Family camping trip

Last weekend we took our very first 'Family' camping trip in the trailer. We went up Friday night, and were home by 2:00 Saturday afternoon. It was perfect. Our friends the Thompsons came up and had dinner with us, and the boys played for a while. They all play so good together, and the boys are just that...boys!

Brennen shot a rabbit with his bow. The kids all thought that was the coolest thing ever. Especially the little boys.

Noah was hardly ever around. He, Brennen and Preston would try to find more rabbits, or go check out the creek.

Lexie did amazing. I didn't really expect anything else. She seriously is the best baby ever.

Colby got up and made us all breakfast. Then he and the boys went for a little hike to check out the creek, I guess.

Then off to do some fishing while Lexie had a nap and I played cards. I seriously felt like my grandma Miller. That's all she ever did, sat in the motorhome and played solitaire. She taught me a ton of different games, if only I could remember them all now. We're teaching Cutler well.

Noah gets bored with fishing if they're not catching any. They did catch some, but he was more interested in the bugs.
If every camping trip was like this one, we are going to have a blast this summer. The kids were good, the weather was nice, and we all just had a good time.

School's out for summer

and I have mixed feelings about it. I think Noah does too. I can't believe he is going to be in 1st grade! He has learned so much this year and Colby & I are so proud of him. We loved his teacher Mrs. Vaka, and so did he. He had some moments in class where he couldn't, or wouldn't (more likely) stop talking or leaving the other kids alone at his table, so he would have to get moved to another desk all by himself. Colby told me he was the same way his whole life, I am totally not looking forward to that every year!

They didn't have a graduation like most schools, but they did this totally cute program for all the parents.

notice how involved Noah is in this song. I swear.

(for some reason my camera doesn't take good pictures in the gym

I'm positive it's not me.)

After the kids all sang a couple of songs we went back to Mrs. Vaka's classroom for them to tell us a story they had all memorized a part to. Noah talks so quiet you can barely hear him. There was another little boy being so noisy and his mom didn't ever tell him to be quiet so turn up the volume to hear Noah's part.



Then we went outside to have a little reading picnic. It was fun to see his whole class and see and hear what they have been learning.


**Noah, dad and I are so proud of you. You have grown so much this year and have learned a ton! As hard as it's been, all the yelling, crying, and fighting, we made it! I can't wait to see what you learn next year, and see just how smart you can get.

First grade, here we come!

Hot summer fun

Since we are now officially in the hot weather season, if we're not inside trying to keep cool the boys are outside playing in our $8.00 KMart special from last year. It even has a hole in the bottom - but it still holds water, go figure. I'm cheap, I know. I actually did buy a slip 'n slide that got broken the first time we used it, but with a little packing tape it's still usable. They love to play on that but it totally kills our grass (notice the yellow grass behind the pool). I've already gone through a can and a half of sunscreen in only a month. I guess it's a good thing I just stocked up from Costco.

And at night or on the weekend when Colby's home and willing to play, they get to go to grandma's and swim in the big pool.

I love this picture of Cutler trying to hurry and get out of the water before the shark gets him.

Noah wouldn't really swim on the side where I was so I couldn't ever really get any good pictures of him. Plus he was doing his own thing and didn't want any pictures taken. Wierd. He was having a moment I guess.

Lexie's new trick

She actually started rolling over a couple of weeks ago, but I couldn't ever get it on video. If I leave her long enough (3-4 min.) she'll roll all the way across the room.

It's so fun to see all the milestones happen, but sad how fast they come.

Turkey hunt

The mighty hunter returned with this beauty on Saturday. He did save some of the meat. I will not eat it. Thanksgiving is not at my house this year!

I will say it looks like a pretty big bird. 8" beard. Your husbands will know what that means.

Camping

A few months ago Colby bought this trailer. We've been talking about getting one for a while now, and finally came across this one for a great price. The weekend after we got it Colby and the boys had to try it out. I got a phone call at about 2:00 in the morning saying they were coming home because the heater wasn't working. (This was in either Feb. or March) Now that it's warmed up quite a bit they tried again and had a great time. 2 of the grandpa's went along - I'm sure it was NOT a quiet night between the snoring and hard breathing they all do - I'm glad I wasn't there. The boys had a blast and we are all looking forward to some fun weekends this summer with my family too.

I just had to throw in these of the boys with the fish they caught. And the worms.

4 months~

Weight: 11 lbs. (5th percentile)

Height: 23 inches (7th percentile)

*You smile a lot, and are laughing a lot too. Especially at your daddy. He just has to walk over to you and you smile.

*You hate the car. Not the carseat, the car. You are fine in your seat until I put you in the car, close the door, and start the car. After that you scream the.whole.time. Without fail.

