Family Pictures

We headed up to Aunt Nicole's this weekend to have Uncle Rick check Ryleigh's eyes.  She is happy to report, she does not need glasses.  But we warned her that with her parents' wonderful eyesight, she will need them eventually.

We we were able to go to Blake's baseball game and see him hit his first home run.  It was pretty awesome to watch.  They didn't win so are out of the tournament but Blake had a great game.

Nicole was kind enough to snap a few family pictures in their "forest" for us.  The kids didn't last very long and you can imagine how difficult it is to get all 3 of them looking at the camera at the same time.  We did get a few cute ones though.  Thanks Aunt Nicole!

This was the first attempt and is my favorite!

These two were one picture but we cropped it to have the girls in one and the boys in one.

Yes, those are Bailey's fingers so I won't be framing this one but it will work just fine in the scrapbook.

I really like this one too!!

Thanks again for letting us visit!

Kindergarten Promotion

We have a first grader now.  Ryleigh has been promoted to 1st Grade!

They had a great music program to start it off.  Ryleigh was totally into the songs and actions.  It was pretty cute.

Getting her certificate from Mrs. Miller 

Mrs. Miller was wonderful for Ryleigh this year.  She made huge growth and came out not nearly as shy as she was.  Thank you Mrs. Miller.  We just found out she is moving to 4th grade so Ryleigh could have her again! 

Happy Birthday, Bentley!

My baby is 1 (and still has no teeth)!  We started the celebration with pulled pork sandwiches for dinner and kids jumping in the bouncy house.  

Then we came in for presents.

He opened these cars first and then wanted nothing else but the cars.

Until Brynley showed him the monster truck they got him. 

The kids were very happy to help him open the rest of his presents. 

He was not so happy when Uncle tried giving him a ride in his new truck. 

Then it was cake time.  He was interested in the cake until we started singing.

He was not too sure what to think of everyone singing to him. 

He got scared, cried and hid and then wanted nothing to do with his cake.  He just wanted to go back and play with his new cars

 until what Auntie had looked pretty good.

Thanks Tim, Shawnle, Uncle, Auntie and cousins for celebrating with us tonight!

We love Bentley to pieces and are so glad he is part of our family.  He is so fun to interact with  He loves his cars and and any ball he can get his hands on.  His father is very proud of this.  We look forward to a year of more firsts.

Camping Season!

The weather was better this last weekend so we went out for our first camping trip of the season.  We were pretty much eaten alive by the numerous mosquitoes while setting up the tent.  We immediately went to the market down the road for different bug spray and that seemed to help.  But you had to apply it the second you got out of the tent.

We played in the river for a bit but it was really cold so the kids opted to play in the sand instead.

 Ryleigh was a big helper with Bentley while Devin and I tried to get things done.

Bailey fell asleep before dinner Saturday night so she missed out on dinner, s'mores 

and games. 

The girls asked to help with dishes after pancakes. 

Real Salt Lake

We decided to not go on our usual camping trip over Memorial Weekend because of the weather.  Instead, Devin bought tickets for the soccer game.  It was a great game to see.  They played NYFC which is coached by Real's old coach.  Real had a few key players come back from injury in this game too.

Celebration after the first goal

Real won 2-0!

Bye, Bye Curls

I finally bought some clippers to get rid of Bentley's fly away curls.  They were getting out of control.  Before I started Devin asked if I knew what I was doing.  I responded with something along the lines of, all I know is you move up the back of his head with the clippers like this. He responded with, "Maybe you should watch a YouTube or something first."  I was pretty confident I could handle it.

See the curls around his ears?  If he went to bed with wet hair, it was pretty wild when he woke up.

He loved it! 

He sat there very still watching the girls watch him.

This kind of looks like he is crying but he was actually laughing.

Notice the curls above his right ear?

Ta da!

I couldn't believe how much hair he actually had on his head.  We had a pretty big pile when we finished.

Look at our big, handsome boy after the bath.

Ryleigh's 6th Birthday

My oldest is 6!  We got to have her birthday party on her birthday because it fell on a Saturday.  We invited some of her friends to come celebrate.  What 6 year old doesn't want a Frozen themed birthday party.

She invited her guests to wear their Frozen dress up clothes.

They played two of Ryleigh's new Frozen games

The girls made Elsa crowns and the boys made Sven antlers.

After her birthday party she chose Arctic Circle for dinner.  Then we came home and opened family presents. 

She was so excited to get the "American Girl Doll" she had been asking for.  However, her mom and dad didn't feel the need to spend the money on the real deal so she got the Target brand.

We love our Muffet to pieces!  We love the little lady she is becoming.  She is such a joy to be with.  She loves to help out with her sister and brother, most of the time.  She is our outdoors kid.  She has done such a great job in kindergarten.