the ellen game!

so i decided to post the game. (hope nobody gets mad at me..but i look the goofiest!)

so we had medical tubing tied to the pole, then it went arould your ears and under your nose (so uncomfortable.) and the mom's had a marshmallow on a string they had the other end. so you had to pull on the tubing and stretch it to get the mallow! so funny! it felt so weird. but we love camping games, the infamous "bum darts" and now this....what will they come up with next!

bear lake!

gotta love bear lake! one of my favorite places. i love this trip. the moms are so good at planning and put so much time into it. we even had "fiesta night" this year so much fun! i had so much help from everyone since i was solo with the kids most of the time. so thanks to shelley & eric for letting us bombard their trailor and my parents for your help and ceryl for even letting my little kembrie pee on you! i really appreciated your help!

i love to sky ski. and of course i didn't get any pictures of braden...the battery died when he got in the water. it always does!

my kids hugging on the boat. so cute.

braden doing a roleplay of gooch's jump off the boat. but hey gooch i thought you were a great helper!

dax getting dad with a squirt gun. i love when he gets braden!

the pinata at "fiesta night"

the mom's making margartitas! (virgin) but they act a little tipsy sometimes!



dax trying to waterski. we got him to try twice and weren't too successful but i'm proud of him for trying







this is what tysie does when she's cold. she's so goofy!






movie night watching madagascar. how cute are these kids!

the handcart my dad rigged up for the trek to the beach . clever idea.

little kembrie is asleep here....the wagon came in handy to bring stuff to the beach, and for naps but it was hard to tell a person was in there, i needed a sign!

the best birthday ever!!

wow what a day! my birthday started way before the 4th for me this year. i've felt so spoiled this year, thanks to so many good friends and family! my mom took me shopping in slc last week (with no kids but kembrie yay!) and my sweet husband gave me some birthday $$$ (thanks to alot of people going to jail the past weekend....p.s. he's a bail bondsmen if you didn't know) so we had a great day without kids, and i actually found me some much needed new clothes. then my darling friend patrice took me to get MY FIRST PEDICURE! it was so fun. we went there, and then to olive garden (with again kembrie) but she was so good and it was so fun to get out. i NEVER get out! then we had all the festivities on the 4th thanks to my parents. we started at the plain city parade, then went to the park and let dax dive for fish! and then headed to willard bay for some boating fun. then we went to my moms for a BIRTHDAY BBQ which was decorated like you would not believe! it was so cute! then to the FIREWORKS with the wagstaffs. so LONG but so much fun day.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THE BEST BIRTHDAY WEEK!!!

our plain city celebrity! my uncle brent and cousin austin. he even asked dax if he wanted to ride but he was too chicken!

my grandma white, and tysie

the FIRETRUCK came and blew the horn right in front of us. all the babies started crying they were so scared!

our little fam

tysie taking rides on the four wheeler

they had so many fish in the pond for the kids!

oh the anticipation! they had to wait forever till it started!

he caught one....but we put it back because "it was too small" dax said

cute little kembrie is always so happy!

the kids riding the tube

the cute table. (the picture does not do it justice it was soooo cute!)

so here we start with gooch family..she aparantly likes kari.....

but not jon! (although he is tysie's favorite)

blowin out my birthday candles. how cute is the sparkler! my mom is so creative!

we ate my FAVORITE homemade raspberry ice cream in these cute little buckets

this is some video of the fish catching. he was so funny! watch how he jumps back. he told me the fish kept biting his toes!

4th of july crafts!

we love making treats, crafts or anything festive at our house. my kids looove to make things. so we made some fireworks (thanks to my mom picking up some supplies for me:) with toilet paper rolls, paper and the cute little sparkler at the top. and the little stars which were supposed to be hanging from my lights in my house...but i still haven't drilled the holes through them. and most of all our bakerella balls! yay i finally got them to work. (they still don't compare to hers...) they're yummy and even my skeptical husband liked them.