Utah--A day at seven peaks

On Tuesday(7/1), the kids and I went to Seven Peaks with my mom and my sister and her kids. The kids have never really been to a water park like this so they were pretty excited to go. Not to mention they got to hang out with their cousins. We played in the little kid pool, went down a couple of water slides (they didn't like it too much), floated down the lazy river and played in the wave pool. I think their favorite was the lazy river. They each got their own little tube to sit in. Afton and Dax had fun making trains and going under the waterfalls. It was a really fun day and I'm glad that we got to hang out with my mom and sister. It had been awhile since I've been there and it's changed a lot. I must be getting old.

Logan not liking the cold water.

Aunt Shelly pushing Afton and Abby on the tire swing.

Now he likes the water. It just took him a few minutes to get use to it.

Handsome little boys. Logan, Dax and Tred.

Eating lunch. Afton, Abby, Tred, Emma and Dax (my sister Shelly in the background).

The kids kept complaining that this rock was in their way so I told them to move it. They tried really hard.

More silly faces. You'll be seeing lots of these.

Logan pointing at Tred.

Getting ready to go in the lazy river.

Having fun in the lazy river and making a little road block. That's what happens when there are six kids!

Utah--fun on grandpa's 4-wheeler

Or I should say 4-leeler for Afton and 4-wee for Dax. That's how they say it. The day we got to Utah we had some fun goofing around on Rex's 4-wheeler's and by we I mean Jason.


Jason and Logan on the little 50.


Jason showing off!

Utah-the drive there.

Our trip to Utah was so much fun and I have so much to post about it. We left on the 28th of June and had originally planned on staying for a week, but the kids and I ended up staying an extra couple of weeks. It usually works out that way and I'm so glad that we were able to stay longer and be with our family. Jason drove home on the 7th of July and the kids and I flew back on the 16th. But I have to start from the beginning. And I so wish that I would have found my camera before we left, so there will probably be a lot of typing in the beginning and I'll have to steal some pictures from other people. Anyway, we didn't end up driving our own vehicle to Utah. We drove a big ford truck and pulled a huge horse trailer behind us. (a camera would have been great for this). A family in Jason's uncle's ward was moving to Utah and so we helped them move up. They put all of their belongings in this horse trailer and we pulled if up there for them. The only bad things, no air conditioning and it took us 14 hours to get there. I think that's the longest it's ever taken us to get there. And we arrived at 6 o'clock in the morining. So Jason and I were dead tired. But we made it safe and sound and were grateful that Jason's parents watched the kids so we could get some sleep.

Lots and Lots of posts!

Ok, I have tons and tons to post, so sorry about the photo overload. My family and I just got back from Utah and we had so much fun. But I have to start with some stuff that I forgot to post before we even left. So the next posts are from before we left for Utah. And when I get more time, I'll be posting like crazy about our fun Utah trip. So enjoy the pictures!

Ward 4th of July Breakfast

The day that we left for Utah we also had a Ward breakfast and since I'm still on the activities committee we had to go to it. And I'm glad that we did. It turned out really nice and the kids had lots of fun. Plus the chair person was out of town, so I was kind of in charge. I hate being in charge of things like this. I get too stressed. I'm always so happy when it's over. Anyway, we had it at a park and started with a short program and flag ceremony and then sang The Star Spangled Banner. Then we served the breakfast. We had our bishopric actually help serve the food and we made them wear these tall uncle Sam hats. I thought that they might not wear them but they were all good sports. The food was really great. There is a guy on our committee who loves to cook so he did all of the cooking. The food was all really yummy. After breakfast I was in charge of activities for the kids. So we played a few relay races. We had them dress up in some of Jason's clothes and then we did a balloon race and then they had to fill up a milk jug with a sponge. All of the kids had a great time, so I guess this activity was a success. Although, I did lose my camera. Well, I thought that I lost my camera. So I didn't have one going to Utah and for about a week up there. And then I finally bought one and when Jason went back to Cali, he found mine. He found it in our laundry hamper. I know what a weird place. So now I have two cameras. It's ok though because I've been wanting a new one anyway. I'm just glad that Jason found it because I had some pics on it that I hadn't put on my computer.

Afton, Chloe, and Dax eating their breakfast.

Logan slept for a good part of the breakfast. While Jason and I were busy with the activities, I guess he woke up and had gotten out of his car seat (he wasn't buckled in) and my friend in the ward turned around to see him just sitting on the concrete hanging out sucking his thumb. So she scooped him and brought him to us.

My handsome boys!

Daxon's goggles and Jason's bad hair cut

As I've mentioned before, Dax had a hard time with his swim lessons in the beginning. He cried the first couple of days and wanted Jason there with him. So Jason came one day and then he couldn't come the next few days and Daxon cried again. Finally we figured out how to make him stop crying. GOGGLES! He loves them and he never cried once after having them for swim lessons. The second we'd get to the pool he'd put them on and leave them on for his entire swim lesson. And he looked so cute! They were a little big, but they were a huge success. Thank goodness for those darn goggles.

