Wet and wild soccer?

We've been so busy this summer and I've taken about a GAZILLION pictures but I haven't slowed down long enough to post anything, so now I'm playing "blogger catchup".

Another adventure we went on was Taylor's soccer tournament in Herriman.....

What a handsome kid!

Taylor is the one on the far right in red.

Here he is front and center in blue this game.

We found a little water park out in Herriman. We didn't have our swim suits but we did have a couple hours to kill between games so we got wet! Booga kept taking her shirt off, if we were the only ones there I so would have let her keep it off but we weren't alone so she had to be a "lady".

My little lady...





Zachary running thru the rings of water.

Devin was right behind him...

It was a lot of fun watching Taylor play in this tournament. His team took 2nd place and had a great experience. His season has started now and we are traveling from Park City to Tooele and everywhere in between. We're having some awesome adventures.

Goodbye Summer :(

We've had a lot of fun this summer. Its so sad to see it come to an end. There's a really fun outdoor swimming pool here in Lehi that we enjoyed spending lazy summer days at. Here are some fun pics of the kids.....

Zachary loved the high dive.

Valyssa started swimming with her life jacket all by herself. This is huge for her!

Here's Devin showing off his moves.





Taylor loved doing flips, 360's and anything else he could think of.

This one was painful just to watch!

He was attempting a back flip and ended up with a back flop.

OOOOUUUUCCCCCHHHHH!!!!

Devin again with the high dive, you can see the huge water slide in the background. This place was a blast.

And here they are, in all their glory. I love my little bunch.

I am so sad to see summer go but we had so much fun together and made a ton of memories.

THE END

( of summer )

Jr High and Preschool

We covered the Elementary students in the last blog, now on to the Preschool and Junior High students. Holy crap, how many kids do I have????

Booga and me on the first day of Preschool!!!

Booga learning that her name is not actually Booga.....

Striking a pose before school starts.

She got to wear her brand new Preschool shirt, how exciting!!!

You cant find a cooler kid on the first day of Junior High than this.

What a stud.

School Dayz

Here are some pics of my "Elementary goers" on the first day of school,

ya I know, its like 2 months old but still.....

Classic

I have a million pics getting piled up on my camera, it's time to start sharing what we've been up to...

We've been playing at the Classic Fun Center a lot! The kids love the waterslides and the weather has been perfect for playing in the water.

Taylor and Zac loved getting in a big splash at the bottom of the slide. It took about a trillion tries to get the pics just right!!

After we'd been here on three different occasions Booga finally decided to let Taylor take her down the slide. Even though he dunked her in the splash down pool at the bottom she decided it was a blast going with him.
Aaaahhhh.... freedom!!!! (Thanks Tay!!)

Devin invited his friend Jaide to the park with us. The two of them went down the slides together all day long. They'd get to the bottom and be halfway up the hill before you could say their names!!

One more big cheeser from Valyssa at the end of the day.

This is our new favorite place!!!!!!

Inside the fun center there are some huge bouncers that we have played on a couple times too,

I'll post those pics next time Tyler!!!

Devin Scissorhands

I found a big chunk of blond hair cleverly hidden in the garbage can in my bathroom and went looking for some answers...

Me: Booga, did you cut your hair?

Booga: No....Pause.....Devin did.

Me: Devin, did you cut Booga's hair?

Devin: Yes.

Me: Why?

Devin: Because the front was longer than the back, I just fixed it.

We went and had it "professionally" fixed and here is the latest haircut at our house...



Stay tuned...

I'm pretty sure she'll be bald before summer is over.


The End.

JUNE

It's July!!! How did THAT happen? I successfully did not post ONE TIME in the month of June. No, not on purpose. Just kinda happened. So I think I will do a little update....

here's what happened in June.

J ust got sick and tired of fighting Valyssa about doing her hair and decided to cut it all off (as you can see). We've been swimming a ton and her hair was a nightmare. I cut it in an A-line and I think it is super cute (yes I cut it)!! It is sooooo much easier to comb through!

U nusual amount of Doctors and Dentist visits this month! It all started with Devin having 2 ear infections. Taylor was next with one ear infection. While they were both on antibiotics Zac got a terrible toothache. We took him to insta-care the first night and then to the dentist the next day. He has an infection in his gum below his tooth. Here we go with the antibiotics again! While Zac is finishing his up, Devin is done with his but Taylors infection didn't clear up so after one more Doctor visit, he is on a second dose. Thank goodness Valyssa has been healthy, knock on wood :)

N ow that it's summer we have made a chore chart. The kids are LOVING this!!! First thing every morning the kids have made their beds, cleaned their rooms, taken the laundry out and vacuumed without my coaxing them at all. They are trying to earn enough points to go to Chuck E Cheese, Jump On It, 7 Peaks and hopefully Lagoon by the time summer gets out. They are working soooo hard!!!

E verything else has to fit on this last letter!! I'll just jam it all in...we all got together down in Wellington for Logans baptism. It was a wonderful day!!! Taylor is still working hard in soccer, he has 3 practices a week. He is also playing Rugby with Matt on Saturdays. Since Derek and I are not officially divorced yet, we celebrated our 10 year anniversary this month. WOW. That's all I'm going to say about that :) I have been running a lot this month with Melissa, we are looking forward to running a 5K in August. It is nice to have a goal to work toward. I also registered to start school at SLCC in August.

Thats all folks!!!