More Summer Fun of 2012

So once upon a time, my fun sister Liz bought this stuff called, "squishy baff." She wanted all the cousins to enjoy in the fun! She packed up her kids and came to my house where we got out the pool and made "squishy baff."

What is squishy baff you ask? Well think of when a child wearing a diaper jumps in water. And the diaper gets so big the beads start coming out and they stick to everything... they are jelly, gooey, not something I ever thought... he that would be fun to play in! But alas, there is such a  product on the market and it's called, Squishy Baff. It comes in colors and ours was blue.

The kids were thrilled with it. It was slimy and gooey.

 They dumped it all over each other.

Dax didn't so much want to play in it but he loved dumping it on people!

We got cups for them to play with. It looked like they were swimming in slushies. You dissolved it by adding salt... a lot of salt. It was a very interesting "baff" not one I will be having my kids take again any time soon! But hey, that's what fun Aunt Lizzy's are for!!! 

On another day when we weren't bathing our kids in blue goo, we went to 2 dollar Tuesday at Thanksgiving Point.

 Dax had never been, but he loved the bear cave and the feet prints on the ground.

They added a few new things, like these little centers for kids to play in. One was a building center. Dallin was super strong and could pick up a giant tire. 

And then there was Isaac who could lift a whole log over his head!!!!! Impressive!!!

 Dax enjoyed playing some music for others to enjoy.

 We rolled down the hill and saw the waterfalls.

Isaac was a big tease and kept telling Dax he was going to jump in. Which scared poor Dax and he would scream and cry in fear of loosing his brother. That's real love folks!

They had a time slot to play at the Noah's Ark Water place. Isaac was his classic self... I should really post more of his crazy faces!

He took a shower from a lama.

While Daxton was busy kissing a statue rhino. My boys. They are too funny.

The rest of our Summer has been normal family fun things. Brett gets to mow the law a couple times a week because he grass grows like a weed. And he's such a trooper to always allow Daxton to come along for ride. Literally. Dax is always sitting on his shoulders. I don't know how he does it!

Isaac, my monkey has learned to climb up the lamp post outside of our house. We are so proud.

Daxton loves being a dog. He barks, a lot. He licks. He likes to live in his doghouse AKA his pop up tent. And recently he had me give him dog food to eat. Again, such proud parents are we!

Life is busy and tiring in the Summer. One night we found Dax fast asleep in the middle of the floor.

The boys have bunk beds and when they are not busy trying to sleep in the same bed and bug each other all night, they have little sleepovers on the floor of their room on their couch. How I love these boys and have enjoyed the Summer days. Things are going to change as Isaac enters 1st grade, we are back on a schedule, and have a new baby in the house. But I have enjoyed this Summer and really enjoyed my boys.

Summer Fun of 2012!

This Summer has flown by! I can't believe school starts in a week. Here are a few highlights of what we have been up to.

Swimming is always a big part of Summer fun. We went to the Splash Park a few times. Acacia is Daxton's little mother everywhere we go. He adores her. Really. He gets so excited when Acacia will be where we are going.

Dax liked the splash park. It took him a while to get into it and all the crazy kids, but he enjoyed himself. We went back later in the Summer with Emilee's kids and he ran like crazy through the river.

I tried so hard to be good about homework, reading, and science day. It didn't always happen... but we did alright. Isaac made a ring toss game our of paper plates and a paper towel holder. He painted it all. Thank you Pinterest!

Dax made a tambourine and painted it with his cute hands.

The boys had a lemonade stand and made 10 bucks! Isaac was so nice to divide up his money he earned with Dax and his friends that was helping him. I just got a kick out of looking out the window at these cute boys waiting so diligently for someone to come buy lemonade.

We made gak one day.  They boys played with it forever! It was pretty cool to make and watch it get all runny and then roll it back up again.

We made a bird feeder to hang in the tree. We rolled a toilet paper roll in peanut butter and bird seed. It was fun checking on it to see how much the birds ate.

They boys went on Father's and Son's with Brett, Grandpa LaMonte, Uncle Rob and Dallin. I wish I had pictures but I don't. I was impressed Brett took Dax. It was really cold. They ended up sleeping in the car. Isaac joined them shortley after the tent got flooded by a water camel pack. But they got to go camping, which they loved.

Brett took Isaac to Lagoon this year with his work. I coudln't ride anyting and was so sad to miss out, but they had a great time and Isaac was willing to jump on the roller coasters he could! He doesn't realize how much his mom loves that stuff... one day i'll show him!

Isaac took swimming lessons from my brothers house. Cord and Janine put in a beautiful pool last year and it's so fun to swim in it. Janine's sister Missy taught lessons. 5 classes for an hour a class. He learned more at these lessons then he has at 3 years of swimming lessons at The Legacy Center. I was thrilled with his progress! He is such a little fish!!!!!

