Raging Waters!

Friday was Madison's birthday so we all headed to Raging Waters. We were there for 8 hours and by the time we left we were all haggered. It was such a great day! Happy Birthday Madison!

Fun 4th of July!

Watch out! Grandma's on the waverunner.


Grandpa on the waverunner


going out for some fun


Syd and her grandpa on the tube


Kiddos in the river

Darin, Rebecca, Melissa, Bud, Bradley, Dave and Nora

Madison, Maelle and Bradley

Syd

Mom and Dad on the BBQ

Erika and Madison

We had such a great 4th of July! We headed up to Idaho and on the 4th had a BBQ at my parents Bishop's house on the river and then we headed to my parents house that evening and had dinner and an awesome illegal fireworks show. I love the 4th of July!

Water Party!

Summer is officially here! We had our first neighborhood water party and it was a blast. By 5 o'clock we had a lot of friends over. The neighborhood kids call Dave "Mr. Dave". I purchased a bunch of water balloons and we blew them up and threw them at him when he pulled in from work. He was a good sport about it and we all had a good time. All except for my sunburned head and arms. I didn't think to put sunscreen on myself just the kiddos.

I took the girls last week to get their ears pierced. We have been talking about it for quite some time but they were always chicken. Maelle went first so Syd had to do it. She couldn't let her little sister show her up. Syd is allergic to nickel so we had to get her some nickel free earrings. She seems to be doing great with them so far. Having girls is so much fun! We had a girls day and did some summer clothes shopping. My little girls

are growing up!

The Zoo!

The triple stroller exhibit, babies included, coming soon to a zoo near you!


Sisters and a cheetah.


Our own little zoo animals!


Watching the elephants.



Monday we decided to meet Andrea and her kiddos at the zoo. It was such a perfect day to be there. It wasn't to hot and the animals were out. We had a great time. We could have stayed and been our own exhibit with the triplets and their triple wide stroller. I sware more people stared at us and that stroller.

Easter!

Syd and Alexis practicing being princesses
in their Easter dresses. Really-Syd told Lexi
how princesses sit and put their hands and feet.

The gang after the hunt!


The gang in their Easter dresses!


Discovering what was in those eggs!


Maelle, Syd and Abby! Horse Crazy!


Abby, Madison, Syd, Lexi and Maelle


Maelle


Dad and Andrea


We had such a great Easter weekend! My sister and her family were so kind to have our whole family down to her house. We got to ride horses, hunt for eggs, play in the desert, shoot guns and eat lots of good food! Thanks for such a good time!

It's been awhile!

Hola! I haven't posted in quite some time. Life is much better than it was a month ago. We ended up trading in our SUV and getting Dave a Camry and me a Nissan van. My dad is doing much better. For those of you who don't know what happened he was involved in a car accident that killed three people and injured another. He is a truck driver and he was fully loaded when he entered an intersection, in So. CA on the border, on an old country road where the stop sign had been taken down and not put back up. The people he hit were 3 couples on their annual trip to So. CA. There were three people in the back and three in the front. A couple and a woman in the back seat were all killed. A woman was behind my dad who witnessed the whole thing and she was from the area where the accident happened. She told my dad and the police that she had called the county numerous times about that stop sign. To make a long story short it has been a hard month but a good one. The Lord works in mysterious ways. A cool story to tell is the couple that passed away in the accident were strong LDS people, I guess they all were, but my brother-in-law knows some of the family of the couple that died. He works in the same circles as the woman's brother. He told my brother-in-law that a few weeks before they left on their trip his sister prepared her will and took her entire family to Disneyland. On their way down for their annual trip they stopped and went thru the temple. She called her brother afterward and told him that he was going to have to take care of their mother because she wasn't going to be around to do it. I have never felt emotions like I felt when I received the phone call about the accident. So many things went through my mind. I can't even imagine how my dad feels. A speaker at Stake Conference said that we are given trials so that we can be torn down and built back up to become what the Lord wants us to be. I don't know why families had to loose their loved ones or why my dad was the one to take them from this life. Questions that I will probably never know the answers too. I do know that I have to keep the faith and that there is a purpose to all things. Thanks for all of your support. Keep my dad in your prayers.