Flaming Gorge

We had a great time cabin camping with the family. Most of our time was spent outside around the fire or riding on the 4-wheelers.











Dan made himself the designated campfire man. He stayed outside with the kids when the rest of the wussy adults were too cold to stay outside.
















Notice I got a shot of Papa and Grayson sleeping and one of Dan yawning. That's because sweet little Madison is getting some teeth (and being an idiot I didn't bring the teething tablets or infant tylonel) so she didn't sleep much during the night. Adam, being the cycling dork that he is, brought his biking gear just for one trail ride. Check out those sexy pants WOO! All the kids absolutely loved the 4-wheelers. Most of the time the boys played outside and the girls played inside. One day while we were inside I braided all of the girls hair. Don't they look cute...

Oh Fall!

The Halloween costumes arrived in the mail and the kids were just so excited to try them on...
Grayson loves being a scary Jaguar! I pretend I'm scared but it's hard because he's so dang cute!
We raked up a big pile of leaves just outside our condo. He was in leaf heaven.
Madison wasn't too crazy about being buried in the leaves, but she was a good sport.
A leaf shower!
Oh they tickle!

Waking up is hard to do

It's hard to wake up from an afternoon nap, especially when Mommy snapping photos.

6 months BABY!

My dear fat baby the cutest thing I've ever seen. (every mom says that about each of their children by the way) Anyway, she had her 6 month appt today and she is very healthy!
weight: 20.28lbs - 98th percentile
height: 27.48 inches - 95th percentile
head: 17 inches - 71 percentile
I just love her.

Delightful

I know it's dark, but the laugh is darling.

Happy Birthday Dan the Man!

What good is a birthday without a picture of the kids in their birthday suits?
34! Look at all those candles. Don't worry, I had a fire extinguisher handy.
Grayson LOVED the chocolate cake.
Does he look 10 years older than me? I think not!
For his birthday this year I got him The Iron Gym... it's basically a pull up bar that attaches to the door frame and you can also use it to do push ups and sit ups. I wanted to get something that he could take to Maryland. Luckily it was a success. He actually liked it! In my opinion he is hard to shop for!
We went to dinner at Tucano's and it was great! It's Brazilian style food which was basically a bunch of different kinds of meat and a yummy elaborate salad bar. After dinner we had some friends come over for cake and ice cream. Grayson LOVED it. He was sooo excited when I lit the candles he ran from the kitchen to the family room yelling 'I have birthday cake!' He is so funny, sometimes I wish I had a video camera handy all the time so I can record all the stuff he says. Thanks to great friends and family who helped Dan have a wonderful birthday!

Lake Powell

We had a fun time going to Lake Powell with Grandma and Papa. Daddy had to stay home this time because of other obligations... in my opinion it was a good trip for him to miss. Although we ended up having a great time there were a few problems!
1) The alternator for one of the engines was dead. We waited all afternoon on Thursday at the dock for the mechanic to come and tell us he did not have a replacement part and that we were S.O.L. Sooo we had to stay at the dock in a slip every night. We were also only able to travel at 5mph.
2) Madison was extremely happy to be on the beach and playing all day long, but when night came she turned into the wicked witch.
3) My dad forgot to put deodorizer in the toilet so the third night the boat stunk so bad the carbon monoxide detector went off.
4) Grayson locked himself in the aft cabin. While he was in there he pooped in his pull-up so bad it came out the sides. After two hours of trying to get him to unlock the door, my dad broke it and we got him out.

Grayson loves driving anything with a steering wheel.
We were playing in the water and Grayson got really cold. After being wrapped up in a towel he discovered this really fine warm sand. He went over and layed in it for quite awhile. It was really funny. He kept saying "nice n warm, nice n warm."
He wasn't a big fan of the water this time. A little too cold for his liking.
He found a lady bug crawling around by Madison. My dad said "Hey Grayson hurry and get that lady bug before Madison eats it." Well, that phrase triggered something in his mind and he picked it up, looked at it, and ate it! I asked him what the crap he was doing and he looked at me with confused eyes and said, "ate lady bug." Goofball kid.

She LOVED playing in the sand. She grabbed a big handful and stuck it in her mouth. Papa had a cow and scooped her up immediately.
Grandma bought the kids some cute sunglasses. Grayson thought he looked like Spiderman.

On the way home yesterday Grayson was being a little stinker and kept smacking me. So I said, "Hey Grayson are you excited to go home and go to bed because you're being mean to mommy?" And Grayson said, "No, I'm excited to go home and PLAY... with DADDY, and wrestle daddy!"
Then I was laying by him last night before he went to sleep and I said, "Isn't it nice to be at home in your bed?" and he said, "I like my bed. I like my fan." then he put his hand on the wall and said, "I like my wall. I like my clock." And then he slept all night long. It's good to be home.