The Month of August

Here are some of the exciting things that happened during the month of August................

Ellie after being brave and going first on the ski board

We went to Utah at the end of the month and while we were there we went out on Pops boat. It was the perfect day, the kids in Utah had already gone back to school so there was no one at the lake. The water was smooth and the beach was all ours. It was great. I even went for a little ski I figured I was almost 36 weeks if I went into labor so be it. It felt great.

My dad bought this trainer board for the kids to learn to ski on, it is awesome all they have to do is stand on it and away they go. They were all still a little nervous and we couldn't get anyone to step up to the plate. Bailey had a melt down just thinking about it. Finally (after Bailey's melt down) I told Ellie I would give her 2 dollars if she went first. She thought about it for awhile, then I remembered she had been begging me for more Cheetos at lunch, so I told her I would throw in a bag of Cheetos.......DEAL away she went.

Way to go El

Logan loved being on the boat and especially loved holding the flag. He still asks all the time if he can go on pops boat.

This is a much happier picture of Bailey, the first time I pretty much just shoved her out there and she cried. The video is hilarious, I plan on blackmailing her with it later in life. But once she realized it was fun and not scary, she was having a great time!

All the kiddos and Melly

While we were in Utah we went to see The Lion King with my sisters and their husbands. For our birthdays this year my parents gave us all tickets. We went to P.F. Changs before which is always delicious. Their fried green beans are my absolute fave. The show was really good. Seeing that I was pretty prego, I was a little uncomfortable and hot but it was still a good time. I really liked all of the animals.

I have been wanting to go to a Boise Hawks game since we moved here. We went to them pretty regularly when we lived in Vegas and the kids always had fun. They enjoyed it this time around too. The girls actually liked watching the game and Logan liked the ball, the Hawk and all of the treats.

They let the kids run the bases after the game.

Ryan and Logan Running.

Bailey and Ellie after they finished running the bases

Everyone enjoying their hot dogs and popcorn


This was also the first time Logan had ever had Cotton Candy. He couldn't get enough. The girls love it too, we had to buy another bag.

I love this picture. We took this at the first of August while Ryan was on his golfing trip. We went to the movies and saw "How to Train Your Dragon" and then went to Golden Spoon for frozen yogurt. We do this at least once or twice every summer. It is a fun tradition that the kids look forward too.

These two pictures pretty much sum up how Logan spent most of his summer. In his dad's shadow. He loved mowing the lawn and helping him fix anything. Which happened to be Ellie's bike a lot this summer. After two years with Bay and one with El the poor bike had seen better days, but Logan loved being right in the middle of the action.

This day he was still into the "soccer suits" and he came across one of Bay's beanies. It was quite the outfit. I really have to document that this is indeed Logan. In the years to come decked out in purple with the pink mower and pink beanie he could get confused with one of the girls, but it his him.

The girls were really into art projects this summer. They spent a whole day making a Hannah Montana museum in their room one day and they made this American Girl poster by cutting up the catalog and using anything AG the could find. The results were pretty cute. They kept it hanging in their room for a long time.





We have 1 o'clock church this year. Which does not work out great for Logan's napping. Some Sunday's he would fall asleep in the car on the way home. Others weeks he would sit on the couch and fall asleep. This week he enjoyed a little snooze with dad.