Our Blue World with a Splash of Pink!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Starting 5th Grade

I can hardly believe that my little boy is already old enough to be in 5th grade. Scary, his elementary school years are almost over. SAD! Tanner, please do me a HUGE favor and stop growing up so fast.

And can I just say that I HATE year a round school. This whole 3 week summer just isn't enough....

He sure is a little STUD MUFFIN though!

Nanny and his bestie, Carson.

What a pair of handsome boys!

(7/26/2011)

Pioneer Day

To celebrate Pioneer Day, our neighborhood had a kid's bike parade. Guess they have done this the last couple of years, but we are usually are out of town over the 24th. Not this year:(

The kids were so excited to decorate their bikes and wagons with streamers, balloons, banners and flags! We went over to the dollar store and loaded up our carts with red, white and blue. Too bad while we were decorating, two balloons flew away and the both of the banners ripped.

Cute Troy's bike had a flat tire, so he asked if he could pull Blakley in the wagon. What a sweet big brother.

My dad and brother even joined in on the fun....Cause really they are both still little kids. Hope they never grow up:) I think they threw Bentley in the back seat at the last minute so they had an excuse to be in the parade. lol

(7/23/2011)

Monday, August 22, 2011

A hiking we will go.....

Oh Boy!

The boys wanted to go a hike in the mountains REALLY bad! Their sweet grandpa volunteered to take them. Too bad I am too much of a worry wart and thought there was no way my dad could watch all three boys. Crazy thoughts! I just kept imagining one of them running ahead, falling behind or worst being a dare devil and jumping off the side of the mountain or something. My boys are CRAZY! You never know! Any who, I ended up going with them. So much for the boys outing:) Besides, who else would have thought about taking pictures, right?!?!

We headed up Big Cottonwood Canyon and decided on hiking up to Dog Lake. We couldn't have asked for better weather. It was nice and cool.

My boys were little troopers! They each took turns wearing the water camelbaks without too much whining and made the four mile round trip hike without being carried. YAY!!!

We sure missed our little Blakley Doo (thanks grandma for watching her). She was so excited when her brothers came home. She wanted them to swim with her. She couldn't even wait to put on her swimsuit, she jumped right in the pool with her clothes on. Silly Girl!

Oh how I love summer days!

(07/19/2011)

Monday, August 8, 2011

4th of July

Who doesn't love the 4th of July and all that it stands for:

Family, Friends, Freedom, Fireworks, Fun

We had another successful family party over at my uncle Bob's house. Yummy bbq and fireworks. We look forward to this every year.

My cute cousin Nate, planned games in the backyard for all of the kids. My kids loved pairing up and playing water balloon volleyball. There was even prizes. Thanks Nate! You're such a sweetheart!

Show off those muscles, big guys!

Blakley waiting for the fireworks to start!

I LOVE this picture! When the big aerial fireworks were going off, I tried to sneak a picture of them. And look what I got instead two grouchy looks. Sorry guys!