Jul 11, 2012

Summertime

The boys and I got to go to Colorado for almost the whole month of June!  It was wonderful!  The boys had a great time and I got to relax and be sick while my mom took care of all of us.  Even with Zofran, I could barely eat, so it was nice not to have to cook and chase kids while I worshiped the toilet :)

The boys loved being out in the country.  Jack caught bugs and Luke tried to eat them.  They both got so dirty every day I wasn't sure how they would ever come clean. But, I loved that they could go outside and I didn't have to worry about them getting kidnapped or run over :)  I love the paranoia's that motherhood brings!


I actually wasn't sure that Luke was going to make it home with us at the end of the month.  The kid about died at least 4 times.  Apparently clumsy in the country is dangerous!   Luckily, he made it, but he did have a fairly hefty bump on his forehead in this picture. 


We got to go up the Keystone to my parents condo for a night on our way back to Utah.  We had fun feeding the fish and swimming with all of the cousins.


Gosh, we make cute kids.


When we got back to Utah, we had lots of fun catching up with daddy.  We missed him a ton while we were gone, but we are glad he stayed behind to work to fund our trip :)

Jay and I took Jack to the Lehi rodeo.  We had no idea how big the rodeo is in Lehi.  People take it very seriously!!  We barely got tickets.  But, we all loved it.  Jack wants to grow up to be a barrel racer.  If he can't compete with the girls, he will be ok with being a rodeo clown.  Ha!

Lehi also has a huge parade.  We took the boys thinking it would be a fun outing.  Little did we know how seriously Lehi takes the parade!  It was 2 1/2 hours long and the floats were amazing!  However, after about an hour in 98 degrees, we were all done....but our car was boxed in so we couldn't leave.  We saw at least 6 marching bands and about a million floats.  I think we are all paraded out for a while.


This was where I spent the parade.  At least the car offered some shade.  I wish it also offered a bathroom.   


The wards in the area each do a float.  Can you believe how elaborate they are?


 

Here are the babies in my bump at 12 weeks. This is the view I get to see.  I am now 14.5 weeks so imagine how big that belly is now! :) 


We spent the 4th at Jay's sisters.  We had a great time being with family and doing fireworks!



What a hunk!  This is how I keep getting myself pregnant. 


Jack and his cousins.  He loves that he is big enough to keep up with them.  Look at all those blondies!  They are his heroes :)