Elly's Five months old.

My Boys

While I was doing some cleaning my boys were busy as well with a project of their own. Normally they have me build their fort but this day they did it them selves. I must say they did a pretty good job.

Our busy two weeks.

We went south with Jay for a couple of days since he was going to be working three days down there. While he was working I took the kids and went sight seeing the first day in capital reef national park.

When we got out of the car to go on a little hike Tyler saw this little guy on the ground and said, "Look mom! It is a baby alligator." It is a little hard to see. I did explain to him that it wasn't a alligator.

Tyler and Mason loved getting to hike and run around when I had to stop and take care of Elly.

The first night that we swam the boys were in the pool for maybe thirty minutes when I noticed that Mason's hair was green. They kept swimming but when I bathed them that night I washed his hair four times trying to get the green color out. The next morning I washed it a couple more times so that hopefully it wouldn't be so noticable. Your could see the green color for a couple of days though. I wasn't happy about that. The second night we stayed at a different place since swimming is what they want to do the most and I didn't want Mason to have hair like the grinch.

We tried to swim glasses on Elly. I thought that she looked so funny, so I thought that I would share the picture.

Tyler and Mason love it when Jay throws them up in the air and then lets them splash into the water. The pictures aren't the best but you get the idea. The boys had so much fun.

After we let the kids swim we went for a little drive to see Boulder, Utah and Hells backbone. We stopped here at one of the look outs on our way. I thought that it was just beautiful.

Mason fell asleep on the drive, but Tyler hadn't had enough hiking so we stopped along the road and so Tyler and I could hike up this little hill while Jay looked for animals.

Here we are on the bridge that I have heard so much about. When Jay was a little boy the bridge was just wood and only wide enough for one car to go over it. The drop of on the sides was pretty scarey. I didn't even close enough to see under the bridge because it was so far down. As you can see the bridge is now cement and asphalt. Jay said he could see the old bridge under the new one. We had to come see this bridge so I could see why the Jay was scared when they crossed it when he was around Tyler's age.

The next morning we had to get up and leave when Jay went to work because we had to go to Wyoming for my sister's graduation. We stopped by our house unload our suitcase and reloaded it, plus we had to get the boys bikes. They had been dying to ride their bikes with their cousins. So this is Savanah with my three kids and two of Tiff's.

While we were up to Grandma's house the boys made a pretty cool farm outside on the grass. They played there for hours. On Saturday when we headed back to our house we ended up bring my little brother and sister home with us. They stayed the week with us. It was pretty fun to have them around. We roasted hot dog's out at great grandpa's farm, went to a barbaque, went to the pool and the park and we even took them to help weed the garden.

Sunday after church we took the kids all up to the lake. It was a little cool but the kids had fun throwing the rocks into the water. Mason had fun until Tyler accidently threw a rock and hit him on the head. It sure did bleed for the little cut it left behind. Mason didn't want to be loved for long though because he had to get back to throwing rocks.

Elly loves being outside so she also enjoyed our little visit to the lake.

We headed back to Wyoming on friday night because my nephew was getting baptised on saturday. On saturday while we were at Grandma Teichert's house Elly decided to roll over. I didn't even try and stop her. We have been stopping her when she has tried. I am not ready for her to move or get bigger. She has also discovered that she can suck on her toes to keep herself entertain for along time.

Bath time with the cousins is always fun. It is a lot easier to talk kids into a bath with all of them then just two at a time because kids don't want to miss out on any of the fun. This way there was no fights while we were trying to get ready for the baptism. Tyler was so excited about going and seeing his cousin get baptised. Sunday after church and pudding we headed home. Tyler won't let us leave Grandma's house on Sundays if we haven't had pudding. So thanks for always doing it earlier when we are there for Tyler.

So that was our two weeks of fun. This week we just relaxed.

Lincoln Logs

The other day Tyler built his first Lincoln Log house by himself. I had to tell him what log to put next but he put all the pieces on himself. He was so proud of himself that he wanted a picture taken with it.

Tyler said that the sheriff here paid one penny for his house. He had the man carrying his penny with him. He didn't like it when Mason tried to take the penny for himself. After all the sheriff had to us it to buy his house.

