A Day With Kate!

                                                          Katie having fun in the pool!The Boys and Katie helping me make monster cookies, they have everything in them...peanut butter, m&m's, oatmeal, chocolate chips, and more. They turned out really good and the kids loved helping. There is no flour in the cookies, so i thought it was a lot less messy with the kids!

Our niece Katie has been visiting from Michigan. On Thursday, she came to our house. During the day we swam and the boys and Katie helped me make cookies. In the evening we took her to our friends the Williams for a barbeque and more swimming! It was a fun day the boys love playing with their cousin Katie. We're glad she has been able to spend time with us this summer. We ended our night eating popcorn and watching the Olympics!



Thanks to the Williams for letting us swim in their  amazing pool. It had everything, sooooo fun!

Iverson, Dobbs, Abbott Weekend Cabin Trip!

Luke, Teja, Riley, Kyle, Josh, Dakota, Cade and Roxy last pic before we have to leave!

Cade riding Dakota's little four wheeler. I was a little nervous. Jason only had to help him a couple of times before he was off riding on his own. He loved it, that is all he asked to do most of the weekend.

We arrived home on Sunday night from our weekend trip to the cabin.  We drove Friday morning about 6:30am and followed the Iverson's. We stopped and ate at a great pizza place in Cedar City. We bought groceries, I had to run to Payless, and pick up shoes for Luke, since I put him in the car with no shoes on and didn't notice until we were almost to Utah. Then we headed up the mountain to Cedar Breaks. This is our third trip with  Shawn and Kim, we appreciate them always inviting us. We had a great time. Brady and Brandi met us up there on Saturday afternoon. Between all of us we had 9 kids with us! Bed time was fun, we put half of them on the air mattress and the other half on a futon. They loved it! There cabin is located in a beautiful Valley. We took walks to the creek, 4 wheeled, fished, and had a lot of yummy food. We stayed up late playing games after the kids went to sleep. It was fun getting together with good friends!

Me and Kim!   Jason helping  Josh! Josh also took a few rides without any help he was a bit more scary to watch he wasn't as smooth as Cade, and he is only 5, you have to be six to drive one. But he also did great, i was surprised at how fast they picked up on maneuvering those things!

                                                               Cade and Dakota

Some of the kids on the back of Shawn's Rhino! They had a blast going on rides in that.

June & July Festivities!

The last week of June,  Jason and I went on a 5 day trip to Cancun! It was relaxing, tropical, and so much fun. It was a Toyota Trip, which means all expenses are paid for!  All we had to worry about was getting to the airport on time. And thanks to my mother- in -law we are able to leave the kids with no worries. Many people asked us if this is the first time we have left our kids, but because of these trips Toyota sends us on we have had the opportunity to take a few trips by ourselves in the past few years. We feel very fortunate! The trips are always amazing. Cancun was no exception, we snorkeled, saw amazing exotic animals, went to a theme park , dancing, and lots of great food. We're still trying to work off all the food we ate while we were there.  

We also had a very busy July. The month started out with a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Wood. They came here from Utah and the boys were so happy to see them. 

The 4th of July started out with a ward breakfast and water fight in the church parking lot. The kids had their squirt guns. There were water balloons and they even got out the firehose. So fun! When Jason came home from work we swam and barbequed, Jason's family came over and we shot off fire works in our front yard with our neighbors. 

July 16th, Cade had his Kindergarten graduation. It was so neat, they sang danced a little, there was a slide show and of course the handing out the diplomas. I did get a little teary eyed watching him and just thinking of how time is going to pass so quickly. 

We also had visits from my parents who stayed for almost a week and my aunt and two cousins stayed with us for a few days also. It has been a busy month, but lots of fun!