On with the show

Summer seemed to go by so fast and all of a sudden it was fall! But we tried to keep summer around as long as we could by eating ice cream cones outside! The kids LOVE ice cream! Of course MaKelle and Daxton have to have their own and hold it themselves. They also love banana smoothies with milk and frozen bananas, this is one of the only ways I can get them to drink milk. This one picture is the two of them drinking their banana smoothie together right out of the blender! I entered both of the twins in the cutest baby contest at the Iron County Fair. They did not win but they were sooo cute!! I think the contest was rigged and only babies with outlandish costumes ever win! But I am a biased mother!

 

This was our last camping trip of the season! We have loved our trailer this year and I'm sure we will for years to come. We went up near Panguitch Lake with the DeMille's and some of the Neilsons. Blake took Brock and Corbin for a four-wheeler ride and they found this little log cabin thing and got some cute pictures! It was fun to go out one last time!

 

On Aug. 20th Braxton turned one! Nicole did such a fun cowboy themed birthday party, and all the kids had so much fun! Braxton got spoiled with lots of new toys, but he didn't want to devour his cake like Daxton and MaKelle did to theirs. As a matter of fact Dax and Kelle wanted to get into Brax's cake. Braxton was so cute! Gavin also turned one on Aug. 28th, but I forgot my camera at his birthday party so I don't have any pictures. He had a dump truck themed party and Megan did such a cute job too! Gavin also was spoiled with lots of fun presents, but didn't really care to get into his cake either. So Daxton and MaKelle gladly did it for him! I ended up having to throw them into Brian and Megan's tub! Happy Birthday cute cousins!

 

Brock had his first day of 1st Grade! And Corbin had his first day of preschool at Country Cottage! They both were so excited and I think they looked so handsome! It is crazy to me how fast they are growing up! I can't believe Brock is going to school all day and eating lunch at school! Corbin really missed him for awhile cuz he had nobody to play with. But, he loves going to preschool and is making some friends! Before I know it Daxton and MaKelle will be off to school too!

 

Blake and the kids gave me these beautiful roses for my birthday! I was so surprised when they were delivered - I only wished they could last forever cuz they are so pretty! Thanks for the awesome birthday!



We went to Lake Powell with my family the first part of September. My parents rented a houseboat and we brought our houseboat. All my family was there except David and his family and Rebekah and her family. Both Beca and Lisa were pregnant and close to their due dates so they had every reason not to come, but they were surely missed! We had a good time, swimming, boating, skiing, tubing, playing in the sand, and eating lots of good food! The weather was nice (except a few windy moments that blew away our canopies) and it was very relaxing! Lake Powell is so beautiful and we all love being there every summer! Thanks guys for the memories!

 

 

Brock and Corbin both had fun playing soccer this year! It was Corbin's first year and he had a good coach and learned alot. It is just fun for him to get a chance to kick the ball. He even made a goal - although it was in the other team's goal. Brock got to play on a bigger field this year and learn the positions and even have referees. He really learned alot and played really well. He even got to have his cousin Luke come up and go to one of his games which he was really excited about! We were so proud of both of them! Even Daxton loved to go to the games and kick around a soccer ball - his softie in hand and all!

 

We made the annual trip to the pumpkin patch to pick out the best pumpkins we could find! Of course Brock had to find the biggest one, and Corbin was right behind him. I told them as long as they could pick them up and carry them. I think we found some really good ones and everyone came home happy! Brian, Megan,and Gavin came too and the kids had fun even though it was a bit cold!

 

MaKelle loves to pose sometimes when I get the camera out. But in these pictues I kinda made her pose since i thought she looked so cute sitting in front of my pumpkin decoration! Gotta love her to death!





Hunting season! Blake hunted and hunted and loved every minute of it! We went up to his family cabin one weekend with Jeff and Melina Burgess and their kids. We rode the wheelers had dinner and hung out while Blake and Jeff hunted. Of course they had no luck! He finally went out west with his Dad, Corbin, LaMont and Landon and came upon this big buck, and the poor thing didn't stand a chance. He was excited to get one and Corbin was even more excited to see it and even watch Blake gut it! GROSS! Brock was even excited and had to go with blake to the meat shop to drop it off. Little hunters in the making!

 

On Blake's birthday we had his family over for cake and ice cream as well as a little pumpkin carving. Brock and Corbin were totally into their carving and ended up with some pretty good looking pumpkins! Daxton and MaKelle had to warm up to it especially pulling all the guts out. Braxton and Gavin joined in on the fun and loved using the spoons to scoop out the guts! It was fun and every one joined in and carved some awesome pumpkins! Needless to say I think that Blake had a great birthday!

