Bear Lake Adventures

 Sunny skies, clear blue water, sandy beaches and lime-raspberry shakes.  Heaven on earth I tell you!  We went to Bear Lake on Memorial Day with Cameron's brother Cory and his adorable family.  I think we need to make it an annual tradition...it was sooooo great.  The kids swam, collected seashells and built sandcastles.  I used a shovel to craft a little wading pool for Sariah to play in because she was scared of the waves the boats made when they passed.

Sariah finally conked out after lunch and took a nap with Daddy in the shade.  It was good too because she was getting fried even though she had on SPF, like, one thousand.

The wading pool.

Aftynn and River are now bosom buddies for life!  They had a blast exploring together.

Oh, Bear Lake, how I pine for you!

More of the 4th

We went to a REAL SALT LAKE GAME (with Cameron's parents and his brother Randy and fiance Annie) after the 4th of July Parade.  It was fun, River was excited to see the soccer players because she started soccer this year.  They had fireworks after the game too.  On the way home that night, there were fireworks going off all over the valley.  It looked amazing. 

Let Freedom Ring

 I made the girls some dresses out of pillowcases for the 4th of July.  Cameron and I ran in the race before the parade (I took 3rd in my age group...didn't think that would happen) and the girls sat with their cousins and bagged lots and lots of candy.  It was great!   

Grandma gave the girls flag shirts and now whenever Sariah wears hers she scrunches up her nose and says in her cute little voice, "Is it the 4th of July?"

You too?

Last year I gave Cameron tickets to a U2 concert for his birthday and then they cancelled the tour because somebody had emergency back surgery. I mean, couldn't they have done the show without him?!  (I'm being sarcastic by the way....what is U2 without Bono?)  Cam and I were extrememly disappointed, but we decided to wait it out and finally got to see the concert this summer.  It was sweet!

The stage was a giant "claw" with an inner circle and an outer circle with bridges spanning the gaps AND......wait for it...... the outer circle rotated!  During one of the songs the giant screen broke into hundreds of hexagons and descended to surround the band.  So rad.

Happy Belated Birthday Cam!

Compute This!

I knew we needed to get a new computer when I started to bring my book with me when I got online. That way I could read it while the websites loaded. Sad. Sad. Sad. We finally got a new computer, got some pictures transfered and WHA LA! I have MONTHS of blogging to catch up on. I thought about giving blogging up altogether, but I realized I missed being able to get on the computer and look and pictures and stories of what we have been doing. Plus, it's a great form of record keeping (the dates insert themselves!!!) and I'm horrible at writing in my journal. So bear with me while I catch up on all of our shenanigans.

Okay, first up is Easter. We spent it with my Grandma and Grandpa Hicken on their farm. (Mom and Dad are staying with them while their house is being built) The whole family was out and we had a great time camping out in Grandma's living room and eating her good home cookin'. River and Sariah had a great time searching for eggs the Easter Bunny left them. It took awhile to find their baskets, because the silly bunny hid them in the tractor!

  It was Ty's birthday too.  He got a Superman blanket because when he was little he insisted upon wearing his Superman pj's everywhere, and if my mom didn't comb his hair with a curl over his forhead (like the old superman movies)  he would cry until she did.  I guess she was feeling sentimental. 

  Of course the kids HAD to play in the box.

That's it for Easter, but don't worry, I plan on posting a massive review of our summer next.  It may even involve a car crash pic or two.

The Terribly Terrific Twos!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARIAH!!!Sariah is two years old! She ran around all day singing "Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to my Birthday take!" (she is obsessed with cake. she makes birthday cakes out of tinker toys and legos)

I made a cookie monster cake because Sariah is our little cookie monster. She loves sweets. Plus her favorite verse on wheels on the bus is 'the monster on the bus says, "coookies! coookies! coooookies!"' And her favorite color is blue.

Plus, I wanted to make these yummy cookie icecream sandwhiches....

Last of all we opened presents. Thanks to all friends and family who came to celebrate with us!!!

Soccer Girl

Cameron and I are coaching River's soccer team. River was so excited to get dressed up for her first practice. She had to have her hair done like a 'soccer girl' and had to wear shorts so her socks would show, even though it was freezing cold. And of coarse she thought her shin guards were so cool. "That way I won't get hurt! They are hard, see Mom! (hitting her legs with her hands) They protect me!" We held the first practice yesterday and it was hilarious. We have 9 kids on our team, and they basically ran in a pack around the ball giggling and trying not to touch the ball with their hands. When the ball went out of bounds they just kept on running and Cameron had to chase them down. So funny. I love watching Cameron coach, he is really great and patient with the kids. River scored the only goal during scrimage. Aiden came up to her afterwards and said, "It's really great to see you score a goal, River." He was so cute and polite! I'm sure we will have many more soccer posts in the future, but I just had to post the picture of River in her soccer gear. Until next time....

Happy St. Patty's!

Leapin Leprechauns! River put on every green peice of clothing she had for St. Patricks Day. Including, but not limited to, a green t-shirt, green dress, green vest complete with shamrock zipper, and a green hair flower. Sariah went green too. Isn't green the BEST color ever?