August Swimmings

Luckily, we still have peeps at dear ol Pem that let us use their keys to swim. And for many a Friday, we met up with the old neighbors and swam for the afternoons. It was fun. I loved living there. I mean, we were there for 7 years!!!! We had 3 babies in that place. It was such a wonderful home, and wonderful neighborhood. Love you guys!!

Fin loves herself some Oreo creme. That is all, just the creme. There is no tricking her into eating more than that.

 and if you try to persuade the youngun, this is the face she will give you!

 Just finding a place to relax and lick.

 k, atrocious of moi, but I love this girl. She is my little shadow, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

 Talitha and Conli= goggle girls

 Max, Tay, Easton, Triston

 Hayleigh and Con

 Some wonderful friends. Abrea, Sab and Heidi

 Fin & Blake. She's always feeding him.

 Littles in the hot tub. Hayleigh, Belle and Soy

 Fun always happens at Lindon Pool.

 I die laughing every time I look at Taylor in this picture.

 Snack time

 One of my most favorite pictures ever. I only wish the 2 reds were here for it. Such beautiful babies I have.

 Warm it up!

 More fun at the peaks is always a must.

 Um, excuse me, but did you notice that 7 peaks raised the sides on their 3 most terrifying slides and now let my kids go down them face first on mats??? I can't hardly stand it. And I can't hardly believe that Conli has been coerced into joining the crazies that partake!!! She didn't attempt Free Fall, but she went down Jagged Edge plenty....with her face first....can't.handle.it.

 SEEEE???

 cute boys and mats. It's always nice when a rain storm happens for a bout 10 minutes and scares everyone away, and then I have to leave cuz little red is terrified of the wind, and then Heather lets Max stay with her at an almost empty peaks. 3 cheers!

 Lady time at Pemberley.

 and poses for mama.

I'm always sooooo sad to see pools close and summers end.  Luckily, fall is delicious as well, and not as hot, so we can handle playing outside every day.  Good bye summer fun. 

kids be playin soccer

All 3 big kids wanted to play soccer this summer. We hesitated on Sawyer, because last year she would stop, bend over, untie her shoe, and ask to come off the field.....such is the life of our little red. It was hilarious. But we decided to give her one more chance. Needless to say, she "quit" half way through the season. And that was fine with us, 3 kids games every Saturday is too much....so we obliged when 9 minutes into the games she'd start asking Coach Cody if it was time to do the cheer yet- you know the one, "good game whoever". Girl's not made for this!

But Max and Conli- now you're talkin.

Conli's amazingly good. She is little miss speedy gonzalez and can outrun everyone. She's determined, and awesome! She loves it! and we love watching her!

 She even loves playing goalie. 

Sawyer was surprisingly timid and princess like in her playing of the game. Granted, she was the only girl on her team for the first 5 games, but she really surprised me. She daintily kicks the little ball and floats after it, but she'll walk up to a spider and pinch it to death with her bare hands....love her so much. She also requested a bow or head band in her hair every game- they never stayed in, but it was quite necessary that she show up looking her best!

 She was perfectly content to just take it easy :)

Max loves playing too. Sometimes he leaps around more than going after the ball, but he's gotten a TON better this year.  He's been a lot more aggressive and he's gotten quicker this year too. He played goalie about half the time and really likes it, but would rather be on the field in the middle of the action.

This one isn't too interested in watching these games either. But she did a good job at being a good girl.

Love these kids so much. It's so fun to see them cheer eachother on and discover what they love and what they want to do. They're amazing, and we are so blessed.