of laying out by the pool, eating, talking, laughing. I even introduced them to homemade root beer which they loved!
It was such a fun relaxing trip! I loved it!
A big shout out to Justin who stayed home with all the boys! WOW! What a great husband! I was so home sick for my boys, but I knew they were taken care of. Thanks babe!

Sydni's favorite part was taking pictures out of the airplane. There were about 20, but I'll just share one!


Ammie's graduation and birthday

Hailey by the pool

The slip n slide crash!

Ammie and Syd on the slip n slide

Syd + Ammie = best friends!

Ammie, me and Syd. Happy Birthday!

Hailey on the zip line. Yes, she was screaming!

Syd and Ammie.....again

and again......

Leigh Anne and me

again....

at the cracker barrel before we had to leave...so sad

Me and Leigh Anne

Thanks for such a fun trip "ya'all" Can't wait til next time!

the Stock Show

After 3 long months of taking care of lambs, it was finally stock show time. The girls were less than thrilled (so was I) about having lambs. Getting them to feed the lambs twice a day was almost impossible, not to mention making them actually get out in the pen and work with them. I was expecting a total disaster once show time came. But lo and behold....they did great!! I think they might have even liked it a little bit! Especially when they got their check! :) Good job girls!

Graduation(s)

I can't believe my little nephew Brayden is graduated! I guess he's not so little anymore. I just love this kid and have forever! I spent much of my younger years tending him and loved every minute of it! It has been so fun watching him grow up. Love you Brayd!

See what I mean, not so little anymore!
I cannot believe these are my two nephews! WOW!
I'm so glad my little boys have such good examples to follow.

And on to our next graduation. Hailey is leaving elementary and heading to the big Middle School. She couldn't be happier, but I have to say, it's a little wierd for me. Didn't I just barely go to that school? She can't wait to be able to chew gum and wear flip-flops. It's gonna be great! Hailey is such a good student I know she'll do great in middle school.

Her school had a breakfast for all the kids leaving. This is not the best picture of me, but I'm really not used to being up and at it by 7am!! But it was worth it. Congrats Hailey!

Ogden Marathon Relay

Me and a bunch of my friends decided it would be fun to run a marathon relay! Turns out...we were right! We had such a fun weekend eating out, shopping, laughing (HARD), not sleeping, and running. We headed up to Salt Lake on Friday and the first stop was, of course, the Cheesecake Factory! Sooooo good! Then we went and shopped for a while before heading up to Ogden. We got to Ogden and went to the expo to pick up our packets and ran into about 20 people from Delta. That always happens! Then it was off for more food at the Pizza Factory, then we drove the marathon course. We got back to our hotel and really didn't sleep at all. Thats another story! Anyway, it was up at 4:30 am to get ready to load the bus. It was so fun watching all the runners coming down the canyon. Our team came in 85 out of 130 teams, so I thought that was pretty okay. It was such a fun weekend and we can't wait to do it again!

The Cheesecake Factory!

We had to take a break from shopping to get a foot rub!

"So NOT team Edward" Good job name stealers! They were

39 out of 130 teams!

Go Team Edward!!!!

Tiff, Melody, Kim, Michelle, Me (wishing I would have put

my shirt back on)

Both teams together!

Thumbs up! We're done, we did awesome, and we'll be back

Next year!

I could not have done this trip without my awesome husband. Max and Sydni both ended up getting sick the day I left, but he was a trooper and took such good care of them. Thanks Justin!

Update!

Wow! We have been REALLY busy! As crazy as summer will be, I am ready for school to be out. We have been doing a lot lately, but I haven't been doing so good at taking pictures.

The Kindergarten was out for three days, so me and some friends decided to take the kids up to Jumpin' Jacks in Springville. It was really fun, and the kids loved it! We will probably be going back there again since the girls didn't get to go and "Thats Not Fair" (this phrase is now like swearing at our house and if you say it you get your mouth washed out with soap!!)

Hailey had her end of the year dance recital, and did great. She has really loved dance this year. The girls also had their end of the year piano recital. They don't particularly love piano, but they are doing good. We have watched a track meet and baseball game. I hope my boys get their cousins athletic abilities! Hailey and Syd are in the children's choir and they had their program this week. You would not believe how good they sound! Poor Jonah was determined not to miss a day of school this year, and came down with influenza the last week of school! What a bummer! Hailey is going to Middle School next year and couldn't be happier. My parent's still haven't got their mission call yet, so we have no idea when they are leaving! Well, thats about it in a nutshell. I am going to try to remember my camera more often!!