7 Peaks

My sister, Terri, planned a "10 and up" day at 7 Peaks for everyone this year. It was SOOO fun! Rich decided to stay home with the younger kids and let me go with Micailey and Dallas. It's been a long time since I went any where with out little kids attached to my hip! The kids ran off with their cousins and we went on a couple slides. When Micailey got back, I was soaked and she looked at me and said "Whoa! You went on a slide!" .... Well Yes, I do still like to have fun! The kids never get to see Mom actually participating! So it was really fun! I hope we do it every year!

Cousin Teagen up top and Todd and Steve finishing

Dallas and his Cousin Jessica

Micailey after her ride

My brother Steve and his daughter Emily

Getting into the Wave Pool

Everyone in the Wave Pool

The Boys racing

Steve and Colton

Caitlin getting ready to jump

Micailey jumping

Micailey and her Cousin Caitlin

What a fun Day!!! It wasn't too busy, the lines weren't bad, the weather was great!

Fun, Fun, FUN!

Pioneer Day 2011

Every year we start the day off with the Spanish Fork Parade.

LOVE this pic of my girls! It could quite possibly be my new favorite!

Chillin by the big Bro. watching the parade

Cousin Cooper and Cohen

Eating Breakfast on the Go! :o)

Little cousin Hayden

Silly Cousin Cort

Little Macie stealing someones chair :o)

Cute little Rylan

Brinley with her latest buddy, Uncle Bret.

We were supposed to end the day with the city fireworks from Kellie's back yard - but with the crazy thunderstorms that roll through, they were delayed for over an hour so we missed them this year.

We did however, get to spend the day with cousins from San Diego that we don't get to see very often. The kids hit it off right away and had a great time! Brinley and Mackenzie attached themselves to their 13 year old cousin Calvin's hip and climbed all over him for the rest of their visit. Micailey and Caitlin hit it off doing gymnastic tricks and had 2 sleep overs at grandpa's together and were basically inseparable! They were sad when the trip came to an end! It's sad to have to say good bye! We thoroughly enjoyed having them here and hope we can see them more often!

Fiesta Days Fun!

Awe Fiesta Days! This year we had so much going on that we didn't have time to walk around the booths or anything. We did make it to the carnival with some cousins and took a few rides. They always love that! We don't ride to many because we are spoiled with Disneyland, but we did do a few :o)

Jordan Brinley and a cousin Bailey on the kiddy roller coaster

They loved it! Baileys face during the whole ride cracked me up!

Macie sucking her fingers... Don't know when she will quit!?

Gonna have to take drastic measures here pretty soon!

Well HELLO Luke! Cute pic of Micailey and her cousin Madison

... and Madison's dad Luke :o)

LOVE me some Rylan!!!

He is getting SO cute I could (and do) squeeze him!

Macie LOVES her Grampa Dell!!!

She hangs on him all the time! They are buddies!

Not a great pic of me but I love Rylan in it...

(and it's proof I exist!)

Daddy and Ry

Handsome Hubby

Riding the Rockets

Cousin Cort, Macie, Cohen, and Jordan

I may be a little bias, but I think she is absolutely gorgeous!

Uncle Bret, Mackenzie, and Brinley on the Tornado

Poor Bret was the only one spinning it!

Dallas, Micailey, Bret, and Madison all tried the Zipper out

Mackenzie and Brin tried the Sizzler out. They laughed the whole time!

Thanks to all the family for playing with us! (and Bret for some extra tickets)! We had fun! Let's do it again next summer around this same time! :o)

Swimming Lessons 2011

This year we had 4 kiddos signed up for swim lessons. Dallas took private lessons to advance for scouts so we were actually minus one from last year. They had a lot of fun and loved going! We missed one day for lightning for the older girls and missed a day cor camping AND another one for being sick! ...and I still feel like we went for the whole month of July! :o) We had to be there a little after 10 and weren't done until almost noon! That makes for a long day!

Brinley and Jordan's lesson's were 1st. They were assigned the same teacher this year. I think that helped a little and made it a little more fun. Micailey ended up even getting their same teacher for her lessons.

They loved the slide! The teacher caught them the 1st time down the slide and then just let them slide. They were the only 2 in their class so she let them choose what they wanted to do. Brin did NOT want to go down the slide and Jordan did... but I guess Brinley won because they never went over there.

Such cute kids!!!

Can you tell how much Jordan loves it?! He lives life to the fullest! He is constantly energetic and bouncing! He even fell trying to run back to go up the slide! I find myself constantly saying "slow down", "calm down", "hold still", or "quit bouncing"!

Brin and Ry chillin in the stroller

Kenzie watching the little kids and waiting her turn.

He finally gave up!

Micailey and Mackenzie's turn

Micailey is the only one of mine who would jump off the diving board today- Mackenzie refused to jump off but loved the slide (once she figured out -before getting in- that she was tall enough to touch the bottom!)

And they all passed!

Micailey's paper said she completed level 2.... AGAIN!!! I swear she has completed that level like 3 times now! Next year I am going to have to make sure she gets into a higher level class- you never know until the class is over and it is too late! I guess I'll have to be a little more aggressive next year! :o(