29 Years Young...

August 11th was my 29th Birthday. Kevin had to fly to Texas for work and was going to be gone that same week so I stayed in Salt Lake an additional week to spend the day with family. It really was such a fun fun day. First when I woke up and walked out of the room at my moms place, I walked into streamers and balloons and signs all around. Then my sister Stacey and I took the kids on the Front Runner downtown. I desperately needed some more exercise clothes so we rode it to Farmington to shop some stores that were walking distance from the tracks.

Stacey and Addilyn.


Me and my favorite buddy Rylan. He loves trains and it was fun to see his excitement.


Me and my kiddos.


The kids and I waiting for our train back to Salt Lake.


For dinner that night my Mom treated us to my most favorite restaurant...Outback! It was so nice having her and Kim and Stacey and Kyle there too!


When we got back to Mom's place they had some cake and some presents for me too.
The kids helping me blow out candles.


Rylan enjoying the #9!




It was such a great day. I was missing Kevin pretty bad but I'm so thankful for Stacey and Mom doing all they did to make it the most special day still! Cant believe next year I'm gonna be 30! Yikes the years are going so fast:)

Birthdays and Gardner Village

Stacey and I played everyday, all day! Another fun thing we did was for a couple weeks in August lunch was free for kids at IKEA. All you have to say is F*R*E*E and I'm there!! Between us both we have 6 kids and thats a lot of food to buy or use so twice that week we went over and had some free lunch on IKEA.


On Wednesday night we went to a local park and celebrated Rylan and Addilyn's birthdays. Their a week apart so it was a big party all about them! Stacey planned some fun games that the kids loved!

Rylan and Khloe playing "red light, green light".


Rylan is into anything Thomas the Train or Cars. So we got him a little of both. I love this little kid, he just makes me smile:)




And darling little Addy just loves anything. I love this picture of her...I wish every child got this excited at birthdays instead of going from one present to the other!!


And August also means its my amazing Mom's Birthday too. While she was visiting us in Vernal a year ago her Mothers Ring got lost so Stacey, Eric, Kim and I bought her another one.


My sister Kim is both patient and talented enough to have made a super cute Thomas the Train cake for Rylan.


One night my mom, Kim and I helped watch Stacey's kiddos so her and Kyle could go to the BYU Graduation and we headed over to Gardner Village. I love this place. There's lots and lots of shopping to do which is a little difficult with 6 kids but there were enough adults to keep them slightly under control.


Mom with all the kids (minus Addy).


My sweet kids and I.

Park Hopping and $2 Tuedays

After spending the weekend with Kevin in Salt Lake he had to fly to Texas for work so the Kids and I stayed another week to spend my Birthday there with family. That Sunday after Kevin left Kaysville it seemed like the kids had and whole Sunday full of energy all bottled up so I took them Park Hopping. We've done this a lot and the kids really seem to enjoy it.

1st park...all 4 faces! Cute!


Khloe LUUVVES posing. She has the curliest hair ever (which I love) but for church this day we straightened it. Hard to believe she's my baby...sure doesn't look so "babyish" anymore:(


This slide rips! The kids would hold their hands up like they were on a roller coaster. Kays hands were up but as soon as I shot the picture she got scared and put them down...


2nd park...Kaylee on the zip line.


3rd park...Khloe swinging.


Kooper rock climbing.


For the next week the kids and I headed back down to Salt Lake and West Jordan to spend a few more days with my sister and my mom. On Tuesdays thru August the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Pointe was $2 instead of the $8 or $10 to get in. So Stacey and I took the kids down with the rest of the 'stay at home' moms in Salt Lake!! It was CRAZY busy but so worth the money!

The first exhibit was this science kind of thing where they explained how things work. The kids loved this one especially. You push on the top and smoke comes out the hole. Such a simple idea, yet so much entertainment.


A Museum full of Dinosaurs and Khloes most exciting part was the computer games...


This one is always a favorite...Kooper and Rylan playing with dinosaurs in the water.


I love this picture...I told the kids to make a 'scared' face. Kooper hit it right on target!! Love it!


At the end of the Museum they have sand pits where they can dig for dino bones.
Rylan, Khloe and Kooper.

Loving those hot sunny skies!

While we were up in Kaysville Kevin and Paul went golfing and the kids were invited to go swimming in the neighbor's pool across the street. This was one of the 5 times we swam while in Salt Lake.

Kooper really got comfortable with the water and he started doing flips and dives all afternoon.


Koop diving.


Kollin would try to dive but every time he'd belly flop so he hung out in the tire tube trying to get happy again.


Khloe 'sitting' in the water.


The night before the kids and I watched Soul Surfer and the kids were completely obsessed (and still are!) acting out scene after scene. This was when she won the surfing trophy. Silly girls...


The next day we went to Logan to visit some more of Kev's family and went swimming again. This was such a nice pool. The kids loved the slides, diving


Kollin on the slide.


Me and Kev soaking up some sun!


Khloe.


Kooper got real creative and started diving for the sticks with his mouth.


Papa and Khloe.


They also had a zip line and rope swing that the kids LUVVVED!!


Kaylee swinging.


It took forever to get Kollin on this swing. It wasn't like a torture thing but he was too scared to get going...and it eventually came down with me holding the swing and Kevin putting him on it. But once he got going Kollin loved it!


Khloe...


It really got them up high. This is Kay.


Khloe zip lining.