Hummm....

Are we noticing a theme here with Whit's pictures? :) Sorry Whit... it was too tempting!

Some Random Pictures...

So, here are some pictures I found of some of my nieces and nephews. They are so cute! Also, please bare with me, as I haven't figrued out how to edit pictures correctly yet. :)

Bear Lake!

We went to Bear Lake with my family this past weekend, it was a blast! This is the sandcastle we all built, it was pretty amazing...

I guess it was more of a city than a sandcastle...

This was the stadium that the boys built

Very impressive!

Then the kids got to destroy what took us HOURS to build..Sesaly was walking very carefully though...

Hadley loved her little building she got to sit on. She was actually riding it at one point like it was her little horse at home!

Stuart is laying in the "stadium", it did eventually all get destroyed, the kids finally understood that they could!

The canoe had to come... and it sank even more this year. I didn't get any pictures, but Morty was in there for a while. He acted so put out every time it would sink!

I know it looks like they are swimming, but that water is super shallow. I'm pretty sure Sesaly's bum is sitting on the bottom....

I had to take a picture of myself to prove I was there. Unfortunately, I am unable to get any action shots of myself! :)

Blake and Leif just relaxing!

Lauryn, looking AMAZING after just having a baby a few weeks ago!

This is baby Leif. He is so darn cute, and what a good baby! (either that, or Lauryn is an amazing mom who just keeps him VERY happy!)

For those of you who don't know, this is my real Dad. He was up for an 80th b-day party for an uncle, so he came to bear lake with us! It was great having him!

And Paul... the best we can come up with is that he was roping the "Bear Lake Monster".

There were helicopters that kept flying overhead - and everytime we heard one Jaq would yell "PLANE"! It was pretty cute!

Whitney looking HOT! Maybe she just washed up from a swim!?!

Hadley is quite the bathing-beauty. She also was single-handedly trying to consume all of the sand. It was very noble of her.

I'm not 100% sure Jaq and Sesaly understand how the tubes work. This is what they did with them the whole time!

Dang, I hate posting in the wrong order. These pictures were supposed to be below the next post. These are just a few more people who were at Sophie's birthday party!

Isn't she cute?

Obviously Jaq's present to Sophie was a look at his belly-button!

Annaka is so tall these days... she is like a giant! he he he!!!

Sophie's Birthday!

Sophie had a birthday a few weeks back and we had a little surprise party for her! She is 5!!! She was so cute opening all of her presents.

Whitney, of course, had to wear the birthday crown... she hates it when anyone else has special attention (lol).

I'm not sure what Emily is doing here... but she looks guilty. Why did she insist on opening the presents?

Howie is always ready for the camera! What a beauty!!!

Trek

So, we recently went on the Trek with our stake. What an AWESOME experience!!! We had such a great family, all of our kids were the BEST! It was such a spiritual and wonderful time. Stuart also celebrated his birthday on Thursday, during the trek. I took all of these pictures with a disposable camera... so I'm sad that some of them are too dark and didn't turn out. We absolutely loved our family and wouldn't have changed a thing! We miss our kids so much!

Happy 4th of July!

We watched fireworks last night at Whitney and Paul's apartments. USU does them on the 3rd (not sure why). Nicole and Jeremy and Makelle came too. Sesaly hated the fireworks, Makelle was facing the wrong way in her little chiar, and Hadley LOVED the fireworks! It was a ton of fun!

Swimming

Wow, I am so behind on posts. This is when we went swimming last week. It really was a lot of fun, Sesaly and Jaq even went down the slide. Thad (Lauryn's Dad) went with Sesaly and Blake went with Jaq. Jaq loved it! He just kept going... but Sesaly was done after one time. Whitney was there too, and Michael... there just aren't any pictures of them.

Hogle Zoo!

We recently (back in June) went the the zoo with all the kids. It was a blast!! Although I remember the zoo being so much bigger! I guess I haven't been in a few years. :) P.S. The turtle picture is for Paul.

Michael (Lauryn's brother... just off his mission) came with us to the zoo. The kids LOVED him! :) Here he is pushing Jaq, with his little friend Sesaly close by.





















Then a few moments later he had another friend Sophie right there with him. He obviously is a magnet for children! So, if any single girls read this... he IS available! :)

June!

Ok, it has been FOREVER since I posted anything... so here goes a month re-cap. First of all, these lovely pictures are compliments of my very talented sister-in-law Emily. Let me just say that neither Stuart or I are photogenic.... in fact, Stuart looks angry in about 90% of pictures. But, look at all of these great shots!! There are tons more too. I LOVE pictures, so I'm in 7th heaven over these!!!
On June 5th we celebrated our 7 year anniversary! Holy cow!! 7 years?!?! We are so old! :) We went to Lagoon with Stuart's cousin and fiance. We had a TON of fun! We even splurged and went on the huge swing. It's the one where they strap 3 of you together on you bellies, then haul you way up high, and then you have to pull the cord to let yourselves go. Then you drop 60+ feet (going over 60 mph) before you swing forward. So much fun!!! We also went on a 4-wheeler ride up Mount Logan - really very scary. Stuart had to do some parts for me. It was beautiful though!
Other than that I am LOVING summer! We finally got to take the top off the jeep... now that it stopped raining and we are gearing up for a week of fun at Bear Lake with Stuart's family. Yeah for summer!
Oh, and just a quick brag from me... I tried on some capris that I haven't been able to wear in about 5 years, and they FIT! Yes!!! They are a little snug, but I am thrilled!!! I thought I would never wear a size 2 again!