Brianhead (this is a long one)

Ever since I was little, my fam has been going to Brianhead ever summer, or every other summer. It is SOOO much fun and the one thing we look forward to each year. I don't know what I would do without my family. They are the best! We have so much fun together. The whole week is full of food, late late late night games (congrats to Mel for making it past phase 3 this year), food, kids activities, laughing, hiking and more food.

Brooklyn and Madison

Drey, Jace and Zach in their hut.

Dawn put together and Amazing Race game that was so fun for the kids! Here is Jace in Egypt getting wrapped like a mummy.

Jace was attacked by mosquitos. He looked like he had chicken pox, there were so many bumps on him. One day he woke up with a swollen face poor little kid.

My dad bought all the grandkids (plus Corey and Dustin) a nerf dart gun. It was a huge hit!

Dreyton and Zach were playing football when the ball bounced and hit Drey right in the face. He almost started crying till he realized it knocked his tooth out.

All the grandkids after the traditional treasure hunt. They LOVE it!

Finding more treasures

All the kids except Becky's, who had to leave early.

Most of the fam on our yearly hike. Layne and Becky's family had to leave before this picture

2 tough guys.

Showing off thier hats that they made.

Jace LOVED the idea of peeing outside. He wasn't shy about pulling his pants down wherever he was standing.

The girls hut that Corey built

The boys hut that Dustin built.

I wish we got a picture before the others left.

We had sooo much fun. I can't wait for next year!.

4th of July

This year we decided to spend the 4th of July in Grantsville instead of Delta. It was so different but also so nice. It was fun to see a different parade. The parade in Delta thows tons more candy, while the parade in Grantsville gave out more 'things', like balls, pens, frisbees, balloons, stuff like that. We were able to spend part of the day with Becky and her girls, which was fun too. We went to the parade with them, and then later had them over to play on the Bonzai. The best part of the parade though, was that we didn't have to watch 50 derby cars at the end...instead there were a ton of army trucks, which the boys thought was AWESOME!

Brooklyn was handed a balloon, which she looooved. She loved to look at herself in it. It was so cute.

Look how cute my hubby is!

Summer

Just some more random pictures from our summer.

Dustin coached Dreyton's t-ball team. They had tons of fun, and it was so fun watching them!

Dreyton and Asa

Dreyton and Asa

Swimming lessons. They LOVE being in the water.

Mitzy

I can't update my blog without mentioning our newest family member, Mitzy. It used to be my sisters dog, but we adopted her into the family in Febuary. At first I wasn't too excited, but she has been awesome. The boys love her so much! And she is growing on Dustin. He won't admit that he likes her, but I can tell he secretly does. :) She is the best dog ever, and soooo patient with the boys!

I found the boys outside coloring her fur with sidewalk chalk, and she jsut sat there and loved it.

Jace makes her wear hats, sunglasses, shoes, whatever he can find.

I love this, it shows how much Jace just looooved her.

I caught this picture through our window. Jace is always hugging her and laying on her.

....and covering her in grass.

Kindergarten Graduation

The kindergarten graduation progam here was so good. It was so fun to go to, and I have to admit alittle emotional. I can't believe Dreyton will be leaving me for a full day of school next year. I already miss him.

Dreyton did NOT want to be in any pictures. He tried to duck everytime I pulled the camera out. This is one of the better pictures I got.

The whole fam, after it was all over.

Drey and his two best freinds.

Aren't they the cutest?!

I had to throw this one in here too. Dustin is such an amazing dad. He is so patient with the boys (most of the time anyway), and when Jace wants to help him mow the lawn, Dustin gladly lets him, even though it takes 10 times as long.

Life...

Why is it so hard to keep this blog updated?? There is sooo much that goes on, and sooooo many pictures, I just keep getting further behind. So, since I can't post everything, here are just a few more pictures of life at our house.

Me, my sister and sis-in-law sat down one weekend to make our kids aprons. It took me longer than a weekend to make mine, since I'm not much of a sewer. But I FINALLY got them done! Yay! The boys LOVE them! I was going to make myself one, but changed my mind after I made theirs. I really hate sewing.

Drey's Kindergarten teacher is sooooooo Awesome!!! I love her so much! She came to one of Dreyton's football games, which made his whole week!

Dreyton's class on Feild Trip day. I love going to these things.

Jace and his sweet Snuggie and Snuggie socks. He sleeps in it every night!

My cute boys on their way to a Father/Son campout with Grandpa Rowley.

Dreyton was picked as one of the few kids in the school to be highlighted as being an extra great kid.

Me and two of my sisters on Jaces Birthday.

Dreyton was playing "Heavy heavy hangover" for Jaces birthday. I love the look on Jaces face, waiting to be smacked over the head.

Jaces B-day

Ok, so Jaces birthday was back in April. But I'm still trying to get caught up on everything.
His birthday was so much fun. He was so excited about every single present he got. I love this age cuz you could by them anything and they are so happy!
I had to post a pic of the funny cake I made him. I am definilty not a cake decorator so go easy on me. I had no idea what to do for his cake this year, so I ended up just making a cake with his face on it (that is what it was supposed to be anyway).

Then to top it off I bought an Iron Man mask that he wanted and just put it on top of the cake. I think it turned out hilarious and couldn't stop laughing at it!

Here is Jace opening a present from Grandma and Grandpa Rowley that they sent to him. He was excited to get candy!!
My parents came up the day before the birthday to watch Dreyton play football, and to take Jace shopping for his birthday. The boys both LOVED it!!

Becky and her fam came over for Jaces b-day too.

Me and the birthday boy!

We always give the boys a choice of having a big friend birthday party or do something fun with the fam. Dreyton is always about the big freind parties (just for getting more presents) but Jace loves doing the family thing. So, we let him pick whatever he wanted to do. His first choice was to go to Las Vegs to visit his cousin Zach but we told him that was too far away, so his second choice was the Living Planet Aquarium. It was kind of cool, but I have to admit I thought it would be bigger. Oh well, the boys loved it (well, Dreyton did anyway).

Don't let that cute smile fool you. Jace cried almost the entire time we were there about wanting to leave, and then when we left, he cried cuz he wanted to stay. fun fun.