I can't believe that Isaac is turning 2!

Well, as hard as I try to slow it down, my kids just keep growing up! Isaac will turn 2 on Sept 8th. We are having the family over for a party on Friday, the 5th.


Isaac is so fun! Right now he loves cars. He loves to sing, and he learns songs amazingly fast. He likes to dance. He likes to jump on the tramp and play with Ellee.

He is all boy! Boy oh boy!

Our Trip to Fish Lake

Adam planned a trip for our family, just the 4 us, to Fish Lake, UT. We left Thurs afternoon and returned on Mon afternoon. It was so exciting because we got to plug our trailer in, so we didn't worry about power. The downfall to the RV campsite was that there weren't restrooms. We frequented the little store down the way! A LOT! :)

While we were there, we fished. We packed a lunch, rented a boat for the day and set off. It was a little much to ask of the kids to be good on a hot boat all day. It was really fun when they were catching fish though!

Dad was incharge of putting the worms and bait on the hooks. That was a full time job. Thanks Dad!

This is Isaac's first fish. We lost it before we got it in the boat.

Ellee loved to throw the fish back after dad unhooked them. Isaac wouldn't touch them. I can't say I blame him.

Ellee caught the first fish of the day. She was pretty happy about that!

We hiked through this great trail to get to a waterfall.

We couldn't help but play in it...

and in the mud...

I may have started a waterfight and then HAD to go take pictures! Luckily, Dad was happy to take over.

We explored.

We had lots of fun together and just hung out!

We hiked around the lake a bit...

and threw rocks...

and more rocks. Ellee and I wanted to be cool like dad, but we couldn't skip rocks. So we stuck to throwing them.

We were able to enjoy the beautiful outdoors that we have been blessed with.

The waterfall and exploring was done in Capital Reef, which should have taken about an hour to get to. The woman at the local store led us astray... I am sure she told us a shortcut. We ended up in half of the counties in Utah before we found it. It was all okay though. I was with my favorite people! We also saw lots of deer in Capital Reef. They all but joined us in the truck, they came right up to us. There were even some really nice bucks.

It was a really great trip!

Ellee is in First Grade

Here is Ellee on her first day of school. Her teacher is Mrs. Raff. She is making lots of new friends and learning so much each day. She is a pretty amazing girl. She was nervous about finding the right bus to come home on, but she made it home! She really likes school lunch, but not so much the corndogs.

(The look on her face is not that she doesn't want to go to school, it is that I am keeping her from the bus stop!)

Isaac really misses her while she is gone. He wants to be just like her, so each morning, he puts on his boots and a "pack pack" and we all head to the bus stop.

Sweet, Sweet Kaya

Here are a few pictures of our first born child. Adam and I got Kaya as a puppy a couple weeks after we moved into our house in Woods Cross. We had been married less than a year. She was the chubbiest of the litter and the sweetest too! She has been a huge part of our lives for 7 years. When Ellee was born, Kaya would always sleep right next to Ellee's bed to keep her safe. One of the first things Ellee said was "no keessees" because Kaya loved to lick her. She has taken orders from her younger sister, Ellee and her younger brother, Isaac with pleasure. One of the first things Isaac said was "good girl." We have enjoyed camping, swimming, (we had to talk her into that...) walking and just playing in the yard - a lot! On many occasions, she even went to work with us.

Kaya was really sick on Thursday. We took her into the Pet ER. She had an infected uterus. She went into surgery late Thursday night. She made it through surgery, but got progressively worse. She wanted to fight it, to come home with us, but she couldn't. We said our goodbyes late last night. As we were driving home, Ellee was consoling Adam and me. Isaac was saying "Jesus Christ, Amen." He must have known we needed the prayers. We will miss her so much!

WE LOVE YOU KAYA!!!!!

Memories

I snagged this little diddy from a friend's blog. Yes its rather woman-like of me but its all kinds of wonderful so lets reminisce.

Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you have of either or both of us. It doesn't matter if you know us a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.
It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about us, We'll assume you're playing the game and we'll come to your blog and do the same thing. Thanks for playing!

Remember kids, this is a Family show so keep it clean.

Wow, we have had so many events and no updates! (everything backwards)

The kids get to go on a really small stretch of the river with no rapids. It is really fun to get the kids on the water, but nothing compared to the rapids! This year the water was so high and the river was intense!

We went on our annual river trip with the Royal and Corey Lott families. We always love this trip! We went a day early and had some time to explore. This picture was in front of an amazing waterfall.

The girls were supposed to be sleeping, but they were looking out the window at the neighbors fireworks.

