Driving Miss Baylee....

Thursday afternoon Baylee had Tumbling, I threw my keys on the front seat of the car and put her in the backseat and told her to start buckling up. I had some garbage to throw away so I ran to the backyard to throw it away when I heard my car start! I sprinted to the car freaking out to find Baylee in the front seat starting the car for me. How sweet right, no not when you are FOUR YEARS OLD! I told her it was naughty and that she could never do that again. All she could say in between crying was please don't tell my dad :( We can laugh about it now, but I'm now a little concerned with what she will be up to next! ( For everyone's information this picture was taken a couple days later. I didn't want her to think this was something funny)

Middle School here I come...

Connor HATES his picture taken, but it's a special moment for me to have my baby in Middle School now! I can't believe how fast time goes by. He is so independent and rides his bike everyday to school and back by himself. He has lots of football friends in his classes and is enjoying his schedule so far at Eastmont Middle. He is taking the usual classes and even Spanish. I love this kid so much and am so proud of who he is and where he is going. It scares me to think that he will be driving in a few years but until then we will enjoy these precious years ahead!

Precious Moments...

Baylee walked up to Connor and asked," Connor will you please have a picnic with me?" Connor quickly answered," No." I could see the heartbreak from the look on her face, so I begged Connor to go along with it. Being the good boy that he is he told her Yes. She was so excited and ran to get the picnic basket and food and began to set up their picnic. Hesitantly, Connor obliged and sat with Baylee pretending to have a picnic. I was watching this go down and couldn't help but take a picture of this sweet precious moment! I smile every time I look at this picture because I know how hard it was for Connor to follow through with this. And then to see the pure joy on Baylee's face that her big brother was having a picnic with her just makes me melt :)

Last Hoorah!

We've been busy trying to fit in a few more adventures before school starts. We spent an afternoon at Daybreak Lake and had a picnic and played in the water. The kids had a great time trying to catch fish with dog poop bags. This week we found a great deal for Planet Play and spent an afternoon there as well. This is a favorite of all the kids and they lived it up as always! I can't believe that the kids have to go back to school on Monday and that the chaos is starting back up again. We have had the best time with our friends and spent the summer making wonderful memories! I love my Kids!!!

Investing in our Marriage!

Last weekend we took off for a long over due weekend without the kids. We left Friday morning and first stopped at Lagoon for a day of excitement, after that we headed to Bear Lake. The next morning we went to the Beach and played on seadoos for four hours. It was so much fun!


Here we are taking a break and having some lunch.


Later that evening we got ready and went to the Pickleville Playhouse for dinner and a show. Our seats weren't the best but we were so entertained. We are telling everyone we know to go there and see " Who shot Juanito Bandito". We laughed and laughed and the dinner was even good too.


Here we are just leaving the house that Sarah and Jake were able to get for us for the weekend.

On the way home we stopped at Minnetonka Cave for a tour.


What a great time we had just the four of us. We stayed up late and played games and Jake gave us a few insights on the Book of Mormon so it felt like we partaked of a little church that Sunday. I love my Husband so much and really look forward to this time away that we get every now and then. It really is an investment in our marriage, we value this time and I know it really strengthens our relationship. We are so lucky to have such amazing parents who take our kids for us, we love you so much!

Free Bowling!

This week we went bowling at All Star Lanes in Sandy. They have a deal where kids can bowl two free games a day in the summer with only paying for shoe rental. We went with my friend Tina and her daughter Avery. We had a great time, Baylee would jump up and down and scream every time she knocked over pins. She was so cute. We were there a couple hours and it turned out to be so fun.

Swimming Adventures!

This is Baylee's first year taking swimming lessons and it's a good thing. She doesn't like getting in the water very much and is pretty scared of it. The top picture shows how scared she was the first day, she wouldn't even relax enough to drop her body down in the water. By the end of the two weeks she was dunking her head and jumping into the water, it was great!

Brynlee at swimming lessons.

Brynlee is doing so good at swimming, she even has a slight crush on her teacher Steven. At the end of class time they have a few minutes of free time and play a tag game in the water and Brynlee is the shortest one in her class and sometimes can't touch so Steven puts her on his back and helps her play the game, it's so cute!

Wow! This is all I can say, we are fat and white.

Here the family is at camp tracy on the weekend of the 24th celebrating with the White family as we do every year. We talked Baylee into swimming around the pool in floaties and she loved it!

By the end of the day she was jumping off the edge of the pool in the water all by herself and going under the water. I don't know how it happened so fast but she has turned into a fish. Two weeks ago she wouldn't even get into the water. She was the last one out of the pool that day along side of Brynlee.

Brynlee was loving the water and we even had her jumping off of the diving board and swimming to the edge all on her own. I'm so proud of her!

Carson and Connor lived it up in the water and had a great time also! It's so great watching my kids doing things for the first time and having the time of their lives! I even had a good time swimming when I normally just sit on the side and watch! The most memorable moment of the day for me was when I was in the bathroom changing into my swimsuit and grandpa Shumans friend came into the bathroom and dropped his drawers one stall away from me. Yes, I was half naked and trying to get my swimsuit on as quick as possible. I looked out the curtain to see him sitting on a toilet. I was crossing my fingers that he wouldn't drop a load while I was in there so I quickly grabbed my stuff and hurried out of the bathroom. All I can say is, it's a good thing that I wasn't changing out in the open or this old man for sure would have dropped dead from a heart attack. :)