Family Reunion 2015

One of the best times of the year is the Family Reunion. With our crazy life now Labor day weekend is usually the only time we get to go up to the cabin. We had a blast and and of coarse ate watermelon and homemade ice cream.

 "Come on Grandpa"

 Glad someone has fun toys and will take our children.

 So many babies!

 "Are you sure I can't go this way Grandma?"

 Mckenna is best friends with anyone.

Why can't we just spend all summer at the cabin?

Lake Powell

Life has been crazy this summer! At the end of July we packed up all of our stuff and left our tiny apartment and our Wonderful ward and friends in Aurora and made our way to Southern Utah. Lindsay and Carson were kind enough to let us crash with them for a month and half while Andrew studied and studied and studied for the Board Exam. Somehow everything aligned with Andrew's family so that we were able to join them at Lake Powell as soon as Andrew finished his test. The much needed vacation was wonderful! Food, family, games, the shark, the blob, sand castles, swimming and the water slide, all made for a super fun week!

 This is the only way I could get Mckenna to take a nap the first day on the house boat. She was so excited about the water. We had to keep a close eye on the little dare-devil the whole week.

This kid was in heaven, playing in the sand is one of his very favorite things in the world. 

 The slide was a huge hit! Alex wore out the seat of his swim trunks by the end of the week.

 Chillin with baby Clara

 Alex loved the shark!

 This is one of my favorite pictures!

 Alex got to ride in front and was so happy about it, even when he fell off, he just hurried back up to claim his spot.

 I know it is hard to tell but that is my crazy, adventurous, afraid-of-nothing, little girl waving from the back of the shark (yes I was a bit upset with my also-crazy husband for holding her up for the picture).

 Grandma is just so popular.

 Jacob won the record for highest blob launch.

 I even braved the blob! The launch impact messed up a muscle spasm in my back that I have been having problems with lately, that bummed me out some because it bothered me the rest of the week, but we still had a blast! A huge thank you to Aaron and Lacey and the rest of the family for such a fun week!

Cherry Creek!

We had a fun day at the reservoir and Andrew and I have the sunburns to prove it!! I did manage to put plenty of sunscreen on my kids, somehow I can't manage to do a good job on myself though.

 Snacking on the beach.

I'm grateful for lazy summer days and a wonderful husband who plans fun outings for our family, for a little boy who repeatedly thanked us for taking him to the fun lake and for a cute little girl who couldn't contain her excitement over the water.

Bedroom Makeover Part 1

Instead of studying for the boards like he should have been doing my cute hubby spent his first real week off of school making me a headboard and foot board for our bed. 

 He had lots of help from two little cuties! I helped a little too.

They turned out better than I was expecting and I love them so much!! By the end of the year I hope to have my bedroom makeover completed so stay tuned!! Andrew will be studying for boards for a while now!

Take me out to the Ball Game!!

I really enjoy going to the Rockies games so whenever we find a good deal on tickets, I jump at the chance! I just really enjoy competition, I don't follow sports or athletes but I love when the Olympics come around and I love watching a baseball game every once in a while.

 Mckenna is not wearing pants in this picture because after winding all over looking for our parking lot, the carsickness finally got to her and she threw up all over herself just as we got parked. So even though we left two and a half hours early, traffic, three stops for errands and food and one gross puking episode meant that we missed the first inning.

 I like the brick stadium. And I really like that cute kid!

 Singing "Take me out to the ballgame" during the 7th inning stretch is my favorite!