Splash pad in Washington Fields

Sisters' lunch ended up at the splash pad in Washington fields. The kids love to play in the water even Brooklyn got in on the fun! It is really nice to have the kids growing up so close to their cousins!

Main Street park is great for playing in the water!

 The kids love to play at the park on main street. It has lots of water features to endure the heat of summer. We met up with some friends to play with and eat lunch! Even Brooklyn was able to get her feet wet!

Summer Piano Recital

Katelyn and Taylor performed in a small piano recital showing off their talents! Taylor has been anticipating this all year! His very first piano recital.  He's been super nervous since the day he started piano with having to perform in front of other people. He did a great job! Katelyn was an old pro, she even improvised when she forgot the ending of the song. I was probably the only one that noticed since I've been hearing them practice these songs for months now! I love having my children take piano lessons and learn this skill. It is a huge task to undertake but Zack and I feel that it is so worth it!

Father's Day

We love our daddy-riah! Zack is a great dad and makes sure that each one of our kids feel loved! I am so thankful that I chose him to share my life with. I picked a pretty terrific man to father my children! We started the day off with a simple breakfast in bed, that the kids made. Followed by some pretty cool shoes, Kermit the Frog by adidas and questionnaires that the kids filled out. By the kids answers, he's pretty old and short!

  We love you, Zack!

Brooklyn is 8 months old

Our sweet little miss has turned 8 months old. She is getting around better everyday and quite the ball of energy! Brooklyn loves to be entertained; her brothers always keep her busy! Brooklyn loves the water, she loves to splash and play without any fear. She can say dada, hey, baba and blows raspberries. She has discovered how to clap and claps for anyone including herself. Our sweet girl has taken a liking for her big sister, Katelyn and beams whenever she enters the room. Brooklyn loves food! She begs to try everything and hasn't found much that she doesn't like besides the mushed up baby peas! Brooklyn is still quite the cuddler and loves to give kisses too. She smiles just for the fun of it but we all love when she giggles, it's a serious belly laugh when you get her going. Brooklyn lights up our life and brings so much joy to our family!

Summer Bucket List 2012

ERA Reunion

We attended a reunion with Zack's parents and siblings minus Krystal's family who are currently residing in Arizona. We headed all the way up to Mantua, Utah, a small town north-east of Brigham city. It was quite the adventure to say the least! There were animals all around, it rained most of the trip (total downpour) and Jed got the stomach flu on the last night we were there!

  

The kids did get to play with their cousins and adults did get a little visiting in between downpours! We were so glad that we brought our winter coats since it got down into the 30s one of the nights. Zack was able to play horseshoes with the guys.

At one point we were rather frustrated with the rain and found a bowling alley in Brigham City to stay dry for a couple hours. Isaac pretty much beat everyone at bowling.

We came up with a few different ways to try and stay dry but nothing seemed to work. Our shade covers kept leaking, extra tarps fell down and tents were the only escape but kept getting muddy! Eric and Kathy held a little trading post for the kids to buy treats if they earned tickets for helping out around the campsite. The glow sticks were a big hit!

All in all the kids had a great time and we got to visit with family so that was rather successful.

Katelyn's Patriotic Program

We watched Katelyn perform in a patriotic program at school. She sang her little heart out and loved every minute of it! She has grown up so much this past school year. Her teacher has nothing but compliments about her. Katelyn is moving up to the intermediate school this next year and really excited for the change! We are so proud of all she does. She is a great kid!

Zack is getting old!

Zack celebrated his birthday at school with a huge party, end of the school year party! They had an outdoor volleyball tournament with teachers vs students. The teachers won but everyone got burned. Zack has a racoon look since he was wearing sunglasses but no shoes so his poor feet are burned too. Great look for birthday pictures! He is currently teaching a class at the college in the afternoons for the next five weeks and then runs over to his evening job, since teaching is such a good paying profession. When he finally did arrive home shortly after 8pm we were able to celebrate his birthday together. I made him an apple pie which he loves. Since we are burned out of birthday cake with so many birthdays in a row, I usually try some other type of dessert for his birthday! Don't worry we still included the ice cream, no birthday should be without it. Zack loved all his gifts and spent most of the rest of the night on the wii singing song after song. Man he loves to sing!

Zack is an amazing dad, dedicated husband, extremely faithful and a hard worker. He loves what he does which makes all the extra jobs more bearable. He is a goof ball and very loving man mixed together. Zack has truly been a wonderful man. I am so thankful for him and all he does for our family. We love you!  Happy 34th birthday!

Spending time outdoors

We spent some time Saturday afternoon in the front yard, playing under the shade tree. The kids love to climb and the wonderful shade from our tree makes the weather much more bearable. I am not too into the heat and have enjoyed this tree. It was a huge selling point for me. We have since planted two more of the fruitless mulberries in our backyard! This summer is going to be a hot one! The kids are finishing up school for the summer and we are going to be playing lots. Let's see if I can come up with enough activities to keep all these kiddos busy!