Just havin' fun!

Our van light kept coming on and we needed a look at it so we all hoped in the car and took it in to get fixed and in the meantime, we got in the strollers and walked over to the 7-11 and got ourselves some Slurpee's.

Delicious!

Hanging out one morning with some of the kids favorite toys!

I just love these 4 boys so much!

What a lucky mommy I am.

You can't really see the paint super well but one day at preschool, the kids got to play with face paint.  They had a blast but Rio was not a fan of having the paint on her face when she saw it in the mirror so we had to immediately take it off! (Hence, the reason she isn't in these pics)

She's so funny.

Love all you cute kids!

Saying goodbye to the Posey's

Well, another family member moves on...

I'm so sad about it too and wish everyone would just stay here!!

But I'm happy that Jon found a great job and hopefully they can end up back here in Utah in a few years.

We went over and saw them before they left so we could say goodbye

This was their first place and it is so cute!

Awe..so sad.  They're both trying so hard to not cry - poor Bonnie - both her daughters are now moved away :(

Love cute Erin and I will miss her tons!

The triplets were so lucky to have Jon and Erin feed them for 9 months once a week and they got super close with them because of that.

Cute Cole and Cooper were at Jon's mom's house so we didn't get to see them before they left.

We love you Jon and Erin and will miss you tons!

Come back soon!

We're at it again...another beautiful hike!

We made it to a hike this year that we hadn't gone to before and it was beautiful.  I always love when there is a waterfall or something at the end of the hike to make it all worth it.

The kids loved this one too and of course, they did awesome!

Logan was a master by now and the triplets never cease to amaze.

The kids always find something fun to see.  Most of the way up, there was a river on one side and they all had to stop and take a peak.

Here's the second group to explore

Logan and Austin didn't want to leave - they love playing in the river!

We made it!

Beautiful waterfall to greet us

Roxy and I with my little Blake - he was such a trooper!  Love him.

The kids all had a blast playing in this little stream coming off the waterfall.

Roxy and Angie and a bunch of our kiddos

*Rio, Austin, Jax, Hunter and Avery*

LOOK!  I found gold!

Jax was so excited that he found this "gold" rock.

 Cute Logan was wading in the water.

I was so glad to be able to take all 5 kids with me this time.  I love doing these amazing things with them and to see what they are capable of and I hate feeling like someone is being left out.

Rox and I with Blake and Rio

I'm so glad for my awesome friends who love adventure and hiking as much as I do.

Oh Logan...I think he could live outdoors in the mountains and be a very happy little boy.

Beautiful isn't it?

Lia and Kaden were holding hands - so cute little siblings!

Heading back down was a little more hot for these kids but they still were amazing and didn't complain one bit!

So proud of all of you cute kids.

We were almost to the bottom and found this fun area to throw rocks and explore a little bit.

I think we captured all the kids in this pic

Bottom to Top -

Jax, Karson

Austin, Avery, Hunter

Reese, Kaden, Lucas, Lia, Rio

Blake and Logan

Yep!  All 12 of them.

Another cute shot of the kids by the bridge.

Roxy, Angie and I

*These two are some of my very best friends and I just love them!  Thank goodness we had triplets so we could meet and become great friends!

Ist day of 2nd year preschool

These three cuties were so excited to start another year of preschool.

They loved Puddle Jumper Preschool last year (and so did I.  It was a great 1st year school for my kids) but since we're moving and mostly I really wanted to them attend Kinderprep Academy.

A few friends of mine had had their kids go there and their kids just excelled!

They have a great reading program and really help the kids get started loving reading.  Since I have never really loved reading, I knew I wanted them to go!

I had to include a few pics from their 1st day of school last year because as I looked back I thought it was so cute that they stood in the same order as they did last year....hmm...

I love you Jax, Austin and Rio!

I'm so excited for you and this year at preschool.  I know you'll do great and you will love it!

You are already so smart and really hard workers.

Good luck and enjoy learning as much as you can.

*They've done great so far and just love it!  They have French class, violin lessons, art and music each week in addition to learning to read.  They've already memorized so many poems and songs - I am really amazed at their ability to teach these kids and love watching my kids be sponges and soak up all this great knowledge and especially, the fun and joy of learning!*

Labor Day BBQ with the Morris family

Later in the afternoon of Labor Day, we went over to Spence's parents for a little BBQ.  Jon and Erin were going to be moving to Idaho soon and so we wanted to make sure we got together with them before they left.

YUMMY!  Drumstick ice-creams for dessert!  Logan's favorite.

So fun to get together.

Austin, Kisty and Preston and Cole

                             Cole, Ethan, Austin and Logan turned the picnic table into a boat :)

Don't you love Rio's smile?  She is so much fun!

Had to get a few shots of these daddies with their babies :)

So cute!

*Andrew and Preston, Jon and Cooper and Spence and Blake*

"Selfie" shot of Spence and Blake and I

This is Marc's cute girl-friend Kari.  She is so amazing and we already love her tons.  She is really fun and the kids love playing with her.

*Kari, Jax and Marc*

Jon and Erin weren't able to come to Logan's bday party at Sky's so they got him a little gift and he was SO excited!  He loves "Cars" and loved the paper and then inside was a "Mike, the Knight" boat for the tub.  Just perfect!