Busy Summer

Wow, we have been super busy the last couple of weeks. The week after we got home from the 4th of July weekend I left for girls camp, came home Saturday and we got ready for the girls birthday party on Sunday. Then the following Thursday we left again for the cabin this time with the Barfuss family. It was a blast! We had so much fun and Chris and Lindsey only offended us a couple of times so we may still invite them back! Just Kidding. Hadley loved playing with Maddy and cute little Cayden did not help the baby hungry situation. He is so cute and such a good baby. Thanks guys for all the fun it was great.
Then the following Thursday was Hadley's birthday. I cannot believe she is 4! She thinks she is so big, she's always telling me what 4 year olds can do. One of them is sharing toys so that's a good thing...I'm still not sure we've mastered that yet. She spilled her yogurt the other day and told me she needed to clean it up herself because when 4 year olds spill they clean up their own messes. She has definitely still got her Hadditude in full effect but she is such a sweetheart. I love that she still likes to cuddle with me and she is such a big help around the house. She is a great big sister to Lexi, they could play house together all day. She is so excited for school to start and is already looking forward to turning 5! I'm still trying to cope with 4, I'm definitely not ready to think about 5. We are so thankful to have our sweet little Hadley in our lives. I told her she's not suppose to get so big so fast and she said "don't worry mom, I'll always be your baby." We love you so much Hadley thank you for being our Little Miss May! We hope you had a great birthday.
Then after that it was back up to the cabin (surprise, surprise) for Raspberry days. That was actually a little disappointing this year, there wasn't a whole lot there besides jewelry, but I did get away with a really cute watch! We tried the lake again and we finally had a nice sunny day but the wind was horrible so we didn't stay long. It was still a nice little get away...again. It's always fun to go to the cabin. The girls love going and playing with their cousins. So brace yourselves, I'm a little behind on my posts with so much going on so there are lots of pictures!



Cute Hadley at her family birthday party Lexi was excited to open presents

My big 4 year old she loves to get her picture taken

My big 2 year old! say cheese

Lexi's new bike

Chris and Tyler with the mouse they caught the first night at the cabin. They needed proof

since it took them 45 minutes to catch it!

Fun on the wave runners

Tyler and Chris putting on a gun show

Cute Cayden Hadley, Lexi and Maddy

I just love these girls Tyler doing sparklers

We tried to get the girls to take a picture of us

this was the only one Hadley took that turned out


Hadley loves Maddy


Hadley with our homemade decorations for her Birthday party. She was sad when I told her I didn't buy any so her and Lexi had fun decorating this with stickers. I had to get a close up.

Hadley and Lexi having fun before Hadley's friends came for her birthday party


the much anticipated pinata Hadley opening presents


Hadley with all of her friends....and Lindsey I think this could be a tradition Tyler and Hadley at Raspberry Days

Lexi being a ballerina This was Hadley's favorite part of Raspberry Days

she loved talking to the princesses

cute little tutu Lindsey made.

The girls put on a little dance performance for me the other day. It was so cute!

Lots to Blog about!

Happy Birthday Lexi!!! I really cannot believe my baby is 2! I am really having a hard time with this one. I can't believe how fast these kids grow up. Lexi is such a sweet little girl. We are so blessed to have her in our family. All day today when we would tell her happy birthday she would say "happy birthday" in her sweet little voice. I could just squeeze her! She is getting so big and talking so much. She is finally saying I love you. For the longest time she would say everything but that and when we would tell her to say it she would just nod her head. Se loves to say please and thank you and it is so hard not to give her whatever she wants when she says "peese" in her sweet little voice. She loves to play house with Hadley and feel like she's really a part of the story line. I could just sit there all day and watch them, it is the cutest thing ever. She still has her Binky when she goes to bed and calls it her mimi. That is really cute too to hear her say "where mimi go." She is always concerned about her sister. Every morning when I get her out of bed she says "where ha-ey go." And she is still an excellent sleeper. She loves bed time and always says "thank you mommy" when I put her to bed. I know I am rambling and honestly I could do it all day. Lexi has grown up so much lately and I have not been very good at writing it all down. It makes me want to cry every time I think about how fast time goes by. I look back at her pictures and I can't believe she not my little baby anymore. We are having her birthday party on Sunday so today we went to Cowabunga Bay to celebrate with just the 4 of us. The kids had a blast. It was really a lot of fun. Lexi was a little unsure at first and definitely didn't like the water slides, but after a while she warmed up and loved splashing around in the pool. Hadley loved it too. I was surprised at how many water slides she went down. It was a great day, then we went out to dinner and Lexi sat on the chair just like a big girl and she thought it was the coolest thing ever. We love you so much Lexi, thank you for blessing us with your sweet spirit!



