It's my birthday...

My wife made me a red velvet cake from scratch.
She must really love me alot. 

As Logan would say, "It was tasty."

-posted by my wife.

Craziest Zoo trip EVER!!!

Zoo trip with 11 kids. There will be a minimal amount of dialogue and pictures.

Cooper trying to wake up the Lemon Shark.

Shark Boys

Logan as a starfish.

Cooper as an ananeme.
Spell check was no help. Rrrr.

Jarom & Lynn's Wedding

Happy Forever!

Lynn, it was a pleasure to meet you this summer and welcome to the family.

This is what I look like....

.....when I talk to Grandma Pam on the phone.

Pirate Magic Show

Hurray for free events at the Library! 

This guy was pretty funny as well as a good magician.

 

We met up with our friends the Smith's and had a great time.

We even went to Burger King for lunch and played on the toys.

Oregon Camping Trip

This was our only camping trip this summer. And of course it was 3 days after getting back from Utah so it was exhausting. We went with Bill & Freda (James' Great Aunt) to Silverton Oregon. It was at an RV park with their Forrester's Group. Which means toilets and showers. (Which is always a good thing)

 

They had alot of games and crafts for the kids to keep busy with and the adults had organized games as well. I actually played  in a Washer's tournament and won 3rd Place and $10! Not bad for never playing before. At night the camp played BINGO...and between all of us, kids included, we won at least $10. Watch out Muckleshoot here come the Twiddy's. (Just Kidding) 

Below are the pictures from the pinata the kids had a whack at.

Bill and Freda bring the popcorn machine every year and man that all day long.

Hopefully next summer we'll have time for more camping trips. It was hard to plan a campout with at least 2 weddings every month.

Cassey and Sage's Wedding

Congratulations Cassey and Sage!

What a beautiful bride.

The happy couple.

Utah Trip July 22-25

We took our longest trip in the van ever this weekend. We spent 15 hours driving all night to go to Utah for 2 days for Cassey and Sage's wedding and then spent another 15 hours driving home. We had fun though and was totally worth the trip. The boys slept all night which gave James and I a chance to talk and reminiscence and be a little goofy. (Lack of sleep makes everything either really funny or really annoying) We got to our hotel cleaned up and rested before heading out to Temple Square. Friday would be our only chance to do the touristy stuff, and it gave the boys some running around time. I think we set a new record for a self guided tour. But they enjoyed it. I wasn't shy about asking people to take pictures for us. So I can't complain if they didn't turn out the way I wanted them too.

The family in front of the reflection pool.

The boys.

A fast paced tour through Temple Square means. 1-Pictures of family taken with Conference Center on the go. 2- Mom gets to walk slower and take in the beauty of the flowers and the Salt Lake City Temple. 3-Get in the Air Conditioner as fast as you can.

Quick walk to Visitor Center

of course My kids run up the ramp to the Statue of Christ.

I wanted something good to come of this quick tour, so I purposely sat here and
waited for the presentation to start.

Breathe.

The weather was beautiful, but hot, so we had a race to the van to get the A/C going. James and Logan won, while I stayed behind with Pokey.


Quote from the whole trip:
At 10 O'clock at night
" It's sad when 85 degrees feels good."

Cooper's first summer of T-ball

Here is a picture of Cooper ready for his first year of T-ball. 

LLiooking cool before his 1st game. Oh yeah did I mention it was 100 degrees today...ugh.

Joe Cool

Still wanting to play baseball like Ichiro.

Little LJ getting ready to play too...good  ready stance lil' man!

Zoo Trip!

We went to the Zoo. Again. Here's the beginning.

Rian, Morgan, Payton, Julian Davis
Tyler Butcher and my boys.

The end.

I think they're looking at a porcupine.

Giant Slip & Slide!

Grampa Jim's neighbor knows how to throw together a great slip and slide! Logan went down once and didn't like it. He said he wanted the rain to stop.( He didn't like the sprinklers.)

I think this is LJ..I was just trying to capture the hill and slide for perspective.

Cooper and neighbors grandson

Cooper at the bottom

LJ at the top

Logan going down, without the rain.

I've added a video so you can see how fast the kids were going down the hill. It looked like fun.

Kayla & Jeff's Wedding

Congratulations Kayla & Jeff!!

Helping Grampa Mow the Lawn

One of the boys' favorite things this summer was helping Grampa Jim mow his lawn.

LJ and Grampa Jim

Of course it took Grampa longer than usual to mow, but he didn't
mind spending the time with his boys.

Happy 4th of July

Happy Birthday America!

Hanging out blowing stuff up. Thanks for the fun party Heidi!

Fire uh uh fire.

Going to the Big City

Since Logan and I had our practice bus trip a couple of weeks ago, I decided to take both of the boys to Seattle on the bus and go and walk around downtown for awhile.

Mom and her big boy.

When we made it to Seattle the boys really loved the idea of going under the city in the bus tunnels. And for those that know Dinosaur Train, I heard "Time Tunnel Aproaching" repeated several times.

Watching all the buses in the tunnel

On our way up to street level.

Once up on the street we decided we were going to walk down to Pike Street Market.

The boys got along so good today. Cooper helped keep LJ still.

We saw the pig and the flying fish, and lots of fruits and veggies...and people too.

Mom and her boys.

After the market we headed back up the way to McDonalds for lunch. We totally scored some free Ben & Jerry's icecream at Westlake Park.

Icecream Please

We loved the icecream!

Yummy!!!

What a fun day in Seattle, as an added bonus we took the light rail out of town to the airport to catch the final bus of the day. Recap of the trip: 2 buses in, a time tunnel, light rail and another bus. Total travel time was more than the whole time we were in Seattle, but hey, they enjoyed every  minute of it.

waiting to leave on the light rail.

NO MORE DIAPERS!!!!!!

WOOO HOOO!!

 

Yes I'm completely thrilled that I do not have to change any more diapers! Logan did a great job in his training. Grama Pam told him that if he went on the potty everyday with no accidents she would buy him a baseball helmet. Nightly Logan would call Grama with his Poo Poo update and after 2 weeks she took him shopping. He wears this everywhere, and I mean everywhere! He has fallen asleep in the van and in his bed with his new helmet. Way to go Little Man!

Baseball @ the Schultz's!

We started out batting right..then remembered LJ is a lefty.

We went to visit Aunt Garnett today at her house. Cooper went off and was playing in the dirt with Monster trucks. Logan somehow managed to start a pick up game. Afterwards, we had a great lunch.

Uncle Dan, Aunt Garnett, and Matt playing a pick up game.
Thank  you for the fun day!