Get Up For School!

Aaron is a first grader.

Emma is a 3rd Grader.

Bekah started Preschool! Yay!

And Mom has found inner peace once again.

If I Had a Nickle...

Emma is holding a cucumber that grew like a donut! The kids got a kick out of that one.

If I had a nickle for every beautiful cucumber we've harvested this year, I'd be one wealthly lady! Holy Cow!! Every day I go out there and pick seven more! They are going crazy!
More pics to come of our watermelon, once they're ready. And I'm sorry, we can't show you any pictures of the sugar snap peas because we ate them all. They were so good!

Our Summer, Part II

I can describe our summer in one word: BUSY!

And we did that on purpose because if we didn't keep hoppin' then the summer boredom sets in and when that happens, the kids start to tease each other.

This is bad. Very Bad.

Teasing leads to anger, anger leads to fighting, fighting leads to hatred, hatred leads to sufferring, (This is a Star Wars pun for you uncool people out there). And when that happens Mom loses her cool packs up the kids and heads to Lagoon, Bear Lake and even Vegas to see the Blue Man Group, (one of my faves). Here our some of the highlights.

No summer is complete without a little ice cream.

Our little treat before seeing the Blue Man Group.

(We got to met them! We got pictures with them! I was freakin' out,

I love the Blue Man Group!)

When Mo does this I call her a "Cool Dude Baby!"
Even if she is wearing them upside down.

Love him!!!

They sculpted a mermaid out of sand,

yes, an anatomically correct mermaid, I might add. A favorite summer tradition, Bear Lake!

This year we played at the North Beach in Idaho

because our normal beach was under water.

I liked the sand! NOT the water!!!

We made it to Lagoon this year! My sister threw up after the 2nd ride.

I took her and Mo home to rest and then I came back to play.

THEN at closing time I went on the Screamer with Emma, and then I threw up!

It wasn't pretty. But it's a hilarious story.

Aaron and Mo driving off. Some day this will be real...

Which stress do I prefer, crying toddler or driving teenagers?

Is summer over yet?...I want a nap!

Let me just say this, you should have seen her face after she rode the Rattle Snake Rapids.

Yikes! A major makeup malfunction.

But not one too difficult to erase with my trusty baby wipes.

Lagoon! What more can I say?

I love his toothless grin!

Yes. She's drinking the fry sauce at Merlin's in Garden City.

Crazy Girl.

This year it was Bekah's turn for the "Coco Trip"

So Aunt Colleen, Mommy and Bekah headed off for Vegas.

We stayed at the Stratosphere, visited the M&M factory, the Rain Forest Cafe, saw the Lions and the Dancing Waters, & met many fun characters on the strip; including Batman, SpongeBob, Po from Kung Fu Panda, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Bumblebee.

The Stratosphere has a really fun outdoor pool.

Beautiful Bekah!

Bekah and Aunt Coco at the Blue Man Group.

And here's Mommy getting ready to eat Bekah's cheek.

(At least it looks that way).

Michael, dressed in some of his Mountain Men garb.

Most of which he made himself!! Impressive Honey!

He was on staff this year at the Big Event...I'll let him blog about that later.

Though, I wouldn't hold your breath too long for that post. Classes have started and he doesn't have a lot of free time...summer, I miss you already.

So there you go, our Summer wrap up, Part Two.

Hope you enjoyed it. We sure did!

The "Sole" Girl

Moriah loves shoes!

If you leave your shoes out she will promptly take off the ones she is currently wearing and scream and cry until she gets her chubby little foot securely placed inside of the ones you carelessly left out. I'm not kidding!

The girl loves to try on all the shoes in our shoe basket.

(Shoe Basket - definition - the place our family members put their shoes, correction, the place Mom ends up throwing all the shoes she picks up 100 xs a day!)

Not only does she love to try on shoes, she likes to retrieve our shoes for us as well.

If Mike says go get his shoes, she comes back with his sneakers. It doesn't work as well for Mommy though. When I say, "Go get Mommy's shoes." She comes back with my high heels...

Seriously kid, do you not know your mother at all, bring me my flip-flops!

The picture I posted is one Mike took of her a month or two ago when he asked her to go get her shoes...it would have been perfect if she had 3 feet and dressed like Punky Brewster.

You just gotta LOVE her!