School pictures 2009/2010

Love school picture time of year....find an outfit...get all spiffed up....hurry and get to school and then what in the world happens......by the time they take the pictures there hair is messed up, lunch on the shirt and sweaty from recess. All in all they turned out great ........ and I can't believe how much they grow from year to year.

Where have I been?

I know...I know...updating has been on my to-do-list for two months now and the only reason I am making the time to do it now is because it is that time of year again...the time of year when I print my blog into a scrapbook for the year. Plus my other excuse is my camera broke and I have not gotten a new one yet so I am relying on pics from friends and family and my camera on my phone. Anyway stay tuned for two months worth of updates hope to be finished by today :-)

Are they related?

Not sure why I took these pictures but WOW are these two related...Riley tried on Ryan's sunglasses and all I could see was Ryan....the bond genes sure are strong!

Broken Clavicle...

The next day she was looking a bit sad :-(

Well the clavicle seems to be the broke bone of choice in our family....The girls were playing with Sadie on the trampoline today and she tripped over a ball and fell on her shoulder. Cried for a bit but didn't think much of it (really at this age she gets hurt 5+ times a day). The next morning she woke up and Ryan told me she was calling me from the baby monitor, I went in there and she was on her belly looking like she was still asleep...I hurried and closed the door and told Ryan that she was still asleep...convinced he heard her in the monitor we both went back in there....she was awake and could not push her body up off her stomach to get up....how sad, I felt like the worst mom in the world...it was horrible, I felt so bad for her. Took her to the doctor, got an x-ray and the rest is history...broken clavicle...3 weeks in a baby dinosaur sling. She was so great about the sling although it had to be pinned to her shirt everyday for her to keep it on. It never slowed her down, she managed to learn how to get on top of the kitchen table, on top of my desk and fell off the ladder of the tramp trying to get up. This has not slowed down that girl one bit....gotta love it!

Dirty Lake Trip 2009

Kaelie, Brynlie and Hayley on the tube...ya Brynlie

Riley and Braden

Loving the camping hair....so stinking cute!

So cute.........

Terrizo and egg burritos...anyone have a stomach yet?

Ray and Ryan...think they are related?

Dirty Lake Trip 2009:

It was the second annual dirty lake trip...The thought of sleeping in a tent, dealing with dirty, tired and sun burnt kids and cooking with no running water with a baby usually make me complain for about a week prior to going but as soon as we get there we have a blast and nothing seems to be as much drama as I made it out to be. We had a great time this year. Sadie did absolutely awesome for no naps and sleeping in a tent....she was such a trooper. The kids tubed more than any kid should be aloud. Hayley wakeboarded for the first time ever and got u after only two tries. Uncle Brandon brought up some jet ski and the kids loved to get rides on those...we played catch phrase and we even roasted marshmallows even though it was over 100 degrees out....it was so fun! I hope no matter how much I complain my family makes me do this every year because you forget how much fun it is to be with your family without any of the distractions of life! I love you guys....

Back to school

Funny picture...they are all packing all the back to school supplies, looks they they are on there way home from the grocery store!

Where do the summers go...back to school again. This year Riley is in 4th grade (yes Ryan and I are getting old we have a 4th grader :-(), Paige is in 3rd grade and Hayley is in 1st grade. They were all pretty excited about school starting this year but probably not as much as our Sader B.....it has been near impossible for that girl to get her 5+ hours of napping a day (I wish I had her life) in with all the kids home and all the places they want to go and all of their friends over. It has been a great summer but glad to get back to a routine and a schedule and most of all a clean house...yea! This year Riley and Paige both got teachers they didn't know and Hayley got Mrs Liddy...the same teacher Riley and Paige had for 1st grade that we absolutely love, she is so sweet. I am sure this year will lend itself to lots of home work and new and fun field trips, projects and activities. BTW - I you were wondering why we only have a few pictures...apparently are kids are way to school to hang out with us and take pictures on their first day of school...another indication that we are getting old :-)

Lake Powell 2009

Love the diaper lifejacket look

Cliff jumping

Foot hole wall next to sand hill

Sand hill...I am so proud of my kids it was hard!

Randy, Hayley, Tallin and Paige

Riley, Tanner and Taft

Preparing for a hike...have fun!

Whoohoo...you go Riley

9 kids on two tubes...this isn't dangerous right?

Rain storm

White horse....must have heard Paige singing Taylor Swift

Always love a poser

HI

Wow....she is tan

LAKE POWELL 2009.....

What an amazing trip... every year Ryan and I go to Lake Powell with all adults and it is so fun but this year we went with two other families and brought all the kids (well except Sadie). They had so much fun. They went tubing, had tube wars, wake boarded, built fires, took hikes, went cliff jumping, went to sand hill (so impressive, last year I barely made it up and all three of my kids did it with ease, wow I am getting old :-)), watched rain storms, ate yummy food, jet skied, relaxed, went on the slide on the house boat, played games and took scenic boat rides. It was so much fun....we camped/parked next to another boat with a bunch of kids too and between all of the two boats I barely saw my kids except when they were hungry or injured....it was so fun. I think we all missed Sadie since this was the first time we left her home for 6 days but she was well take care of thinks to friends and family and we enjoyed our time at the lake...can't wait to do it again!