Another Trip to the Museum

I'm so grateful that we were able to get a pass to the children's museum for the year we lived in Utah. The kids absolutely love it there! It's so fun to see how excited they get and to see them learning, growing and developing. 

We joined in on a mini class about eagles. 

They had to grasp the pom poms with their feet and
hop over to the other circle on the floor and drop
the eagle "food" in the other "nest". They thought it
was so awesome!

We basically had the whole place to ourselves this trip! 

Brenna got worn out and took a little nap in
the carrier.

My little mail lady :)

Kimbri's 5th Birthday

My little girl is growing up! Kimbri is spunky, sassy, and such a special little girl. She is going to be amazing in kindergarten because she makes friends so easily. Kimbri jumps right in to new situations and isn't afraid to try new things. I love you so much Kimbri! 

She requested a "My Little Pony" cupcake cake.

We made things easy and had Papa Murphy's
pizza for dinner.

Gma Sundee snuggling Brenna

Went to Toys R Us to use her gift certificate
she got in the mail. This year they gave a
Geoffrey the Giraffe book, stuffed animal and
balloon with a crown. 

The Spanish Fork parade landed on Kimbri's birthday this year!
We all showed up with blankets and chairs, ready for a great
morning at the parade. And it was great! Until Garrett threw up :(
Poor guy. Rick took him home since he wasn't feeling good
and I stayed with the girls to finish watching the parade.

She totally thought the parade was for her because it was her birthday, haha!

Jessica & Blake's Wedding

July 23 was when Jessica and Blake sealed the deal! It was a super hot day but really wonderful to spend time with so much family. We tried to snap a few pics out front after the sealing but before they came back out of the temple. While going through my pictures, I thought I got some of them coming out of the temple but couldn't find any. I guess my hands were probably full with keeping track of kids ;) It was a beautiful sealing and the reception that evening was wonderful! They served very delicious Cafe Rio style meals and the kids had fun running around with aunts and uncles and playing in the backyard.

Kimbri, Megan, Garrett

Someone randomly snapped this pic and sent it to me.

Temple Square Visit

My aunt, Dana and her family was in town and wanted to visit Temple Square. Rick had to study, of course, so I decided I'd drive up separately and take the kids on a little adventure. We all walked around the main temple grounds area, including going up the really tall church office building (yikes! it was scary) and then went and had lunch at the Lion House. We also toured the Beehive Home. We walked by the fountains and at that point everyone was going to go see the movie in the Legacy Theater. Doing that with kids didn't sound too easy so we took off to the children's museum for the second part of the day, since we were up in SLC anyway, and hung out for a while before heading back to Mapleton. I think the kids had a fun day and it was great to visit temple square with them.

Going to the top of this building almost made
me pee my pants, haha. Even thought there was
super tall, thick, glass, it was still terrifying.