July 2014

 So here is the rest of July.  I love the above picture.  It reminds me that she does have good days and loves me.  I love her so much.

 More Pool.  This pool lasted us 2 whole seasons!  I can't believe it!

 Swimming in the pool tires us out can you tell?  I love when Grandma gets cuddles.

 We also went to the zoo.  Kaylee's face HAHAHAHA  Love them both!

 Kevin and I went golfing for the very first time!!  Ok My first time he owns those clubs.  Which means he has gone many times before.  He rocked it and so did I for my first time!  I got a groupon and it came with a burger!

 Then.....I got sick.  Kaylee is giving me cuddles here.  This was the week I was sick with probably the flu.  Fever symptoms and a sor throat then coughing and sinus issues.  The cough lasted for weeks and I JUST got my voice back.  By voice, I mean my singing voice.  I have worked so hard to get a higher range and it was gone until about 2 weeks ago.  I noticed that it was back at church.  Thank goodness for Hymns!

 So the rest of the family had fun.  I sat out for these activities!  Above and below if fun at Claudia and Julio's pool!

 We went to grandma and grandpa's a lot that week so that they could play outside and not feel so closed in while I was sick. 

 Then it was a day that I was looking forward to.  The stake Pioneer Day party!  Yea I didn't get to go because I was STILL sick.  Kaylee didn't get to go because she was screaming at us and not listening, so it was a Father/Son date.  Malcolm had SO much fun!!

 His first pony ride which I was SO SO SO sad I missed!!  BUt very thankful he had fun and that Grandpa got to be with him.  SO cute!

 Malcolm is really into building things and stacking things lately.  These are car garages but he uses them like blocks.  I have to say this ISN'T easy.  I have tried.

 This is my beautiful cousin playing guitar at the beach.  I love her!  I am so grateful that she is in a better and happier place in her life and I get to enjoy her presence more!

So even though July was full of sickness (Kevin got sick soon after me!) it was a good month!

Utah Trip 2014 Part 1

We were very excited to go visit our family in Utah.  We spent a week there and we loved every minute.  I will keep it mostly pictures so it isn't TOO long.  It was a fun trip.  On the way up we broke it up into 2 trips.  We stopped in St. George.  I REALLY wish we decided to stop sooner.  But unknown to us there would be about 4 hours extra traffic before and after Baker, CA.  It was terrible and we were SO tired when we finally got there.  The next day we babysat the nephews and it was SO much fun seeing how big they both are!

My nephew Benji!!  He is adorable.  I love his face.

We got to go to Cafe Rio on the very first day and it was YUMMY!!!

This was how most of our nights were spent.  Watching the kids get all wet and dirty in the pool and sandbox.  The slide was a really fun thing to see them do.

We also watched movies.  Like the Lego Movie which was a huge hit and was watched multiple times....

Malcolm did a good job of leting me know when he was ready for a nap and would climb up on me and just fall asleep.  I was very grateful as he NEVER does this at home.

We got to go hike at Bridal Vale Falls with my brother that Monday.  :-)

After lunch we started getting ready for the 4th of July!  Kevin had a great time picking out fireworks. 

Then we went on the Heber Creeper for Cami's birthday.  It was REALLY fun going on the train and seeing the lake and stuff there in Heber.  The kids liked it when we would get up and walk on the train.

Especially Malcolm.  I love the cute pictures I got on the train.

For a little bit we had no kids with us and it turned into a mini mini date!

Kaylee is always attached to Grandma Sproul when she is around.

Uncle Allen and Aunt Britney are the coolest!

After we had fun watching the train move and climbing on the trees.I thought I had more picture of this.  But anyway that was the June part of our trip.  I will re-post the July one with words.  I accidentally posted that without writing anything and I didn't know how to unpost it if that makes sense.  :-)

Wipe out!

Here is my Dad Playing Drums!!

