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Nuskin Lagoon Party here we come. This is the party of all parties that we anxiously wait for. The kids asked every day for almost an entire week "Are we going to Lagoon today?"

The day finally came and we had a blast. Sheree and her family came with us and we had fun riding all the kiddie rides. Sidney and Kaleigh
Hagen

Sheree, Jordan, and Jacob. They were soaked!

September Madness

I was talking to my brother a few days ago and he complained that I hadn't updated my blog in a month. So I figured that I had better do it soon.

My cute little calvin is way too little to leave with a sitter at the house so Jared and I and little Calvin all went on a much needed date a few weekends ago. We ate at JDawgs, this place has amazing hotdogs. If you haven't tried one, I definately recommend it. Then we watched the Green Lantern. Good movie, I am excited to see the other movies as well. He did awesome in the movie. It is so exciting to see the changes that happen between five an six months. Little Calvin is sitting up. He still falls back every once in a while. But each day he gets better and better. He can reach for stuff and grab it and then sticks it straight in his mouth. He likes to eat whatever we are eating (as long as it is safe and in very small pieces). He smiles at people especially cute girls, he is learning to be a flirt early.

Here is little Sidney playing with Calvin.

Calvin is also eating jar food! Maybe we won't go through so much formula now. He is patiently sitting in his seat waiting for a bib and food.

Another fun thing that we are working on is riding without training wheels, except for Sidney she get three.

Hagen is still having a hard time mastering it. He'll get it with a little practice.

Kaleigh was ready last summer but we didn't take the training wheels off until this August. She didn't need any practice, she rode away immediately after a 30 second training session. She is everywhere on her bike.

School is FINALLY here!!

Yay Yay!! First day of school for Kaleigh. This year she is in 2nd grade and her teacher is Miss Gardner. She is liking school a little more than she did last year but she still tells me how much she dislikes doing homework. I think we've somewhat established a homework routine from last year so it is just getting back into the routine. Notice her cute shoes "twinkle toes", she had to wait to wear them until school started and she loves them. Hagen started Kindergarten a week after Kaleigh did. His teacher is Mrs. Williams and he is in the AM class. He thinks it's pretty cool to walk to school with Kaleigh. The first three days of school he was a little emotional but I think he is finally getting into the groove and is doing a lot better with his schedule. He is a handsome little guy!
Sid had to have a picture since everyone else did. I wish I could afford to put her in preschool this year but we can't so we are doing a playgroup once a week, starting this week. Hopefully she will be satisfied with that.

Here is little Calvin just hanging out playing with out anyone else bugging him or trying to pick him up (except for Sid). I think he enjoys the break from Kaleigh and Hagen as much as I do.

The past two weekends have been a little crazy. The last weekend of July we were supposed to go camping with the Smith family. Thanks to the rain we were not able to camp overnight so we went to where Mark and Jenny were camping to hang out for the day. When we arrived we went swimming, which was nice since it was so hot. After we finished swimming we got dressed and then went for a ride. Jared and I rode on the 4-wheeler and Mark and Jenny drove the Rhino with all the kids in the back. They had fun except for Sid who said she didn't like it because she was squished. After dinner we helped pack everything up and drove off just in time for some black storm clouds to roll in over us.

Hagen-Reed-Sidney-Kaleigh Kaleigh and Hagen ended going home with Fred and Michelle so it was we just had Sidney and Calvin by themselves for a few days. On Sunday we went to Park City. It was so much easier to look around with only two kids. Sidney saw a horse that she loved and had a blast riding on it.
On Tuesday we drove to Riverdale to pick up Kaleigh and Hagen from Fred and Michelle's. They didn't want to go home and Hagen even cried because he already missed Boston but I could tell that they were ready to come home. We met the Riverdale Smith's at a swimming pool in Riverdale and had a great time hanging out until it was time to go home.

This last saturday the 6th of August. We had a crazy day! We had a yard sale in the morning. I sold almost everything except one box of maternity clothes and 1 box of misc. stuff. I was so proud of myself. Jared went to his parents house and helped split wood with his dad and brothers. I didn't get any cute pictures of the kids selling cookies. I am a little sad about that. By the time Jared came home and I finished cleaning up we had about 2 hours to take a shower and take a little snooze before we needed to go to a birthday party.

I think this is one the funnest birthday parties we have ever been to. Little Amandah Berson turned two and had a party at Hee Haws. I had no idea that they did parties. They had a hay ride, tractor ride, horse ride. They were able to pet the animals and had fun slides and play areas for the kids. It was sooo fun and Kaliegh informed me that she wanted her birthday party at Hee Haws when she turns eight.

Kaleigh and Amelyah

Amandah and Sidney

Little Sidney on the horse. She wasn't so sure of it but did awesome.

Hagen and Sammy

My cute little Sid. This picture was too cute to not post.

July 2011 Festivities

So little Calvin is officially 4 months. On the 11th of July he had his 4 month appointment. He was a whopping 16 lb 4 oz!!! He is nothing but squishy rolls. He is rolling over to his tummy but still has a hard time pulling his arm out from underneath him. He loves to watch his brother and sisters as they jump around and make funny noises and then he laughs and laughs. His cute little personality is starting to show each day. He is also eating baby food now. Over the past two weeks he as successfully learned how to eat off of a spoon. They grow so fast, before long he will be feeding himself. We also took a little trip to the zoo for the first time this summer as a family.

Little calvin needed a bottle break.

The famous Elephant that we always get a picture with every time we go to the zoo.

This pix is a little blury, but is was the best pix I had. Of course it had to rain on Monday night so all the kiddos huddled on the porch to avoid the rain drops. We had a fun night watching a quick group of fireworks. It was nice to get the kids in bed a little earlier than expected as well.

4th of July Weekend 2011

On Saturday the 2nd of July we went to a park to watch the stadium of fire fireworks. We had a great time hanging out with family. Thanks for inviting us Mark and Jenny!

Sarah-Kaleigh-KimJenny, Me, and Calvin
Sidney and Hagen

For Monday the 4th we had a little BBQ in the back yard until it started to rain.

Our cute little Calvin just hanging out.The Kids had fun in the sprinklerWhen actually started to get dark it started to rain. So we set up the canapy and sat under it and lit fireworks and when we finished we just sat and watched all the fireworks going off. We almost didn't even need to buy any.

Hagen and Calvin Mom and Calvin

Dad, Sidney, and Kaleigh lighing sparklers

June Family Fun

June hasn't been the most eventful month but it has been nice to have warm sunny days instead of rain. This last weekend my little sis, Holly, and her Husband came for a little visit while they were on their way to Arizona to live. We went to eat and hung out and talked. It was nice to see them again.

This last Sunday we woke up too late to make it on time to stake conference, so instead of going to church we packed up the kids and a little picnic lunch and headed to Provo Canyon. We went to Bridal Veil Falls and had a fun Sunday afternoon.
Jared took the kids out into the water fall while Mom held little Calvin.

Sidney thought the water was too cold to walk in so she sat by me most of the time.