Summer 2010

well It is December, but I'm blogging about summer. Makes me really miss these nice beautiful days!! We had a lot of fun this summer, and we stayed really busy! I went back to work the 7th of July, which is always hard to do after having a baby. However, whenever I had a few days off we got to play. Here we are at Silverwood theme Park!! Drew is so excited he can hardley contain himself! What a good baby he has been. We drag him along everywhere, and He is happy enough to sleep, or look around and see what's going on.

This is my niece Olivia. We went to SILVERWOOD with my sister Terrah and her family. We had a great time, and we will def. have to go back again next year!!


Jenna and Alexis cooling off in the kids play fountain area while we waited for the return of half our group to go down the big raft water slide!

They had all sorts of fun water spraying toys to play with!

Here's the group shot in the wave pool. Drew was asleep in the stroller, and I didn't think he would mind missing out of the wacve pool. So, we opted to stay out and take pictures.

Jenna, Payton, Daddy, Alexis, Steve, Olivia, and Terrah.

We love SILVERWOOD!!!

Steve and Olivia

Aaron, Jenna, and Payton

Payton, Drew, and Olivia. Waiting for the daddy's and the big sisters to go down a big water slide.





We Also spent a day in the Tri-Cities. One of my besties from high school came to visit the Main Land!! (They live in HAWAII) We met up with her, and another bestie from high school and hung out at a park.

Not just any park. This park had water squirting toys, and a Ice cream stand/truck. Payton throughly enjoyed his IRON MAN ice cream bar.

Here we are Casey, Katrina, and me with Drew. We have a lot of memories together! It is so fun to get together as adults. We don't see each other all that often, but when we do we fall back in where we left off. These women are amazing mothers too. It's always fun when our kids can play together. We missed Katrina's 3 girls they were still on Hawaii time and stayed home with their grandma. I guess we will have to go to Hawaii and visit. It's a rough job but somebody will have to do it.

Here the kids are, Jenna was convinced that she was a "water bender" and that she was actually controlling how the water came out of the equipment. She had a lot of other kids practicing their water bending skills. ( it's from the Nickelodeon cartoon the avatar the last airbender)

This is how every kid should spend their summer. out in the sun soaking wet!

Camping!!!

We love to camp, although we don't do it nearly enough! Being the crazy people we are we thought it would be a great idea to camp with a 6 week old, and go hiking! It was a lot of fun, we love being in the mountains, and Drew slept better in the tent than he ever has at home! All in all it was a great trip!

We went on several hikes, here we had to hike a pretty steep hill. The kids had to learn the fine art of "walking like a duck" to make it up the hill with out sliding down it.

Jenna demonstrating the "duck walk."


Payton's turn attempting the "duck walk." He did a lot of sliding. :)

We saw some gorgeous views!

My kids love to be outside where they can get as dirty as they want, and run and scream to their hearts content!

Drew did amazing, he is such a happy go lucky baby!

We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows over the fire!

Here is how Drew slept. I was very concerned that he would get cold, but I didn't want to bring him into bed on an air mattress with us. Way to easy to get his face covered I thought. He wore a really warm sleep sack, and was double swaddled with his thomas quilt. Maybe a little over kill, but he slept great. He didn't wake up all night! I woke up a couple times on my own to check him to see if he felt to hot or cold, but he didn't wake up till 6 am when all the light flooded our ten t. I joked that maybe we should sleep in a tent every night if he was going to sleep that great.

We had a little creek that was right behind out tent, the kids thought that was pretty cool, and it stressed me out a little that they would fall in. However, the water was so cold it was all they could do it put there feet in it.

On our hike during the second day we saw this momma deer. Bambi's mom to be exact. Just ask my munchkins.

Dad wasn't with us when we hiked the steep hill, so the kids had to bring him back and show them how they learned to "duck walk." Drew is in the sling, and yes I hiked all over with him like that. He slept the entire time. Well until I hit some loose rocks and fell flat on my bum. My arms were around him to protect him, do he was fine, but my bottom was not.

Here is dad with the munchkins:) it was a blast we will have to go more often next summer!

Drew's blessing Day!!

June 6th 2010

Grammy Riggs made his blessing outfit! she did such a good job!

He thinks that he has had enough of pictures, and it was a good thing cause we were out of time!

What a blessing this baby has been! he is so mild mannered, and easy going! He loves to eat, and he doesn't constantly spit up! He has fit into our family perfectly and there hasn't been even a hint of jealousy with the other kids. I feel blessed beyond words.
We all love you so much little Drewy!!

Random shots

Loves and cuddles!
Mr. big eyes

Drooling Drew

Daddy's best helper!!

Three boys all tuckered out! obviously one boy isn't as tuckered as the rest!

Drew's Nursery!

My mom and my sister Terrah decided that my baby needed a new nursery! I had some bedding picked out, and they surprised me, went in on it together, and bought it. I really like Jungle animals, especially monkeys. Aaron really likes sports, especially football. I found the perfect bedding set that incorporated both. here it is

They also painted the room for me!! Love the color!

June 2010

Jenna turned 7 on June 7th. ( I can't believe I have a 7 year old.) Payton turned 4 on June 6th. We had dinner at papa and Grammy's on Sunday, and dinner with papa, and Grandma on monday. We were all still adjusting to Drew's arrival, and we bribed the two older kids that if we did not have a party this year, that they could have a big party next year.

Somethings about Jenna at age 7
She is starting to loose her teeth! She is very excited about being a 2nd grader! She is an amazing big sister, and she can not hug and hold her baby brother enough. She is tender hearted, and she always thinks of other people. She loves to do math, and she is very good at it. She loves the cooking channel, Discovery, and animal planet on TV.

Somethings about Payton age 4
He loves to "work" with dad. he spends most of his time out on the orchard with Aaron. He can ride his bike super fast with the training wheels, and he loves to go for bike rides. He loves football, baseball, and basketball, and he usually always has a ball in his hands. He loves to tease his big sister, but he loves her too. He absolutely adores his baby brother, and he loves to hold and cuddle him! He loves ben 10, teenage mutant ninja turtles, scooby doo, and the justice league!

My two big kids have been real troopers through the entire time I was pregnant, and with the adjustment of having a new baby. I love them to pieces, and I wish they would stay little for just a little bit longer!