Utah Trip 2014 Part 2

This was SO fun.  We went the the Bean museam at BYU (which is free!!!) and then got yummy ice cream at the creamery!  Also look at Brit's cute belly!!  She is having a girl in November and I am SO excited for them!  Also I took the above picture to try and show how HUGE the elevator is!! I just noticed that Cami and Kaylee look like they are holding hands.  I wouldn't be surprised if they were but it could be how everything is aligned.  They are adorable.

I go to take a picture and they do exactly what we said not to do and hang on the ropes.  lol I'm surprised 3 years olds aren't banned from EVERYTHING.  But they had fun as did we.

So basically it was a bunch of taxidermy and statues.  It was REALLY cool.

Aunt Britany was awesome and she read to them facts about the animals. 

Mal missed the whole thing because he was sleeping.

One of Kaylee's favorite parts was the butterflies.  Cam liked the insects too.

One day they will both look at the camera.

Then everyone got sick.  Grandma didn't go with us to the museum because she was throwing up all night.  Then Mal threw up mid nap.  Good thing we gave him pink ice cream.....

Malcolm ONLY threw up once.  Then Kaylee threw up about 13 times.

Malcolm finishing his nap.

He turned over during his nap and he had this red mark on his face.  I couldn't help but think of tommy boy "Not here, Not here, but Riiight here." (Tommy has a similar red mark and was asking Richard if he had a mark and pointed out where it hurt.)

More playing outside and more tackles.

We went shopping and took 2 kids to lighten the load.  Look how cute they are together.  I swear that Benji had a better time than it looks.

Kaylee's first dental visit!!  Kevin had a dentist friend there so we got a friends and family rate and just got it done.  She was a perfect patient and NO CAVITIES!!!  Thank goodness!

Then we went to go see temple square.  Kaylee wanted to take pictures with things she thought were cool.

This is the first part of Independence Day.  I was watching a movie with everyone and realized I was the ONLY one awake.  Seriously life? 

He has the BEST sleeping faces.

We did more swimming and eating and then we did a pre fireworks show.

She posed like this for the picture all by herself.  Funny girl!!

They loved those little popper things you throw on the ground.  Good thing there were a bajillian of them!

Then we made strict rules and placements for the sparklers. 

They loved it and got really into seeing them light up.  We got some perfect ones that just lit up but didn't actually spark a lot so it didn't get on the kids hands.

Britany did step on a sparkler coal or something on the ground and so she spent the evening like this.  I don't blame her I would be dying!

She thought it was a little loud.

But she loved every minute!

Uncle Chuck and Malcolm

Cousins.  I love Cami in this picture.  Totally captured his silly personality.

Now for the real stuff. We put the 2 youngest to bed and brokw out the sparkly sparklers

Then we watched some pretty cool fireworks and more Guzmans (Brits Fam) came to play.

Charlie downing his root beer floats!

The next day Allen woke Kevin up so we could go out for breakfast!

The kids were crazy since we let them stay up.  They still woke up at the break of dawn.  Erg.

But we still got some great pictures like this!

And this

And these!!!

We also got to go see one of my very best friends Monique.  We grew up together and I am so glad she is still in my life.  Meanwhile in San Diego out moms were hanging out at a baptism for 2 of Monique's nephews.  I sent this to Moniques and said "Look! It's us in 25 years!"  The Bresee family make me super happy!!

So this picture here was from the 4th but it didn't uplaod next to the other picture.  Look at his hair!!! :-)

We left Sunday the 6th of July and we did it all in one shot except the few hours we stopped in Vegas to make sure our car was ok.  It was good enough to make home but later found out there was a crack somewhere but was covered by warranty...yaddy yaddy ya. It's fixed now which is all I care about.  For Free (even better)

We got gas at a Sinclair station which mean traditional dino picture.

BTW we love those trays that we attached to the car seats.  Made the trip a ton easier and will grow with them. (We can use it with a booster seat and your can even just attach it to them)