Few More Pics from CALIFORNIA- Sister's House

On my way home, to the airport in Long Beach, we stopped at Stephs House and let the kids swim and visited for a bit. I love my sis and miss her and her fam.

Fourth of July- Monday

Monday was a pretty busy day, but I like it that way on holidays!

First we met Grandma Nanny for the Hyrum parade. And we also met some of our other relatives...Cheryl, Melissa, and Marnie and their kids. The parade was actually perfect because it was not too hot and it was not too long. It was only about an hour, so that was perfect. And Casen was not running out by the floats which was reassuring and nice! Then we ended up at McDonalds after the parade for lunch. The kids were then ready to go  home and rest for a bit. I needed to get the little kids a nap before we did some more fun stuff!

We then needed to cool off, so we went in our own little hot tub/ pool in the summer. I even got Crew in and he loved it. It was just cool enough, but not too cold. Then after we showered and got ready for the night..we decided to go to Chilis for dinner. I was craving their chips and their brownie dessert. The kids were pretty good.

Then afterwards we drove up to Lewiston to go to the fireworks. It was pretty cool. Casen was a little nervous at first becasue it was his first time seeing fireworks that  up close and that loud. He finally warmed up to them. He said he was scared! And Crew was watching them and didn't seem to mind them. He even decided he was hungry mid-fireworks and was actually able to eat and not be distracted. It was kind of amusing!

We are having fun, but we sure miss our daddy! It is more fun when he is here with us! But we are glad he is having fun in Alaska!

Fourth of July Weekend

First of all...I love holiday weekends and I love to get in all the fun we can! Friday I took the kids to the pool with the neighbors (I have no pics). It was my first time taking all 4 kids to the pool and it was not bad, but I really wish Casen would wear a life jacket. He absolutley hates them and he throws a fit. I tried as good as I could to keep the kids from not getting burnt, but of course little Crew got sunburned under his eyes... and I did not stop hearing about it from Matt. I put sunscreen on his face. I don't know if the reflection of the water can get them sunburned because he was so covered.....with a hat and swim clothes. Anyway, we had fun. I even got a little sun, but trust me I Needed Some Color.

Then that night Corey had a baseball game and that was fun. She did great!

After the game, we decided to make a quick dinner with the neighbors and do some fireworks in the backyard and watch the local fireworks from our backyard. We have done this the last couple of years and it has been fun and relaxing. You cannot see and hear the fireworks as good, but it is alot more relaxing then getting stuck in traffic and all that with the kids!

Then Saturday morning Matt left for his annual Alaska trip, so I had the kids the rest of the week without him.

So Saturday, Cade really wanted to go to the yearly Cruise In car show. So in the HOT HEAT we walked thru the fairgrounds for about an hour, looked at some cool cars and got a SNOWIE! That helped to cool us down. Then after that I let the kids go and rollar blade at the Fun Park and play a few games. We only could stay for about 1.5 hours cause we had a neighborhood swim party to go to.

I am so bummed I did not take any pics at the pool party either cause the kids had fun. I was a little nervous about taking the kids to a pool party without Matt, but we did fine! The pool was freezing, so Casen did not stay in long which made it nicer for me. We got to eat dinner, talk to the neighbors, and let the kids swim. Friends of ours, helped me to watch the kids too, which was nice. Ryan Bunderson took a turn watching Casen by the pool for me and everyone passed around Crew. So it was nice to have a little help. About 10:00 we decided it was time to get the little ones in bed.

So something funny too. I don't usually get scared when Matt is gone, but 2 nights in a row, the kids ended up sleeping on my floor in my room because we thought we heard tapping on our windows. We realized it, the 2nd night that it was FIREWORKS! Wow, we were laughing. We felt dumb!

Then Sunday, I decided to try and take the kids to sacrament by myself. It was kinda crappy, but we made it. We just went the first hour and then came home. All my kids kind of have colds, so we needed to come home and take naps. Casen is the difficult one during church. The rest of the kids were fine! Don't know that I will try that again until kids get older...By Myself.

We are having an eventful weekend. It has been fun so far!

Cade's Last Game of the Season

Cade had his last game of the season. He was sad because he loves baseball. I really do love to go to the games because it gets the kids a chance to play outside and both my kids love baseball. But I am also glad to not have scheduled stuff every night of the week and to kind of get a break from that. There is always next year. His coaches were really great this year too...Lance Anderson again and Brett Daniels.