 

Happy Halloween! For Halloween Brock was Obi Wan Kenobi, Corbin was a skeleton, MaKelle was Zoe, and Daxton was Elmo. Corbin got to dress up for preschool a couple days before Halloween and he had so much fun with the make-up he couldn't wait to do it again! Brock wasn't able to dress up at school but he did have a Halloween party, and I was in charge of it! We made a skeleton craft, played some games, had a cake walk, and frosted and decorated sugar cookies! I think the kids had fun, I know I did! Then on Halloween day we went to Grandma's for her annual Halloween party! When we dressed up Brock wanted make-up too since Corbin loved his so much, so we gave him a beard and mustache. Then he wanted his hair sprayed since MaKelle had her's sprayed. So we sprayed his hair since Obi Wan has red hair. He was having so much fun with it all! It was a blast at the party! We ate a yummy lunch, played games, had a fish pond, made crafts, and of course had a pinata! Then we went home to rest up so we could go trick-or-treating that night. We came home with oodles of candy and lots of fun memories!

The tough guy - Obi Wan Kenobi!


Little miss Zoe - so cute!


Our cuddly Elmo!


The scary skeleton!


So much FUN!

 

We started raking the leaves in the backyard before the snow came, and we had some pretty big piles. But as soon as the kids got into them they were no longer piles and they needed to be raked all over again. But they had so much fun and were so cute playing around in the leaves we didn't mind having to rake all over again! They played forever! One reason to love the fall!

 

Happy Birthday to my MAN!!!

Today is Blake's Birthday and I can't even begin to list all the wonderful things he does and is! All I can say is I am so greatful to have such a wonderful husband and such great marriage! Happy Birthday to my sweetheart! I LOVe you always and forever!

B - Brave, Bold, Bright
L - Loving, Laughing, Learning
A - Alluring, Amazing, Appealing
K - Kind, a Keeper, Knowledgable
E - Earnest, Enthusiastic, Exceptional
(good thing it's a short name - J/K :D And many more!)





(BTW this is the deer he shot during the rifle hunt!)

More Summer

Aren't they the four cutest kids you ever saw!! We went up to Duck Creek for a DeMille family reunion and the kids played outside in the dirt and loved it! This was the best snapshot we could get of all 4 babies cuz they did not want to hold still, they just wanted to PLAY! Brock and Corbin played with the other kids and I hardley ever saw them so I didn't get any pictures of them. My kids love being in the mtns!



Blake has been called into the young mens again so he gets flag duty every now and then. Brock and Corbin went to help pick up the flags one day and they thought that was the coolest thing ever! They love being with their Dad!



Nice bum where ya from?
These kids love to be naked, especially Gavin. We were camping and all three babies had their pants off and were looking out the screen door of Grandma and Grandpa's trailer longing to go out and get dirty! We sure love camping and getting dirty around my house!



Brock did so well in T-ball this year! He hit some good fly balls, got a few outs and even got to play pitcher, which was so exciting for him. We are so proud of him!!



During some of the big thunderstorms we had this summer Daxton and MaKelle were dying to go out in the rain so I stripped them down to their diapers and let them go. They loved it at first until it started to be a down pour and then they cried and wanted to come back in. After it let up they decided it was ok to go back out. All in all they had a good time!

 

They should be working with hand tools with their Dad! Don't they look so cute with those goggles on!



We have had a lot of fun this summer in our backyard on the slip and slide, and in our little pool. Brock and Corbin play for hours out there and the twins even love getting in and out of the pool over and over again. One day our friends the Tattons came over with their huge bounce house type of water slide and pool and the kids just absolutely loved it! The pictures of the babies in the dump truck and with the tractor were taken by Brock. As well as the one of Corbin and Daxton with his Elmo's. Brock loves to take pictures and he is pretty good at it! And Daxton absolutely loves Elmo!! He could play with his Elmo toys all day!

 

 

For the 4th of July this year we went with my family up to my parents cabin near Park City. It was so beautiful up there and the weather was perfect. We enjoyed all the normal things we do at the cabin plus a few others. We celebrated Innocent's (one of my sister's foster kids) birthday and played beach blanket volleyball with water balloons and beach towels. The kids all loved it! And of course on the 4th we had a BBQ, made homemade ice cream, and lit off fireworks! All in all it was so relaxing and fun!

