Our Beautiful Princess Calie

So... the other day, I asked the boys what they want to be for halloween.  Dustin wants to be Indiana Jones and Dane wants to be Batman.  I didn't think to ask Calie because I didn't think she was old enough to tell me.  Wrong... Calie speaks up and says she wants to be a "bodiful pincess."  So cute!!!!  As she told me that, she did this dance where she puts her arms up and spins.  Now every time we call her a beautiful princess she does the dance.  She really is such a special little girl.  We are glad that we have a beautiful princess in out family.       

Last day of swimming lessons

The boys started swim lessons back in May, before school got out.  They were going 4 days a week up until their last day, July 31st.  They are both such good swimmers now.  Dustin was able to swim when we started the lessons, now his swimming skills are more refined.  Dane on the other hand, was a little uncomfortable in the water.  He did not liked to be let go, but now... holy cow he is so comfortable in the water.  He can swim all the way across the pool. We are so proud of the boys and how well they did this year in swim lessons.  Justin is most excited because they are now that much closer to going surfing with him.    

    

This is Dustin  and his swim instructor.

This is Dane and his swim instructor. 

This is Dustin doing a canon ball off the high dive.

This is Dane jumping off the diving board.  

River Va-ca

We went to the river this last weekend with our good friends the Borgquist family.  We all had such a great time.  Justin took the boys on a paddle board ride.  He and Steve also went on a few paddle board rides solo.    

Myrna and I also did our share of paddle boarding.

We pulled the kids around on a tube behind the jet-skis.  I don't know how much they enjoyed it, but they did it.   

Calie, on the other hand LOVED the jet-skis.  The faster the better for her.

We also fit our whole family onto one jet-ski.  We had Justin and Calie trying to get us to go fast, while Dustin and I where saying slow down, and Dane was just along for the ride.

There was also a little beach to play at, so we spent a lot of time hanging out there too.

When we didn't feel like being in the water, which was most of the time for me, there was a nice grassy yard to hang out on.  I did a lot of catching up on my gossip reading there.  

Steve's birthday was on Monday and we celebrated there on Sunday night.  Myrna made an amazing dinner and dessert.  One of the best meals  I have ever had, it was sooo good.  Justin, who has been on a health kick for awhile now and never eats sweets, was literally finger licking the dessert pan.  I would have too if he didn't beat me to it. 

We really did have a great time with great friends, thanks Borgquist family for the amazing vacation!!!!

We love James Hatch

On July 16th we had our super fun cousin/nephew, James over to spend the night.  The boys stayed up late telling each other Captain Jack stories.  The next day we braved the Spectrum with four kids under the age of six and one adult, me.  Lucky for me, they all behaved really well.  We ended our trip with lunch at Red Robins.   Thanks James for being a great kid, we love you!!!!!!   

Crazy Kids!!!

So, tonight we were trying to take an updated family photo.  That sounds easy enough, right?  Wrong!!  Either the kids were making a funny face, or Justin and I were looking at the kids to make sure they weren't making a funny face.  We finally settled on one picture, but my goodness it was crazy!!! 

Calie turned two, Devin and Shira came out, Kids at the farm and Dane got hurt. How's that for a title

       Hey friends, it's been awhile since my last post, so I have a lot of catching up to do.  On April 4Th Calie turned two!!!  We had Justin's family over to celebrate.  We still have yet to have a party-party for any of the kids, but we're working on one for the boys in September.  

YEAH!!!  Shira and Devin came home from BYU Hawaii to visit last weekend.  We miss them sooo much.  They have eight more months to go before Devin graduates.  It was so nice to visit with them, I was sad to drop them off at the airport.  Justin and I hope to get out there in August.  We love you Devin and Shira !!!!!!!  

Dane's school had a field-trip to a farm, so the kids and I went country for the day.  Calie was so brave, she rode the big horse without so much as a wimpier.  Dustin also got to ride the big horse, but Dane was a little bummed out that he had to ride the small horse.  The kids also got to play with hundreds of bunnies and guinea pigs.  Needless to say they all bathed in anti-bacterial hand soap that night.        

Sad day!!!  Dane was messing around in the living-room last Thursday and bumped his head.  He hit it so hard his skin popped open and you could see the bone.  Pretty gnarly.  We rushed the family to the emergency room.  Lucky for us, my Mom was able to meet us there and take Dustin and Calie to her house.  The e.r. was packed to the gills so it took almost 4 hours until Dane saw the Doctor.  She said since it was a striate cut that instead of stitches she could use surgical glue and glue the cute closed.  The glue will help it scare less than stitches would.  Dane was so brave, he only cried when he first bumped his head.  Poor little guy.