Our Family Reunion

We had a fun reunion this last weekend up in Bear Lake. We also went to Tressa's baptism in Salt Lake on Saturday, so we did a lot of driving back and forth!! My kids had SO MUCH FUN playing with all of their cousins. These pictures are some of the fun times we had. I forgot to take my camera to Salt Lake, but we had a great time being with family there as well!!

Lexi and Bella doing their "secret handshake..."

Brandon and RobbieDaryl in the "Money Tree..."


Go Daryl and kids...

Rob, D, and B doing a sewing project...

digging for money in the sand...

playing kickball on grandma's grass....lots of fun

TALENT SHOW TIME....lots of laughs!! Good job everyone!!!

Random Pictures

I just put all my pictures on my computer and realized I haven't posted a ton of them so here are just a bunch.

This is the gang that came to help put the sprinklers in...thanks everyone, we couldn't have done it without you!!! The kids had so much fun playing with cousins and digging holes everywhere!!!

Here are some pics of Memorial Weekend....

Yay, we get to go on bike rides this summer, the girls love it....for about 20 minutes!!

My little Ellee is one year old. CRAZY, this year went so fast. She is finally walking now, yay!! She has the biggest smile on her face as she walks around. We love her to pieces!!

Ellee and her friend Alyssa

These pics are for you mom and dad. We have been working on our yard like crazy. The cool rainy weather has been so good for our newly planted grass. Let me just say, that we are never moving again...this is the last time we are going to do a yard and build a house!! I will do a new pic when we see the grass...:):)

Cute little Ellee exploring her world....

We went to the zoo with B's family. It was so much fun and perfect weather, a little rainy, a little cloudy, and a little sunny. Daryls favorite part is the bird show. My favorite part has always been the big old FAT hippos, but they are gone now...:( I will have to find a new fav animal. I do love the train ride though....It seemed to be much longer when I was a kid :):)






Bre and Brandon at swimming lessons, they LOVE to swim...They have a great teacher and are going to take lessons 2-3 times a week all summer long...lucky ducks.

Thanks for all of your opinions!!!!

OK,
Now I just don't know what to do....D and I were thinking we really liked the middle name LU, because we always call Lex...Lexy Lu. We did also really like Alexa Belle, but I think "Belle" goes better with Alexa, and Lu goes better with "Lexi"!! Oh, man I hope she isn't crazy when she grows up??? J/K.
By the way here is a before and after picture of cute LEX. WE just butched her hair.

I think we cut off all of her blonde locks, because now she has much darker hair!!! It makes her look even more like her daddy!! And she is a daddy's girl!!!

ALEXA BELL OR ALEXA LU???

Well the time has come to make a big change in my cute little Lexi's life.... Poor child, we just figured out how we like to spell "LEXI", and it took us a while. Now we are going to officially change her middle name. Right now her middle name is "SUE" like Breanna's, but Ellee's middle name is not Sue and we don't want just one girl without the middle name Sue...so anyways to make a long story short, I found out that before the child turns 6, you can officially change their name on their birth certificate for only $15.
So lets hear from all of you out there. I am pretty sure I know which name I like the best for her, but lets see what you all like!!!
Just leave a comment if you have an opinion....
You have to choose between
ALEXA BELL OR ALEXA LU
Those are the options!!

CUTE PICS OF ELLEE AND LEXI

Here are some random pics of Lex and Ellee. Krista came up to visit and she had fun taking most of these pics....thanks kris!!

Cute little chubby baby face!!! I love you!!

She loves to "help" me do the dishes!!!

We don't have sidewalks out here in the country, so we teach our kids to run down the middle of the road!!!

Yes she is outside in her undies...how would it be to be three again????

WE LOVE SOCCER!!!!

Our two kids Bre and Brandon just did the Kohls cup. It was a long and very fun day full of nothing but soccer games. I coached Brandons team and they played their little hearts out but didn't do to well. He was bummed about not winning a game but only for about an hour. And he has moved on to BASEBALL which he loves!! So its all good.
Daryl coached Bre's team and they did awesome....coming in second place. She loves soccer and plays it year round and is really improving a lot. She has a cute bunch of friends that she plays with and they have fun together. I didn't take any video, but a got a few pics to remember the fun times!!!
Thanks so much to D's mom for coming to help us with the little girls, we couldn't have done it with out you!!!

Bre and Kate

Haley, Fin, and Bre

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