Mountain MEN

(my boyz)

Aaron took the scouts (ages 16-18) on an overnight back-packing trip.
And Sammy got to go...again!

(so cute, love the dimples)

We were able to adjust my pack for Sam.
It was a perfect fit!
My little man is growing up!

My boys on the mountain top.

Sunday

Here are some pics of the kids before church on Sunday.
I thought they were cute.
My mom made the girls' skirts & flowers.

Q: Does the world revolve around Violet?

A: Apparently so :-)

PK field trip

Sara's preschool class took a trip to the Herriman Fire Department.
They got to tour the fire house & fire truck!
She loved every bit of it!

FRIGHTMARES!

(my kiddos with the hackenslash guys...scary!)

Last Saturday we went to Lagoon! It just happened to be Frightmares, so everything was SCARY and Halloweeny. It was so much fun! The kids had a blast and so did Aaron and I. They had a lot of super scary attractions that we didn't dare take the kids on, so we think next year we'll have to go on a date, w/o kids, to Frightmares and hit everything scary!

Anyone wanna double with us???

Violet didn't get to go on any Lagoon attractions,
but she had her daddy and nothing is more fun than that!

Last year, when we went to Lagoon for the first time, I didn't get to go on any attractions because I was preggo. So this year the kids were excited to take me on all the fun that I had missed. Rylie was nervous about the BAT (although she did it last year) and I talked her into going on it with me. She bravely did, and LAUGHED the entire time! By the end she decided it was her favorite ride!

Kaeli took me on WICKED & Sam took me on Colossus the Fire Dragon!

Sam & Kaeli...Lagoon pros by now!

Sara still can't go on a lot of the "big kid" rides,
but loved all the ones she was able to go on.
She's a little daredevil!

Sara & Rylie:

Kaeli & Rylie:

Aaron, Sam & Kaeli (in the middle):


Aaron, Kaeli, & Rylie:

Aaron & Sara:

Another fun thing about Lagoon is the entertainment. There are always singers and dancers performing. We even watched a hypnotist do his thing. My favorite act this time were the hackenslash guys:

Yep! I'm THAT old.

I have been telling the kids that I'm sixteen, because it's ridiculous and a little funny to see what they would believe...and of course it was so much FUN to be 16. Of course Sam and Kaeli would just give me the "whatever" look. Sara thought I was closer to 7. Rylie told me I certainly couldn't be 16 because that would make me a teenager and teenagers don't have kids and certainly not FIVE kids. So I fessed up.


The morning of my birthday I was doing Rylie's hair in the bathroom when she said,

"Mom it's your BIRTHDAY! Are you just SOOOOOO EXCITED?"

It was cute. At the moment I wanted so badly to be "sooooo excited" for my birthday just as I was when I was a kid. So my goal for now on is to be excited for my upcoming birthdays. When did getting old turn into such a bad thing? I think we should own those years and be proud of them!!! We've earned 'em!

My birthday was a little unconventional this year. The New York trip was where it started (can't beat that!). On my actual birthday Aaron wasn't back from NY yet and we were on evacuation alert all day because some hot spots were flaring up in the wind. So we celebrated my birthday with the kids when Aaron got home. I think my birthday expanded a whole week ;-) hee hee.