Misc.

The brothers - Samuel crawled into Isaac's bed and the two of them were just laughing. Samuel's a great big brother! It's been so fun to watch Samuel play with Isaac. The other day he was giving him kisses and telling him "I love you Big Buddy".

I thought this was too funny when I saw Bella and Samuel sitting on the end of the couch watching a little tv before we went swimming.

Bella got herself stuck in the pantry the other day. I think she was going after the dried blueberries.

Then the next day she got herself stuck in her closet trying to get to her binkies that I thought I had hidden from her. I obviously wasn't that tricky!

No wonder Trina worries about Bella "playing" with Kambree. I walked over and started laughing when I saw that Bella had stuck a picture to Kambree's face.

Summer Swimming

We had a weekly swimming play group all summer at one of my friends clubhouse pool. It's a perfect location for the kids because the little pool is only 2 feet deep. We've been going most of the summer, but I finally remembered my camera. This has been a fun activity for us despite the fact that poor Bella almost manages to drown just about every week. She has caused my heart to skip a few beats many times including the time she fell face first into the pool fully dressed and sank right to the bottom. I've tried the life jacket, arm floaties and a tub, but she still manages to get herself into trouble.

Samuel loves to wear the goggles and has improved his swimming skills drastically since the beginning of the summer. He used to always want me to get in the water with him, but now he jumps in and swims a little bit all by himself.

Isaac in the car seat during all the swimming action - the story of the poor guys life. We actually go during his nap time so he usually falls asleep. Thank goodness for mom since I need all my energy to keep hazard Bella safe.

11th Anniversary

First - Samuel took this picture - not to bad for a 3 yr. old
It was our 11th Anniversary this weekend. And Chuck knows me well by now, he got me a dozen cheap roses at the grocery store and a candy bar. I love chocolate and hate when he spends money on flowers so I love the cheap ones! We had our neighbor girl tend Samuel and Bella and then we took the baby with us to dinner. I was already stuffed from a yummy steak and then our waiter brought us out a huge piece of ice cream cake because I mentioned the fact that it was our anniversary. I then felt obligated to eat more and I just can't pass up ice cream so by the time we left I was so sick!

The past 11 years have brought us many blessings!

I set up the tripod and used my remote to take these family pictures of us before church today. I am finally going to get a family photo for my frame that'a been hanging empty for the past 6 months!

I decided I would use this shot since we look like we're having fun. And you can't help but have fun when you're trying to take a picture with three little ones!

Misc. Happenings

The past two weeks Samuel has been taking swiming lessons at SHAC. The semi-private lessons we did a couple of months ago were so much better, but I had already paid and decided that he could use a little extra practice. He actually really loved going and since it was in the evening, Chuck would take him and Bella. This was wonderful for me because I got to stay home with the baby! This is Samuel with his teacher - she was really cute, no wonder he loved it! I did take him the last day of lessons and when I got his completion certificate she had written that Samuel was her favorite.

Samuel pushing Bella at our Ward party. Saturday we had our Ward party and even though that was our actually anniversary we decided we better go since we don't really know that many people yet. It's hard to get to know too many people when we spend most of the time in the hallway with the baby. Chuck made his dutch oven dish to share. My curse of having things go wrong whenever I sign up to take a dish somewhere must have rubbed off on Chuck. He put the coals on top of a rock and this slowed down the cooking when we were already in a hurry. He ended putting the dutch oven in the oven to finish cooking. Luckily church activities never start on time!

Isaac turned 5 months old and so I finally decided I could move him from our bedroom into the guest room. Here he is in the pack and play. Bella still has the crib so Isaac's in here for now. He's still getting up at least twice a night to eat so having him down the hall is a pain, but we like having our room back. He also rolled from his back to his belly yesterday.

I'm still working on Samuel and Isaac's construction room. We have lots of guests coming during October so I'm trying to get several little projects done. One is to get pictures of the boys hung up in their room. This was one I took of Isaac to add to the wall. He's at a hard age for taking pictures since he can't sit by himself yet.

Jump N Jacks

Last Saturday we took the kids to Jump N Jacks. They have blow up bounce and slide toys. When we first went in the lights were turned down low with the disco balls turning and loud music blasting and both of the kids were not very happy. Luckily they soon realized it was a little early in the afternoon for this type of setting and turned the lights on and the music down. Then the kids absolutely loved the place! I had Isaac so Chuck was sliding and bouncing with the kids. He was worn out by the time we left.

The kids going down the giant slide together.

Samuel climbing up one of the big slides by himself. Bella couldn't climb up by herself so Chuck had to pack her each time. I was always a little nervous for the people climbing up behind Chuck because he looked a little wobbly when packing Bella. I just kept waiting for him to trip and cause a giant domino effect.



Bella found a nasty cracker on the ground that someone dropped and then had been smashed and walked over a few dozen times, but that didn't stop her from picking it up and shoving it in her mouth. We tried to stop her, but it was too late!

Kambree's Baby Blessing

This last Sunday Wes and Trina blessed Kambree. Here is the fam after the baby blessing.

Our three little ones.

Aunt Trina does not have any toys at her house to play with so Samuel decided to make his own fun in the bathroom sink.


Because Trina has no toys, the kids always want to go to Monica's house. She has lots of fun things for the kids to do!

Half Marathon

The guys were able to finish the lawn project on Friday night so Chuck decided to run the Half Marathon from Gunlock to Ivins on Saturday morning. He beat his time in the same race last year by a full 10 minutes!

We actually almost missed seeing him come across the finish line because he was running so much faster than he usually does. I was getting the baby out of his carseat and looked up to see Chuck coming down the last stretch. I took of running with Isaac and my dad was running with Samuel to the finish line. I got there just in time to snap a couple of photos as he ran by. And being in the older age division has really improved his finishes - he got 2nd in his category and 11th overall! Way to go!