Jewel Lake Fishing

We decided to take a little last minute trip to Jewel Lake and let the kids try fishing- this is the same spot Kelz caught her fish last year, so she had pretty high hopes.



Unfortunately we didn't get so lucky.



Bubba's a born natural though- must run in the family- doesn't he look like a pro!



Cherry's looking pretty good too :)



I love these shots- fishin' with Dad in the distance-- well minus the football!

Swing tricks

In their sunday clothes and everything- how fun!!



Kelz is a crack up!

Cute Bubba faces :)

I took these of Bubba and I and I just LOVE his face! He's so adorable!


What a handsome little man!


Don't ya just wanna go "AWWWWW" He's so cute!!!!
(please don't let my chubby face detract from his cuteness :) Go ahead and crop me out if you have to :) I'M TOTALLY KIDDING!!!!)

Kelz and her new ponies

This is Kelz little teaparty ponies that she got for her birthday- she set them up all cute- I had to take a picture :)


And here's Kelz' picture of it- she took this one herself--pretty good for a 4 year old~

Russian jack Springs

Getting back on the bike.


Getting ready to go get eaten alive by more mosquitos on the way out.

Russian Jack Springs

I just think this spot is really pretty and peaceful, so I took a picture of it.


He feels pretty cool climbing on the bridge- if the water was more than a foot deep, I probably wouldn't let them do this :)


"whoa, I totally almost fell in!"


She seriously never takes her helmet off- it's so dang cute.


another spot I thought was pretty.

This is Bubba watching the dandelion he threw in the water float under the bridge and downstream- this is totally my favorite "brad-thing" he's such a cute little boy!


Gathering weeds :)


"I wonder if the girls would mind if I borrowed one of their bikes..."


"There it goes, mom!"

Russian Jack Springs

We walked/rode down to the Russian Jack Springs. The kids like to "feed" the stream with weeds and flowers (don't ask me).


Lukey had a good time running around. He LOVES rivers, streams, lakes, anything he can get so close to that it scares mommy. He's big on throwing things into the water too.




Kelz is such a sweetie! Ya gotta love the clothes this girl picks out to wear everyday :)

I GOT TAGGED!

I guess when you get tagged you're supposed tell everyone 8 things that most people don't know about you. My first thought was- I talk too much for people to not know everything about me, but I am going to dig deep. But first I wanted to do my kids- there are a lot of things that you all don't know about them :) (I promise this isn't just an excuse to talk about my kids or myself- you can even ask Julz or Lace)
We'll start with Bubba since I usually start with the oldest or youngest.
1. Bubba thanks his mommy for dinner every night. And if anyone else helped with it, he thanks them too.
2. He loves to scream in the tunnel.
3. He likes to be pushed on the swing, but you have to start out slow and work up to higher- eventually he ends up going REALLY high, but if you try to start him out like that he gets a little scared.
4. He screams like a girl- really high pitched squealy screams.
5. He likes to sing the "Bumblebee" song every night before he goes to bed- it's like an obsession.
6. He whisperingly prompts whoever is saying the prayer to "bweh my owie go way" until they finally bless his owies.
7. He will do just about anything for a treat.
8. He's really really good at the doctors, shots and everything, he hardly says a word.

Kelz-
1. Kelz is really sensitive to most kinds of fabrics. There are very few types taht don't make her skin crawl, and cause her to throw herself on the floor and cry when she is trying on something "dat bug me".
2. She's really tough when it comes to falling off her bike. She falls down and just jumps right back up.
3. She eats like a bird- hardly anything, probably why she's so small.
4. She wears her bike helmet for long periods of time- even when she's not riding her bike.
5. She has to have at least 20 toys on her bed to sleep with her. Sometimes the toys get more room than she does, and she would prefer it that way.
6. She's very sharing and will usually give in to her brother or sister when they want to do something that she didn't.
7. She LOVES dresses. She would wear one everyday if she could.
8. She likes donkeys.

Cherry
1. Cherry loves pretending to be a dog, and she's pretty convincing at it too.
2. She doesn't like to have her hair done.
3. She loves broccoli
4. She likes riding her bike in the road.
5. She likes her pants to be above her ankles, not touching her shoes (:) )
6. She's really protective of her brothers and sisters.
7. She loves to be "in charge".
8. Whenever she goes to a park, school playground, or McDonald's Play Place, she makes a new friends within minutes, and they become soul mates until it is time to go. Even kids who are twice her age seem to cling to her and wait for her to tell them what to do next. It's really quite fascinating the hold she has on other kids.

Last but not least- Lukey
1. When Lukey wakes up and I get him out of his bed, he has to hug me with all his might and lay his head on my shoulder for at least a minute before he will let me put him down to go play- so cute.
2. He doesn't like to be rushed in to anything too quickly.
3. He loves the bathroom and everything in it, I can't count how many times I have had to fish things out of the toilet because of him- including his own hands.
4. He loves bananas
5. Lukey looks really cute in his hoody sweatshirt :)
6. He likes to think he's one of the big kids.
7. He falls asleep almost everytime he gets in his swing.
8. When we go to the park he likes to scoop up the rocks and put them in mommy's hands.


