To Grandmother's House We Go!

On Sunday last week (the 12th), we got a visit from Grandma Shari, Grandpa Gary, Aunt Kelsey, and Uncle Jordan!  They had come down in the RV to visit us after going to the family reunion (that we missed!  Ooops!)  We went and showed them our new (hopefully) house, and then we packed up Kylie and Hayden in the RV and Brandon and I waved goodbye!!  They were going to spend the week with their grandparents!!  And Brandon and I got to have a little kid-free vacation!  We were all very excited.

Grandma Shari kept the kids nice and busy going to the dinosaur museum, parks, splash pads, and even out to the movie Finding Dory.  On Saturday the kids got to spend the day with Grandma Tess and Grandpa Pete, playing and swimming some more!  It sounds like everyone had a great time and enjoyed themselves a lot.  Of course there were some hard parts (late bed times and early morning wake up calls, and fighting), but the kids were super happy to be able to run outside and play all day without burning to a crisp.

Brandon and I had a 'date week' and got to do all the things we couldn't do with little kids around, like going to play pickle ball late at night and to the movies and the temple.  By the end of the week we were excited to have our little firecrackers back!  Today we went to go pick them up in Beaver and they were so excited to see us!  Hayden was beaming so hard and Kylie was so cute!  Now to get them back into our summer schedule! (or lack of schedule...)

I'd like to thank everyone who made this fun little vacation possible - Grandma Shari and Grandpa Gary for hosting the crazy kids and Grandma Tess and Grandpa Pete for entertaining them as well!!  We loved it and can't wait until next year ;)

Stay-cation!

What a super fun and busy week we have had!  First of all, we did nothing but go swimming for the past week.  With temperatures in the 100's we don't really have any other choice!  Saturday was a big day.  First we had a birthday party for baby Riley.  He is turning one!  So we went and had cake and played at the bounce house.

Afterwards we met Grandma Tess and Grandpa Pete and toured our new (maybe!) house.  The kids were so excited to see their grandparents!  When we were done seeing the house we went to the Worldmark, where Grandma Tess and Grandpa Pete were staying and went swimming!  This pool was so much fun and even had a waterfall!

Grandpa Pete got some good pictures, and then miracle of miracles, he got in the water himself! I know, right?  The world is ending ;)

Saturday was also Grandma Tess's birthday, so we got to celebrate with more cake!  And a BBQ!  Super fun!

They came to church with us on Sunday and we got to have a relaxing afternoon with them at the Worldmark again.  Then they had to go back home.  It was such a short visit but packed full of fun!  They even had the Worldmark booked for three more days that they weren't able to stay for because of work, so they let us stay there for the rest of the time!

So we had a little stay-cation until Wednesday!  We did have to go home and do laundry on Monday, but otherwise we had fun swimming over at the Worldmark and playing the games in the clubhouse, and hitting up the parks on that side of town.  We even got to see baby birds that fell from their nest!  Kylie and Hayden thought they were so cute and it was hard convincing them not to pick the birds up.

After coming back home on Wednesday our normal lives resumed... library, swimming, playing inside, swimming...  Summer is in full swing!

The First Week of Summer

Monday we invited our friends Kennedy, Acadia, and Kristelle over to go swimming.  Kylie loves having friends to swim with and I like to have a friend to talk to!  Hayden doesn't care... he likes the hot tub and running around like a crazy kid.

Tuesday we went to Kylie's new school, Vista, and met her new Kindergarten teachers!  Kylie was so excited to be there and even more excited when she found out her friend Peyton would be in her class!  I literally had to drag her away from the class room because she wanted to stay in school forever!

Wednesday we invited our friends Sophia, Riley, and Angela over to go swimming.  For the same reasons as Monday.  Haha we are just taking advantage of having a pool while we still can!

Thursday we went to story time at the library.  We found out that it was Miss Becky's last story time and we are so sorry to see her go!  She has been doing it since we started coming every week about a year ago.

Friday we went to the splash pad at the new soccer park.  More water!  More sun!  The two things that every summer can't live without!

Saturday we ran a few errands and had a lazy day at home.

