hAppY 4th oF jUly!!!
so this is the first year that i haven't spent the 4th with my family. they decided to not come down this year, i guess that their 4-wheelers were feeling neglected so they spent the day out riding. our good friends april and jeff (jeff was one of allans mission companions, april and i are on the same dodgeball team) invited us to spend the holiday with them and jeffs sisters. we had so much fun!!! we woke up early to make it to the riverdale parade. it was great we saw my uncle randy driving one of the fire trucks. he threw us a lot of candy! after the parade we went to the carnival. i was a little disapointed, they really didn't have much for the kids to do, but dad made up for it by buy the boys both a rubberband gun. they love them. we had to tell them that we don't shoot people. that is still really hard for wyatt to understand. supposedly people make sucha a great target! after the carnival we were all starving. so we headed over to the neighorbood applebees for some grub. it was delish as usual. after eating we headed home for some much needed shut eye. the kids had already had such a long day and we still had more fun to come...

after our naps, we went to jeffs parents house for swimming on these awesome waterslides that the kids has a riot on, and for a bbq. jeff and aprils oldest girl, aspyn got this waterslide for her birthday. it was so huge. it had 3 slides and pools at the bottom of each. the kids has such a good time. it was the best babysitter yet. bekkie, joey and the boys ended up joining us a bit later in the day. all the adults played a game called kubb. it is a game that allan and jeff played in sweden on their mish. it was so much fun. allan and i need to get one.

here are the munchkins enjoying the firework show. jeffs parents live in prime firework location. we were able to see riverdale, plain city, north ogden and raptors stadiums firework show. it was awesome, beside the fact that allan and jeff were giving us their own little show! we all had such a good time and the kids all played so well together. thanks so much for inviting us jeff and april, we love getting together with your family.

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haPpY biRtHdaY kySa...

so we finally celebrated ky's 1st birthday...it was only a week late. we just couldn't seem to get a time that everyone could be there. we went to the new park by the athletic club. it was so much fun, the kids loved playing in the water while the adults visited and ate pizza.

this is a stuffed dog that ky got from aunt chantelle. kysa loved to give hugs to all the babies and animals that she got. (which was quite a few, it is so much fun to get a little girl a baby) ky also got a dora ride on toy from grandma becky and aunt kate, she got the cutest little red cowgirl boots from papa perry, a giggling baby from uncle nate, pink and purple princess blocks from the oneals, shape sorter from the davis' and a hand made animal from melissa bass. uncle rick and abby gave her much needed bath supplies. grandma jenny sewed some adorable dresses for her. thanks so much everyone, you really did spoil my girl!

here is the birthday princess!

i got ky a really cute little tutu to wear for here bithday. she looked so dang cute crawling around. it is so much fun to have a girl. we got here a carebear bithday cake too. i remember loving carebears when i was little.

i think that ky loved the cake the most. she was all over it. she was probably the first of my kids to really dig in and eat. we had to push the boys hands into theirs. by the end of the cake massacre ky was nothing but frosting. so bekkie and i gave her a sink bath in the restroom.

we ended the night with a bang. uncle rick and aunt abby came over and we did fireworks. they also gave the kids tons of glow stick, which they loved using as light sabers. ky was scared of the fireworks. she was giving me the death squeeze. i just want to thank all of you who came out to celebrate kys birthday with us. we love you all and are so thankful and you are in our lives.

happy birthday baby girl, we love you so much and are so grateful you are ours!