July in review

June 2, 2010-last day of school=first day i was about to pull my hair out. How do I entertain 4 children now? Too hot in Vegas to go to the park or even play in the backyard. Swim every other day for the whole month of June. Got old really fast! July 1st--go to Utah ---stay the WHOLE MONTH! It was great! Now I'm home, and wishing I was back, but actually the summer has flown by. At first I thought I'd never survive those first few days out of school. Now, I'm actaully enjoying having the kids home. No schedules, no homework, no major school projects. Just chillin and playing. Ask me in a couple of days though if I still feel the same way--now we're cooped up again in the house until we go to Cali in a couple of weeks. We had sooooooo much fun in Utah--we played hard. Here's a recap of July.
Yes, this is my home town. Isn't it gorgeous?
A tradition for years is to go to the Balloon festival where they launch 20+ hot air balloons. We got up at the crack of dawn to hit this. Well worth it!


Then off to the 4th of July Provo Parade--another tradition.


Tin foil dinners and smores up the canyon with our friends Mark and Tracy, and then fireworks




Rode the ski lift at Sundance to the top and hiked to Stewart Falls with Maggie's friend Renee and my nephew Chris


Philly girls reunion Me, Melinda, Deb, and Stacy at Olive Garden in AF. Love these girls!
Dinner with my cousin Dan and then somehow he coaxed my kids into helping him wash his car.

Lots and Lots of play time in the backyard at my moms house
Day trip to all the church stuff in SLCDrew pretending to be a missionary (his idea)
hung out with cousin CHris for 3 weeks. Funny kid. talks A LOT!
Picnic day and playing in the river with My friend Maria and her kids Gavin, Kesly and Jenna and of course Jake the dog.


Ate here at our fav restaurant several times
and here of course(even though we have one in Vegas) And of course here 3 times --missing this one in Vegas went bowling at BYU Twice went swimming here and here twice
adn Lindon pool too (couldn't find a pic, and I never take my camera to the pool)
went to the dinosaur park in Ogden
Audrey lost her front tooth FINALLY! HUng out with our good friends Cari and Emily for a couple of days at the pool, bowling, and Jump on it

Hiked with Maria and her kids to my favorite spot up the Grotto
Then up to Payson lake where we were totally unprepared. FOrgot suits and saw everyone having such a fun time in the lake that we just let our kids strip down to their skibbies and they had the time of their lives even if we were totally ghetto.

Finished my last evening off at Marias for hot dogs, corn on the cob and watermelon and reminissing of mission days (Maria was my trainer)
So....now my kids can't say "I had the most boring summer and I didn't do anything!" Here is proof that July was a blast!

Maggie's a ROCK STAR!

Maggie just finished Rock Band Camp this past week. She started out on the drums, but thought they were too hard, so she was put on vocals and keyboard. Their band was called "The Glitter Girls" Most of the kids at this camp have never touched a musical instrument. I was pretty impressed with all the girls abilities to pick up on an instrument so fast. They even wrote the music and lyrics for their song. I thought Mags did great, and she had such a fun time. We think she's probably old enough to start piano lessons. Here is her video from her performance at Sam Ash music store yesterday.

7 spankins for this kid!

Happy 7th Birthday to my sweet Audrey (June 9th)
7 things you should know about Audrey
1. She used to be shy and quiet, now she's turning into a wild little jokester
2. She can read a book a day
3. She still thinks cheese is the greatest thing ever
4. She's obsessed with cats, and loves to crawl around on the floor pretending like she's one
5. She's a great friend--all her friends LOVE her!
6. She's VERY Sensitive! (she's always watching me to see if I'm crying in movies, but deep down, she's crying too.)
7. She is so lucky!--She wins games without even trying. (Maggie can't stand this.)
ok 1 more--she's so cute when she sings--you have to hear it, but it's very high pitched
If you don't know this kid, you better get to know her, because she is the coolest!
Birthday Recap
1. woke up super early to open presents--cat stuff, webkinz, clothes, claires gift card, and here she is with her new watch.
2.invited her friend Brooke to go to Petland (my kids current obsession--yes, it's only a petstore, but the store wants you to take the animals out to play with them.-we go there often to get our animal fix.)
3. 3 hours at the pool with her friend Brooke--forgot my camera
4. Cafe Rio takeout
5. Red Velvet Bundt cake
6. Shrek!
Man, it was a busy day!
Part II
Spa birthday party
Super excited for her party to start we made these cute beaded necklaces

We played the remember the items on the tray game
Hmm..I'm thinking, and I can't remember
Opening presents
Yummy Chocolate eclair cake
finger sandwiches with fruit cups with tiny umbrellas, and raspberry lemonade
Spa pedi's for everyone!~this is the only pic I got since I was busy massaging feet and painting toenails
Lexi, Brooke, Janell, Audrey and Brooke

My 1st Birthday!

My name is Miles. Today I turned 1! I think I'm pretty cool too. I can stand by myself, I have 2 teeth on the bottom, and 4 coming in on the top. I love to be outside. My favorite thing to do is to sit in puddles in my nice clean clothes, and eat every single rock in my backyard. Do you know how many rocks I have in my backyard? Can you say "Desert Landscape?" I still don't sleep through the night.
(he-he) I love my mommy more than anyone, and cry when she walks in the room or away from me. I climb stairs, and just figured out how to come down them. I still suck my thumb. I can say uh-o, and Dad, and am staring to do my little jibberish talk. I weigh 23 pounds and finally get to sit forward in the car. I'm really naughty in church, and you'll find me in the halls rather than in class. I have a really annoying high pitched scream that I do whenever I'm tired, bored, or don't get what I want.--it has to be that way when you're competing with 3 other kids! My family thinks I'm the cutest thing ever!
Happy Birthday to my sweet Miles! I can hardly believe that you are 1!
I got a sand and water table
But then I ate the sand, and mom decided to put the sand away for about a year or two.

Guess what I got today?

After a gazillion ear infections, and way too many antibiotics, I did it...I got tubes!