Lake Powell

Our Lake Powell trip was probably our best trip ever. Grandma and Grandpa were able to come with us for half of the week. Our kids love them so much. We spent the days fishing, roasting marshmallows over the campfire, swimming, and a little bit of skiing. Mark and I are getting old, we don't ski near as much as we used too!! We had the funnest time playing baseball with the kids. Maycee caught 4 fish the first night, lucky little girl. All of the kids caught a fish, and even Grandma got in on the action. I wish I could post the video of the screaming while she was reeling it in. It was awesome!!
For Braxton's birthday we went into the Marina and got ice cream. It was so fun to celebrate his birthday at the Lake. The second half of the week our friends came and spent a few days. We love Greg and Torrey and had such a great time with them. Their girls are so dang cute and get along so well with our kids. They loved hanging on the beach and playing in the sand. We built them a little pool on the beach with an island. Greg even rigged it so that it had a waterfall at the top...it was pretty cool!! We ended up burying them in it the last day. It was a trip we will never forget. We love that place...when we are far away from work and everything else and all you have is each other!!

Braxton's Birthday

 

Can you believe it Braxton is 6 years old!! It seems like yesterday that Andria placed him in our arms and we knew we were the luckiest parents alive. We are so grateful to her for being so amazing. We love her and her family so much!!He is such a sweet boy.
We were really excited when we found out one of our houseboat weeks was over his birthday!! The lake is his favorite place ever. Since his birthday was in the middle of the week we couldn't keep a cake cool for that long, so we improvised with a muffin and a candle. He was a good sport about it and had such a great day!! He got pancakes, bacon, and eggs for breakfast and a big ol' steak for dinner (his favorites). We had a game of baseball parents against Maycee and Braxton. They beat us 10-8. We almost won, but Grandpa started pitching for them and mom ended up striking out!! Thanks a lot Grandpa....did you really think we weren't gonna let them win? OK, maybe we wouldn't have :) He got some fly wheels and a Leapster. He was SSOOO excited. He loved the Leapster and he kept disappearing into the houseboat. He would put his pajamas on and lay on his bed to play his leapster. We love that kid so much. He is such a sweet brother with his sisters. Haylee and McKynlee say that he is their prince. I would have to agree...he is definately the prince in our family. We love you Brax!!

Just Chillin'

 

 

Well, in my last post I was talking about them just hanging out in their pj's and enjoying each others company. I got it on camera so that you could see just what I'm talking about. It doesn't get sweeter than this! The first picture they were all hanging out on the couch watching cartoons (it was about 11:00) but who cares it's summertime right? Then later that day they were all out in the backyard playing and Maycee came in asking for Otter pops. I got them and they all went running back outside. I looked out the window to see this! They are such cute little friends. I love it!!

Braxton's Graduation

 

Well, it's official Braxton is growing up. We just went to his Kindergarten Graduation. It was so cute. He has absolutely loved his teacher and school. His first day after school got out he started writing a book and playing school with his sisters. That's a good sign...he loves to learn. Good job Braxton, we are proud of you!!