River tubing @ Zions!!

Last Thursday we headed back up to Zion National Park to go tubing down the river.  This time Makayla, Jaxon, Mya, Kande, Grandma, Keaton, and even Nate were able to go with us.  I made Nate take the day off because the kids wanted to do it with their dad so much, they had felt bad that he had to work the last time we went.  We set up beach, had a picnic, blew up all of the tubes, caught tadpoles, and headed down the river.  Brekken and Traevn were brave enough to give it a try this time. 

And of course my mom, Makayla, me, Brynlei, and Peyton stayed behind because the two little ones didn't want to go and neither did Makayla.  We made our tube train for Peyton and Brynlei to ride on and eventually even got Makayla to try it out.  We had so much fun and cannot wait until we can get up there again, except this time I am going to finally go down the river and take all the kids (with Nate helping of course:))!!!!  Thanks again everybody for such an awesome day!!!  

*Word to the wise:  Apply sunscreen!!! Nate was the only one who didn't get to put any on and came home with a lobster red belly!! Ouch!!!

Time spent with cousins!!!

Well like we said our Texas cousins; Makayla, Jaxon, and Mya came to St. George last week to stay with Grandma and Grandpa Graff.  We had so much fun hanging out with them.  We had picnics, went to parks, went swimming, went to Laser Mania, went bowling, and finally on their last day went back up to Zion's to tube down the river(post and pics to come).  We love being with all of our cousins even though it gets a little(I mean a lot) crazy when they are all together!!!  These are some pictures from when we went bowling.  Karter ended up winning everybody with a score of 120!!!! Awesome Job!!! Thanks everybody for all the fun and especially Grandma Graff who helped fund all of it:)  We love you guys!!!

Sorry I haven't updated with Brekken's birthday or parties yet, but our Texas cousins have been in town and we have been hanging out, doing lots of stuff, and having a good time.  Hopefully, I can post some new stuff today or tomorrow at the soonest.  By the way did I mention it is so HOT, HOT, HOT here!!!!! Love it (most of the time:))  Stay tuned.

Waterslide with cousins!!

Well the Waterslide made its official debut on May 20th.  This was our last day babysitting Kamri and Sophie so we decided to have a little water party while the other kids were in school.  It was a very hot day and the kids had such a fun time splashing, getting wet, "laying out", eating popsicles, and just being with their cousins!!!!  Brynlei worships Kamri and follows her around everywhere.  There is two years between them but they are basically the same size (Brynn's got a little more meat on her bones though:)) They looked so cute "laying out" on their towels, especially Brynlei's nice swimsuit wedgie:).  What a fun day!!! We miss babysitting you two girls already!!!

* This is the first of many more posts to come.  Stay tuned.......

Getting wet with the Dummars!!

Last Wednesday (13th) we decided to have one last gathering before the Dummars headed off to Idaho to visit the other half of their family.  The kids wanted to meet up at the Hidden Valley Splashpad.  They had a fun time running around, getting soaked, and playing with their cousins!!! After we were splashed out, we said our goodbyes.  Later, we took Brekken to sleep over with Matthew at Grandma's (these two were very sad that this would be their last night together. )  Thanks Dummars for all the fun in the two weeks you were here.  We are sooo glad that you will be living closer and hope to see you this summer!!!! 

Jumping Jacks

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Okay, so here I am trying to play catch up.  Well Nate's sister Michelle and her family have been in town for the past two weeks.  They are moving back to the United States, YEAH!!!  They have been in Japan (military) for the past few years and now they are back!! Anyway, since they have been in town we have all been trying to play catch up and fit in as many activities as we can.  One day we decided to all meet up at Jumping Jacks and let the children loose!  My kids had never been there so they were soooo excited to go.  Karter and Traevn had school and couldn't join in on all the fun. Bummer!!  So Brekken, Peyton, Brynlei, and cousin Sophie(we babysit her on Wednesdays) joined Aunt Jamie, Emalee, Braden, Aunt Michelle, Uncle Joe, Landon, Matthew, and Ian for an afternoon of fun.  The kids had a blast being with their cousins, playing on all the many slides and jumphouses, riding the merry-go-round,  and just horsing around.  I even attempted to go down a few slides myself, shocking I know, but I can be known to let loose once in awhile:)  Thanks for all the fun and introducing us to a new fun activity.

*lots more to come....