What a picture!

Rachael tagged me and this is a tag I could actually handle. You choose the 4th picture in your 4th folder and write a brief description of it. This is a bizaare picture, but my sister Lisa gave me back a few of my maternity clothes that she thought might sell on e-bay. So, here's the picture I used. I made about $20 on the stuff I sold, so it was worth it. I tag Heather, Layne, Amber, Dale and Erin.

Happy Birthday Spencer!

Our house was full of a bunch of crazy 8 and 9 year old spies Friday night! We had a mission impossible party, which turned out to be a great success. The invitations said each secret agent had to dial a secret number (our phone number) and if they chose to accept the mission, to leave the code "Giddy-up cowboy" along with their agent name. We got such a kick out of listening to our messages all week as each boy called to RSVP.

Our amazing and extremely talented friend Amy created another masterpiece cake for the party. Thank you, Amy!

Our secret agents enjoying a little cake and ice cream.

One of our missions involved extracting agent "Chocolate bar" from it's currently assigned location. The boys rolled dice and whoever got a six, had to put on the spy gear and eat the chocolate as fast as they could with a fork before the next boy rolled a six. A messy, wild and fun game. Our other missions included gathering various items from the neighborhood and returning them in the secret envelope for authentication- (aka scavenger hunt) and a mission to find the missing treasure (goodie bags) with clues they had to figure out around the house.

The birthday boy.

My Con-Man

Kennady came home today with a little bag of candy from school. Spencer sat by her in the car on the way home and was trying to get her to share with him. Of course, that wasn't going too well for him. When they got home, they both disappeared. After a little while, I started looking for them and bugging them to get started on their jobs. I discovered them in Kennady's room where Spencer was munching on some candy, and had 2 pieces in his hand. I asked him where he got the candy, and he said, "Kennady gave it to me." I asked him what he'd done to get her to give it to him and he told me, "I told her I'd be her manager." WHAT? What in the world does that mean? "I'll color with her and play with her," he told me. Nice, huh? Of course he got the lecture about playing with your sister just because it's a nice- and the right thing to do. Kennady seemed to think she got a pretty good deal. BROTHERS!!!!!

Last days of summer

Hopefully the learning curve on this blogging thing isn't too steep and I won't take nearly as long this time to figure things out!
We took the kids for one last (and also our first other than Lake Powell- the boat has been in disrepair all summer) boating trip down to Utah Lake. It was during the BYU/UCLA game, so the lake was pretty boat-free. Our kind of trip. The water was a bit chilly, but we all got in, other than Cydnee. She couldn't be coerced. It was absolutely beautiful. As skeptical as I was about getting a boat, I've decided it really is a great family activity. The kids are pretty much at our disposal- there's nowhere else to go and we've created some fun memories.




Go Austin! He's really improved a lot this summer- way better than Tif!
As I said, the water was a bit nippy.

Our sweet friends, the Flores' brought the kids back shirts from their annual trip to S. Carolina.

After date night last weekend, this is what we came home to. This was the first night Cydnee got to be a "big kid" and sleep with the gang. She was pretty happy with herself in the morning.

Here we go!

Okay, so I have absolutely no clue what I'm doing here. I swore I would never enter the blogging world, but I have my sister and sister-in-laws to blame. I have so enjoyed reading their posts and looking at their cute pictures and have been feeling bad that I don't keep in touch better. It seems life goes along and little things happen each day and I forget to share them with my family. So, that's why I'm blogging. I'm horrible at sending pictures as well, so maybe this will help me. Bear with me because I really am technology challenged. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!

Go Cougars

Pike's Market

I loved all the gorgeous, colorful flowers!

Space Needle with Uncle Dave

Bainbridge Island


Even from the nosebleed section, the game was AWESOME!

Dave and I took the boys on a great weekend getaway to Seattle last week with our good friends Brock and Jody Smith. We went to see the Cougars play University of Washington, which for me simply meant a great excuse to go on vacation. The boys loved the football game and it really was a lot of fun. I surprised myself by actually watching the game (the cheerleaders were too far away down at the other end.) For those of you who aren't BYU fans, the game was very close. We won by only one point and faced a lot of very disappointed Washington fans on our way out of the stadium. We saw all the tourist spots of Seattle as well and got to spend some time with my brother Dave who also came up for the game. It was a perfect trip!

Pre-game festivities

Caden, Austin, Easton and Spencer on Bainbridge Island

Snoqualmie Falls