Baptism Weekend

When I started this blog over 4 years ago it seemed like a lifetime before I'd have to post any big event besides trips and the kids milestones. Well here's the first of many to come...
On October 8th Kevin was able to baptize our son, Kollin. Even though I see him every day its crazy to think that I have an 8 year old child.
We decided to have it in Salt Lake where our family is and I'm so glad we did. It was so special to Kollin to have his Grandparents, cousins and Aunts and Uncles there.

Mom, Kollin and Kevin before the baptism.


Our Fam.


Kevin and Kollin.


Our family that was there with us that day.


Grammy (my Mom) and Kollin.


Paul and Cindy (Kevins parents) and Kollin.


A picture perfect shot of our beautiful kids after his baptism. They were so excited for him!


Kollin and Mom.


Kyle and Stacey's family with Kollin.


After his baptism we went back to Paul and Cindy's home and had some Chick-fil-a catered for lunch! YUMMY!

Then we headed to Park City to spend two days relaxing and swimming with Kev's parents. It was lovely to say the least! There were 6 hot tubs, a heated pool and a few other amenities that we enjoyed.

Khloe ready to go swimming.


They had some activities there for the kids to enjoy too. They got to make necklaces and bracelets.


Kooper:)


Kollin and Kooper were in heaven when they saw video games they could play.


Even though it was pretty chilly outside we went out for a few minutes and played some life size chess.


Kevin and Kooper playing Ping Pong.


Khloe and I playing Ping Pong. We had to keep our distance from her because she gets a little out of control swinging for that little ball:)


The funnest part were the 6 hot tubs they had. It was soooo nice because they were big enough for all of us to play in together and most of them had a waterfall the kids played in as well. It was about 45-55 degrees while we were there and the hot tubs were over 100 degrees...seriously it was sooooo nice.


Kevin and Kooper playing the flipping game:)


Our family in the hot tub!


Kooper and Kaylee playing in the waterfall.


Another family shot.


The night before we left Cindy made some Sundaes.


Koop.


Kaylee.


It was such an amazing weekend with family. I take it for granted sometimes but I'm thankful that our family is only 3 hours from us. I'm grateful for their support and love that is more constant than anything in this world, its something we can always count on.

Bumblebee and Back to School

I feel like I just blogged about the kids last day at school and already I'm blogging about their first day back. This summer flew by and we had a blast at every fun trip we took but I think we all needed school to start again so we'd stay home more.

On a little side note we have some friends who live by us that have a car that gets our kids all rowled up every time they see it. We first saw it at the car show here in town...It looks like Bumblebee, it sounds like Bumblebee so my kids are determined that it is the actual Bumblebee!


They were beyond excited when our friends Bill and Suzanne came over to take them for the ride of their life in it.


They had so much fun that they were smiling the rest of the night.


Now onto school...
Its funny how I get so excited for them to get back into some sort of routine, and meet more friends, and actually do something constructive each day that I forget how emotional I get every time the day actually comes for them to start school again.

We switched the kids this year to attend the school that the rest of the kids in the neighborhood attend. And I'm so glad we did! It was the brightest morning; a perfect start to a very exciting day.
Kollin started 3rd grade this year.


Kaylee started 1st grade this year and was ecstatic that she got to stay the whole day.


Oh I'm gonna treasure this picture! Kol and Kay have been best buds since they started and I hope it will bring them closer as they go each year together in school.


We only have one bus stop in our neighborhood and the other day I counted 42 kids getting on.


Kollin is beyond me following him around with a camera so Kaylee got it bad! Here's my sweetie starting her first day of 1st Grade.


Kooper started Kindergarten this year but had to wait an extra week from the other kids. It was the longest week of his life but we had a lot of fun it just being him, me and Khloe at home together. But the day finally came and Kooper was the first one to be ready to go that morning. I know its not going to be like this very long so I captured every second...




Kooper sits at the same table with two of his friends from the neighborhood so he was excited and ready for me to go. Reading books all day, play-do, drawing, recess, snacks, riding the bus...I'm starting to wish they had a Kindergarten for moms:)


I'm so proud of who my kids are becoming. Yes we have our rough days but I know I've done my best to teach them right and wrong, how to act and how to treat other people. They'll have days where they make mistakes and wrong choices, but that's all about growing up isn't it?! I am loving and treasuring every moment of them being young...it'll be gone too fast!

Flaming Gorge fishing

Kooper is an official Kindergartner now! He graduated preschool in May. The school took the kids personalities and gave them a Kid Award for where they thought their personalities would take them. Kooper got Best Kid Award for "Future Parks and Recreation Manager". Which if you know us and know that we LIVE at the Rec Center, its a perfect fit!








Then a few weeks ago we went to Flaming Gorge Dam to see the water gates open. We've had crazy flooding and rainfall and because the weather turned warm so quick the runoffs have reached their limits so the dam opened their gates and are letting more water run into the green river.


It was neat and a little scary to see it flooding down there. In this picture the water is normally below the stairs and walkway and you can see that its way higher than normal!


Of course Kooper has to climb something...


Our handsome boys.


Those two waterways are the gates they opened. The pictures don't do it justice...its a lot of water!!




A little close up.


Kaylee, me, Khloe and Kollin.


This was the only way I wasn't freaking out with the kids so close to the water...they HAD to stay on the yellow line!


A shot of the water fountain...almost under water.


The water was so high by the boat dock that Kevin caught a littly fishy.


Kevin in his heaven...(fishing)


Kollin and the kids took my pole and pretended to catch fish. You can see more in this picture of just how high the water was!




It started to get late and cold so we headed home...we didn't get too far though cuz Kevin saw a good fishin stop so the kids and I played tag and ran around while he fished.


We were playing tag in this gravel and Kooper was it and came after me. When he got close to touching me I jumped back so he'd miss and he fell forward and missed and fell head first into the gravel. The only way for him to calm down was for him to say "cheese".


We just got back from Park City for the 4th of July and had an absolute blast!! So, I'm gonna keep this daily post goal of mine until I'm caught up. So check back soon!!