AUBREE'S NEW SPORT: TENNIS!

They put up a brand new high school near our house and the new high school coach was offering tennis lessons and I was on board! I want to get Aubree into everything just to see what she likes. She hates getting up so early in the morning but she always tells me that she has fun.

4TH OF JULY WEEKEND

We didn't do much this year. Dave and I have being working really hard getting our yard in so thats been our main focus. Theirs a huge area in our backyard covered in weeds and I finally convinced Dave that we could do it ourselves and not hire anyone. So we spent 6 hours pulling and raking. Yes we had that many weeds!! We took the kids swimming at the indoor pool in Tooele, went to the parade, got out the water balloons (which I swore to myself last year I would never do again!), took the kids to the new Ice Age, and did fireworks. And the today we're going to Temple Square with Daves parents. Anyways hope everyone had a safe weekend!

JAZZ DRAFT

We took the kids to the draft and for my sake Austin didn't last very long so we walked over to the Gateway to shop. But the girls had a ton of fun! They got their pictures taken with the Jazz dancers, they signed a poster for them (or for Dave, we'll say it was for the girls) and then they got up on stage and danced with the Bear.

Weekend getaway

We stayed at the Zermitt resort in Midway, my favorite place in the world! Not the resort, just Midway. The hotel was nice. We had a separate room for the kids, but it was just nice to get away. And then I just had to stop at the Park City outlets...

THIS IS FREAK'IN HILLARIOUS!!

LIVING PLANET AQUARIUM

I was getting bored of the zoo and the childrens museum so I took the kids to the aquarium. It definetly wasn't Sea World and I don't think it was worth the $, but the kids really liked it. We had some car trouble in the morning so by the time we got there Austin was done for the day so I didn't get a lot of pictures. (Sorry Sara, i was going to stop by, but Austin was a RAWNCH!)

THE GIRL'S DANCE RECITAL

BEWARE: MAJOR MOMMY BRAGGING MOMENT!

Aubree was invited to be on an INVITE ONLY soccer team starting for next fall! They will do some in depth training and get her ready for competition soccer. Way to go Aubree!

FINE I'LL DO SOME MORE!

MY FATHER IN LAWS BACKYARD

These pictures were taken from my in laws backyard if you can believe it! There backyard is amazing! Later in the summer I will post more when all of his roses have bloomed. He has 83 rose bushes!

Heritage Park

ADDIE'S 5 YEAR PHOTO SHOOT

So she decided not to wear the outfit I specifically bought for this and changes her headband at the last minute that doesn't match...so Addie!

ADDIE'S PRESCHOOL GRADUATION

Today Addie graduated from preschool! Of course I was a big boob and cried the entire time! Aubree never went to preschool so this was the first one. And we really liked Addie's teacher and she's moving..so there.
Anyways. It was really cute and Addie loved being the center of attention for once. I think she kind of feels left out since Aubree has soccer games every week so this was her thing. Afterwards I gave her a make up purse full of nail polishes and nail stickers.

THE EGGS HAVE HATCHED!!

So I checked on the nest today to find 10 out of the 12 eggs have hatched! The mom wasn't there so I quickly snapped some shots with the girls holding them (which of course I later learned it was a big NO NO!) I immediately called Addie's preschool teacher cuz coincidentally these last 2 weeks they have been learning about mommy animals and their babies. So she came over and was worried about them sneaking out under the fence so we put them in one of my storage bins next to the nest. By this time I was thinking the mom was gone for good and what in the world was I going to do with 10 baby ducks! So about 30 minutes later I hear the mom duck come back of course going crazy. I was worried she was going to reject them now that we've touched them. So I dumped them out of the bin and just waited to see what would happen. It took her a couple of hours, but I just checked on them and now she's sitting on them. Now I need to get a pool! And of course all I'm hearing is "Can we keep one?"

THE NEWEST MEMEBER OF OUR FAMILY

Ewe is all I can say. Since the dog idea got shot to you know where, I had to settle for this. What was supposed to be a simple FHE activity to the local pet store turned out costing me $150!

SPRING AT OUR HOUSE

So this is what I have been doing while Austin is at preschool. I'm sunburned, my back hurts, and I think I've convinced David just to pay someone to do the rest cuz i can't do anymore!!

"PETS" IN OUR BACKYARD

Apparently our backyard has become a haven for wild animals, probably because of all the weeds! We have a wild duck that has laid eggs, a birds nest, and this morning we found baby kittens in the window well!

MY NIECES PHOTOSHOOT