Britany Galovich and her kids, Maya and Kenyon, stayed at out house for a couple of days and we were so busy playing and hanging out, we only had a couple of pictures. It was so fun for our kids to play together! Oh, yeah and lots of fun to hang with Britany. I don't have any pictures of Rowdy's wedding, but it was great to see all the guys together again! Congratulations to Rowdy and Carissa.

We have spent so much time in the water this summer. The kids had 2 weeks of swimming lessons, which they loved. We also have passes to Seven Peaks Water Park. (The kids are comfortable enough with the water to jump right in, but not to swim.) We are having tons of fun. Dayton likes to go with us too. He and Adam really like the slides. I have yet to ride a slide...

Ellee was thrilled with her birthday and the parties. We had breakfast in bed for her birthday and then she had 2 parties. One with family that involved a lot of bug chasing and some bug eating! One with friends that involved lots of water balloons! Thanks to all who made her birthday so special!

We have been to a couple of parades, family BBQ's, a rodeo, neighborhood parties and family parties!

This is the first day of swimming lessons. They are so excited!!!

Isaac in his first cowboy hat and wranglers

You probably know by now that Isaac loves hats! I am sure that it was against Adam's will that I got these jeans for Isaac, but doesn't he look so cute!?!

Ellee's Birthday is Coming Up!

Ellee's birthday is coming up on July 7th. She is really excited. She loves the littlest pet shop and I used to buy them for her every time we went to walmart. I decided to put a chore and allowance system in place and stopped buying them for her. One day I asked if she wanted to some extra chores to earn money for a new littlest pet and she told me "I'll just wait for my birthday or Christmas." And she has... It is quite funny, but I have held strong! (Though she may have moved on to Pokemon.) She loves to play pokemon with her Uncle Riley!

We are having her family birthday party on July 6th. She wanted to roast hot dogs and marhmallows, so that is what we are doing. We will have tasty food too.

She is old enough now that she wants to have a "friends" birthday party, so we are having a little get together with some of her friends from her primary class, school and neighbors. That should be crazy with water balloons and ice cream!

I can't believe that she is going to be 6! She has grown so fast.

Ellee's Kindergarten Graduation

Today was the big day. Ellee graduated from kindergarten. She has been so excited for this day. They sang songs. Some kids talked, others were in a special musical number with chimes. Ellee was one with chimes. She did such a great job. We love her so much and feel so blessed to have her in our family. She is a great example to us. She is fun, kind and oh so cute! Through the year, Ellee has learned to read, shapes, patterns, to play well with others and lots more.

I think she will really miss her teacher, Mrs. Paxman. She has been such a fun teacher.

Since Ellee has shown some MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY this year with graduating from kindergarten and all, I agreed to let her have her very own pet. She wanted a cat, but settled for a beta fish. After 5 or 6 names, she settled on "Maya, you know, like my friend Maya."

Isaac was rotten during the graduation because they didn't plan it around his nap time. :) He really didn't want to have anything to do with any of it. Even though he was a bit of a pain during the graduation, today has been so fun. When I put him in the bath this morning, he had a couple of foam letters and was sticking them to the sides saying "A" "I" "C" He didn't say the letters that matched, but he recognized that both what he was saying and what he was playing with were letters. Later, he colored on himself and said "marker." It is not the first time this has happened. I am sure it will not be the last. He woke up this morning covered in marker because he had colored on his hand and then slept on it.

Have I mentioned that he loves hats?

Movie trivia

So do you remember that scene in the movie Swiss Family Robinson where the guys had gone back out to the wreckage to see if they could salvage anything. Then they are spotted by the pirates (ARR)

who were sailing towards them and firing their cannons and what-not?

side note-Nice man boobs dude. ->

What happened next? (as the suspense elevates to a fever pitch...)

The father finds and raises a flag on the shipwrecked boat, which coincidentally was used to indicate that "black death was aboard", and the pirates turn and sail away. At least for now... (Dun-dun-dun...) <- that was to indicate a feeling of mysteriousness.

Well I feel as if I should raise that same flag at my house. Katie is sick with something that causes projectile vomiting. (OK, not really projectile its just kind of comedic to add the visual effect...) Isaac woke up delirious at 4AM with a fever of 104.5 for the second night in a row. (poor kid) I gave him some medicine and tried to put him back in bed, but he wouldn't have it. For the next several hours he went through cycles where he would kick off the blankets, cuddle, and smack me in the head repeatedly as he watched the Disney channel. (who'd have thought that the Little Mermaid would be on at that hour.) Katie took him to the doctor last night to see if we could give him any antibiotics or anything. Can you guess what their diagnosis was? "Its a virus" To me that is like them saying, "oh sure enough he's sick." Well, thanks... and I should pay you for this golden nugget of information now right?

Thankfully Ellee and I have not shown similiar symptoms. (say that with a lisssp) In order to maintain our current health status we may need to evacuate. ?? TBD