Summer is Officially here!

Tanners last day of school! I wrapped him up some end of year gifts. I don't know who was more excited Tanner or Carter.

So, Bakugans are the new thing, actually there have been in for a while. I was just hoping they would go out soon so I wouldn't have to spend money on these over priced kids meal toys. Alas, no they are still popular so I just need to get on board.

Tanner had a friend over to watch "Night at the Museum," and party with some popcorn.

That weekend we headed over to our friends the Hursts home to do some swimming. They just put in this nice pool and we are excited to spend time with them this summer. Their family moved at the same time we did from Utah and its been so much fun to getting to know their family.

This is my little lazy baby. She is 7 months old and has only rolled over two count them two times. She loves her feet though, and she does a little something I've never seen a baby do.

She sits really well, but when she wants to get onto her tummy she rocks back and forth and sits in the chinese splits position until she flips her legs back and gets on her tummy. She will sit like this for minutes at time. It looks painful but she never crys so I just quit flipping her quick and let her do it herself. Maybe it means she'll be a gymnist who knows.

I'm not sure why but cleaning the car always turns into a water fight that my kids are more than happy to join.

Well almost all my kids...they got Cali a little wet and we all heard about it for the next five minutes.

We went to the childrens museum. Carters favorite part was this submarine exhibit, I could barely get him out of here.

Cali loves Hannah, she was connected to her hip throughout the childrens museum.

Hunter, Carter and Tanner. Is there a fireman in the house?

Off to pump it up! This place is so much fun. Its one of those places where for me anyway I pretend to need to help my kids just so I can bounce a little and go down the slides.

We did the theater where they replay movies and went to "In and Out Burger". That was a lot of fun. I'm so excited for summer. The kids and I leave for Iowa on Tuesday, I feel bad that Todd has to stay behind to work we will miss him terribly. BUT there is so much fun to be had there, all I gotta say is BRING IT ON!!!

A camping we will go...

We headed out bright and early Saturday morning. Big Lake bound in the White Mountains, with two very excited boys, actually make that three!

We had a motorhome before we left Utah, so this would be our first ever family TENT camping trip. It started off a little ,well off. Our trip was to be only 4 hours, but with some mismap reading by um well we won't mention names...Todd. It ended up taking 7 hours. It was all good though, because the drive was beautiful.

With happy kids riding in back we pressed on towards our destination. Truth be told, Tanner about had an "are we there yet" tantrum....and that was only 30 minutes in to the drive.

But, Carter and Cali were just happy to be along for the ride.

At last, we made it! It was gorgeous and well worth the drive.

We got all set up and just chilled by the fire.

Did I mention it rained, and it rained and then it hailed. I had never seen such huge hail stones before, and I got pelted just to get this picture of the guys protected under the tent awning.

Twenty minutes later it looked like it had snowed. Carter said it looked like it was raining gumballs.

Nothing like a homecooked all the fixins breakfast in the mountains. Life doesn't get better than this.

We had to drive 1 hour the next day to get Cali this hat. It rained pretty much the entire time and at night it dropped down to 34 degrees, daytime it was in the 50's. To say the least it was so cold. Carter and I made frequent "pansy" trips as Todd began to call them, to the car to warm up our frozen fingers.

However, this did not get in our way from having a good time. We had a lake in our sights and by george there were fish to be caught.

I bought Cali a life jacket, but it was just to cold to take her with. So she and I stayed back.

The second night, the boys, Cali (nustled in my sleeping bag) and I were awake at 3 am talking, some of us crying about how cold it was. Carter asked, "did dad leave?" Tanner says "no carter he's in his mummy sleeping bag snoring." We were all a bit ticked that Dad could sleep at a time like this. If it weren't so cold I would have started us up a game of Uno, that is if my cold fingers could have held the cards, brrr.

Can you see that fish Todd is holding up? Neither could I, just teasing its one of the smaller ones they hooked into.

Homeward bound, after talking our ears off Tanner finally fell asleep with only 1 hour to go.... or so we thought, we got stopped for construction for an hour.

Its amazing especially to me that I can look back on this trip and say that we really had a lot of fun, and I can't wait to do it again. There is just something so nice about being in the mountains that just feeds and brings peace to my soul. That being said we will be going when its warmer.

Any campers out there want to join us the end of July?

10th Anniversary!

We just celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary on May 13. Time sure does fly by in a flash. I pulled out the old wedding album and can't help but notice how young we looked. The night of our anniversary we got out our wedding video, and our kids kept asking where they were. Todd had to keep reminding them that our family started long before they were born. The other thing they couldn't help but notice was how much kissing was in this video. I was a bit embarrassed for them to see their lip locked parents. I consider Todd and I an affectionate couple, but that day was definately a kissing marathon!

Todd and I went to the Melting Pot for dinner. It was a our first time and we LOVED it. They put us in one of those booths that they shut the curtain and you eat in private, it was really dark with just one little light hanging down, sooo romantic.

I hope the next 10 years can be as good as the first. I think if we have one secret to a happy marriage its that we just have a lot of fun together and just have a lot of respect for each other! Marriage is a wonderful thing, and I'm grateful that we have had the opportunity to be sealed together for eternity. That's right babe your stuck with me forever! I love you Todd, happy 10th anniversary!

Aloha!

Our ward held a luau Saturday night. This is a video of our young men doing a war dance.

Some of the primary children got up to perform a hawaiian dance.

Almost as good as our trip 10 years ago to Maui, Hawaii, umm almost.

Our little hawaiian girl.

Young Women performing, they did awesome. Great job Michelle.

Young Men performing.

No post is complete without a picture of Cali and a new dress.