Lets Play

So here is London playing barbies with Zac..little does he know.  We caught a little smile too!  Matt is a hit on our street with the golf cart.  London and her peeps go on rides every day!!

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Last ones, I swear!

(Sorry these pictures are going to be bit out of order - first ones are last and last ones are first)
On our way back home, we also stopped back in Utah for 2 days since all of Jarom's siblings were together. We had the GRAND idea to take everyone bowling - kids would have fun, right!?

WRONG. 30 minutes into bowling, half the kids were crying because they were done, wanted a snack, wanted to play the video games instead. Kids were slipping, dropping balls, then Darius gets his hand stuck in the conveyerbelt (sp?) that delivers your ball back to you. Total, freakin' drama! BAD IDEA to go bowling w/ that many little kids.
Almost home now. Spent another day at Tracy's to visit w/ Jasy & Ross, and they threw D a party for his 7th birthday. We love them!
We finally got home and quickly prepared for Darius' Star Wars pool party. Whew! We made it!! Good Times!!!

More Vacation Pics

Whoa, get down Charlise! That's why the kids stayed in the car for the rest of the day while Jarom and I took turns looking at Yellowstone! They watched a lot of DVD's that day, but they were safe, so who cares.
Also visited Grand Tetons National forest, kids watched some more DVDs.
Jammn' to itunes while waiting for Old Faithful geyser to explode. This was the kids only safe adventure out of the car.
Drove thru Rexburg, ID on the way home, saw BYU Idaho, the temple and a whole lot of nothing. I can't believe people really live out there!

Vacation Shots

We are finally back from our long vacation! We had a BLAST! First, we stopped in Vegas. Boys took a ride on Uncle Jason's firetruck while I helped keep Tracy in bed to recover. Poor girl was SO sick!

Next, we drove to Utah and spent a day w/out kids in Park City. Rode a ski lift all the way up the mountains, did a mountain slide and roller coaster, shopped and ate yummy Italian food. Elisa watched the kids while we enjoyed some MUCH needed "alone" time.

After seeing new Baby Zach, Galen, Mom, Jamie & Matt & Jarom's sisters, we drove up to Wyoming for our Grey's River campout. (Sorry Jamie, those pics are in yours and mom's camera that I need to get from you guys - left mine w/ Jarom). We hung w/ Galen, Uncle Chuck & Aunt MaraLee, Mom & Dad for 4 days. Got dirtier than I'd like to admit, but it was GREAT!
Jarom cooked us these gormet meals every day. I gained more weight camping than I did the rest of the vacation. Since the river was freezing, we put water in our boat and let the kids use it as a kiddie pool at mom and dad's cabin.
We fished, boated down the river, roasted marshmallows & drank hot chocolate every day, played badmitton, and slept in our tent. NO ONE THREW UP OR HAD THE RUNS - it was a miracle!!!!! Had tons of fun w/ mom and dad! Only wished Galen could have stayed longer w/ us.

Is that a smile!!

So Alie gets the dress next!!  London finally fit it:)  Zac is doing good.  I got a little smirk...so we will count that as a smile..  Love u all

One Shoe

Who knew one shoe would be so much fun! This video was taken after Mikey's 3rd, and somewhat traumatic, haircut. He looks pretty handsome!

Daddy's home!

So Mattson came home for a "surprise" visit for three days. It was so so so nice to see him! We miss him so much! His plane was delayed, so he got in at 3am Sunday (not fun for either of us). So we were pretty tired the whole visit...and we never caught up on our sleep! Oh well, we had a good time & count the days til he'll be back again!

We went to visit Matts Nana & Pipi in Dearborn on Sunday. What a fun visit! She stuffed us true Italian style! We had pasta, steak, meatballs, potatoes, corn, salad, artichokes, bread, cookies, & pie. I am not complaining though, that is for sure! We also took turns riding Pip's new bike...we LOVE that bike!