4th of July

For the 4th of July we went down to my brothers in-laws for a BBQ and fireworks. Payton loved the sparklers the most. She thought they were so fun. Thanks Packers for a fun night!

They played dodge ball on the tramp with Jared and Chris. I am surprised that no one ended up with a bloody nose. It was a pretty rough game. Look at all those boys. Of course Payton tried to play the entire time. She thinks she is one of the boys.

Now this is what Payton wants for Christmas.

Jaxson and Colby at the pool.

Swimming with cousins. Izak and Travis are so funny together.

Busy Summer

So by the pictures you can tell what we did in St George...a lot of laying at the pool. It was so hot down there last week that the pool was the only thing that felt good. Enjoy cause these will probably be the last pictures you see of me...I hate pregnant pictures.

Jared's football game did not start until 7pm and I still felt like I was going to die of heat. By about 9pm it finally felt good. They played the St George Blitz. They lost and it was not fun. This is the first time in a long time that they have not made it to the Championship game. I think that they were sad...but I am so happy that it is over too. Baseball for the boys is done and Football for Jared is done. YEAH! Except next week he goes to football camp with the high school and will be gone. I swear when I married him I knew he loved sports but I had no idea that I would still be watching him play football 10 years later. He has had two blown knee's and now he needs shoulder surgery...he was just waiting for his season the be over with. I keep telling him that it is time to retire. I thought this year would be it but now that they lost they are all talking about playing next year. Ughhhhh. Oh well at least he is doing something that he loves.

Jaxson's Allstar tournament was in Kearns. It went pretty well. They won their first two games against PG and then we played Kearns for the Championship. We lost the first game so they had to play a double header and we lost the second game. It was really sad. Jaxson is really sad that baseball is over. He loved this year and had so much fun! He is going to play tackle football this year so I am really glad for a break for about a month. Jared's rule was that they could not play tackle until 7th grade but we have talked him into 5th grade. I was hoping that Jared would be able to help coach him but it looks like he is going to be coaching at Lone Peak High School so I don't think he will have to much time to help. Oh well. It is going to be a busy fall so I am going to enjoy the rest of summer.

Izak's Allstar team did so good. They played the best of three games and the won the first two games. So the third game they got to play just for fun. They got really cool trophies and the kids were so excited. I thought that I would be really sad that baseball is over but I am actually relieved and excited to have the rest of summer to just play.
Here are just a few cute pictures from the games.

Baseball

Jaxson had their last baseball game last night. We won our first game in the tournament and then lost the second game. The boys have had such a fun season. I am actually kind of sad that it is over. Jaxson is playing in the Allstar tournament but with a different team. There are quite a few of the kids from his regular team on the Allstar team so it will be so fun. They had such a great team this year and we have had so much fun! He has seriously learned to love baseball this year and says that this is his favorite sport.

Summer

Eagle Mountain put on a Rodeo this year and Jared helped build the rodeo grounds and then they got to work at the rodeo...he had so much fun! He loved it. Funny fact is that Jared's dream has always been to be a rodeo clown (seriously). He didn't get to be the clown but he loved it. The boys got to do Muttin bustin and the calf chase.

Ike did break dancing in the talent show at school.

Jaxsons scout hike to Stewart Falls

Jaxson and his friend JB at the rodeo...ya they are the same age. JB is so tall.

I am so glad that it is finally summer. I love the first part of summer. No schedule...no homework...everyone is home. It has been a really crazy busy month. With the end of school and all the programs and baseball and then trying to work somewhere between everything, I was so ready to have a little down time. Jaxson finally got his cast off so next week the plan is to play at the pool every day. YEAH!

For those of you that don't know yet...I am pregnant. I am trying to enjoy it but there is not much about pregnancy that I like. I am already counting down until I am done. I have a long way to go. But between being so tired and everything that has been going on I am thinking that I am too old for this. Good thing that I know this is my last time. I am getting close to about 4 months along so hopefully it goes by pretty fast.

So I have 2 boys and one girl already and am playing with the idea of not finding out what I am having...What do you think?

Boys vs Girls

So over the weekend I came to the conclusion that I feel like I am a much better boy mom than a girl mom. Don't get me wrong...I love dresses and makeup and girly stuff but I would so rather go sit at a baseball game than go to a dance recital.

Payton had her dance recital on Saturday night. So the day started off with a rehersal at 8am. For those of you that know me well, you know I am not a morning person. I had to get a sub for my cycling class to take her. (I missed a much needed workout, with how fast I am gaining weight and all I am eating I really needed to burn some calories)

The rehersal was quick and I ran to Ike's baseball game. (which was warm and so fun)

She is so cute and I absolutely adore watching her do anything. Her class did a really good job. She was about 4th in line to dance and we had already been there for about an hour by the time she danced and there were 28 classes total. It was going to go on all night. So when she was done I grabbed her and we went and got ice cream and then we were off to go to Jared's football game.

It reminded me of one time when me and Jared were fist dating. It was Valentine's Day and his friend and him were trying to do something super special for their girlfriends so they bought tickets to the ballet in SLC as a surprise. Obviously you can tell that he didn't know me very well yet. It was the longest night ever. I think that he was relieved that it wasn't my thing.

But doesn't Payton look so cute in her costume?

Daughtry

On Thursday night we went to the Daughtry concert with some friends. It was so fun! I totally have crush on Chris Daughtry...I love him. Lifehouse opened for them and were so good too.
After we were at the concert I noticed that there were a few kids there and I should have taken Jaxson with us...he would have loved it. I forget that he is getting old enough to do some of those kind of things now. It was a pretty clean concert too...some I would not ever want to take him to(like Metallica which is one that he wants to go to). We had a blast! Thanks Brinkerhoff's for the fun night!