July 2014

 Noah. 6 years old

 Isaiah. 4 years old. and a bit of dirty, scraped up face. haha

 Emi. 8 years old

 Elijah. 11 years old.

 We have tried to attend all of the baptisms from our ward this year. I think we only missed 2. Such a good group of kids!

 Only the coolest Grami's have water balloon fights for their birthday parties. And only the coolest Aunts make a million balloons for said fight.

 These kids are LUCKY!

 Grilled peaches and ice-cream for dessert...

 and of course s'mores.

 This woman is a literal angel on this earth. I feel beyond blessed to have her call me daughter and friend.

 after these photos I threw away my pants that make me look even chunkier than I already am. Sheesh!

 This boy. Model material right there.

 No trip to Grami's is complete without a dress-up and skit session.

 And illegal fireworks.

 Emi did week of dance camp and loved it. Especially since she learned a bit of French.

 Elijah received his Arrow of Light. Coolest thing.

 And he rode his first upside down coaster with me. He said, "What have I been missing all my life?!"

 Noah went to Cub Scout Day camp at Coyote Point. Elijah did this too. Can't believe he's this old.

Elijah fractured his wrist while picking up Noah from said day camp. Thankfully he only had to wear this since we had a lot of summer swimming to do!

June to 4th of July

 Elijah somehow convinced me to have a sleep-over. ! It wasn't too bad, but 11 boys was a bit much!

 We made a mock tent

 they did a scavenger hunt around the neighborhood

 that had clues that they had to decode.

 which lead to Grami's house and a treasure of treats for the movie back at our house.

 They watched the movie in the tent in the backyard. pretty cool.

 BTW Indiana Jones may be rated PG, but there's a few scenes that might not be so great.

 As usual, my phone/camera is at the mercy of the kids in the house.

 We celebrated Aunty Sharma's bday at Marine World.

 Super Hot. Super Crowded. But also plenty of fun!

All of these kids love each other so much. There is never a fight or mean words said. Yes, they have squabbles, but nothing that lasts. It is such a blessing.

For the first time ever I had ALL FOUR kids in lessons at one time. Super fun!

We took a trip to Mountain view and rode the boats. Emi and I may have been faster...but don't remind the boys.

Deb and I took the kids to Bonfante Gardens for the first and LAST time. So crowded and not worth it! Glad it was free.

I convinced all the kids to ride the Log Ride at Great America. It started out great...and ended with that brown-eyed boy having a screaming fit for 15 min. Oops!

4th of July was fun at Grandpa and Grandma's. The neighbor's dog adopted us...which made Grandma nervous.

So she walked it to their house, opened their front door and put her in...guess when you by a 2.5 mil house you don't think anyone will break in?

Super fun night. We all had matching shirts cause we are so cool like that. HA!