Ben turns 9!!!

Boy 9 seems unreal! He is getting so grown up! Same sweet Ben just growing into an even sweeter young man!

Brandon explaining the treasure map....

the boys diggin'.....

the pirates found the treasure! (see if you can find Brayden in this picture, LOL)

making their pirate flag!

Ben got his first mountain bike!

He got Heelys!! He has wanted these forever!!

Ok, so here I'm sure he was wondering why he has wanted them forever! It definitely didn't come naturally for him!

Ok good old mom thought 'wouldn't it be SO fun to get the boys boxing gloves?' Now you can see the look on Ben's face here that I may have made a poor choice on this gift...

So note to self....this gives brothers a reason to hit each other!! And 9 years of frustration were unleashed on Brayden during this moment!

Ben happy birthday buddy! We love you so much and you add so many amazing things to our family! Your contagious smile, your giving heart, your concern of others and their feelings, and your sweet and gentle spirit are things that this family can't live without. We are blessed to be able to call you son and brother! We love you xoxoxo

SLC trip....part 2

Here is the much anticipated second part of our trip, LOL! We stayed with my Dad and Bon for the second week. We did so many great things and I had to just pick a few pictures! We were always busy doing something. We had a wonderful time!

The kids loved this water slide! Makenna more than the boys even. I had to go with her so we went on it together at least 20 times!!

She loves the water as much as her brothers!

The fountains is always free fun! Such a great idea....wish I had them in my backyard!

The kids did this fun art project with Grandma. They painted sun ceramic tiles to decorate Grandma's back yard...they turned out so great!

This night I went to help Bon at work and my dad took all 3 kids to a movie and then back home to make us dinner. He had them help with the menu and took them to get the ingredients. They greeted us at the door and seated us. We did get great service!!

Plus we got super adorable waiters like this one. I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone! Thanks dad you did such a great job with the kids!! I have a hard time with all 3 at the movies and he did it with no treats, LOL.

Oh Brayden can always brighten my day!

Do you think he is into this video game?? Quite intense!

After bowling the got to go work their magic at Deal or No Deal. Brayden's a risky kid and would never do well at this show for real :)

We celebrated all 3 kids birthdays since Papa and Grandma won't be here to celebrate with us. They each got their own pinata! Nothing says Happy Birthday like a pinata!!

Makenn's princess crown pinata. She started getting upset that she was hitting it and ruining it so we ended up taking the candy out and it is now hanging in her room, LOL. The difference between boys and girls!!

And they all got to choose their favorite cake for the celebration. Grandma and Sue whipped these up in their free time! I honestly don't know how they do it all!!

Thanks for a great trip and amazing memories....we love you all SO very much!!

SLC trip....part 1

So this is part one of a two part series. The kids and I went to SLC for two weeks the first week was spent at my mom's and then the second we went to my dad's. So here is the first part of our trip! I had to narrow it down to just a few pics!

The whole fam at Lagoon!

I haven't had this much fun at Lagoon in such a long time! It was perfect weather and Ben can ride ALL the rides and Brayden can ride most so it made it SO much fun!! It was great to have Grandma there for Makenna so I could enjoy my day with the rides too! My brothers set aside the day to spend with us too so it made it that much better for me! :)

Such a great pic! We get this wagon and I think everyone BUT Makenna rode in it :) That is Brooke, Scott's cute girlfriend, and Makenna pushing Scott around.

My adorable kids! They had such a great time with all the rides!

Grandma with the kiddos. I think they got in the hot tub almost every night with her!

Playing video games with Uncle Scott doesn't get much better than that!

All my boys!!

Grandma and Makenna....little miss was having a rough day and just wanted to be held for the entire day! Makes 90 degree weather that much more enjoyable ;)