What it's been a month and a half???

I can't believe it has been soooo long since I last blogged. The only defense I have is the lack of pictures to post. For some reason I think I can only blog once I have some terrific pictures. Sad, I don't feel that way about other peoples posts, but they always seem to have something interesting to say. Myself, I just love to have pictures to go along with the event I am talking about. It just makes the post so much more enjoyable and easy to do. So I apologize for the neglect oh blog of mine and look forward to many more posts yet to come....(still waiting for the pictures though :( Sometime this week hopefully!

Cousin Luke's B-day

This week we were able to keep Jett and Luke a little longer than expected. It was so fun to plan a b-day that would be fun for all. We took everyone to the waterpark in the morning and then we finished the day at Chuck-E-Cheese. I was so amazed at how many tickets they accumulated. It was so fun to watch the kids go back and forth at the pizza place. They got so many tickets that the were each able to get two toys....it was almost more fun putting the tickets in the "cruncher" than getting the tickets themselves! We ended the night with a cupcake shaped cake for Lukey and a birthday song. It was truly a FUN day! The next day we drove them to meet their mom in St. George and I got to visit with a dear friend. We had such a fun week that we (meaning me..) needed a few days to recover. I loved having my nephews here and I know that Ashlee enjoyed her time with her cousins. Hyrum had fun playing with big boys and wanted to copy them. So cute. I wish we lived closer so we could hang out more! Come back ANYTIME boys!

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Island WaterPark - visit continues...

On Monday we decided to take the kids and our nephews along with Jed's parents to Island WaterPark here in Fresno. We had a really great time. The kids loved the wave pool and swimmin' with Grandpa. Hyrum did so well. He was born a fish...the kid just follows the big kids up to the big slides (in the kiddie area) and comes down. He loves to go on the whale and will just stand there and play for a good 20 minutes. He talks nonstop about the bucket that dumps onto of everyone too. Jett and Luke loved visiting the waterpark with Ashlee as well. They went and went until us old folks said enough was enough and forced them to leave :( we are sooo cruel! We had a great time and loved getting to visit with Jed's family. I don't have pictures, but after the waterpark Jed went shooting with his dad will I made beaded watches (really cool) with his mom. We had such a great visit and were sad that they were leaving Tuesday.

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Sequoia National Park

We had such a fun day with Jed's family yesterday. Jed's parents came to see us and the kids. They got to bring our two oldest nephews with them. So we took some time to drive to Sequoia National park to show the family the "big trees." The kids loved climbing the trees and rocks. The highlight was the baby bear we got to see eating insects off of a fallen tree. So adorable I just wanted to bring him home. We had such a good time exploring the area there are really so many things I still need to see there. (That means that if anyone wants to visit us we can take you there too!!!) Enjoy the pictures.

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4th of July

We just had a fabulous fourth of July. On Saturday my family came up and we had a big BBQ with tri-tip and ribs. The kids went in the backyard and played with the sprinklers and baby pool. They had a blast. My mom was so tired she fell asleep. Hyrum shared his bear with her so she could sleep better.
This was my first attempt at the Jell-o flag. It turned out pretty well!

After the BBQ we headed over to the Grizzly game and watched the fireworks. Hyrum LOVED watching the game. I tried to take him to the slide and he kept saying "I wanna watch ba-ball game."

We had a really fun time at the game and surprisingly the kids did very well. After the game we came home and did our own fireworks. The kids didn't get to bed until after 11:00 but I figure it only happens once a year so it was okay!! All said we had a fun weekend and the kids enjoyed being with daddy!! We hope you all had a great fourth too!!

Nothing Much

Lately we have been doing a lot of nothing. (This is probably going to be a boring blog, but I thought I would share for those that don't see us much!) Jed has been working like a madman. I am amazed he can up the pace he has been doing. The kids and I have been keeping busy with Mommy group activities and visiting with "Banka" and Aunt Lena. I was so excited last week when a college roommate of mine happened to be in town and we got to visit. It was so fun to just get to sit and visit with someone I knew so long ago at Rick's. I am happy to say that she hasn't changed much and we seemed to just fit back in to old times of laughing and goofing off. It was so fun to sit remember our old capers with our Family home evening brothers and the old practical jokes we used to play. Fun times at good ol' Ricks college (I can't call it BYU-Idaho yet and yes that does make me old!) My kids loved playing with her kids and Ashlee still says to me "mommy when is your friends little girl coming over again?" Sad to say not for a very long time...she lives in Arizona.

As for the kids they are just being adorable. It makes me sad sometimes to think how much Jed's family misses out on them growing up. Hyrum is just so dang cute! He has pinchable cheeks and is so adorable. I love when he pretends to be a little kitten. He comes up and rubs his face against me wanting attention. Him and Ashlee go all of the house meowing. In this picture he was pretending to type on the pretend computer. So cute!

Ashlee is just turning into such a grown up. Yes she still as tantrums and such, but she just loves to look out for little Hyrum. She loves to play and is very sad that preschool is over. Everyday she asks where we are going today. I just cherish these times when they are small and loving! The other day we played dress up with an outfit her cousins brought back from Mexico when she was two. It finally fits!!

Memorial Day

So Jed got Memorial Day off and we decided to take a day trip to Morro Bay. Growing up in Lemoore, Morro Bay was "our beach." We would go there for camping trips with my mom and dad and stay at the overflow campground near Cambria. I have so many fond memories of the place that I love going back just to revisit. The Shell Shop is always and must and so is taffy down by the rock. Unfortunatly the Soldier Factory is gone in Cambria, but you can still visit the mock battlegrounds there. This trip was not a sightseeing one though. We drove to Cayucos and went out on the state beach there. It was cold there when the wind blew but it was still a nice day. Hyrum stayed bundled the whole day and of course my daredevil Ashlee just ran into the water with Daddy. My mom acted as the warming station when they got a little too cold. We then drove to Morro Bay to eat at the Hula Hut and get some Taffy. Before long it was time to head home. We had a fun day and just enjoyed getting some time off from life!! I just love this picture of Ashlee. She just looks like a big girl in it.