*You are almost completely done nursing. I have mixed feelings about this, but I have no control over it either. For some reason I have lost my milk - I take my vitamins, I eat, I drink. Nothing helps. Dr. Nygaard even gave me a prescription for Reglan to help my body produce more. It helped but you can only take it for so long, and I've passed that time. I try to nurse when you wake up and when you go to bed. Pretty much I'm down to one or the other now. But at least you'll drink a bottle.

*You prefer your thumb over your binki. You'll even take the binki out to put your thumb in. Smarty. Just don't do it for the next 5 years, please.

*Today you almost rolled over - twice. Once from back to belly, and once from belly to back. Now we'll just see how long it takes you to really accomplish this new trick.

*Your eyes are starting to turn brown. I thought they were going to be blue, now I'm not so sure.

*You're the best sleeper. Still 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. - I'll feed you every 2 hours all day long just to have you keep this up!!

Another sleep-walker???

A couple of nights ago Cutler gave us the biggest scare of our lives. We were all asleep, he had been in our room once already, and a few hours later Noah came in. I was totally out and didn't hear anything. Noah was claiming that he heard doors closing. Colby was blaming Noah, saying that he closed the door when he was coming into our room. Noah said he didn't and he was not about to go back into his room. He wanted to sleep on our floor, but we're mean and don't allow kids to sleep in our room.
Colby went and checked the house for Noah, and while doing so wondered how Cutler was doing because Noah was being so noisy. He looked on his bed but couldn't see him. So he started looking around the room - (Cutler falls out of bed almost every night, who knows where he'll end up) - but he was nowhere. Colby came back into our room and made me get out of bed and almost to the door before he told me he couldn't find Cutler. I started freaking out. I ran into the boys' room and sure enough Cutler wasn't in bed.
**This has seriously always been one of my biggest fears - when I go to check on my child he/she won't be in their bed. I'm always so worried that someone is going to break into my house and kidnap one of them. Hence the reason I was a sucker and bought a house alarm from a door salesman.
Back to the story. I kept thinking about Colby & Noah's conversation and about doors opening. Maybe Cutler went outside, maybe he's sleepwalking, he could be anywhere. But the alarm would have went off if one of the outside doors would have opened. Then Colby asked me if I set the alarm. I got nervous thinking I didn't and that maybe someone really did come in our house. I looked to make sure it was set, and it was.
I started going to every room in the house, turning on all the lights, looking under and around everything. Where could this boy be? He wasn't anywhere. I was starting to panic when I noticed the bathroom door was closed. I specifically open it every night to let it air out because there's no window in it. I carefully opened the door, and there he was. Laying on the floor, asleep.
I picked him up and hugged him. It seriously felt like he had been lost. I took him back to bed, and that was our night. I think I layed in bed for about 20 minutes waiting for my heart to settle down.
This sleep-walking business is really getting to me. It creeps me out not knowing if the boys are awake or not. I hope this is just a phase and that they both grow out of it before too long.

Noah's Talent

Doug & Janet had a talent show in their ward on Friday and Janet had Noah & Rigby perform with her. Rigby played the harmonica, Janet played the guitar, and Noah sang. I have to say I am very proud of him. He was a little nervous, but he got up there and did a great job.

**Push pause on my playlist and turn your sound up to listen

Trip to S.L.C.

We wanted to get out of town, and the main reason was Colby wanted to go to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving point. Here's a recap...

We left Friday afternoon. Drove straight to our Hotel. It wasn't too late and Cutler had fallen asleep in the car so we knew he for sure wasn't going to be ready to go to bed. Colby got a wild hair and decided to take them swimming. We all went down to the pool, and after 10 minutes of deciding to get in the freezing cold water, they only swam for about 5 minutes - literally. They decided the bath tub would be much more fun.

Saturday morning we woke up and drove to Thanksgiving Point and took the boys to the Dinosaur Museum. We all had a great time. It was very interesting even for Colby & I. Cutler is so into dinosaurs we thought he would definitely love it, and he did. Task accomplished.Once we were done there we drove down to the Tulip Festival. After walking up to the main building and getting ready to pay, we decided that paying nearly $30 for us all to walk around looking at flowers which were only 40% blossomed, wasn't a very good idea. Call us cheap, but if I'm going to pay to look at flowers, they better be some pretty amazing flowers. Even just walking up to the building we noticed they weren't really out. We were sad, since that's really what we went up there for, but it wasn't worth it to us.

Next we took a gander up to Gardner Village. We just can't go to S.L. without visiting G.V. There was hardly anyone there which made it easy to get around quickly. While I shopped the boys went for a ride.

We did some shopping at the mall and ate at the Cheesecake Factory - YUM!! Then took the kids to Discovery Gateway. Can I just ask, Why do we not have something like this in St. George???!! Cutler could have played in the balls for hours. It was so entertaining, the kids had a blast...

...and Colby did too!

We had a great weekend! It was so much fun spending time with just our little family.