August 2024

My mom came into town to watch the kids while Nathan and I left for England for our 20th anniversary!  Before we left we took her to see the waterfall and to kayak/paddle board the river.

We went all the way to Pillar Falls and back which might have been too much for some...oops!

On our way back we saw a base jumper!  It's hard to see them in the picture.

My mom's birthday was in the middle of our trip so I wanted to make sure we celebrated her birthday before we left.  The kids did a good job of spoiling her, on her actual birthday, while we were gone.  Blair and her friend made a cake and Easton picked up Panda Express.

 

Blair got her license!

Yay for another driver (especially since Easton would be leaving shortly after for BYU). 

 Back to school night for KK. She got to find out who her teacher was going to be and where her classroom would be.

Posing on the red carpet!

I love that KK's school always has a new theme every year.  They even make shirts for all the kids with the theme of the year.  So cute! 

Double rainbow 

First day of school:

 KK 2nd grade

Blakely 5th grade

Dyer 8th grade

Blair 10th grade

Eden preschool with Mommy.

Unfortunately she wasn't feeling well on the first day of school so I just let her rest that day.

 

 

 Nathan took Blair's YW group rock climbing

 Eden's PE- gymnastics

Dropping Easton off at BYU (Freshman-even though he probably has enough credits to be considered a Sophomore or possibly Junior)

He never sent me a first day of school picture like he was supposed to so I guess this is it! 

Not gonna lie it was hard dropping him off.  The only thing that kept me kind of okay was the fact that we were coming back down five days later to attend the football game!  So it was more of a see you later than a goodbye. I forgot to take a picture of his dorm room and Easton of course forgot to take a picture and send it to me...

Eden's first "field trip" to the fair to see that animals

 KK first time playing soccer!

 Nathan, Dyer, Blakely, and I went to the BYU football game. So fun! I think Blakely is hooked with in person games! I wish that Easton could have sat with us but I'm sure he probably had more fun in the student section.

Of course we had to get a cougar tail! 

 

 

Eden: Why is Dyer shaving our grass? (Dyer mowing the lawn)

July 2024

This girl loves to sing and dance!

This is what the boys have been up to...good thing they didn't burn down not only our house but the neighbors as well. "Mom, it's fine we are making fires in the rocks! It's contained! We make sure to stomp it out!"

Neighborhood 4th of July bike parade

We were so far behind everyone and Eden eventually gave up and I had to walk her bike home.

Beau all decked out for the 4th!

We went over to the Rowberry's for dessert and fireworks.

Olivia and Blair

Blakely, Amelia, and Maddy

Olivia, Blair, and Easton

Eden, Austin, and Dyer

KK and Penny

Don't mind the mess in the background...We had a flood in the boys room so all their stuff was brought into the playroom.

Easton informed us at 11 pm that his carpet was wet! "By the way I noticed it earlier this morning but no one was around to tell."  Hello, have you heard of a phone?!? Next time call or text us!

Apparently one of the main water pipes that runs from inside to outside wasn't sealed correctly (the builders used spray foam and it didn't seal all the way) so when we were using the sprinklers right next to the house all the extra water ran right into the wall of the boys room and onto their carpet!  It was a mess! A man came and cemented around the water pipe so hopefully it won't happen again.  We also sealed off that sprinkler just in case!

Nathan went to girls camp again this year!

Blakely taking pictures of Beau...her model!

She lost the other 2 teeth so now she is missing 4 front teeth! Her gums seem a little swollen like teeth are about to come in but they definitely haven't broken through yet!

Rock climbing followed by swimming at Dierkes Lake.

Blair

Dyer

KK

Blakely

Me

We tried reenacting an old photo from when Eden was a baby but Blair refused to be on the bottom!

Same sweet girls just in a different order!

I'm loving that Eden's hair is getting long enough that I'm finally able to do cute hair styles again!

Not sure why Eden's upset...maybe she didn't get to push the button?

Eden: I have a boo boo and the only thing that will make it better is yogurt.

Me laughing at her.

Eden: I'm not joking!

Me laughing even harder.

Eden: I'm still not joking!

Eden: That poop was amazing!

Me: Did that really just come from your mouth?!?

Eden with a confused/ are you really that stupid? look on her face: No, from my butt!