Catching up!!

So this summer we have done some wonderful things! The girls started off the summer in swim lessons which they absolutely loved!! They ended up having three weeks of swim lessons! We did two weeks at the Parks and Rec center here. It was my two girls and Trevor(one of their best friends from the ward) who ended up being in the swim class. Then two young men who were family and friends of some people in our ward ended up teaching classes too. Needless to say the girls were tuckered out by the end of the day. For one week the classes overlapped so they had swim in the morning and in the evening. They are such happy little water babies!! We also went camping with some good friends of our in the ward. It was great! So much cooler and lots of beautiful things to see. Here we are standing by some of the giant Sequoia's!! They are massive and so mystical and haunting. We went on a little hike around the "Trail of 100 giants".
The girls were so amazed by these trees!

It got pretty cold that evening. Here everyone is all bundled up!! We had a great fire and some yummy smores and hot chocolate!! Of course no camp is secure without some kiddos running around finding all the bugs and rocks! My kids kept getting bit by ants!! Needless to say they loved it bug bites and all!

My swimming beauties with their teacher. Aislynn was so sad when swimming lessons were over. When her teacher gave her her award she started crying. I asked her what was wrong and she said "I am going to miss my teacher". That's my tender hearted Aislynn for you.

At Long Last!

So I know it's been forever since I posted!! So sorry! It was becoming more of a chore than anything. I love blogging and for me it's the best thing to a diary that I have kept over the years. Yes I know I am bad! However when something becomes a major chore then it takes me a while to get motivated again. So, I am motivated. Lots of thing have happened in the months since I have blogged LOTS!!! My children continue to grow everyday. I did not give them permission to do this, but alas it doesn't matter they continue to grow and get bigger and more independent. I love them to pieces and just try and cherish those small moments everyday. Devonney has grown by leaps and bounds. Someone needs to tell her that she was a preemie. She is no longer the 4 pound little baby bird as you can tell by the above picture. She has chunked out to ginormous proportions. She is everywhere. She rolls hops and just gets into everything. She gets up on all fours and hops, not crawls. She can push herself up to a sitting position. She sits all by herself quite well and is just a joy!! She is such a happy kid. She eats like it is going out of style! Notice those thighs. She has thighs on top of thighs and I love it. I kiss those rolls all day long. She is still a shorty. At her six month appt she was only 24 inches. Now she is 8 months so we will see how she has grown! Aislynn and Bailey started first grade today. WOW... they are such dolls. They are so kind and loving to each other and their younger sisters. Of course we have the normal sister fighting, but for the most part they really are good to each other. Cecely is my three year old going on 15. She starts preschool tomorrow. She is so smart and pragmatic. She cracks me up. She is my little piece of sunshine wrapped in a tornado. She keeps me on my toes!

Adam loves his job. Ridgecrest is really good to us. We love our ward and our friends. We are about to move to another house, but staying in the same ward which is fabulous. The girls had to start a new school because they are in a different school district. They were so brave and such troopers!! I am in Young Women's and love my calling! Adam teaches the 8 and 9 year olds.. We had a wonderful summer with lots of play dates and parks and everything else you can do while out of school. It's been HOT HOT HOT. It was 110 today. Life is really good and we are enjoying the ride. We continue to be blessed everyday with our beautiful family. We have such great friends here and cannot imagine being anywhere else. Well we would love to be closer to family, but if we have to settle this is not too bad :) We love you all and I promise I will do a better job....