Gavin's New Look

It was finally time to say goodbye to Gavin's bleached surfer boy hair from our fun summer. I hate giving my babies haircuts because then they look so grown up. He is still a doll though and we keep looking at him because he looks so different.

First Day of School!

Tyson got a little lost the first day and was crying by the time we found him- then we couldn't get him to go into class- it broke my heart!

What Gavin did the first day of school - took over Tyson's DS ...while I cleaned!


Halle with all of her school supplies- (5 different stores later) what a nightmare with the brand specific supplies!!!

Scrapbook Weekend

Back in June my sisters and I met in Burley at my moms house to catch up on some scrapbooking with NO kids! I loved it! Family time without my "family"! So for some reason I didn't get a picture of Des. Mom had to leave for Saint George for Grandpa Dean's funeral & then Colt and Michael showed up to keep us company. They both had to pose for pictures in mom's scrap space- although they secretly did want to do a layout! We set up Aislinn's space outside since she's always insisting she's left out- she is the middle child after all!!!

Camping at Sagehen

Camping Highlights of Schow Campsite!

Bart saying everything was "Schow camp rules"- and everyone ignoring Schow camp rules!
hours and hours on the rope swing
yummy food
great company
homemade cookies (2 kinds!)
roasting starbursts?
protecting everyone from the wrath of Gavin's sticks
Hunter's bike getting demolished by white trash campers- hey "that's what you get"
a rain storm that most people could not sleep thru
a massive pancake flip
Calvin's treasure of a caterpillar nest
fishing and swimming off the dock
Halle catching her traditional camping toad- and Ella completely stressed that it would die!

Such a fun weekend!!! Thanks everybody- we had a blast!!!!

Happy 4th of July!

We had a fun Independence Day!!! We started out doing the Baldwin Park bike parade followed by a pancake breakfast. At around 6 we headed over to Osborne's for some swimming, fishing, lots of eating- smoked salmon, steak, hot dogs, lots of salad, watermellon, brownies... lots of food. Then a night of fire works, a bonfire- quickly followed by a firetruck showing up with 4 firemen. What's more American than a firetruck on the 4th of July?!