Our Family: Last summer bash...

"Throughout our lives, we must deal with change. Some changes are welcome; some are not. There are changes in our lives which are sudden, such as the unexpected passing of a loved one, an unforeseen illness, the loss of a possession we treasure. But most of the changes take place subtly and slowly. Day by day, minute by minute, second by second we went from where we were to where we are now. The lives of all of us, of course, go through similar alterations and changes. The difference between the changes in my life and the changes in yours is only in the details. Time never stands still; it must steadily march on, and with the marching come the changes. This is our one and only chance at mortal life—here and now. The longer we live, the greater is our realization that it is brief. Opportunities come, and then they are gone. I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by as you plan for that illusive and nonexistent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead, find joy in the journey—now. Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with friends and family. One day each of us will run out of tomorrows. " Thomas S. Monson

August 12, 2014

Last summer bash...

The week before school starts we wanted to do one last thing for the summer with the boys before life got a little crazy again.
Parker was visiting with his girlfriend stephanie and the michae and chantel were going to fly back to texas from being here all summer. They all wanted to be able to hangout one last time and thought WET'N WILD would be perfect!

It just opened in may of this year and we wanted to try it out too. I was worried that kiptin wouldnt be tall enough to ride the rids but he went on all of them except 2!!
The boys had such a blast, it was so much fun to watch them ride down the slides and splash into the water. There is this crazy tall slide the goes straight down (i wont even go on it) kaylin wanted to go down it sooooo bad and nick finally gave in and he loved it...crazy boy.
Kiptin loved all the rides he went on and there was also this racer slide that was way freaking high up there and went down really fast (again i wouldnt go on that one either) but he insisted that he wanted to ride it so nick and parker took him up and I thought for sure he would get freaked out once he saw how high up he was but nope that ended up being his most favorite one of all!!!

I was so nice to just be able to spend some time with nick, kaylin and kiptin...khailo stayed with grandma and papa for the day while we went down.

It makes me the most happy when I get to see these amazing boys of mine smile and laugh!!

heres to summer of 2014, cant wait for the next one!!

Kaylin's Funnies!

set up: nick and kaylin are playing video games.

"your not very good dad, you should let me show you how to do it"

"Iam really snart, i know stuff " (snart: meaning smart)

set up: kaylin wants to sleep in our bed.

"kaylin you need to sleep in your own big boy bed"

"but that is my 3 year old bed and I'm 4 so now I can sleep in this bed with you. its a 4 year old bed"

set up: kiptin pulled the filter off the vacume and I couldn't figure out how to put it back on.

"oh mom why did you take this off, let me fix it"

"no kaylin leave it alone, let daddy fix it"

"I can do it...see mom, fixed"

(a very stupid mom moment for sure...its sad when your 4yr old is smarter then you)

“One’s life….cannot be both faith-filled and stress-free….Therefore, how can you and I really expect to guide naively through life, as if to say, ‘Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!’ Real faith….is required to endure this necessary but painful developmental process.” Neal A. Maxwell