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.

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.

Bountiful Pool

Before Jenn and her kids left Salt Lake we had one more day of fun. We went up north a little to the Rec Center in Bountiful. They have a great indoor and outdoor pool there. My kids especially love it because unlike Vernals Rec Center they don't have to be a certain height to go down the slides.

Kollin.


This was an especially fun day for Kooper! He's really been practicing his swimming lately and we can finally say that Kooper can swim! He was able to go down the slide on his own and swim to his side by himself!


I didn't realize it that day but we have visited the pool back in Vernal a few times since and this last time I had a few random tears show up because I've realized that the last few pool times Kollin has gone off on his own, usually with Kaylee by his side, and Kooper went off and played on the diving boards by himself and that left only...

...me and Khloe. Something that I thought would never come but now that it has I want my babies back:(

They have a fun pirate ship pool outside and it was a gorgeous day to enjoy it. Rylan was crawling around the shallow end and my boys jumped right in.


Khloe going down the slide.


I found Kaylee and Kollin for a split second to get a picture.


Jenn, Thomas, and Cierra in the lazy river.


Me and Khloe going down the slide for the 100th time:)


We had such a great time with Jenn and the kids. Its sad that their all the way back in Virginia (or that we're all the way out in Utah) but it makes us look so forward to these visits. We were going to go back to Vernal to see Kevin but he was coming to Salt Lake 2 days later so we decided to stay and go up North to Kaysville to visit with Paul and Cindy for a couple days.