Play Group Fun!

My friend Meliss invited us to join their weekly play group awhile back and we were so happy to join them! My kids have a blast every week and I love seeing my friends and their adorable kids!  We were able to do so many fun things this summer and I still have all the fun fall things too!!!! Wow, am I behind!  Anyway, Heather invited us over to her house to have fun in their little pools and slip and slide.  My kids were in heaven - water is their favorite thing in the world so they loved every minute of it! 

Austin, Rio, Jax and cute Jack eating their Popsicles - my kids first Popsicle so they LOVED it!

Rio and Austin trying to figure out what to do with the slip and slide

All 3 kidlets playing in the sand (of course they found that) - sorry Heather for the added mess

We also all went to Wheeler Farm one day - I picked seriously almost THE HOTTEST day to go - it was so warm that day but all the kids were so good - we treated them all to an otter pop or drink.  Such cuties: Crew, Cash, Rio, Jax, Austin, Josh & Jack

Chillin' at the Farm

Melissa & Heather - cute mamas!

We love "neigh, neighs" around here - our neighbors have horses so the kids go out daily to feed the horses corn and to pet them so seeing them at Wheeler Farm was like seeing a little friend.  My kids love animals and love to touch them - and yes, they've been nipped a few times by the chickens and the goats :)  They don't seem to mind however!  Thanks for all the fun ladies!  Love you all!

Summer Trips

Okay, so I know it's October and I'll still behind blogging about this summer but I guess that just means that we had a great time right?

Well, we did actually get a chance to do a few fun "getaways" with and without the kids this summer. Spence has school so he only had about 3 weeks of total "off time" so we took advantage of it and went to Cedar and to St. George - okay, so it's not our usual cruise or Africa trips but it was still lots of fun.

Spence and I went with my sister Sky and hubby Matt and my parents to Cedar to see some plays at the Shakespearean Festival. We "used" to go there every summer and spend a few days seeing as many plays as we could all together and then too many things changed and it just wouldn't work very well. So... this summer my dad was "craving the good old days" so we took him up on it and went all together without all the kids. (Thanks to Spence's parents - the kids had a great time with Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Marc while we were gone.) Here we all are with the man himself :) - Shakespeare...We got to see "Noises Off" which is a hilarious comedy and also the musical, "Music Man." I know... no real Shakespeare this time but it was a great trip! However... we ended up staying at Matt's parents house in St. George for the night and were so excited to be able to play tons of games together and well... let's just say it was a little too hot to do just that. The air conditioning in the house had stopped working and we were ROASTING!!!! We all ended up sleeping outside except for Sky and Spence. Sky just crashed and Spence went back to his "Honduras days" and made it through :) Ha-ha - I thought he was crazy! We pulled out the couch cushions and a few sheets and well, it was quite nice outside under the stars. Thanks you guys - so fun and we had some good gaming time and laughs to last a lifetime!

Our next fun trip was with the kiddos down to St. George again. We just went for a few days but we went swimming a ton and introduced the kids to their first movie, "Toy Story." It was an attempt to say the least but they thought it was fun for about 15 minutes and then they were off and running as usual.

Cute Austin ready for the pool with his "fotey" (floaty) as he called it!

We also introduced them to one of daddy's favorite snacks, OREO's! Jax thought they were the best!

SWIMMING - cutest little kid pool there - perfect height for the kids! Rio and Jax learned to "float" and to this day have to "float" in the bathtub every time :)

I couldn't resist taking a pic of our first family trip in our bedroom - 3 pack and plays!!!! Maybe this is why we don't travel much - ha-ha :)

Red Butte & Aviary w/ the Morris Cousins

There are seriously so many fun summer things to do with these kids! (Please tell me it's the same in the winter...) I can't get enough of it! Grandma Bonnie has gotten a few "Groupons" and she is so sweet to share them with all of us! We've been able to go to the Aviary and Red Butte with our sweet grandma, our Morris cousins, Aunt Kristin & Uncle Andrew. The kids had a blast!!! Red Butte has honestly got to be one of the most beautiful places to visit - just covered in gardens of every kind and the children's garden is adorable and so "kid-friendly" - we just loved it!

Inside the "snake" plant

Me & the kids and cousin Tyler - he's such a doll! My kids love their cousin "Ty-Ty"

Loving the sand pit with Tyler, Brinnie & Hayden and hangin' on the lizards.

Andrew & Ethan, Grandma & Hayden, Kristin with sad Brinlee who just fell :(, Tyler, me & the kids

We also went to the Tracy Aviary with our cute cousins this summer. What a fun place! There are so many awesome birds there and the kids thought it was the coolest thing to walk around with the peacocks, literally! Here they are with Tyler, Brinlee & Hayden.

I don't remember the Aviary being so nice and pretty but we had such a great time together. Picnic with the eagles and pelicans - doesn't get much better.

Grandma with the kids sneakily feeding the peacocks at lunch!Aunt Kristin with all the kids watching the ducks - there were honestly probably 10 different kids of ducks - so fun!

They have the funnest bird show too - even Grandma got to be part of the show pretending to be a tree and letting a toucan walk across her arms - what a fun grandma we have! Love you guys! Thanks for all the fun this summer :)