Family Pictures in MO

While we were in Missouri we took a few family pictures since we are hardly ever all together.

My family minus Jeff and Jake (we still weren't all together)

sisters

all 5 kids

the girls

Missouri Part 2

After we got to my parent's house we continued to stay busy. We went to the fair one day. I haven't been to a fair in a long time and don't think I need to go back for a long time but we had a good time people watching and eating!

Karlee loved feeding the baby animals.

Karson thought it was pretty cool too.

Karlee loved all the rides.

Karlee and Grandpa

We had to try a fried oreo. Just thinking about it kind of makes me sick but if you are at the fair you have to experience the food, right?

The kids loved the fair but like I said we are good for awhile.

Another day we took the kids to feed some ducks at a park.

Karson even got the hang of throwing bread into the water.

My brothers with the kids.

Another day we took the kids to a bounce house. Since it was during a school day we basically had the place to our selves.

The kids had no time to get bored. They literally got to do something fun everyday! It was also fun for me to spend time with my parents and siblings. When we got home both the kids ran up to Jeff at the airport. They had so much fun at grandmas but missed daddy a lot.

Missouri Part 1

The kids and I just got back from spending a week in Missouri. We had such a great time spending time with my family. My mom planned something for every day we were there so we stayed plenty busy. The kids loved all the attention from everyone and got spoiled rotten.

We stayed in St. Louis the night we flew in so we took the kids swimming at the hotel.

The day after we got there we went to the St. Louis Zoo. It is a really neat zoo with tons of animals and it is free. Both Karlee and Karson love animals so I knew they would like the zoo.

After the zoo we took the kids to The Magic House. It is a really neat place that has so many cool things for kids to do. Karlee said that was her favorite part of the trip.

playing in sand

playing with blocks

pretend grocery shopping

going fishing

Dr. Karlee checking a baby at the hospital

touching a ball that made our hair stand up!

grandma and Karson taking a turn:)

more sand

karson playing with blocks in the water area

We did the zoo and the magic house in one day so we were pretty tired at the end of the day. We drove to my parent's house that night to stay for the rest of the time.

Karlee starts preschool

Karlee has been so excited to start preschool and she finally got to yesterday! When I told her she doing preschool this year she asked if she got to ride a bus. I had to let her know she would just be walking downstairs and mommy would teach or she would go over to her friend Irelynn's house and her mommy would teach. Since she still has two years before kindergarten I decided we would just do something simple this year. We may join with some other kids in a few months but either way it will be great for Karlee to have something to do twice a week.

Irelynn and Karlee already to start school with their backpacks on!

Here they are sitting in their chair ready to learn. Karlee had a great first day and is going to love school and I'm excited to be able to teach again.

The Hotdog Dance

Karlee used to love doing the hotdog dance at the end of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. The last few days I have noticed Karson doing it and I have had a flashback from exactly two years ago. They even have the same moves:)

The Little Mermaid/St. George

When Aubrey and I heard that The Little Mermaid was coming to Tuacahn this summer we knew we had to take Karlee. It was really the first movie that Karlee ever watched and she loves it. She can quote several parts of the movie and Ariel is her favorite princess. Since my cousin Eric was getting married in St. George it was the perfect weekend to go see the show. On Friday we drove up to St. George and dropped Karson off at my Aunt Malea's house so she and her kids could watch him while we went to the play.
Karlee was so excited just because it was The Little Mermaid but didn't really know what to expect since she didn't even know what a play was before we went. I thought she might be a little young but I knew that this would be our only opportunity to take her

She thought it was pretty cool she could put her face in this picture and be Ariel:)

Karlee absolutely loved, loved, loved the show!! Aubrey, Jeff, and I did as well. It was put together so well and was such a great performance. Karlee sat through the whole show eventhough it went until 11:30. She sang along to the songs, clapped, and danced in her seat. She was so excited when the characters would come on stage. It was fun watching her enjoy the show. She has even asked a few times if we can go again. After the show we got to meet a few of the performers. She loves Scuttle in the movie and did in the play as well.

She was a little nervous to go meet Sebastian because he has claws. Obviously she doen't get that these people are playing characters and they are not real:)

We thought the line to see Ariel would be way too long but we saw her and Eric come out together and we ran over there. Karlee of course wanted Ariel to hold her. I'm so glad we took Karlee to the show. It was so fun for her and something she will be talking about for a long time.

On Saturday we went over to my Uncle Dave's house and had lunch, then went to the wedding, followed by the reception. It was good to see some of my extended family.

We tried taking a few family pictures but it was so hot outside that the kids wanted nothing to do with that.

You can see the kids cheeks are pretty rosy. An August wedding in St. George equals hot! We were all pretty worn out that night but it was a good day.

How cute is he?

On Sunday we took the kids over to the temple since it is only 2 blocks from my grandparent's house. We wanted them to see where mommy and daddy got married.

Karlee wanted to go up to the top.

She made it:)

On the way home we were able to stop by and see our friends the Monroe's who used to live in Vegas. Karlee got to play with their little girl Amy who she just loves. It was a nice weekend that went by so fast. It was even nicer that we only had a two hour drive home and we gained an hour.