Boating at Huntington Reservoir!

Monday night we had a great time at the Lake!! We went with the Jensen family on their AWESOME boat!! :) Tayvi and Conley just enjoyed sitting safely in the boat, while Logan braved the cold water! Doug and Logan got out first, and had a great run at it! Logan didn't want to go under the water, but Dad thought it would be more fun if he did, so over they went!! *Note the video* Then Doug and I went...I am in no shape to even be wearing a swimming suit, let a lone put it on here, but it's a cute picture! We had a great time, despite the large amounts of water that I swallowed, and even more that went up my nose! Doug got even braver as the night went on and we got some great video of him "showing off" a bit! :) Isn't he the BEST!! The kid's thought it was great to watch him performing on the water! They thought it was pretty hillarious when anyone crashed, but even better with Dad! Conley is just a little trooper! He's just so content to BE! He was in his car seat the entire time, and just enjoyed the wind blowing through his hair, and in his face. When the boat stopped he would get a little fussy, but as soon as we were going again, he was as happy as could be! What a great way to spend a warm summer night!! I LOVE SUMMER!!!

Mixed Emotions...Going Home

Well, as you can see we had some mixed feeling about going home! Our vacation was fabulous, but it's true that "There's no place like home!!" Tayvi was funny...I was putting her in her seat and she was pulling her sad face about having to leave. I said "let's take a picture to remember how sad you were to leave." So I got out the camera, held it up, and immediately Tayvi put on her best smile! I took the picture and of course she wanted to see it. When I showed her, she said, "Ugh, Mom I'm sad. Take another one." So hence the "sad face" picture! Logan was ready to come home and play with friends, and Conley is always smiling!! We are truely so blessed to have such sweet kids! There are days when I really have to talk myslf into feeling that way, LOL, but we really are so blessed!!

The Beach...

Well, of course the day that we choose to go to the beach was nice and windy! But...we still had a great time! Especially Doug! He helped Logan build a sand castle, find oodles of (live) sand dollars, which are now dead and in my kitchen! :o) Tayvi and Logan both got the experience the joy of being burried in the sand, and I got to sit back, relax, and watch it all! **Notice my HOTTIE HUBBIE in the first pic!! Oh yeah! :o) I didn't get as many pictures as I'd have liked. I was nervous about the sand blowing into the camera and ruining it! I ruined a really great camera that way before. A few highlights...Doug got to see a stingray swim right past him in the water, Logan and Tayvi got to experience boogie boarding for the first time, and even Conley got to dip his toes in the ocean! Isn't it amazing how blessed we are to have such a beautiful place to live. Our Heavenly Father truely does love us! You can see it even in the simplest of things! We are so grateful for the simple joys in life!

This is just a fun little thing we did one day after Lego Land...Strawberry Fields Forever!! Literally! You could not see past the fields! We filled our buckets to the brim, and after a few days of packing them around, we dumped the strawberry jam out in Mesquite on our way back home! But it was definitely a fun, and new experience!

Lego Land!! We LOVED It!!

On Saturday and Monday of our vacation we went to Lego Land! It was absolutely awesome! You could not believe how detailed everything was! The animals were life size, and moved! They had an enormous dragon that was probably 10 feet tall! The fish in the ponds were made of legos! We saw Mount Rushmore, the New York sky line, the Las Vegas Strip, the White House, and so many other fun exhibits! Not to mention Indiana Jones! While we were there, Logan got to be a part of one of their shows, where he was able to demonstrate his artistic skills by drawing some hyrogliphics! He was nervous, but did an outstanding job!! One of our favorite things at Lego Land was the musical instruments that plaed and made water dance when you "jumped" on the circles in front of them! We spent quite a bit of time doing this! We just had a really great time!

Tayvi and Logan both loved driving the cars! They both got their Lego Land Driver's Liscense! Conley was just content to look at everything! He was just so great! Doug and I just enjoyed watching the kids experience everything! They are just so fun to watch!

First Stop...Sea World

My kids love love love Sea World!! It rained pretty much all day the day that we went, but they didn't care...They were way too excited about all of the fun things to see! We got to have breakfast with the Sesame Street characters and that was so fun! The kids thought it was great to see them and dance and get pictures with them. There was a 4D movie of the characters(Yes, 4D. They actually spray water on you and air bursts around, etc.), and Conley loved that! I held my 3D glasses on him and he sat with them on the whold time. It was fun to watch Logan and Tayvi reach for objects as they POPPED out from the screen! Logan was really excited to see the flamingos. (Funny, I couldn't get Doug away from them 6 years ago when we went there on our Honeymoon!!) Like Father, Like Son! :) Tayvi loved getting splashed! That's the one thing she tells eveyone about it. She'll say, "we saw the animals, and we got SPLASHED!" I just enjoyed seeing all of the excitement in their eyes! I love being a MOM!!!

VACATION!!

We just recently went on vacation to San Diego and had an absolute BLAST!! These are pics of the kids on the way there! They were troopers! We drove, and weren't quite sure how the kids would do being in the car so long, but it wasn't bad! We got to Barstow our first night around 2:30 a.m. and the kids slept most of the way...of course there were a few potty breaks along the way!

May 20th...What a Day!!

WOW!! Tayvi Rae turned three! She was so sweet that morning while opening gifts! She was just excited about everything! She loved having her friends over for her "Do do Dora" party! Notice the cups that she and Logan decorated themselves! There was not one thing "Dora" to be found for parties! We had a ball with her friends making crowns, and even though the sprinklers came on in the middle of the party...(can you believe that) they all had a great time! Another fun thing for Tayvi is that she shares her birthday with her "Tappin'" Grandma, LaRae. She just loves that! Later that evening our Logan boy graduated from Pre-School! He has had the best year at Miss Sandra's Pre-School! He was pretty upset (as you can see). It's a good thing he has a little sister who will go comfort him in the middle of his graduation! :) Despite the sadness he felt about leaving Sandra, he is very excited to be going to Kindergarten in the fall! He asks quite often how many more days until he can go! Well, Conley didn't want to be left out that day, so he decided that it would be a good day to start sitting up on his own. He sits for awhile, and then topples over, but he's getting the hang of it! Well, it was quite the day! We all had a fun time being a part of all these "milestones." Life is GREAT!!