Sunday Kylie got to give her first talk in Primary!!  By a stroke of luck I had no kids in my Primary class so I was able to see her give her talk with the help of Brandon.  It was fun to see her vibrancy in church.  She has grown so much this last year!

Kylie Graduates Pre-School!

On Wednesday, Kylie officially graduated from pre-school!  I can't believe this day has already come!!  She was so cute in her little graduation ceremony that her class put on.  She said her favorite thing about pre-school was playing at the playground for recess.  Of course!

They also sang a few songs and then got their certificates.

While I know Kylie was definitely one of the most spirited children in her class, she was also a great learner and learned so much!

This week there was more house hunting and packing.  We put in an offer on our fourth house now, and now we are under contract, so that must be a good thing!  Hopefully all goes well and we will have finally found our future home!

Happy 9th Anniversary!

Kylie didn't have school all this week.  She still has a few days left next week, but this week was reserved for testing.  Kylie, of course, did awesome on her test!  The only thing she really lacks is focus, which I am not too worried about at this age.  So we got a little taste of summer this week and had lots of fun going to parks, swimming, walks, and then holing up indoors because I got a head cold and couldn't get off the couch.

On Wednesday was our wedding anniversary (9 years!) and to celebrate we went and looked at some more houses and then went bowling as a family.  While we all like to bowl, apparently we all need bumpers!

Early Thursday morning Brandon left for a convention in Las Vegas and was gone until Saturday afternoon.  This was also the time that I was conveniently sick so the poor kids got an overload of television.  They did fairly well on Thursday, but on Friday they were ready to get out and about, so we had a playdate with Sophia and went to the splash pad.  Thankfully my kids are old enough now that I can just sit in the shade and watch them run around.  Then Angela offered to take Kylie to her house to play with Sophia some more while Hayden and I went home and crashed into our beds for several hours!  It was awesome.

Saturday was another sick day for me, but the kids didn't even care because Daddy was home!  So they were all over him for the rest of the day while I took a nap.  Hopefully next week will be better for me and no one else will catch what I had!

The Start of House Hunting!

Such a fun week filled with walks, errands, walks, library, swimming and more walks.  It was still kinda stormy this week - it bounced between super hot and pretty chilly.

We entertained ourselves on the cold days by making songs up.

We entertained ourselves on the hot days by exploring our new neighborhood park.  Which consists of three springy toys, a tetherball, and jungle gym.  The kids got bored within 15 minutes.

Also this week we were approved for a mortgage, so we got to start house hunting!  The kids and  I went out and saw a few on Thursday.  The kids just loved running around someone else's house and exploring.  We all know that is their favorite thing to do!  On Saturday we got to go see a few more, and this time Brandon was able to come with us.  The very last house we saw we all loved.  It had just come onto the market that day, and we decided to put in an offer.  Apparently it is an awesome house, because we weren't the first to put in an offer!  So we will see where it goes on that one... meanwhile, our hunt will continue!

Testing out Camping

This week was rather cold and blustery.  We only made it to a park once and it was too cold and rainy to even think about swimming!  So we had a lazy week indoors and did lots of coloring, cleaning, and playing.

We did get to celebrate Brandon's birthday on Thursday.  The kids stayed up late until Brandon came home from work and we had birthday blueberry muffins with ice cream.  On Friday Brandon took a half day from work, and he decided that Kylie could come in to work with him for a few hours.  She was so super excited.  I love seeing her pack her backpack and talk about how she gets to go to work with Daddy.  Hayden was, of course, terribly sad, but all he did was sleep when they were gone anyway.  Later that night we set up the family tent indoors and had a mini campout.  We have been wanting to take the family camping, so we wanted to see if we all fit in the tent.  Well, we do!  But not comfortably.  Especially when Brandon put the blow up mattress in there!  The kids loved it, though, and we stayed up late and watched a family movie, and we even tried to get the kids to sleep in the tent for the night, but they both opted to sleep in their beds instead.  (Much to my relief, actually!)

Saturday Brandon had a class all day, so me and the kids did a little shopping and made pizza and started our spring cleaning!  Such fun!  Our cleaning and packing is getting into full swing now that we have been approved for a housing loan and are now on the prowl for a new home!