He looks like he's been beaten in this picture. I took the picture to show the goggle lines he'd get after wearing them. And to show the little bruise on his face. He fell off the sidewalk into an open car door. I know it sounds pretty random but I swear that's how he got it.

After swim lessons we went to the park right by the pool. It's a really fun park. It's kind of like the discovery park in Utah. It's all made out of wood and they have this awesome tire swing that the kids loved. Jason would twist it up and then let it go and the kids would spin super fast. And then he'd take them off and make them try to walk. It was pretty hilarious. And they loved it!

And I had to take a picture of Jason's butcher hair cut. I told him that he can't go to that salon anymore even though it is cheap. No wonder why it's dirt cheap! That stylist needs her license taken away. I told Jason that he had to wear a hat to hide the scary butch job. All I can say is thank goodness his hair grows super fast. Perfect face for his perfect hair cut!

House sitting and swimming with friends

During the last week of June we house sat for some friends in our ward. They have a dog, so we'd check on the house and feed the dog. And they have a swimming pool and said we could use it anytime, so we went over one night for some family swim time. The kids had lots of fun and the weather was really hot that day so it was nice to swim in the cold refreshing pool. The kids had a blast getting wet and swimming and squirting me and Jason with water. And Logan even enjoyed the water because it wasn't too cold.

I love this picture of Logan. He just has the cutest smile and look at all of those rolls! He was playing a game with me and Jason. We'd hand him this ball and then he'd throw it into the pool. He thought it was the greatest thing.

They love making silly faces. That's about the only time I can get them to look at the camera.

Later during the week, the kids and I went swimming again at their house. I invited my good friend Amber and her three beautiful children to come with us. So we met at storytime at the library and then went swimming. After a couple of hours of some good fun in the sun, we headed back to our house for some lunch. The kids had a blast as usual. They love hanging out with Paris, Brenden and Sophia.

Playing on the trampoline. Paris, Brenden, Dax, Sophia and Afton.

Dax and Brenden.

Paris and Afton getting ready to squirt us with water.

Dax and Sophia

Logan hanging out in his saucer. He pretty much was in this thing the whole time. I just loaded him up with cheerios and he was a happy camper.

Eating lunch and being crazy!

Watching the ants

Back in June for about a week we had a little ant infestation. Well, I guess it really wasn't an infestation more like an ant highway. They were in Logan's room and there was a trail of them from one outlet to another. They'd crawl out of one outlet and then make their way along the baseboard to the other outlet. Afton and Dax thought it was the coolest thing. They'd get down on their tummy's with their head in their hands and just watch the ants go back and forth. Can you say cheap entertainment! Maybe we'll have to get them an ant farm for Christmas or something. Logan also liked them, just a little too much though. He kept trying to pick them up and put them in his mouth.

Logan's funny crawl

Here's a cute picture of Logan and a picture of his little funny crawl. I'm not sure what to call it. I was calling it a spider crawl, but other's have called it a crab crawl. Anyway, I just wanted to document it for journal purposes. He started doing this crawl around 9 months and still does it today.

Meeting D-Will!

I know it's been awhile since my last post and I apologize.  I'm actually visiting family in Utah and I have lots to post, but for now this one is for my husband.  On Thursday, Deron Williams from the Utah Jazz was signing autographs at a Grand opening at Sam's club.  And being the best wife eve,r I told Jason I'd go on his behalf.  So I took Dax with me to see D-Will.   Dax was super excited and was in all of his Jazz gear.  Kari, my sister-in-law, and her little girl, Kya, went with me and Dax.  We got there pretty early and were the first ones there.  I didn't know what to expect because i've never done this before, but we were pretty early.  We ended up being about 4th or 5th in line.  And Kari got some great pictures for me.  Dax was pretty shy or maybe he was in awe.  But Deron was really cool with him.  He patted him on the head and made sure that he had on his jersey.  It was pretty cool and I'm glad that we went.  But Jason you owe me big time!    

Dax and Kya hanging out waiting patiently for d-will.

D-will getting interviewed by the news.  I thought that maybe we'd be on the news cuz the camera guys were filming Dax but I didn't get a chance to watch it so who knows if we made it on tv or not.

I wish that he would've invited Dax to come and stand by him but they were pushing us through the line pretty quickly. 

I love this picture.  Thanks Kari!  Look how huge his hand is on Daxon's head!  He was really awesome with Dax. The Jazz Bear (their mascot) came over and I told D-will that Dax was scared of the bear and deron told him the bear was nice and he shouldn't be scared of him because he's his buddy.   Later Dax told me he wasn't scared of the Jazz Bear because he's d-will's buddy. 

Signing autographs for us.  He signed a jersey that Jason wants to frame and put in the boys room and he signed a basketball for Jason's cousin Adam.