Our own Fireworks show!!

One of Doug's greatest friends lives in Utah, so he invited us over for the most delicious burgers in the world and the best fireworks show ever!! (yes they legal in Utah, they have all the fun!!) OK, I'm only slightly worried that Brooke might grow up to to a pyro!! Dallen and Colten did really well, Dallen even joined in at one point. Ali would have not of that but she did enjoy watching and playing with sparklers!! Thanks Jason and Jesse!! We always have the best time at your house!!

Family Reunion Fun!!

We went to Utah for a Family Reunion, not much was planned for the first day we were there so we decided to go to the Dinosaur musuem and the Aquarium in Thanksgiving Point. So much fun!! The kids loved exploring in the Dinosaur Musuem, they are the largest Dino musuem in the US if not the world. They had so many hands on things, toys you could play with, costumes, a huge water and sand play area, even the girls loved it!!
After the musuem we were still looking for things to do, it was rainy and kinda yucky so we went to the Aquarium. The building was kinda funny like a grocery store front but the inside was cool!! Colten just loved to look at all the fish and things move! Dallen was so super cute to. They had people walking around telling you great facts about snakes and other repitiles!

Here are some more pictures from the past few weeks!! I just want to thank all my dear friends that come along on our adventures I love you all and will miss this time (in our lives) we have with our children and friends!!
This week has been a bummer Colt is really sick his fever was 102.7 last night he was just laying on me moaning and crying!! So sad, but today he is better!! HOORAY!! I still want to keep him home and well rested, I just feel so bad for the big kids!! Oh, well we always find stuff to do!

What we have been up to this Summer

Ali only has a 6 week summer so we were trying to squeeze in as much as we can but with the rotten weather, sick babies and the lack of things to do in Reno we are struggling! Here are a few things that we found super fun!! We went swimming for Chandler's B-day, WAY FUN!! We tye-dyed shirts for the Talent Show (it was a hippy theme)! We went the Nevada Historical Society Museum never been there but it was so cool the kids played dress up and played with old fashion toys, even the big kids liked it!! HOORAY!! We also went on a somewhat cloudy rainy day to the Animal Ark to watch the bears eat, sounds silly but it was really neat to see how they do it and why they do certain things!
Doug also redid our backyard this year we made it bigger and the grass is better so we can have the swing set out there!! The kids just love it!!

Funny story

The other night we put Dallen to bed @ a normal time, we then went down stairs to clean watch a show and just hang out for a few hours. We finally came up to bed at 11:00p.m. to find our son playing in his closest happy as can be!!

Four months since last post...............slacker!!

I can't promise that this will be in order or if I will even renumber half of what went on the past 4 months but we'll give it a shot!
Brooke first she is the oldest ya know............
Brooke finished 5th grade this year and is on to the new middle school. We went to a super fun camp for a few days in May right after her birthday (did I meant that she also turned 11 WOW(more pictures of that later)). She was also in the talent show singing and playing the guitar. She is amazing. We did have a little mess up with the amp. but she just rolled with it, I don't know many 11yr that will that composed in front of alot of people.


Ali graduated to fifth grade she is now the oldest in her school, so weird that they are so big!! Ali's class went to the park during the last week of school that was so much fun. I was able to go, I love to see how the kids act with all their friends! She is at such a cute age!


Dallen has finally started going to nursery!! Hooray!! He just loves his teacher! He loves to talk about his birthday in January in the spring! He always says Ali will you be my buddy! He really just loves Ali and wants to play with her all the time!


Colten well he is almost 9months old!! Where does time go?!? He has 4 teeth they really hurt when you get bit with them OUCH!! He really is a joy! HE doesn't crawl yet but does this funny lunge type crawl(?) thing , it is pretty funny to watch!!

Doug and I have been busy with Kids work and church!! Not always fun but always worth it!!

Life goes on..............

The last post Colten was four months but a few days later, the 1st in fact, he did turn 5 months!! Colten still doesn't roll over, GOOD, at least he is still there when I get back!! He likes blowing bubbles, laughing to himself mostly(I went by his room yesterday and he was just in there laughing and talking to himself), he is just happy to be in the action right on the floor, luckily we have had no injuries, HOORAY!
The girls went back to school today, it was wonderful and sad all in one! I love having them around it is never boring there is always someone to talk to always delightful noise to listen to. The house was sorta quiet today, weird!
Potty training update doing great just need to get a few more mattress protectors so we can go without a diaper at night and I need him to take naps in his own bed not in mine, there's no way that I'm letting him go free in my bed!
That is life right now just having fun, enjoying the kids doing the best we can and LOVING every minute of it!!