Wednesday, August 6, 2014

July 4th 2014

The 4th was spectacular as ever this year.
We had a BBQ on the 3rd with some family in Plain City, slept over at my parent's, watched the parade, ate breakfast with family, went swimming and ate lunch with Ben's family @ Uncle Melvin's, then watched some fireworks.  It was just one giant party all day.

 I love the 4th.




It was crazy windy



 sibling selfies






 Fisher loves a good photo bomb


 I didn't leave Jed out, he was trying to hide
 sleepy babies




Porter loved to say hi to Ike
 We had a hard time getting this girl out of pool when it was time to go









Tuesday, August 5, 2014

cousins

Ben's brother Fred, and his family moved from Indiana to Arizona this summer.  They were able to stop in Utah for a couple of weeks.  We finally got to meet their cute little baby Devin, he's a few months older than Ike.  The kids all had so much fun together.  My girls were especially excited to be around girl cousins, that hardly happens on the Dawson side.


Grandpa Larry is so much fun for the kids.  Hailey and Logan took turns jumping on him.

Great Grandma Ruth with Devin and Isaac.



Sadie and Abigail


 All the Dawson Grandkids.

Porter was so sweet with Isaac.




The girls all had a sleep over together at Grandma and Grandpa's.  I picked them up and within minutes Carly and Hailey were sleeping.  I guess they partied pretty hard.

Monday, August 4, 2014

june 2014

June was a fun filled month for sure.

Baseball was a blur this year.  Abigail and Luke played, Carly didn't have any interest.  I was ok with that since it's hard enough to get to Luke and Abi's games.  Carly and Hailey loved being at the games and playing at all the different parks that we went to.  Even more than the parks, Carly loved to play with Ike.


 This is the only picture of Luke that I got.  I was terrible.  I kept forgetting.  He's the one in red right above Isaac's head.  Luke's team was the Hot Shots.  He had a great season, with only one casualty.  He got hit with a ball in the nose, and wow, did it bleed.
 Abigail's team was the Hershey's.  She wasn't thrilled about the name choice, but she enjoyed her season too, and played well.
 Carly always packed her bag full of things to entertain  Hailey
 Getting ready to go to lunch with my sisters, Mom, and Ike for Jessica's birthday.  From March until August each one of us has a birthday, and so we go out for either lunch or dinner sans kids (little babies are allowed).  It's definitely something I look forward to.
 Grandpa Larry works at the V.A. hospital in Salt Lake.  A lady that works with him raises baby kangaroos until they are old enough to go to zoos.  There is a little courtyard at their building that the kangaroo hangs out in during the day.  All the Veterans love for the kangaroo to visit.  This kangaroo, Simon, is the 12th one that she has raised.
 We scheduled a little day trip to S.L. to meet Courtney and Fisher, and to hang out with Simon.

 You can tell what a good Grandpa Larry is, because he's still holding Ike even though he wet through his pants.  I'm slightly embarrassed that apparently I didn't change his diaper soon enough.  Too much excitement I guess.

 Hailey didn't want a thing to do with Simon.
 He likes to be cuddled
 There was also a giant tortoise
 The Veterans loved to see the kids.  One man asked if he could "hold that cute little baby hand"  He just loved holding onto Isaac.  He  said, "Thanks, that just makes my day.  Babies are special"  He was such a sweet man.

 Afterwards we went to a park and had lunch.


 The kids had a little bike wash one afternoon.
 Ben's work had another Lagoon day, and luckily it was on a Saturday so he could come.  We had a blast, even though you can't tell by looking at Carly.
 On the train.
 Luke is so good to hold his sisters hands, even when he would rather not.
 We saw this sign at Wal Mart, and Luke just had to have his picture in front of it.
 Hailey set up these buckets (tables) to play school with.  She put Ike in his bumbo and set him up with a bucket.  She was so proud of herself.
Abigail loves to braid.  I'm so glad Carly is a willing subject, because I can only let her braid my hair for so long.  Apparently I have a very sensitive scalp.  And of course, they always want pictures at the end.