Corey and Katey stopped by later that night after a bbq at Mom and Dad's house. The kids were so angry that they had to go to bed when uncle Corey was there....we miss you guys!
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Yep, that's summertime! The weather here has been hit and miss, raining like CRAZY! Haven't seen this much rain in years, since I moved from Washington. But we have had some great days, and now here in July, its officially summer. Here's some mid-to late June summer days we had.
yep, that's dirt! she got into my porch pots
This kid could live in the sprinklers. Its his cup of tea.
Kelton LOVES his scooter, and is so nice to share with Chase (since he already thinks he's mastered his "first scooter") Kelton LOVES to play with friends, that's what I hear, "mom, can i go to ___________'s house to play? or can he come here?" wew.
My heart is aching...so glad that I have the gospel. My grandma passed away almost 2 weeks ago from her battle with ovarian cancer that they found in February. When Marie was here, she watched the kids so Jacob, Lindsay and I could go down and see her one last time. The hardest thing I've ever had to do. As I sat and held her hand, I remember what those hands have done, and I hope to aspire to that someday. She was the most selfless, genuine, unjudgemental person I have ever met. I hold onto her advice to this day, knowing she cared and really loved me. Grandma, all my love. Until we meet again.
breakin' in the new t-ball gear that we got for the kids to practice on. love the face kelton!
The boys hanging out. The first week Marie was here it was blustery and she said, worse than their tropical storms that blow through Florida. So, we got to play inside a lot. 
There was this fake squidy type thingy at the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point, Emilia would make this funny grunt sound whenever she touched it. My camera battery died....
The last night in Idaho, all the kids had their bikes, so I stuck Emilia in this dump truck and then they all wanted to play. It was a late night, but sure a fun one! She would look at Kelton each time he would catch her at the bottom of the driveway with a lovey dovey look.
Feeding the birds down on the Green Belt. I'll upload videos later, and those geese were right at the girls' eyes, and would snatch bread from their hands or super super close to them! Chase's nursery teacher asked if he ate the sacrament bread today, and he said, "Yeah, my bread me frow to a quacks....not eat it". he kept calling the ducks babies, "come here babies, bread!"
Why do my kids enjoy this? It drives me nuts when they always hang out of the bars!! I don't mind most things...or at least I've gotten better with the more children I've had..but heights and falling is a NATURAL LAW and won't just happen by chance! Good thing this is only 2 feet high.
My crazy crazy son that has no fear of anything high or dangerous. We went swimming in Utah at the our hotel the night before dropping Marie off and this kid had time outs b/c he kept jumping in with absolutely no fear! Isn't he going to be fun teenager!
My little miss who hates getting her hair done...get used to it girlie!
Me and my best friend, a goofy pic. I love ya Rie!
Emilia Claire, what a sweetie. Her poor allergies...but she loved to be outside.
I am Kelton's coach for t-bal this year, and the kids can't get enough of playing t-ball with the tee we bought. Chase wishes he could play now (which I'm sure he could keep up with Kelton's age kids with his crazy talent and obsession).
These two pictures go together! This wasn't even that bad as it looks, but just so typical of these girls the past 2 weeks. While Emilia was sick, she didn't want much to do with Taelin, and they slept just a little off of eachother each day, so they wanted the other one at slightly diferent times. It was fun to see them be so different. It made us laugh, or say "stop hitting her!"
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