5th Birthday

Presley turned 5 on October 3rd. We had a happy Sunday down in SLC watching conference and eating yummy food and of course, playing with cousins. She shares a birthday with one of her cousins, Brookie. We had a birthday party at home the next day. This is Presley before the party.

Her and all the little girls.
Making a craft.
Presley sitting by her cake.
A little better picture of the cake. I thought it turned out pretty well. I think all the hard work was definitely lost on all these 4 and 5 year olds but oh well. I haven't decided if I go to the effort of these cakes for me or for my kids. I do have a good time doing it even if it does take some extra time.
Happy Birthday to Presley. I hope she had a great day. Although she was confused when I took her back to her preschool after she turned 5. she thought that she got to go to kindergarten after she turned 5.

First Day of School 2010

First day of school pictures. My girls were both so excited. This is sweet Kenady. I can't believe I have a second grader.

And cutie Presley, she has one more year of preschool.
She got tired of pictures I guess.
Teag trying to pose like the girls.
What a little cutie!
And last of all, a sign of a well spent summer. His tan line proves what a great summer we had. I still have some pictures to post of summer and other odds and ends. I might get to that, but i wouldn't want to break my streak of one blogpost a month. I just couldn't be that on top of it!

Its better this way!

So we've been trying to run around as much as possible during this short but awesome summer. I hate to waste summer weekends so we have been going, going, going. And I love it. I'm so sad that my kids are starting school next week. Its lucky its gets cold around here so quickly or I would probably get the summertime blues.

But all is well. We are gearing up for one last labor day camping hurrah and its going to be a good one. Thursday to Monday with a quick trip home for church on Sunday and then back out. We are very excited.

These are just some funny pics of my kids. I guess caramel popcorn tastes better if you eat it while sitting on the cupboard because this is what I walked in and saw.

Nice.
Boo to summer being over. At least I love fall too. It gets cold but from here til December I get distracted easily with volleyball, football, hunting, halloween, thanksgiving and Christmas so I can manage saying farewell to summer! Hope you've all had great summers!

Big Sisters are the best!

Me: "Hey kids sit down so I can get a picture of all three of you"

Teag: "Whatev...I'm outta here."

Me: "Ok just one of the girls, so cute!"

Meanwhile,

Teag: " Uh, Uh Uh, my flippin' motorcycle is stuck!"

The girls jump up to run and help.
Good thing for big sisters.

Teag's next words were: "Brmmmm, Brmmmm."
Love these little cuties!

Deadwood

This picture is out of order, thanks to Teag. This was inside the Wonderous Cave just outside of Deadwood.

We ventured up to Deadwood South Dakota for the 4th. We had a blast as we always do up there. Josh's grandparents live on Main Street in Deadwood which makes it so fun. This was our first walk down main street, right past all the Casinos and cute little shops.

The girls and their cousin Mya.
Sitting on Wild Bill Hitcock's lap.
Mandi getting a picture with the twins. She was pretty excited about this picture. Josh looks super muscle man in this picture. He wouldn't like if I called him a meat head, so I wont ;)
The next day we headed to the Wondorous Caves. It was 47 degrees deep down in the cave. A bit of a difference from the 95 degree weather that waited for us outside.

Next we headed to Storybook Island Park where roasted our children like little shish kabobs. We probably took about 70 pictures here. The kids loved it even though they were totally red in the face.
Kenady hanging out in Pooh's corner
Next on to Reptile Gardens. This is the giant Tortise that by the way, it is NOT ok to sit on. We found out afterward.

We went to Mt. Rushmore, my how its shrunk since the last time we were there. Or maybe my kids are giants ;)
The next day heading to the Roughlock Waterfalls.
At the fall. We were lucky enough to be sans Teag for this outing. He was home taking a nap with Grandma. I told Josh there were numerous places for Teag to jump in the water and it was nice not to have to worry about him.
Ahhh, feels like our engagement pictures or something.
Horsing around

Teag trying to tie his shoe. He was getting very upset that I was trying to help him.
My sweet little cowgirls getting ready to go to the parade.
At the parade. I love all the strange looks on our faces.

We had a fabulous time as always in Deadwood. We braved a couple cemeteries, went swimming, played at the park, hit up a BBQ with some of Josh's parents friends and just had a great time. Josh's Grandma Himmerich stuffed our faces full of delicious food and we enjoyed every bite. Thanks for all the good times Deadwood. We hope to see you again next year!

Camper and first haircut

Here are the pictures of the camper. I think its about 25ft. And the great thing about it that it is a toy hauler which means we can take our side-by-side with us whenever we go camping. LOVE THAT!

This is the inside. The two sides turn into couches or beds and then the queen bed is up high during transport and you bring it halfway down when you sleep on it. Under that is where we make Teag's cave. Its perfect for us.
This is the kitchen and bathroom area. We're pretty excited about it.
This is Teag getting his first haircut. Josh just shaved the back "feathers" is what I would call them. He looks so old. How did I get to this point where my baby is kinda not a baby any more? What the heck? And I still don't think we need another one, so I guess we'll see!

Little cutie!

New Camper

So we happened upon an awesome deal for a camper ( thanks to my brother Bridger) and even though we weren't in the market for one we decided to take this great deal while we had the chance. So we picked it up on Thursday and of course Josh wanted to go camping the next day. Which happened to be our 9th anniversary. We already had a babysitter for a night off without the kids. Needless to say, we went camping instead. So on the night of our 9th anniversary we slept in the same area as all three of our children, desperately trying to get Teag to go to sleep until he finally passed out at about 11:00pm, only to wake up bright and early at 6:30. We switched up the sleeping arrangements for the next night and made a little "cave" area for Teag and we all slept much better and longer.

Here is our Presley waiting patiently for her Dad to get back from fishing so we can head down to the lake.

Kenady the poser.
Running from some bugs.
This is what the kids did all day long.
Teag testing out the water.

My hot husband!
Throwing rocks. The coolest thing to do at the lake according to Teag.
Splashing Izaak with water.
Me and my boy.
Don't ask! These are the kind of things Josh does at the lake. Keeping everyone giggling.
Daddy and Teag.
We did a lot of swimming, fishing, sunning, burning, chasing floaties in the wind, eating, boating, sitting, laughing and some more eating. We had an awesome weekend. We're heading to South Dakota for the 4th of July but I am assuming every weekend after that will consist of something like this. Bring it on is all I have to say. It was so much fun! No more tent camping for us. Can I get a Woot Woot?