Eclipse

Those of you who know me, know I LOVE the Twilight Series!! So a group of us fun girls got together and went to the midnight viewing! We not only went to the midnight viewing, we also partied it up before hand with some delicious home-made pizza, salads and dessert! Thanks to wonderful friends who are willing to stay up late, we had a great time!

I forgot to take pictures at dinner, but here we are outside the theatre waiting in line to go in!

One of our friends got us these fun crowns from Burger King...LOL! Sadly her little guy got sick that night and she ended up not being able to come to the movie:(

Nicole, Me, Katie and Michelle

The movie was great and definately my favorite out of the three so far. I can't believe they are making us wait so long for the last "two" movies to come out. It will be fun to go to the midnight viewing of those also!

A visit to Grandma and Grandpas!! Overview

We had such a great 2 weeks visiting Grandma and Grandpa's this past June. Part of the reason for the visit was that we were in the middle of adding on to our house and going to be laying carpet in the old part of the house. Blake was a trooper and stayed home to get EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING moved out and preped for them to be able to do it.

The kids and I definately had a fun time. We played hard with cousins, watched a little of Uncle Justin's baseball, swam, visited great grandparents, went to the Jones farm with family, played some more, worked on Relief Society Activity Stuff (that was a fun night getting to visit and put together some fun things), ate great food and so much more. In fact we played so hard that this is what Madie was like many of days at lunch time...

We got to enjoy yummy chocolate chip cookies!! They are always so much better when my mom makes them!

We feel so lucky to have the family we have. There wasn't a dull moment! The kids loved to tease Grandpa when he came home from work and have him tease them back!! It's often heard that Grandpa is a stinker-bug...it really stuck after Kenna starting calling him that! I of course loved having the chance to spend so much time with my Mom and sisters! I sure do miss those times. I really enjoyed the times I got to spend visiting with my Grandparents. Growing up I was so spoiled to have both sets of grandparents right there all the time. Now that we are further away I don't have that as much, so it's always a joy to get to visit. It was fun playing games (as always) and watching my little brother play baseball! We always have such a good time together! And of course we can't leave out Sophie and Toby...they are a source of entertainment for the kids on many of occassions. Sophie is such a funny cat and Toby is Madie's best friend!
I can't ask for a better family!

A visit to Grandma and Grandpas!! Part 7

~A promise is a promise~

Earlier on in our stay we had promised the kids to take them swimming in the new pool that the town has now. The day we went was FREEZING outside, but so much fun inside.

They have a lazy river section which was really funny at first. My grandma Ruth braved the water with me and when we first got in my kids were all being such chickens. It was a huge shock since Abby's normally my brave girl. It didn't take her long though to warm up to the idea. They had life jackets available to borrow and we put one on all the kids and had a great time!

Grandma Ruth helping Abby on the Lily pads...she and Derrick had a lot of fun on these! Derrick was really good at getting from pad to pad and Abby got better each time!

Another perk of the pool was the slide in the shallow part of the pool...they ALL loved this one.

Madie loved to play in the water fountain area. She tried to drink the water a time or two. I guess it does look similar to a drinking fountain!!

Madie, Derr and I on the lazy river!

Derrick floating down the river!

Grandma Ruth, me, Madie, Cailee and Brooklyn (my cousins daughter) in the shallow end. I think we are watching someone on the lily pad thing, but not sure.

We had such a great time! Thanks Grandma for the fun pool time!! Thanks Mom for taking pictures so I didn't have to worry about it!! Funny story to note:

We weren't exactly ready ready to leave, but had a quick exit when Abby swallowed too much water and it came back up...OOPS. I was so embarrassed. Thankfully my Mom was brave enough to tell someone that she had thrown up in the pool. I have no idea what they did about it...we got everyone dried off as best as we could and headed back to Grandma's house!

A visit to Grandma and Grandpas!! Part 6

Rickity Rack...the cousins are back!!

One major perk for going to stay at Grandma and Grandpa's house it that my sister lives in the same town!! Cousins are always a plus and they got to play almost every day we were there! I grabbed my camera one day, but wish I would have taken more pictures.

Brandon LOVES to have boys to play with and Aaron, Aidan and Derrick are always good to include him when he wants to play.

The girls were so silly when I was taking pictures!

I'm not sure where Abby was when we were taking these...possibly with the boys.

**All photographs taken on another one of the faves...the swing!!**

A visit to Grandma and Grandpas!! Part 5

Scruba-Dub-Dub...
Fun in Grandma's Tub!!
One part of going to Grandma and Grandpa's house is the spa tub...otherwise

known as the bubble tub! Madie LOVES bubbles and they all wanted to get in the tub so

they had a great time one day in the Bubble Tub!

A visit to Grandma and Grandpas!! Part 4

What do a domesticated racoon, two mini donkeys, crazy slide, trampoline jumping, swinging barrel, hay ride, and a mini roller coaster ride have in common?

ONE HAPPY FAMILY

Abbys my little dare devil. She was so excited to try the home made roller coaster!

I just had to post this because I have the coolest Mom in the world!!

I rode this too, but didn't have anyone take video:(

A visit to Grandma and Grandpas!! Part 3

We love Trampolines...

but we LOVE

Aunt Darcee, Uncle Justin and Uncle Derrick MORE!

A visit to Grandma and Grandpas!! Part 2

Mommy, when I grow up I want to be...

A kitty

Madie LOVES animals and where Sophie the cat plays is no exception to her love. She played more in Sophie's toy than Sophie did. I mainly see Sophie sleeping in it. Probably trying to escape the kids chasing her around trying to play with her or pick her up. Oh and a funny story...Sophie is one funny cat. She thinks she's a person and it's hilarious. My parents have a spa tub in their bathroom and the way you turn the water on is pretty easy to turn. Sophie has designated this place as her "drinking fountain". Well after coming into the bathroom to the water being left on they had to rubber band the hot and cold together so it would be too tough for Sophie to turn on. One day we found Madie in their turning the water on for Sophie. I guess the rubber bands didn't make it Madie proof!

Madie's the cutest kitty I've ever seen!