St. George Highlights

We headed to St. George the beginning of August for some family time and a lot of R & R!

We had so much fun and even though it was August and hot, we had some stormy weather to keep us cool.

If it wasn't stormy, we were in the pool.

Brooke loved playing in the water and is at the cutest stage right now.

Ty could live at the pool.

This kid jumps, dives, floats and anything else he can and for as longs as he can.

Jordo feels much better where he knows he can touch.

But that doesn't stop him from having lots and lots of fun.

Here's my cute family hanging behind the waterfall.
Kev was gracious enough to let me be the picture taker and not the picture takee.

We've loved the summer.
It's been busy, but full of fun.
Bring on the fall!
We're ready for cooler evenings, jumping in the leaves and holidays.

How is this fair?

Poor Brookie has been sick and her fever is making her break out in hives!

They are everywhere and then everytime we'd pick her up, they'd spread even more!

The bath was a good place to let her play.

Cool water and diaper free.

They even ended up on her forehead, cheeks and ears.
She was a really good sport about it and, given her nasty condition, she stayed in pretty good spirits.

On a better note...
She is climbing and moving everywhere!

She's even mastered the stairs.

Well, going up at least.

She's all over the place!

Not only has Brooke become a crawling machine lately, she's decided to pull herself up to things now too! Which is all fun and games until she can't get back down and either just whines, or falls.

I love that she crawls cause she can get what she wants and stay entertained, but I hate that she crawls cause she gets what she wants and follows me around!

Sorry this picture is a bit blurry, but she was all over the place! I LOVE this baby girl and love watching her learn new things. She is so much fun to have in our family.

Flooding=Sleepovers

When this happens....
and this happens...then the boys get an unscheduled sleepover in the front room...

and the baby ends up in your bed...

Long story short: a hidden sprinkler in the bushes was sending a lot of water nowhere but down into our apartment causing a wet mess in the boys' room and Brooke's room. So up went the carpets and out went the kids. Three days later they are still fixing the sprinklers, hoping to fix the hole in the wall and waiting for carpets to dry. What a mess!

Days like this we are glad we are renting and this didn't come out of our wallets! Looking for the positive, right?

Happy 4th!

We had lots of fun this weekend. We forgot the camera on multiple occasions, so we relied on others for pictures. Even though you don't see any pics, we had a great couple of days with my family in town too. We don't get together very often, and it was great to let cousins play and hang out with my siblings.

We started our holiday weekend at the EARLY hot air balloons. It was too windy for any to lift off, at least while we were there, but the kids still had a great time.

They had a special appearance by the Coke bottle. It was huge. So tall that the wind was blowing it over, almost onto people, when it tried to stand up.

Brooke and I did participate in all the events, even though there are few pics of us. With this one, remember, it was early.

Jordo has started this whole "don't cooperate with the camera" thing.
He was a bit of a pain to get pictures of this weekend.

This was normally how you'd find Jordo during fireworks or anything loud.

Grandma, who shares his sensitive ear issue, was happy to help plug his ears. :)

Here's the one other picture of Brookie. Had to get her cute patriotic outfit and bow!

The flag ceremony at the traditional

Cul-de-Sac of Fire.

Kev's traditional post, lighting the fireworks, and Ty, who quickly got over his fear to be Dad's helper.

Jordo wanted to step on snaps, but wouldn't let go of his ears.

So he did both.

Ty, just like his dad, soaked up every bit of this holiday.

We love the Fourth of July and love having family and friends to celebrate with.