2008 Worlds of Fun cont.

Chris riding the patriot.
Ryan had a great time in the bumper cars while the others road so bigger rides. He had to have done this 10 times.

Chris, MaKenzie, and Brandon
Alright here it is the Mamba! MaKenzie rode it last year with Chris and I couldn't believe it. I was totally fine that Brandon wasn't tall enough to ride it. Well... not this year and he wanted me to go with him. I have to tell you I was truly panicked!! We both made it through and it was pretty fun.. after I started to breath again!

The old Taxi's are a favorite stop as well. We had a great time. We were there from open to close and road pretty much everything and some of them multiple times! Chris and I were so exhausted and dizzy at the end of the day we could hardly walk out of the park! :)

2008 Worlds of Fun

Oops forgot to add our Worlds of Fun trip in June. We celebrated the kids awesome year of school and went to WOF. We have kinda started a tradition of when we go there we have to do the same ride first everytime!
So here is Chris and Ryan and then I am sitting with Brandon and MaKenzie trying to get their picture.

This is the spinning dragon and boy did we spin on the spinning dragon! I think I counted like at least 10 times if not more like 15 times on there. It was the only one Ryan could go on so there were several times we ran on and rode it, ran off and rode it again, did that again, and again!

Summer at Grandpa and Grandma's

Grandma bought all kinds of decorations for the kids to decorate their bikes/scooters for the parade. They really enjoyed that. Then she also made shirts for all of them to wear! She had a treasure hunt for them to go on with prizes and much more!!



You can't really see them but they are behind the fire truck in the parade.















Brandon's big catch of the week! He has been searching to catch a gecko while there. Shannon found one in her bathroom and ran out to tell Brandon who caught it. We then brought it home and his name was "Blendy." We spent every waking minute worrying about him and even went to the pet store to buy him crickets. Well he just wasn't in his normal home and we woke up one morning to Blendy being gone. It was very sad moment in our home. Brandon really cared about him and spent his own money feeding him. So we did a buriel.
It is always fun at grandpa and grandma's lake house. So much to do. Boat rides, driving the boat, playing at the beach, going on walks, riding bikes, swimming in the pool. The lastest is getting the tube out and jumping and wrestling on it with it tied to the dock. They have a blast!
Thank you mom and dad for ALL you do for us while we are there!!

2008 Summer trip to Grandpa and Grandma's

Kids relaxing and watching a movie in the kids room.









Carson standing up and the kids surrouding is every move. I don't think there was a minute he was entertained or maybe it was overwhelmed! :)












Always nice that we have time to sit down and play games with the kids!











Are they just too cute?! You can't separate them all week! So glad that we are able to get together and see each other. Wish it was more often!













Ryan and Sarah played so well together. They were in taking turns drawing together. Too cute!

2008 baseball stud

Brandon playing for the Pioneers. Did awesome this summer! I noted in a earlier date some great plays.

2008 Swim lessons

Ok, I had to capture this moment!! This is our third year of swim lessons and the first year you will see Ryan smiling!!


He cried the past two years pretty much every day he went but yet we would leave and go to our pool and he would act like a fish!! This year -way better! Hardly any crying and look at that awesome smile!





MaKenzie loved swim lessons and did a fantastic job! She was alot more into learning all the skills this year and of course her best friend was in her class so that made things even better!








Brandon has the talent for swimming! He has always loved it and does very well. He catches onto the skills quickly and can do them pretty smoothly. Although if he doesn't have the mask he would rather not swim. Near the end of the summer he was doing better figuring out just regular goggles and breathing with the nose not being covered but still liked his mask best.

2008 Father's Day

The kids were so excited to celebrate Father's Day! They made a sign for Chris and hung it up in the kitchen. It said "We Love You Dad!"

Then they had his gifts all set up on the table.

2008 Ryan's 5th Birthday cont.

Oh yeah the family having fun!! Who would have guessed Dan and Connor would have found that game? :)








Logan totally wiped up on tickets! He came running over to me "Jen look how many tickets I just got!"


















Skee Ball seemed to be the most popular one.














Well until Maddox discovered the motorcycle! I think Eric was enjoying it more then Maddox!

2008 Ryan's 5th Birthday

Where else then for lunch at one of his favorite places -McDonalds! Yumm!! :) Well and we can't
forget one of his other favorite things he has in his mouth -GUM!!




















Then off that evening to celebrate with family at Chuck -E -Cheese!! He had his best friend Kole that got to come too.














Can't end the night without a picture with Chuck-E-Cheese. It turned out to be a great night because there was hardly anyone there so that was really nice.

2008 Ryan's Birthday Morning

Ryan fast asleep on his birthday morning!
We had to wake him to do our traditional presents in bed and breakfast in bed before
Chris went to work.

I can't believe our youngest child turned 5!! Officially 5 years old at 7:03 am! Hard to believe.
What an amazing blessing he has been to our family! He has enriched our lives in so many ways!



I don't think there is a day that goes by that he doesn't have us laughing! (or stressing with is no fear let's try anything personality! :)) Our most cuddly kissing one though too.

2008 Summer Fun

Oh I love the days the kids go outside and play for hours and RARELY argue!! They decided to play baseball and had so much fun. They also decided to cool off in the hose while playing too.

2008 June

We are in full swing with softball and baseball now! MaKenzie's team is doing girl pitch this year and so she has been practicing to pitch.






This evening we got to go to Logan's game. Funny we picked him up and his team name was Cardinals and MaKenzie's team is Lady Cardinals. He did awesome in his game! He got a pop fly and did awesome at catching!








Connor -I can't believe how tall he is gotten! Crazy that he is already 15! He had another great year with track! He plans on trying out for the football team. I am sure he will do awesome.












Brandon's baseball team went to the T-bones game and got to go out on the field. They had a great time. Brandon is really liking baseball this summer. He has had some great plays and some great hits! One game he was playing pitcher and the ball was hit right to him -he snagged it and threw the kid out at first. Next boy up same thing but he got the ball and was facing outfield between third and short. He spun around and threw the ball to first and got him out. It was pretty neat to see!














MaKenzie at the T-Bones game with 2nd cousin Allie and two friends.

2008 Girl Scout Camp Cont.

This year we got to do
the zip line! It was pretty high up there. I have to say they asked if I wanted to do it and I passed! The climb up there and then getting yourself up on the little platform is what freaked me out. Of course Ryan handled it without a
problem it looked like.
When he came down he did say "I almost cried because it was scary up there."












Brandon climbed all the way up there and got up on the platform and then decided no way it is too high. Which is exactly my thoughts but then the worst part would be coming back down over the platform.
He then watched the other kids and decided to try it again.
He did it -he loved it afterwards.
I was so proud of him for getting the courage up to try it again.