Sidewalk chalk art

The other day it was so nice outside so after we had done some yard work we decided to have some fun. The boys got out the sidewalk chalk, which I swore I would never have but is great fun for kids. We started off just doing the normal drawing and then got a little crazy. Tyler traced me, Mason and Elly. Then I traced Tyler. We wrote our names and gave us faces and hair. Tyler loved it so when dad got home he had to lay down by us too so that Tyler could trace him. Dad didn't want to lay like the rest of us so he looks like he is dead. We had fun doing it and it stayed until the rains came a few days later.

I wish that the pictures would have turned out better. It was really cute.

Here is Jay.

Me

Tyler

Mason

Elly-
Tyler had fun doing Elly and Mason had fun coloring her faces for her. It was a good thing they make gray chalk so we could color over Mason's art work and give her a real face.

Dancing in the rain

I wish I had a picture to go with this post because I know that we looked pretty funny, but I didn't.
We finally got rain yesturday so all activities had to come indoors. I have had a talk to write all week and can never find the time because everytime that I sit down to do it one of my kids will come up with the cutest face and ask me to play ball with them or ride bikes with them, play a game. This happens often at my home but not all the time. I just felt guilty every time they would ask because I felt they were more important then this talk. So I keep getting taken away from just getting it done. So yesturday I finally got Mason down and thought I would hurry and do it while he was sleeping. As soon as I sat down Elly woke-up which was fine because Jay was happy to take her and play. So I kept working on it, but then Tyler noticed that it was raining and wanted me to go with him to jump on the tramp in the rain. I told him I couldn't because I had to get this talk done. He was sad but went out to play in the rain. After he left I just couldn't help but feel bad because he won't stay little for long and he won't want to play with his mom for long. So finally I felt guilty and I wanted to be out there with him so off I went to be with him. His face was so happy when he saw me come out there. We jump for a while and then he said, "Mom lets hold hands and jump." He about made me cry on hte spot. I was glad I went out there and made a little memory with Tyler yesturday. The talk could wait until today when I finished, but playing in the rain couldn't.

Enjoying our children.

We finally had a nice day where the wind wasn't blowning, at least not for the morning. We all mowed the lawn. The boys had to help and just as we were going out to mow the boys woke Elly up. So Elly even got in on the action. I had to put her in the pack and with one boy on each side of me holding on to the mower we got it done. It took longer then it would have if they would have just let me do it, but they love helping so much that I couldn't tell them no. When that was finished Mason went right to ridding his bike. He loves to get it going as fast as it can down the driveway. So far no crashes that have caused tears. When he does crash he just tells me that it bucked him off and then get back on. I love that he doesn't cry.

Tyler went off to play with his toy his cousins gave him for his birthday. I caught him playing with it and got this picture before he realized what I was doing. I think it is pretty cute. The poor boy has cold sores right now.

This is what Elly had to wear on her bald little head so that she wouldn't get sun burned. I thought she made such a cute little bandana baby that I had to get a picture of her.

All of the boys playing had to come to a stop when they saw that I was turning the sprinklers on. The clothes came off, except the underwear, and off they were to jump on the tramp and get all wet. That was fun until the wind started up and then they were cold. It was fun while it lasted though.

There are so many fun things to do with kids that cost nothing and make great memories for years to come. We are enjoying them while they are young.

A few hours of fun.

The boys were very excited to get to play with their aunt and uncle for a couple of hours this weekend. They played football, baseball, drove the remote control cars, watched a movie and just had a great time playing together. It was fun to have them for the couple of hours that we got them.

Mason is about to tackle her down. That is how he says it.


Tyler and Ammon playing a game that they made up. I guess it was fun because they played it for a while.

Tyler and Brooklyn were on a team and Mason and Ammon were the other team.

It looks like a lot of fun.

Our Team

For those who can't tell we are cheering for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Yes, I had to put a bow on Elly so we would know that that she is a girl because with out it she looks like a boy.

Four months old

Elly is four months old now. She is making so much noise now. I really don't think the boys were as loud as she is. The boys have so much fun making her laugh. She is growing up so fast.