July!

I decided since I didn't have one post in July I would just sum up the entire month with one post. I will try to be a little better in August. Here are some things we have been doing this month!


Tayton caught his first fish all by himself! He was so excited. This is at Cave Lake, by Ely.



Tanna having fun on the 4th of July!


The Eureka 4th of July Parade. Tayton was in the pirate float, if you look close you might be able to see him. He thought that was great fun because if you know anything about this boy he loves pirates. The float said: "Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a Eureka life for me."


Mom and Tanna wathcing the parade!


After the parade they had a lot of kid games. Tayton won 2nd place in the sack race contest and won $3.00. They also had a nickel drop and he got lots of nickles. This picture is where they take off their shoes and put them in two different sacks. You run down, try to find your shoes, put them on then race back to the finish line. Tayton fell down and he said it was too hot without shoes, he didn't like this game too much but everything else he loved! Then we had a big bbq at the park where they did a gun fight show and it was great fun.


Fireworks! So I have to tell you this funny story about Eureka's fireworks. So the fireworks are put on by the Volunteer fire dept. They were about half way through the firework show when they got a fire call so they all just took off and the fireworks ended. We all kept waiting to see if they were coming back but they never did. It was pretty funny.



We took a quick trip to Utah to see my older brother and his wife Emily before they moved to Wisconsin. He just got back from Iraq. It was so fun to see them and Tayton thinks Uncle Jay is super fun!


Swimming at the Brigham City Pool. Aunt Whitney took Tayton down the slide, Tayton loved it!


Dad taking Tanna down the slide. She thought it was fun, she had a big smile on her face going down the slide. Not to sure about the end of the slide.


Although Tanna liked the slide this was by far her favorite thing. She loved splashing and crawilng all around in the shallow end. She could have done that all day!


Popciles, we love summer!


Life just can't get any better for a little girl when she has a popcicle!



Why we were in Utah we took the kids and went to the temple open house. We had a great time and it was fun go to the temple with our children.


Tanna's favorite was the light fixtures and the cookies at the end. I don't know how much actually ended up in her mouth, most of it was on her face.


Tayton thought it was so neet he could go inside the temple. He loved looking at the brochure and finding the rooms that matched the pictures.

Happy Birthday Tanna!

I can't believe my baby is one! She turned one last Sunday on the 7th. We invited some of our friends over and we had a fun luau party. The highlight of the party had to have been the cake. Tanna had her own little cake and she dove into it and loved it. It was so funny, she ate a ton and then she just started playing with it and by the end she was sitting in most of the cake. She is still to small to know what was really going on but I know she liked the attention that day. I think she loved it! Here are just a few pictures from the party.


As you can tell by her face, Tanna is thrilled to open presents!


Starting to enjoy!


Yummy!


All clean and showing off her new sponge bob pj's. Can you guess who gave her that present? Tayton is such a fun big brother.

Tayton's Birthday!

Sorry I have been such a slacker but it has been sooooo busy. We have been working really hard on getting our landscaping done. It had been a pain but it is looking so much better. That is another post for a later day. But we had a fun time on Taytons birthday. We had another pirate party for him, he loves pirates and that is what he wanted. Here are some pictures from his party.


Tayton dressed up as Jack Sparrow, here he is opening up presents. He wanted the same thing that he always wants. More Team Geo Trax!


Having a party with his friends Josh and Zack!

Then we went to Utah and had a great time. We went to Lagoon, Tayton did not like the Tidal Wave. Half way through he started yelling "Turn this thing off, turn this thing off." It was so funny. He also was really excited for the haunted houses, until he went through the doors. He hid under the car the entire ride. I told him we didn't have to go on the other haunted house ride but he said he wanted too and it would be silly. So I took him on the other haunted house and once again he didn't like it. As soon as we got off, he yelled really loud, "No more haunted houses." I think he had a really fun time, and he loves loves loves Lagoon. Here are some more pictures.

Tayton loving the boats!


Uncle Tyson took Tayton on the Music Land thing, I forgot what it was called. He liked it until it went "Scary Super Fast."


Getting brave on the Merry-Go-Round, he even let go with no hands.



This is Tayton before the ride started, he was a little nervous.


