David loves his trains

He loves to ride them on the train tracks, he loves to put them on this ledge, his loves his wooden trains, his electric trains, he loves to tell you all about Thomas and Percy, he loves to color pictures with trains on it, he loves to ask if people have trains at their houses, he even just loves to carry them around in random containers. Choo-choo!

Hiking in Sundance

The day after the 4th, we headed u to Sundance with my brother's family to do a little hiking.

We rode the ski lift up which started out very scary with Lucy not getting in right, she was dangling from the seat, I screamed, they stopped the lift, and the man grabbed her and put her safely next to us. Aghhhh! The thought stills makes my heart race. Fortunately she is fine and the rest of the trip was not so exciting.

We got off at the top and hiked over to Stewart Falls.

The whole crew at the top.

I love this hike. It is gorgeous the whole time.

After not too many tears, we made it to the waterfall!

The kids always love to play in the water. David loves it the most1

Lucy had so much fun with her cousin.

Stewart Falls 2013

The descent. Thankfully Sarianna and Raelynn were so good to help  Lucy get down because she was so tired and grumpy and Marc and I already had a kid each we were carrying down.

But we did make it down and enjoyed a nice shower and relaxing time back at our home. We love adventures.

4th of July

We woke up early on the 4th and headed to my parents to watch their small town parade.

My Mom made everyone bonnets. Vivian loved her's.

My brother was there with his family and the kids were so excited to see their cousins.

David loves his Grandma

We spent the rest of the day shopping with my nieces and it was so fun to pick out clothes with them. Then we ended the night with a rodeo and firework show. It was Lucy's first time to see fireworks, she was scared at first, but then she loved them.

We got a piano!

It is exciting to live a home with enough space for a piano!

We were able to get it for a great deal from a family friend and the kids were so excited. Lucy tried to stay up to see it and ran down the stairs to see it as soon as she woke up. Yay!

I love her curls

Provo Children's Parade

We participated in the children's parade and it was so fun. I love a good hometown parade.

The whole gang

Brigham and Jane got to join us too since Betsy was just born.

Cute Eliza Jane

Lucy loved throwing candy from her bike. She was so good at it.

And a Popsicle at the end was perfect for this incredibly hot day!

Backyard photo shoot

David, age 4

We love him . . . a lot!

Lucy, age 5 1/2 . . . such a lovely girl.

Exploring Provo

We love the Provo Trail! And isn't this the cutest picture of these three personalities!

We hiked from Glen Canyon Park to Bridal Veil. This little one knows just how to work her Daddy!

Am I one lucky lady or what? All of that gets to be claimed on MY taxes! ;)

Our little sweetheart. She is getting so big and turning into such a great little lady.

The kids loved walking through the tunnel by Nunns Park.

We love to be in the great outdoors together.

My love him!

The independent baby.

My handsome little man.

Our little adventurous family

Favorite picture of the day. Sometimes they get along so well!

Good thing my husband is so handy . . .

Our dryer vent light kept coming on which led to us realizing our vent goes up to through the  ceiling and runs across the width of our family room and out above our back door. This led to Marc getting this really cool tool with a bristle brush that connects to his drill and cleans the whole thing out as he continues to connect these long tent pole-like things to it in order to add length.

This was only about a third of what came out. Sheesh! Good thing Marc is so amazing and can fix just about anything.

Juicy Nails

I went and got a pedicure at a place called Juicy Nails the other day and ever since then the girls have loved to play "makeover at Juicy Nails". Lucy puts a blanket on Vivian and she sits there very still while Lucy primps her all up. It cracks me up! I love having daughters.

For Father's Day . . .

I took the kids to the store and let them each pick something out for their Dad. And . . . they each got him a flashlight! We love this man. I am so lucky he is the father to my children. Such a great man.

Family Reunion

We had a great reunion this year and we didn't even leave Utah County! It started with a Lady's Night where we got pedicures and then went hot tubbing at our house. The next day we went to 7 Peaks. Then I actually ran to Youth Conference for about 18 hours while they had dinner at Ryan and Jayna's home.

The next morning we hiked The Grotto. It was perfect for all of our little ones. Lucy and David were so good at crossing the bridges and of course Vivian wanted to cross them on her own as well.

Our little family at The Grotto. My kids love this hike so much-the water at the end really makes it so great.

Here is a  lot of the gang. What a blessing for us to all have each other and how wonderful that our children can have so many great cousins!

After the hike, the adults went to the temple while the cousins played at our house. Then we all met up at our house for pizza and mingling. 

We also had birthday cake and Uncle Cory and Aunt Karen did a great job teaching David how to appropriately get frosting off of the cake.

He and Brigham learned quickly.

Then we had to take a picture of the cousins that were all born within a year of one another. They are now all FOUR! David, Brigham, Eliza and Zachary.

And here is teh second round of babies born within a year by the same Mommies. They are now all TWO! Norah, Lucy, Jane and Rachel

Just a little bit of cousin love.

The eight cousins (round one and round two)

Some more of the older cousins were there too. What a lucky family.