Sunday Bike Ride

On Sundays, we like to spend time as a family. Our June has been wonderful, great weather not too hot or cold so last Sunday, we went for a bike ride. Paul pulled Kylie, Bailey and Kade in the bike trailer and I had Jaxon on the back of my bike. Near our home is a little "pond" we rode to and hung out for a bit.

 We have a nice little trailer thats made for two but we made it work :)

Building

Paul is very handy. Our kids want to be just like their daddy. Once a month, Lowe's offers free "building" projects for kids. Paul's was so excited to take our little munchkins. They were so excited. They built their own monster trucks. They had a lot of fun!

Carnival Fun

Every year our town has West Fest. Its a weekend of carnival fun. Kade was so excited! We went on their family night (all rides were a ticket and were discounted :) )

All the kids

 Paul and the girls... this ride scared them a bit but they wanted to ride it!

Kade had his own rides...

Happy Papas Day!

Paul is the best father! He loves our children and would do anything for all of us. For fathers day, I wanted to do something fun for him. He loves going out on the lake, so my sister in law Jenny and I decided to rent Jet Skis for the boys (and us). We spent the whole day at Utah Lake and had a wonderful day!

With their cousin Paige.

Jaxon and Paige (Jaxon 1 yr, Paige 6 months)

Kylie & Bailey With Uncle Scott and Paige...

Exploring...

Jaxon loves being outside...

We had a great time. Happy Fathers Day!

Graduation

Last Friday, our nephew Ken graduated high school. We were all so proud of him. I think his poor parents still can't believe it, I know I can't Ken was only 9 when we got married. I think I'll always think of him as that nine year old but he really had grown up into something his parents should be so proud of. I hope my boys are that amazing when they are his age. Love you Ken!

Graduation Party... I didn't get many pictures. He're Jaxon, Brickly and little bo playing...

All the kids afterwards and the balloons Aunt Jenni gave them. They played with them the entire time much to my dismay (I had a huge headache and they almost didn't make it home lol.)

1st Day of Summer Vacation

Today, the first day of my summer vacation, came and went. The girls still have 4 weeks left of school but I really wanted to play. I was thinking of them missing one day of school ** really how important is kindergarten... kidding really I am... especially since I am a teacher and all** so we could spend the day at the pool. I didn't want to take the boys and have the girls miss out. I was going to do it too but when I asked them, they refused! Can you believe that? I'm a little appalled but very proud at the same time. They love kindergarten, their teacher and friends and don't want to miss a minute of it. I hope they always feel this way!

Instead of the pool (boo!), we met Paul at the park and had a picnic. It was fun and definitely summer-y. This is their favorite park, the "green" park. They name their parks based on what color they are.

 Kylie and Bailey love monkey bars. 

Jaxon in the slide. He was amazed.

Kylie loves to play "mommy" to Jaxon.

Bailey

Kade

Kade

We live in a great neighborhood. There are tons of kids but we live in a neighborhood full of girls. I feel bad for Kade but he really doesn't seem to mind. I think he may be taking advantage of the situation.

Kade and Aisly...

 This is them crossing the street...

Cute isn't it?

Camping is definitely memorable

Paul and the kids adore camping and were dying to camp this last weekend. Lucky for us, Scott, Jenny and Paige (Paul's brother's family) was able to join us.  The last time we camped on Memorial Day, the girls were 9 months and it snowed and it was HORRIBLE.  Luckily we didn't see snow but it was pretty cold. The first night, Jenny, our babies (Paige is 5 months and Jaxon 1 year), and I went home for the night since it was supposed to get in the 30's and rain (I thought maybe snow if it got that cold, yuck). The kids and boys did great that night and there was no rain thankfully. The second night, we thought we could tough it out and stayed but Jaxon was not a fan of the port-a-crib or the cold. At 2 in the morning, he woke up screaming, and spent two hours  in Paul's sleeping bag squirming and fussing with occasional sleep. So,  Paul and I ended up zipping our sleeping bags together and bringing him in. He slept a lot better but we decided we would not spend another night there.

We did have a ton of fun. I wish I had taken more pictures at the campsite, especially where my kids look like hobos, haha. They loved playing in the trees, rocks and dirt. Scott and Jenny found an awesome campsite up in the Alpine Loop. They had just opened it for the first time and it was great.

During the day, we tried our luck at hiking with children (this was a first for us). We did a tiny hike on Saturday,  only 0.2 miles.

Then jumped up to the Timpanogos Cave hike which was a little insane with little kids, 1.5 miles and its pretty steep. The hike was crazy but the caves were pretty awesome.

 This is how the babies spent their time... you got to admit they got the best deal of all. I love how they can sleep anywhere, anytime.

We had a really good time but I think there will not be a Memorial Day camping trip ever again. Its way too cold still in Utah. Maybe if we go somewhere south...