Okay, so 8 things you probably don't know about me- this is hard
1. I love to hang out with people and go places, but right before I am supposed to go somewhere, I start thinking of reasons why I don't want to and almost talk myself in to making an excuse and backing out of it. I'm sure you've all been the victim of this problem one time or another- takes me a while to get out of it, but it happens almost everytime I am supposed to go somewhere- it was really bad in High School before Dances, I would try to talk my mom into calling the guy and telling him I was in the Hospital or something- Sad I know- I always have fun once I'm there, it's just getting there that's hard. And now with kids, it's just all the more work to get out the door :) (that's embarrassing, I can't believe I just told you all that)
2. I love to do things with just the kids and I alone. I love having long chats with Cherry and Kelz on the way to the park, and singing songs and playing "I Spy" games with them as we go- can't do it as well when we take friends along. So if you thought I was antisocial after number one, this one just about pushes it over the top doesn't it :)
3. I love organizers- tubs, totes, shelves, drawers, anything that is made for organizing. Unfortuantely I don't own a lot, but man, if I got my hands on the money for this kind of stuff- it would probably overtake my house. Unfortunately, most of it is falls in the "too expensive" or "frivolous" categories. I have to improvise with diaper and wipe boxes and such. (you'd think my house would be more organized with how obsessed I am with it.)
4. I hate wearing shoes. I think this is the first time in my life I have owned more than 2 pair (that I actually like to wear) at one time. And that's just because I had to buy warmer sunday shoes this winter.
5. I love ambulances and life-flight helicopters. I hope to be able to drive an ambulance someday- with the lights on- driving over the islands and medians and stuff.
6. I have really strong memory anchors. EVERYTHING reminds me of something. And it's getting worse as I get older, because there are just more things to remember. And I do have a really good memory for pointless little details :)
7. I am deathly afraid of centipedes and ear wigs. They definitely creep me out!
8. I think I was a secretary in the pre-existance because I recognize people EVERYWHERE, and I think I know them from somewhere. I thought it would go away being 3,000 miles from everyone and everything I've known all my life, but I still try to figure out where I might know someone from when I'm walking through the grocery store. Luckily I've learned not to say anything to them anymore. But I really think this could only be from taking roll in heaven or something.


Nate (just for fun)
1. He's a gourmet Smoked Salmon cooker :) He's perfected his recipe and has several people bringing over salmon all the time for him to smoke for them.
2. He likes to make up songs that go with what he is doing, makes things more fun for the kids :)
3. He loves to go on walks.
4. He likes to wear his red and white "Hawaiian" shirt.
5. He is obsessed with the Utah Jazz (in fact if you don't know this, you've never met Nate)- he's their biggest, most non-fair-weather, most loyal fan.
6. He used to play street hockey everyday when he was younger.
7. He loves to draw and he's really good at it especially during Sacrament meeting to entertain the kids.
8. He's not shy :)

Now I want to tag:
Natalie
Annie (you may have already been tagged- I need to get your addresses again)
and anyone else that has a blog needs to tell me about it :)

KELZ IS FOUR NOW!!!

Kelz was WAY excited to come down on her birthday morning and see all the decorations as has become our tradition, we did the little sign and everything- She looks like she just woke up for a reason :) But this was her first time saying she is FOUR!!

SO EXCITED for her birthday party in a few hours!!!

Playing Games and stuff

Kelly had a kitty party, so for a craft we painted little plaster kitties- it actually turned out to be pretty fun, and not nearly as messy as I had worried.


We played "Pin the Tail on the Kitty"- tradition. Here's Kelly pinning it on the kitties foot :)


Now, we had a mouse pinata that I made, and it actually turned out pretty cute (kitties hitting a mouse- get it?), but I never took a picture of it- how dumb! Anyway- here it is flying through the air as the kids pick up all the candy!


We had a milk lapping contest to see who could lap up the milk the fastest- kinda fun :)


And here's the Kitty Cake! Way easier than the other ones I have done- I liked that the frosting wasn't supposed to be smooth :)

Eating Cake and Ice Cream

Kelz is so cute when she's the center of attention- she's still so shy. But what a cute little girl!


"Haaaappy Biiiiiirthday toooooooooo yoooooooooooooou"!!


Blowing out the candles


YAY she did it!!


Who wants icecream??

Kelly is SO cute!! She LOVED opening presents time :)

Kelz got ANOTHER baby doll :) (this one's WAY cute, it responds to touch- how cool is that!)

This was Kelz' "fpehful prahunt from mom and dad"

Kelz's little red-headed friend was really excited for Kelzto open the present she brought. It made it really special to kelz.

ooooooooooooooooooooooh! Little girls are SO CUTE!!