Lexi going down the water slide



Splashing around


Miss May on the water slide

Hadley loved the water slides!

Me and my birthday girl!

Lexi and Daddy

She is so big!!

I love to see the Temple......We took both kids this time to the Temple open house and we remembered our camera! It is so nice to have the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple just 5 minutes from our house. The kids loved going through it. Lexi's favorite part was all the stairs. She thinks she is so big. Good thing there weren't too many people when we went because she had to climb all the stairs herself and would not let me carry her. And then there is the added bonus of the yummy cookies at the end. To be honest, that was their favorite part. I am so thankful to be so close to so many beautiful temples and to have the knowledge that families are forever. We truly are blessed and I am so thankful to be sealed to my family for eternity, what an amazing blessing!

4th of July weekend we were back up to Bear Lake again. Tyler's aunt and cousins were up there with us. We don't get to see them much because they live in Colorado. Hadley was really excited to meet some of her cousins. She has seen them before but she was too young to remember. We had a great time at the lake despite the overcast and the freezing cold water. I tried water skiing again and didn't have much luck, I spent most of the time in the water. Then on the 4th we went to the Paris Parade. The kids loved it! It was the first parade we have taken the kids to. Hadley was way excited about all the candy they were throwing out and Lexi was way excited to eat it! Then later we did pop its and sparklers and watched the fireworks from the deck of the cabin, it was great! We are so lucky to have some place to go and get away and enjoy the beautiful scenery Bear Lake has to offer. Thanks so much Donna and Terry, we love you!

Lexi was a little unsure of the sparklers

Chantelle, Hadley, and Taylor...cute cousins

Lexi throwing pop its

Hadley had so much fun swimming with Chantelle

they were best friends!



Our fam at the Paris Parade

All the kids at the parade

I love Hadley's little wave!

Hadley loves the sand much more than the water



Tyler put cute little Landon to sleep

My beach babes!


Landon on the wave runners, I love that kid!

Lexi thinks she's big

Weekend in Bear Lake

We were back up in Bear Lake this weekend, this time with my family. The only people who ended up being able to go was my mom with my two little sisters, my sister Kristi with her two girls and Tyler and I with our two girls. So it was an all girls trip with the exception of Tyler. He handled it pretty well, although I'm sure he was glad to come home. We had a pretty good time. We took the kids to the beach on Friday, the water was sooo cold. Tyler was the only one brave to get in the water with the kids. They thought it was fun, Audry had never been to a beach before so she was way excited. Then we went to the pool for some warmer water. It was a nice getaway. And of course I came back with lots of pictures. I just can't get enough of these cute kids!

Hadley learning to swim with her daddy

Tyler and the girls

what a babe!!

Miss May

More Cute Things Kids Say

When we were driving home from the cabin after Memorial weekend, Hadley started getting whiny toward the end and was crying very loudly about something. Tyler and I were telling her to be quiet and not to scream so loud when Lexi looked at her with her Binky in her mouth and said "shut up." Tyler and I just looked at each other wondering if we heard her right and sure enough when Hadley didn't stop she leaned over to try and get in her face and said"shut up!" We were laughing so hard we couldn't even tell her not to say it. It was really funny and really cute despite the rude thing she was saying. I'm almost just glad I finally have funny stories to tell about what she says!

Then there's my Hadley...the other day I was rearranging things on my entertainment center and I kept backing up to see it better and tripped backwards over the ottoman and totally fell flat on my butt! I look over and there's Hadley sitting on the floor looking at me laughing. She said "did you just trip? Who does that?" Then later I was telling Tyler the story and she pipes in and says "yeah and I was like, are you serious?"

And yesterday morning when I was still in bed trying to ignore my kids, Hadley said to me "mom you know what makes you so special, you're a good friend" What a sweetheart, it made my whole day.

Time Flies When You're Having Fun

Last weekend we decided to have some family fun and take the kids bowling. They loved it and it was nice to do something fun with just the four of us.

Hadley had her Spring recital a couple weeks ago. It was so cute to see her get up there again. Although this time she was a lot more nervous. I think she actually danced more last time. But it was still fun and she did a great job. I am so proud of her. She is such a sweet girl and she looked beautiful in her dance costume. Lexi wanted to get up there and dance so bad. She was dancing in the walk way and when it was over she ran up to the stage and got a flower with all of the other girls. Then she wouldn't get off the stage, she just stayed up there doing her own little dance whether or not people were watching. She was the cutest thing, I think I might have to put her in dance!