Swimming and YW

We have taken the boys swimming a lot this summer with their cousins and here are a few pictures of each of the.  First we have Quentin sporting his goggles.  He has really mastered his swimming this year.

 Now we have Cyrus just finishing his cannon ball, one of his favorite things to do

Zayne is in his little boat.  He really enjoys the water.  Especially dropping things and watching everyone dive for them.

I also had the opportunity to go up to girls camp with our ward and spend the whole week with the girls. It was a lot of fun and work.  Here is the whole group just before we left the church.

Here are all of the girls under our rainbow that we just finished making.  Our theme was the Wizard of Oz.  The girls are sitting on the yellow brick road.

Here are the 4 brave leaders who stuck it out all week.

These are our neon stick figure dancers.  Our 4 YCL's this year dressed in black and hooked glow sticks to their bodies.  Then they put together a dance to a couple of songs and preformed for us.  It was really cool.  We will be doing this with all of our YW in a couple of weeks for an activity.

After camp we took the girls boating.  Yep that is me near the back of the water weeny.  The girls weren't going to let me get out of getting on that and getting wet.  I definitely got tipped a few times.

We have had a lot of fun this summer and  will miss the time we have been able to spend together.  However, I know the boys are more then excited to get back into school.  Cyrus starts preschool this year and is excited to meet his teacher.  I'm not sure what I will do with Zayne for the 2 and a half hours while Cyrus is gone, but we'll have fun.
Girls Camp was a blast and I would definitely do it again if given the opportunity.  I missed the boys and Justin and thought about them often, but I also kept really busy which made for a quick time apart.

Where did July go?

So we have been quite busy this month and I can't believe it is about over. 

The boys and I have been swimming about twice a week at grandma's pool with the cousins and to the movies every Tuesday.  Unfortunately I keep forgetting the camera every time we head out to these things.  One of these days I will get some pictures.  We have also been busy with going to the Library weekly so the boys can get their rewards for reading and pick out some new books. 

On top of all of this we have spent a  lot of time with cousins, going to the museums and Zoo, and anything else that comes our way. 


I just got back from spending a week at girls camp and thoroughly enjoyed being with the girls.  It was a great bonding experience and a great opportunity to come out of my shell.  I"m sure I will have some black mailing pictures up soon on facebook.  I took some disposable camera's with me.  So it will be a week or so before I get pictures up from that.  Justin took the week off to be with the boys so that I could go to camp and not worry.  What a great husband he is. 

Here are a few pictures of the boys being cute and seeing some floats at the Mall with Justin while I was at camp.

Cyrus is 4!! and Hogle Zoo

The first day that school was out, my second son Cyrus, turned 4.  He is getting so big.  For Cyrus' birthday, he wanted to go bowling and out to Pizza Pie Cafe.  We invited his grandparents and Uncle Jared and Uncle Jacob.  We had a lot of fun and the boys loved being with their uncles.  Cyrus got some Gormiti guys that he had been eying for months and I just happened to find on sale, a really cool helicopter that he opens up and he can fit all his guys in, a big giant puzzle he can color, and some learning books and treats.  He is in heaven and loves playing with all of his toys.  Here are some pictures of all the boys bowling and such.

On Cyrus' birthday, we also discovered how much Zayne loves chocolote.  Especially when he can make a mess with it.

Today we decided to go to the Zoo.  I had decided last night that I wanted to take the boys out and why not go to the Zoo when we have free passes.  They did really well.  Unfortunately a lot of the animals were not in their pens or sleeping.  But we still had a lot of fun looking and walking around.  We always go on the train right at the end before we head home.  I think that was one of their favorite parts.  They always seem to look forward to that part.  Also, they each got their own maps to look at.  They thought they were pretty cool telling mom were to go and letting me know what they wanted to see next. 

Yep, Quentin's hand is on Zayne's neck.  He seems to think that he can keep Zayne looking if his hand is holding it there.

We are hoping to go and do a lot more stuff this summer.  See the dinosaurs, the museums, and much much more.  We hope to make this a fun and enjoyable summer with as little annoyances as possible.

School's almost out?

Well May has come and almost gone.  I can't believe it is almost time for summer break, probably because the weather doesn't show it's that time yet. 

We have been quite busy around here.  Unfortunately I don't have any pictures to show anything.  At the end of April, Justin left the boys and I for a week and went to Hawaii.  I wanted so much to join him, but unfortunately we weren't told he was going until a week and a half before he left.  So it really wasn't possible.  Justin was able to see a few things, but he was quite busy with work stuff while he was there.  So who was to say if I would have had any fun there anyway without Justin to hang out with.  Oh well, he promises me that we will save and go when we can enjoy it. 
We have also been very busy with yard work.  Our home was so nicely remodeled on the inside, but the outside has definitely been neglected.  So we are trying to clean it up and make it look nice.  It is coming together nicely, but it hasn't been easy and we still have lots to do. 
Also, Zayne had surgery again.  His lovely boy parts just don't seem to be cooperating.  The surgery didn't take long.  In fact, we waited longer to go in for the surgery then it took.  Zayne was not a happy camper that first day, but has been perfectly fine since, minus all the blood that he isn't supposed to be having.  In fact, I got my first all nighter that night in a long time.   We had to take him back to the doctor, because of bleeding issues, but all seems to be well.  Zayne has been such a trooper.  I really hope we don't have to do any more of this.
We are excited for summer with lots of camping and outside play.  Lets just hope the weather decides to start cooperating.