The Winterton's

Every year the Winterton's come out from Virginia and after Scott is done with the BYU Lacrosse camps we try to meet up and play with them. This time they came out here on their way home so we watched the fireworks at UBIC with them and then on Sunday we went to church with Grandma LaJean and Grandpa Paul. This made for a bit of a long day because church was at 9:00. But boy was it fun. After church we ate dinner and played with toys.

JC - Jackson - Carson - Sydney - Makinna - Grant

Riding in a stroller can be so exhausting.
Elyssa - Jenasie - Madilyn

We had races up the swing set - I think Makinna had the fastest time.

JC - concentrating hard so he could beat Makinna's time - the giggles soon took over.

After the giggles stopped.

Scott & Eddie
(What a cute couple.)

Just a swingin
Sydney - Elyssa - Jenasie - Madilyn - JC - Makinna

After a while we came in the house and played "musical bag" which is a game I think my mom made up. It is just like playing musical chairs only you pass a bag full of funny clothes around and when the music stops you have to reach into the bag and put on whatever you pull out. The kids had a lot of fun playing and dressing up. Except McKinley didn't like the fact that she couldn't pick what to wear. BUMMER!

JC - the Scottish cowboy in a dress???

Scott - er uh - Scotty

Weirdo's

Jackie - the clown

After a while we went back outside for a little cool nights air.

And to torture Eddie a little bit.

Jackie loves Eddie because he lets her get him instead of him getting her.

Sydney - Elyssa

UBIC

Saturday morning we went to the UBIC parade - we were running low on our 4th of July parade candy so we decided that we needed to go stock up. There were more kids sitting by us saturday so we had to fight for it - so with what we ate and what was left over, it was only about 1/4 of what we got in Neola. Plus it was about 1 1/2 hours later in the day so we just about melted.

McKinley - Bryton - Grant (will the candy ever come??)

Bryton - McKinley - Jackie
(practicing their princess waves)

The fight is on.

After the parade we went home, gave Aspen a bath and jumped on the trampoline with the sprinkler under it to cool off.

We then went up to the park to eat dinner and sit on a very uncomfortable hill for 5 hours. Just a little note - (*Don't sit on the middle of a hill when you have 6 1/2 weeks left in your pregnancy - you will be sore for 2-3 days afterward). It was fun even though it was uncomfortable. We got to watch Eddie Money perform and listen to him yell that he loved Roooooooosevelt. Then we go to watch the fireworks and carry all of our sleeping children home. Thankfully Scott and Tammy were there to carry one of them home for us.

Here is a picture of all the kids sitting semi-still (almost the only time it happened all night long).
Max - Carson - Bryton - Jackson - Grant - Sophie - McKinley

Jackson - sitting still like a well mannered kid.

Jackie - drinking someone elses drink.

Jackie - dancing with someone elses shoes.

Jackie - tackling someone elses kid.

Jackie - eating someone elses popcorn.
(who does this child belong to anyway?)

I look like you hunted me.

Jackson and Grant

Our kids have yet to see any fireworks either at the park or at home because we just can't seem to keep our peepers open for them.  Do you think they played hard????

OOOOOOHHHHH!

AAAAAHHHHHH!

Wave Pool

To kick off our very busy weekend last week, we decided to take a trip to Price and go to the wave pool with Michelle and all the kids. It was interesting to see the change in the kids. I figured Grant would be a wimp and not like the waves and McKinley would be my usual die hard, but it was just the opposite. Grant only came out of the water when it was about time to go home. In fact everyone had soaking wet towels when we left and Millie said, "WOW, Grant's towel is dry." That is because he only used it to sit on while he put his shoes on.

I had the kid's life jackets on them so Grant just loved the waves. I would go out with Jackie in a life jacket and Grant and Aiden would hold on to Jackie so we would all be together and Jackie thought they were trying to get her so she would just giggle the entire time. McKinley on the other hand only came out into the water when the waves stopped. Then when the whistle would blow, warning you that the waves were coming, she would high tail it back to the chair and her towel. (WIMP!!!!)

Jackie ready to hit the waves - if mom would just put the dumb camera down.

McKinley - Freezing cold in 80+ degree weather, if she would just put a little meat on her bones she wouldn't be so cold all the time.

Grant - the die hard - slept real good on the way home!!

McKinley - the alligator

Grant got on the floatie and got swept way out in the middle of the pool (where it is still only 3 feet deep) and got stuck.  Instead of getting washed to shore, he got stuck between two waves that just kept pushing him back and forth so Aunt Chelle had to go rescue him.  She should have been on Bay Watch.  :)

Just soakin up the sun.

Aiden would get mad when the waves would stop - he was fun to watch because he would punch and karate chop the waves when they would get to him.  He cracks me up.

Alligators and Turtles

After the wave pool we went back to Michelle & Chet's house and had fudge cycles.  McKinley and Jackie show how much they enjoyed theirs.  I had to put them in the bath tub afterward.

How could you not love this face?