By the end of his week he was swimming across the pool with his face in the water, back floating and just loving the water. He is already a better swimmer then I am! (I wish I was kidding!! Sad I know!)

Dax fell in love with our little pool this year. He was so happy to play for hours in it.

I will admit it was super hot, but I would just hold an umbrella, sit in a chair with my feet in the pool, eating pop cycles and spending quality time with my two boys!

We had a big fire right in the mountains behind our house, resulting in the majority of our neighborhood and other neighborhoods being evacuated from their houses. It was scray. And not fun. I was fine until I realized how many people were calling me and checking on me. It was a little nerve racking. I had Brett come home and we finished packing up a few important things incase we had to evacuate. Luckily, the evacuation stopped two houses up from us. Most of our neighborhood still left. We were ready to go, but knew we couldn't get back in. So we watched the mountiain burn. We had pizza with our friends the Birrells and enjoyed our night together. Ironically, the smoke was not bad at our hosue because it blew North.

Times like this you find what is really important. I watched neighbors pack up their entire house. I got important documents and precious things to me. But I think I would have gotten more if I really thought I wouldn't have a house in the morning. I had Isaac get what was important to him out of his room. He brought out a jump rope and a pack of gum. What a cute kid.

Rachel had her baby 18 days early... June 30th. Kazden Dale Ewell is such a cute little guy!! He was 7 lbs 1 oz and 18 1/2 in long. It has been fun having him around this Summer. And Rachel! She has been home for me to come bug most of the summer. He is such a little peanut. I'm excited to meet my little guy too! And another exciting bit of news we found out... shortly after me, in February, Liz will be having a baby!

I really wanted a prego picture with Rach and I. She was against it. Now it just kills me that at one point I was pregnant with Rachel and Liz and I don't have a picture!!! The little turkeys!

End of Summer 2011

It's always sad to see Summer go. The warm weather, the long days outside. We had to enjoy the last few weeks we had before the weather starting getting chilly. My brother put a pool into his backyard this year and we finally went over for a swim. 

It is super fun and very relaxing! The cousins had a great time playing together! They have all kinds of fun toys to swim around in. Isaac was in heaven.

Janine gave him a set of green goggles and arm floaties. They fit him better then his own. He was in heaven! He got so daring and swam around the pool like a little fish! He got brave and really started slipping  down the slide fast!

We celebrated a lot of birthdays. Bretts, Janines, Hannahs, Joshs, and Attaka's. Attaka is from Japan. He is Cord and Janines foreign exchange student who is living with them this year.

We sold Brett's truck. It was sad day for him, but he's doing just fine. We are saving a lot more money because of that. We found a little 06' Toyota Corolla. It was so darling! The one thing with it is it had a Utah sticker on it...

I barley got to snap a picture of it (because I thought it was hilarious!) Before my husband started picking it off. They guy we bought it  from said in the deal, the sticker couldn't be removed. Brett told him no way. But it did make me smile watching him drive away with a Utah sticker!

Isaac is our snuggler. One day after church Brett was taking a nap. I walked in and saw Isaac shut his eyes. He was trying so hard not to smile, he wanted me to think he was sleeping too. It was too cute!

Isaac and Trevan caught some bugs this Summer. They told me the orange ladybugs are the boy ones. I'm not sure how they knew that, but I couldn't argue with that! What did I know? I'm grateful for little boys who like to smash bugs. Even Dax is learning to smash them with his foot. In the Summer I remember watching him laying on the cement. I was wondering what he was doing with his head tucked so tight to the cement. Then as I got closer I saw it. He was smashing ants with his fingers, laughing. He's a true boy!

In September, we celebrated Brett's 32nd birthday! It's weird to thing he's in his 30's. I still think of him as that young 22 year old kid that I met.

I took this picture of Dax in 2011, wearing this green shirt standing by Rosco. It reminded me of one I took a few years back...

I found it. I have a picture in 2007 of Isaac, wearing the green shirt, around the same age, standing next to our dog, Koda. I couldn't believe how similar they looked!

We had a great Summer. We did a lot of fun things. Mostly, my boys have learned to chase each other around outside and play. I'm glad they have each other.

T-Ball Tigers!

The sport of the summer this year is T-Ball! Isaac has been so excited. There are 10 little boys on his team. They are the orange team, The Tigers. All of them were pretty excited about getting a shirt and hat. I have to say, he makes a very cute baseball player!

I think his coach is pretty cute too! It's his dad. Brett has always wanted to coach Isaac and now that he's old enough, he got his chance. It's a lot work, especially because most of them don't know what they are doing yet... but overtime hopefully that will get better!

There are a few boys on the team that call Brett, "coach!" And I know it makes him smile cause it is really too cute to hear. 

Look at them in the field, who couldn't love looking at that! They are so tiny!

Here's Isaac up to bat, he has a pretty great swing. I'm proud of my little man!