Mad scientist playdate

Our friend Ralae put on a great playgroup! It was a hit.

She showed the kids some great experiences which they got a kick out of and were learning too. (but don't tell them that)

and then they made slime

It's easy and fun to make:

Mix 1 teaspoon borax in 1 cup of water.

In separate container, mix 1/2 cup of white glue with 1/2 cup water (add food coloring in you want)

Mix it together!

Dads

“It must be emphasized that as a father, you are always teaching. For good or ill your family learns your ways, your beliefs, your heart, your ideas, your concerns. Your children may or may not choose to follow you, but the example you give is the greatest light you hold before your children, and you are accountable for that light.”

The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Ensign, Jun 2002, 12

I have the best dads in my life!

I love you Daddy!

Thanks for everything you all have taught us!

Colorado Mountains

We loved loved loved being in the mountains!

How we miss them!

When we finally got to where we were driving up in the mountains Boyce kept saying "We are catching up to the mountains!"

It was hard to come back.

Nebraska even feel flatter now (if that is possible)

It was so fun to be with Brian and Amanda too. Brian is Mark's brother.

Boyce and Avery couldn't be separated and we finally got to meet little Lily.

We miss you even more then the mountains.

On the chair lift

sledding

my sweet sister in-law made these cute tutus for the girls

Brothers and their girls

My wonderful husband and me! We just celebrated 5 years of being married!

I love him!

Alpine Tundra. It was so cold!

Summer Beginnings

I wanted to remember that summer is just beginning for 2 reasons:

1- It always goes too fast

2- Today I saw that Hobby Lobby had their fall stuff up for sale!

our little garden just starting to grow

Scout camp

our beautiful flowers in front of our house

Badges of fun

Boyce has been crazy about merit badges

since Mark became the scout master

So we were excited when we stumbled on this, Badges of fun

You choose the activity you want to do and

post about it and get a badge

and I might add you get a gift card to REI if you hurry

We painted rocks.

All the neighbor kids saw and wanted in on our fun!

We are looking for to the next badge

Nebraska Grown

It was a Nebraska day

Trains, Tractors, and football!

Star Wars and Eve

Boyce loves playing Lego Star Wars and Eve loves singing the theme song!

This is the best attempt to get her singing it on film.

Road Trip

We took an amazing road trip with our little family.

First stop fun water park hotel in Des Moines Iowa. The kids, well we all loved it!

Next stop my brothers in Iowa City.

They were great hosts

We loved spending time with Joe & Mal and seeing the great place they lived.

We were all sad to say goodbye.

Then Nauvoo! It was our first time there

What an amazing experience.

We had perfect weather and few crowds

The temple was beautiful and the kids loved the horses & old town

A highlight was the cute musical the senior missionaries put on

The kids did so well with all the driving, weird food schedule and naps on the go.

It was a trip we will remember forever.

leggings

I loved knitting these cute leggings for these chubby legs.

Mumford and my son

Our boy loved music and loves to sing but he is so silly when your filming so here is the best I could get. Warning it gets crazy when he sees my spy cam.