Summertime Part 2

In mid-July I set aside a week to do something fun with Noah every day...

Monday: we saw Cars 2 and had cousin Jack spend the night (no pictures)

Tuesday: we went to the Museum of Natural History where Noah & Jack were amazed by the dinosaurs, panned for Gold, and were "in the movies"

 Wednesday: we went to the library and read books then checked some out.  (no pictures)


Thursday: we went to Sunsplash - it was a good time but since it was just the 2 of us I was so exhausted from carrying huge tubes through lines & up stairs by myself. (again, no pictures)

Friday: we took a short trip to the lake with Russ & Brad. Sadly there aren't any pics of Noah except for the time he tried surfing with Russ. After not making it the first time, he was done in the water!

I was glad to have some quality time with my Noah boy... he's going back to school soon which is bitter sweet but this was really my first summer having so much time at home with him!


Next up... Lucy girl turned 1! Alisse & Scott had a little birthday party for her... she was so cute and enjoyed everything about it:

"My" little baby is just the cutest thing!

Summertime Update

I don't have any picture updates for the month of June... it was kind of un-eventful since I was in Summer School. July has been fun so far though, and it's only gonna get better!

Last weekend we did a cabin trip to celebrate the 4th of July then went to the lake the day after. 

With this new tube (or should I say 'couch'), all of our kids can ride at once. I can't say Sophie loved it because she was done after the first ride. But the other 3 LOVED it! I did too, other than Noah's head bobbing in front of my face over every bump we hit. It was a miracle I didn't end up with a bloody nose or a fat lip!

Poor Russ, we didn't have another driver with us so the most he got to do was take a swim break with his life-jacket diaper on! Here I think he was showing Noah how to dance!

 

Silly Sophs!

Captain Russy

We tried out surfing behind the boat... pretty fun even if I wasn't doing it the right way!

 Tayler got up too... we're hoping the other kids can learn soon also.

Sophie's hair in this pic cracks me up. She doesn't seem to mind it in her face. 

 We've been excited for our Lake Powell trip coming up in a few weeks... but after being at the lake this week, we really can't wait!!

May highlights:

 1. Noah's baseball season ended.

  

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2. We had a pizza-making party one weekend night - the kids loved to make their own creations, and it tasted really good! (Ignore my outdated Mary Engelbreit kitchen!)

3. Noah graduated from kindergarten!

4. Tayler graduated from 8th grade... high school next year for her!

 5. Noah went fishing with Poppy, Riggs, and Jax... he said he caught 9 fish so he is "a better fisher than Russ"! (so proud of himself!)

6. School ended which means SUMMER-TIME is here!  Noah's enjoying the pool and sleepovers with cousins.

April 2011

During April...

Russ & I ran Pat's Run together. I loved it, we stayed together the whole time and held hands as we crossed the finish line (haha, how romantic!)

 

The Easter Bunny (Auburn) made an appearance at my parents' house one Sunday afternoon.

 No need to take Noah to the mall for a picture!

Notice that Roxy isn't in the picture below. She was hysterical, she is so afraid of big "things" like the Chick-Fil-A "cow man", Santa, a life-size cut out of "Elder Brad", and apparently the Easter Bunny. Even after she knew it was her mom inside, she was still scared to death!

Suzanne made Ellie the cutest lemonade stand for Christmas and it's the season to put it to good use. The kids set up a stand at one of Noah's baseball games...

 

Speaking of baseball... cute, Sophie!

 Easter came & went... we took the kids to the annual Easter egg hunt at Harmony Park on Saturday,

 then they woke up the next morning to find some treats the Easter Bunny left behind.

Church time...

 

Sunday evening we went to Grandma Riggs' house for another egg hunt & dinner, then to Matt & Krysta's house for dessert (although we didn't get any picture there).

(Sophie & Noah with "Speedy")

Lucy's first Easter (& with her favorite aunt)

See... I really am her fave! Alisse packed this cute outfit for her when I babysat a few weeks ago. I LOVED it!