Happy, Happy Birthday Grandma Dear!

Well it was my mom's Birthday yesterday so my dad took her out to a movie and dinner while Zack and Shaunna used the helium tank that my dad rented to blow up close to a hundred black balloons. They did an excellent job decorating, the only problem was that once everyone got there nobody had brought a camera!! I am going to try to go back over tonight and take some pictures. Zack made her a beautiful new coffee table for her living room, it was awesome!

Big Boy Bike

Roscoe got a new bike, kind of. It's really only half a bike. He was getting too big for the bike trailer and we found this bike on clearance, and Roscoe couldn't be happier. He did so good on it, we took a ride to Papa and Cheryl's house.

Whad I do?

How can you get mad at a face like this?

Human Pyramid

I was trying to teach the kids how to make a human pyramid last week, Michaela and Abby were the base and Roscoe and Paula were on top. Everytime I went to take their picture they fell, but Michaela and Abby kept trying, and Roscoe just likes to be in the middle of everything.

You've Had a Birthday!

Abby turned 7 a few weeks ago and we had a fun time with the family that came over. Her mom and dad bought her a new bike, and Abby even made her own cake (and as far as I know no one got sick).

Grandma and Grandpa Ludlow

Grandma and Grandpa Smith

Aunt Shaunna and Uncle Zack

Kaiya Diane Smith

We went up to see Matt, Jen and Kaiya when she was 10 days old, she was born on August 14. She is so beautiful, and was such a good baby, I didn't hear her cry once the whole day. The kids love the new "baby" cousin.

Waterfall Canyon

We took a hike up waterfall canyon in Ogden. It was the end of the summer so there wasn't any water in the stream until we got kind of far up the canyon, but it was really pretty. We are already making plans to go back in the early summer next year.

Mike and the girls

Mike and Roscoe

The girls eating a snack

Sugar Babies!

Roscoe and Paula found an opened box of Sugar Babies, and went and hid in the closet to eat them. I found them a couple of minutes later and couldn't stop laughing!

Lorrin Farr Pool

Mike's first faculty party was the Friday before school started. We went to Lorrin Farr Pool in Ogden, which is where they filmed the pool scenes for the movie The Sandlot. It was a little cold, especially when the sun went down, but we had fun.

Paula ready to get in the pool

Roscoe with his alligator floatie

Abby swimming in the pool

Michaela swimming

Fun with Jared and Serenity

While the Brunsons were visiting Jessica and myself took all the kids down to Discovery Gateway. We got all 6 kids (including 3 car seats, and one booster seat) in Grandma's SUV! The kids had so much fun that they keep asking when Jared and Serenity are going to come back to go to Discovery Gateway with them again.

Roscoe and Serenity in the car

The girls playing a song together

Jared building in the construction zone

Trying to get 6 kids to all sit still and look forward at the same time!

Shoshone Falls and Park

While we were in Twin Falls in August we stopped by Shoshone Falls and then went to the park and played. Harold brought his metal detector so him and Mike looked for "treasure" on the shore of the lake. Then we took turns flying the parachute kite. We had so much fun with Becky and her family! We cant wait to see them again.

Off the trail at Shoshone Falls

Mike being attacked by the Jedi clones

Harold and Mike flying the parachute kite

HI SPEED!

Well, after three different tries we finally have high speed internet!! (Mike is jumping for joy) I am going to try to catch up the blog with stuff we have done over the last few months, and I am hoping that I will be able to keep it current after that.