Brotherly love and THE BEST SOCCER CLINIC

All I can say is "Aww..." what a cute pic right?  I love it!  Austin is such an adorable brother to Logan.  He has loved him from day 1 and has treated him so kindly since then.  I did a book party for a dear friend and got some amazing books and this one was Logan's so Austin decided to read it to him.

So sweet!

Okay, onto the next group of pics.

Our adorable neighbor Dallin Ballard (with the help of his amazing mom, Kelly) did a soccer clinic for kids in our neighborhood for a summertime job and my kids couldn't have been more excited to participate!

 Here they are taking a mini-snack break

How cute right?  Everything was planned just perfectly

 Rio was playing goalie and Austin was doing some "stops"

 Phoenix, Jax & Rio

 Rio, Boston and Austin practicing kicking down the hill

 Rio, Boston and Jax

 Rio chasing her buddy down

 They were all going to chase Dallin out on the grass for the next round - he is such a good boy!

 Dallin was reviewing the clinic with the kids while they had their final snack. 

Woo-hoo!  We did it!

Cade, Austin, Ammon, Dallin, Phoenix, Boston and Jax

Crazy sleepers then and now...

I took some really recent pics about 1 month ago of Rio and Austin because they were being crazy sleepers and I thought it was so cute and then as I downloaded them on my computer, I was reminded of how they haven't really changed so much in how they sleep....

Aren't those adorable?  She is so cute!  She has always loved to be totally covered and often buries herself completely... THEN...

 And NOW... She still gets all covered and bundled and buries herself - it's so cute!

 

Austin has always slept with either one or both of his arms behind his head - when I say ALWAYS, I mean from day 1 - this pic is just a few hours after he was born and was in the NICU

 

Even when he was eating, he would get nice and cozy and put that arm behind his head - it was so cute THEN...

And it is adorable NOW!

I went to peak on him one night about a month ago and found him fast asleep.

It made me smile seeing him so cozy still

It's a Cowabunga Summer!!!

We got season passes this year to Cowabunga Bay and it has been more fun than we had expected.  This place is such a blast for little ones and they absolutely love it!

These pics are from a few different days but I thought I'd put them all together.

My little foursome warming up in their towels before we headed back into the water

 Austin smiling from ear to ear enjoying this slide

 Jax getting prepared for the big splash at the end of this slide

 

 Love to watch their faces as they come out of the slide - pure joy!

 You may not be able to tell but that is Rio and Austin getting super splashed!

They love it!

 Playing in the kid zone with our pool toys

 What a doll you are Logan!

He is a pure water baby - just like his siblings

We can't just have one of our pool toys, we have to have ALL of them!  So cute!

 My sweet Rio - she is a little fish in the water

 Here's the big kids :) playing in the cove

 Every few weeks, they have early entry day for season pass holders and have games, prizes and Munchkin Radio comes too - it is just an added fun to the day

My little three were waiting for the prize balls to drop out of that giant bucket - can you find them??

 Who is that under that towel?

Yep!  It's Rio getting warm - she curls into a ball and puts her towel over the top of her on the warm concrete

 We get quite a few looks as we're leaving since the stroller is completely packed with floaties, towels, a huge bag full of wet swimsuits, pool toys and water bottles.

We make it work though :)

PS - it may look like they're crying but really they are just super tired and rubbing their sun beat eyes

 Another day we came and were able to visit with my dear friend Chandy and her adorable family including her newest little miss Ivory.  She is so sweet and Logan had a good time trying to share his toys with her.

Doesn't he look giant compared to her?  He's only about 5 or 6 weeks older

My chillin little cool dude!  He does this all the time - puts his legs up on his stroller and just relaxes.  What a cutie he is!

We have had a blast so far this summer at CB and it's not over yet....more to come...

1st time @ Skye Park this year

Love being able to do parks since the time frame is always so short when you can go. 

This park is one we visit often

Sand play!

My awesome friend Kara with her little guy Spencer and two of her triplets: Sonny and Gabe with Logan and Jax in the back

 Love that face - he is so happy being "one of the big kids"

 Oh Jax...I'd like to say he's just posing for the camera but he's actually securing his "stuff" so no one else can take it :)

Oh yah, we've got some excellent sharers around here - well, we're working on it

 My four with cute Sonny in the background building the "biggest castle ever" according to them

 "Don't worry gang, we'll get you there!"

*Sonny, Christian, Gabe, Lucas, Lia, Hunter and Caden*

 My strong little girl!  She is amazing at the monkey bars :)

"Still holding mom!"

So ya, not a great picture but they were all playing in this little house so I had to capture that moment - usually Logan gets left in the dust!

Love you guys!

The "Bumpy Park"

I love this park - it is so close to our house and so much fun!  There is a slide there that is "bumpy" that they say is the "bu-bu-bu-bum slide" so that is what we call it :)

Whee!  What silly, cute boys

 She is so strong this one!  She can climb up and hold onto anything for quite a while.  Strong little chicky!  Great job Rio!

 Because going alone just isn't as fun :)

 This was before Logan was mobile so he got to sit and enjoy watching the big kids play

 Melts my heart with each smile

 His energy is infectious!

 And my 3rd little heart breaker in the making

 Don't you wish you were a kid and found this kind of simple joy again?

They are so cute and are the best of friends

 Logan wanted to be up on that slide so bad so I guess I' helped make a wish come true :)

He thought he was so big!

 "Oh, the sun!! Too bright mommy!"

Or perhaps it was nap time too :)

Another fun reason we love this park is because there are ALWAYS duck families all over the place.  I know it's not a great pic but it is so fun to watch these little babies follow their mommy around all over the river.  What a cute picture!