Field Day and Try-outs

Today was a wet day for the boys.  At school they had there field day.  They had so much fun.  They traveled from station to station and got to play fun wet games.  I think that with my kids and most kids water equals fun.  Today was no exception.  They had a station of tug-o-war with three little pools in the center that the kids would fall into if there team was losing.  They had different relay water games, they had an inflatible obstacle course.  They had water dodge ball and lots of other fun activites.  Abby and Brynlee had fun also they were able to play on the playground and watch the boys getting wet and being crazy with there friends. 
Then this evening Britton tried out for a competition soccer team.  It was his first time to tryout for a team.  He has played AYSO since he was 4 and is so fun to watch.  There were 23 boys trying out and only 16 spots.  He did his best and hopes to make it.  I am so proud of Britton and the good boy he is.  He looked good out on the field and he can hold his head up high no matter what the results will be.  Abby and Brynlee were quite the stinkers tonight they decided to watch themselves with dirt at the tryouts.  They rubbed dirt up and down there legs all over there arms and on top of there heads and all over there faces.  They were absolutely covered from head to toe.  One mom turned to me and said I'm just glad it wasn't my daughter but you will laugh about this later.  The shower looked like we dumped chocolate milk on the ground.  Those two little girls are like a magnet to dirt. 

Cousin Tuesday

Tuesday is a special day.  It is the day that we have fun with cousins.  We started this a few months ago and have continued because we have so much fun together.  We go to Grandma and Grandpa Mack's house and bring lunch and let the kids play.  We have fun as sisters and mom and also Aunt Cathy and Brittany come.  We just sit around the kitchen table and share ideas and look at magazines.  The kids play outside if the weather is good or in the play room.  They get to watch cartoons and usually enjoy a ring pop or dum dum sucker.  I love my family so much and am so grateful that I live so close to my family. 
Today the kids played outside and picked all of the flowers that were growing between grandmas house and the neighbor.  We are really trying to get the girls to stop this but it is a problem.  The girls also played with grandmas paper dolls and squinkies.  The boys played a little football and watched a Popeye cartoon. 
The kids are never ready to go home.  Brynlee thinks that she is the boss of Grandma's t.v. and only wants to watch Go Diego Go or Dora.  Grandma can't tell her no.  Thanks for making new memories.

Memorial Day

We had a great day with family today.  We started the day out by going to a neighborhood breakfast.  They served blueberry pancakes, scrambled eggs, ham, bacon, sausage, cheesey potatoes, and juice.  The kids ran all around and played with one another.  Then we drove down to Benjamin.  We had a family reunion at a park and visited with cousins.  It was a beautiful day.  The sun was shining so bright.  The kids had fun on the swings, playing on the jungle gym, playing in the mud.  Brynlee was covered with mud.  The boys had fun playing baseball and football with Dan and their uncles. 
Then we went to Bountiful and visited with Dan's family.  They had a get together at Marvin and Loni house.  The cousins were all there and they had so much fun. 
We are truly blessed to live in an area and enjoy such beautiful surroundings.  We have family all around us.  We have the beautiful mountains and the blue skies.  Today was a good day.


Brynlee was so funny in the car today.  She would yell, "are we their yet?"  And then she would answer herself, "we'll get their when we get their."  And then almost immediately after she would say, "How you doin honey,"  and she would answer again, "do I have to hanswer."  She says the funniest things.

Today

Today was such a fun day.  It was my dad's birthday.  We got together and had a dinner at mom and dad's house.  The kids got to play and had a lot of fun playing football with the dad's and playing upstairs in the fun playroom.  We played ROOK.  We love rook and always laugh and laugh and laugh some more.  I love hanging out with my brothers and sisters.  We always get along and enjoy just spending time together. 
The kids are doing great.
Britton dressed as Elvis last week for school and did an oral report on his life.  He also dressed as a german immigant coming to Ellis Island in the late 1800's.  He is trying out for Strikers this week.
Bryson has earned a class party for good behavior and he is excited to have finally earned a party.  He is looking forward to school being out.
Parker got to go on a field trip to Fresh Market Grocery Store, The Library, The Heritage Museum in Layton and the Park with the entire 1st grade.  He had a lot of fun and was so excited to finally go on a trip with school.
Abby had her last day of school.  She had a barbie party and dressed as a barbie and got to bring a barbie with her to school.  She is excited to be done with pre-school and is looking forward to going to Kindergarten in th fall. 
Brynlee is as sweet and cute as ever.  She says so of the funniest things.  She can replay the swiper the fox and the Dora Show.  She has learned our address and our phone number.  She is so smart and loves to sing and learn new things.

FUN FUN FUN

Summer has been so much fun. We have had a lot to do. We have enjoyed swimming lessons, slip n slides, water balloons, kangaroo zoo, play dates with cousins, camp fires with lots of roasting of the marshmallows, Britton's birthday, Abby's birthday, hiking, homemade drive in, sprinkler fun on the trampoline, visits to the park, fishing, playing in the sand, card games, board games, wii, movies, treats, indoor hide and go seek, baking, and lots more fun. I love the summer and I love playing with my kids.

Parker's Life Jacket

On Saturday June 11th @ 4:30pm, we were invited to go to a surprise party for Ben. We were excited to get to have a fun time with family and swim for the first time this season. So the kids were excited to start to swim. The pool was heated and was 86 degrees, it was perfect. The kids were having a great time. Jumping off the diving board and playing with cousins. We decided it was time for dinner so we asked the kids to get out of the pool. We took our kids over to the grass and asked them to sit there while we made there plates. My sister told me she would watch the girls so we went to make some plates of food. We got in line I handed Dan five plates and started to place hot dog buns on the plates. When all of a sudden there was a some commotion in the water. People were saying that that little boy didn't look right. The next thing I saw was a boy being lifted out of the water. He wasn't responding and his eyes were rolled back, his lips were blue and was extremely pale. I started to yell call 911 and said give him to Dan he knows CPR. They handed him to Dan, as Dan turned him over we both realized for the first time that this child was Parker. Dan said his first thought was what is Parker doing in the water. Dan realized that Parker wasn't breathing but that he moved an arm slightly so rolled him over again and hit his back a few times and Parker coughed and them started to cry. Then he threw up twice and was more alert. We then took him to the emergency room and they listened to his lungs and did an x-ray. His lungs looked good and he was feeling a lot better. But we had to stay at the hospital for at least eight hours because after a lung injury, eight hours later the lungs can get inflamed and the child will stop breathing. Parker's lungs were great he had a good night and we were able to come home the next day. We asked Parker what happened and how he ended up in the pool. He said when he had sat down for dinner he decided to take off his life jacket because it wasn't his and he didn't want to get food on it. Britton and Bryson decided to jump in the pool one last time and Parker saw and said I want to jump in to. He said I forgot I took off my life jacket. Now Parker has had three years of swimming lessons but he just panicked. We realized that we are very blessed and that the Lord has a hand in our lives. We have had an amazing response from family, friends, ward members and neighbors. We realize that Parker is loved by so many. We are so grateful that Bruce, the man that noticed something wasn't quite right with Parker and Nick and Brandon for pulling him out of the water. There are angels among us.

School is out

I am so excited that school is out. I love the summertime fun. I love the sound of splashing water, and the giggling that immediately follows. I love the trips to the park. I love to go camping and sit by a fire snuggled with a kid on my lap. I love the time we spend with cousins. I love to work in the yard and enjoy the out doors. I love to play with the kids and create something new. I love summertime and everything about it.