Such Helpers!

We watched a friend's baby last week and it was so fun to see my little boys be such big helpers! They had a BLAST and I love that they have such tender hearts for all the babies in our life…

Couldn't decide between these two pictures…I love both faces:)

Summer Adventures…part 1

We've had a great summer with our little family! Here is a summery of the places we've been and things we've done…just trying to remember them all:

It all started with a trip to the farm...

Playdates at the park...

Picnics & hikes at Mt. Talbert with Auntie Hannah...

Honoring...

S'moring...

Celebrating Noah with the best Spiderman Dad ever!

Celebrating with our friends…we had more birthday parties this summer then ever, it was almost comical!

River time with friends...

Golfing with my man...

Cuties!

I'm excited to have a day to hang out with these guys tomorrow in the sun! We had such a great day today jumping on the trampoline with the sprinkler beneath & their buddies…I looked back at them in the car and couldn't believe how big they are getting. I love this age so much more then any before, and I'm sure it's just going to keep getting better!

Lifegroup Campout 2011!

What a great weekend we had with our lifegroup camping in Seaside! We stayed at a park that had a little grass island, it was perfect for us! We called it the party island. We feel so blessed to have such a great group of friends to have in our lives and to journey with us! I didn't take a ton of pictures, but here's a few from other people and a few of my own.

Part of "The Island" (we're all huge LOST fans)

The boys climbed & played and did it some more!

Riding the "long neck"

The boys and their little friend Maddy…they are so in love with her and all the new baby girls!

Relaxing, what camping is all about!

I think the guys quote for this picture was brats & campfire go together like peas & carrots

What would you rate this day Noah? A 10!

Chillin' on the beach…what a perfect day!

Push Maddy!

Baby Addison who's getting SO big!

Good morning!

Our island almost all packed up...

Our little set-up at the beach...

My beautiful friend Anne!

Me & my boy...

He wouldn't smile with me so he got tickled…

Talk about a little stress...

Man…what a month it's been. Almost exactly a month ago, we left for an awesome two week vacation to South Carolina & Utah. It was a great trip, but of course it's stressful preparing for a trip (not to mention packing up most of my house to move). Traveling is stressful, and then moving the day after we returned home. Add to that managing/organizing my club coaches 8 hours a day at camp (the very same day we officially moved), and then getting ready for the camp I really run the whole weekend and now 13 hour days of working on/at camp. Man! I'm beat…and totally complaining on here. I finish at 9pm tomorrow night with camp, and then have to come home and pack up everything to go camping the next morning! I seriously have no idea how it all will work but it will be great.

So during this month, I have been really neglectful of myself. My health, my eating, my stress levels, and just making any time for me. I've been sleeping really bad, and am not happy with a lot of things in my life right now, I need a routine again, and as much as I love doing special things, I'm always ready for a little normal in my life. So here's to normal and getting back control of my life…after I let loose again one more time this weekend…

Thanks for listening to my rant! I'm sure this makes very little sense but I am hoping that getting all of this out will help me sleep now…

We're back!

We made it back from our trip, moved, and are now full swing back into life! As you can see my kids didn't have any fun while we were gone. I now have two weeks of volleyball camps and then tryouts, so that means my summer is mostly over, and these two weeks are some of the hardest of the year for me as I work 12 hour days and have so much stress to handle. We always make it through, but add to it the stress of moving and trying to get organized, it's just not happening how I want it to. But it will and I will make sure and post pictures from our trip soon! We had a great time with both sides of the family in South Carolina and Utah. Thankful to have such great families!