 

 

We took another trip to Powell and of course it was great! There were lots of other kids there for my kids to play with and they did some fishing and caught the cutest little sun fish and then a huge cat fish. One fish ate the bait and took Corbin's Superman fishing pole right off the back of the houseboat and swam away with it! I tried diving down to look for it several times but it was long gone. The kids did have a lot of fun going off the slide though, my boys actually did it over and over again and just loved it! There is also a picture of Brock and Corbin all wet from running through the sprinklers with their clothes on. Whenever the sprinklers come on in the evening all 4 of my kids love to run through them no matter what they are wearing. Brock and Corbin even ride their bikes through them. There is also a picture of the kids with a home made bird feeder that we made. Brock got the idea off of TV while watching Curious George and decided he wanted to make one and we had fun doing so. We have even seen quite a few birds coming to eat the seeds. The last picture is of my niece Meg after her performance as Kelsey in High School Musical. We went down to Las Vegas to see her in the play and she did a terrific job! She is so beautiful and so talented it was fun to go watch her!

 

Corbin turned 4!!! And yes he had another Superman birthday party! Corbin's Aunt Brianna made him a Superman pinata and it was so awesome! She did such a great job and the kids had a blast busting it open. Corbin had some friends over for a swimming party but it decided to rain. So we did the pinata in the garage, opened presents on the deck and ate Cake and Ice cream. By that time the sun was back out and the kids got to swim and play some fun games. He had a Superman birthday cake that I made but it didn't turn out very well probably because I made a money cake with coins wrapped in wax paper inside. Then we had some family over in the evening for more cake and ice cream. And of course he got lots of fun gifts including a new Superman fishing pole from aunt Emily, a Superman beach towel from Grandma and Grandpa, Superman shoe skates from Nana and Opa, and a new car seat and Superman tooth brush from Mom and Dad! Yeah, he was spoiled! Happy Birthday Corb, We Love You!!

 

Summer 2009

WOW! We have had such a fun and busy summer and now school will start soon and I haven't blogged about a lot of the fun things we have done. So this is going to be a blog that I will be adding to over the next few days to cover all that we have done.

I took all 4 kids and went up to my parent's cabin in June for a few days. We enjoyed some hiking, fishing, visiting the horses, treasure hunts, roasting marshmallows (indoors) and we accomplished all of this in the mud in between consistent rain storms. We had a lot of fun though. We even brought along our butterfly tree house and watched our caterpillars spin cocoons, and turn into butterflies. Then we let them go in the mtns. And no trip to the cabin would be complete without the secret squirrel. When you leave your shoe out on the fireplace before you go to bed at night then the secret squirrel fills it with candy and hides it. So when you wake up in the morning you have to find it and the kids love it!

 

 

One day Brock and Corbin wanted us to set up the slip and slide for them. So as Blake was setting it up the twins came into the backyard and were absolutely intrigued. They were not in there swimming suits but that didn't stop them. Daxton loved it! He was running up and down the slip and slide with a perma grin. MaKelle didn't like it as much as Dax and it took her a little longer to warm up to it, but she to was eventually running in and out of the water

 

We also took a few trips down to the Washington City aquatic center. It is such a fun place and all my kids love it there! Even Daxton and MaKelle love playing in the water. Brock was so busy playing that I hardly ever saw him so I didn't get a picture of him. I'm sure we will be heading down there many more times

 

Swimming lessons! My kids love to go to swimming lessons in the summer! Both Brock and Corbin did really well this year in swimming. Brock is starting to swim well on his own and even doing the back stroke which I was really proud of him for! Corbin has no fear of the water. His teacher had her hands full trying to keep him from continually going under the water. He was a good little swimmer though and loved every minute of being in the pool! They got to go with their friends Weston and Laynie that live on our street which made it so much more exciting every day!

 

At the end of June I got to go up to Fish Lake for a weekend of scrapbooking with just the girls! My friend Rochelle has a family cabin in Fish Lake and a lot of the girls that Rochelle and I are in a scrapbooking group with as well as some other friends all went up for the weekend to enjoy some scrapbooking! I only came up and stayed one night since it was my first time leaving my twins overnight and it was the first night that I wouldn't be there to nurse them. It was so great, and fun and my babies did fine without me and that was the end of nursing! I cant wait to go next year! And the whole weaning thing was very bitter sweet and even though it was hard I am glad I did it!