Here he is at the end of the ride, as you can tell he didn't like it. We asked him if he wanted to go on it again, and he yelled "NOOOOOOOO!" We all got a good laugh.



Dad, mom and Tayton having fun at Lagoon!

The Big Recital!

This past Thursday was the big dance recital! It was held at the Opera House here in Eureka, and I think almost the entire town showed up. Seriously, people who didn't even have kids dancing came. It was packed and the audience was so fun, they cheered so loud and the kids loved it! I have been teaching dance and gymnastics for 4 months now and I love it. I was a little too busy at the recital helping all the girls get dressed and up on stage and all that fun stuff, so I didn't get any pictures but some other nice ladies took some, so when I get them I will post them. Here are some pictures of the little gymnastics class and of the little ballet class I have when they were at practice!


This is my smallest class, they are dancing to kiss the girl! Aren't they so cute! The little one on the left in the blue almost fell off the stage at the recital. I had to run up and push her back, it was a close call. But everything turned out ok.


Here they are again showing off some ballet moves. I had a total of 3 ballet classes, 2 hip hop classes, and one gymnastics class.


Here is Tayton in his gymnastics class. He had so much fun and everyone told me how cute they were on stage. Their song was "Let's Get Ready to Rumble!" It was cute and they did a great job, then they got medals at the end of their routine. Tayton was really excited!


Another picture of the gymnastics class, I had 12 kids in it but not all of them wanted to get their picture taken. Sorry, I didn't take any pictures of the other classes but I will post them later.


Look at how spoiled I am! My mother-in-law gave me flowers for the recital, and then the kids in my ballet and gymnastic classes also gave me flowers. I was so excited! Thanks everyone! I has so much fun at the recital!



Here is Tanna in her Easter dress after I washed it. She is feeling better except when she stopped throwing up she got an ear infection and right now she is getting her first tooth. Poor girl, she has only been sick once before this, I feel so bad for her.


So pretty!


Tanna's favorite thing to do right now is open up all the drawers and pull everything out, it is so fun for mom!


Caught Ya!



Last but not least, it is Taytons B-Day tomorrow! I can't believe my little boy is going to be 4! Happy Birthday Tayton, we love you!

Our Spring Break!

We had a fun time during the Easter Break. Levi's parents and his little brother Dante came up for 2 days. They were going to stay longer but Dante ended up getting really sick and throwing up all night long, so their trip was cut short. It was fun why they were here, too bad they couldn't stay longer. So after they left Levi got sick and Tanna was throwing up. It was so much fun. Luckily me and Tayton have been fine. Easter morning, I put Tanna in her cute little Easter dress, she looked so adorable and then she threw up all over it. I felt so bad for my little girl. She is feeling a lot better now, I am so glad. Levi is still a little under the weather, but I am hoping he will get better soon. Here are just a few pictures from Easter!


Tayton coloring Easter Eggs, too bad it was only me and Tayton. No one else felt good enough.


Tayton loved putting stickers on the eggs.


Look at how good Tayton did!


They had a fun Easter Egg hunt at the elementary school, Tatyon is just waiting for his turn!


Tayton ran really fast but he forgot to pick up the eggs. He ended up getting three eggs. Then he saw his little friend Hannah and she only got one egg, so he shared one egg with her. I thought that was so sweet.


Tanna missed the fun Easter Egg Hunt, but Tayton hid some eggs for her around the house. She didn't really know what to do, but Tayton was such a good big brother, he helped her out.

Then earlier this week, Levi had to go work up in Elko for a couple of days, so I decided I would go with him and have some fun. I was planning on taking the kids to a fun park there and enjoy the nice spring weather, but too bad it decided to snow. It was crazy, it seriously snowed all day. We stayed in the hotel until noon, then we got hungry so I decided to face the snow and we headed to McDonalds. The kids had such a great time playing there, we stayed for a couple of hours. When we got back to Eureka I couldn't believe how much snow we got. This was by far the biggest snow storm we had all year. It snowed about 30 inches here. It is melting fast but I have spring fever so bad and I want it gone. I can't wait to start doing the landscaping in our yard. Hopefully it will stay nice and no more snow! Here are the fun pictures at McDonalds, and I hope you guys all had a Happy Easter!


Here is Tayton trying to show Tanna what to do.


Tanna not really sure if this if fun.


Tayton just being Tayton.