Trip to the Temple

It has been awhile since Dave and I have been able to go to the temple. This last weekend though we were able to con I mean convince some friends into taking our kids off our hands so we could enjoy the blessings of the temple. Thank you so much Wilcox and Pyle families!!!

Our friends Jeremy and Alisha came with us. We told them we should take pictures because who knows when they'll be back after the twins arrive.

It was a wonderful experience as always. I love to spend time in the temple. Dave's schedule is so crazy lately that spending any time with him is a treat so to have him drop everything and take me to the temple was wonderful. Work did catch up to him on the way home but by then it was too late for them to ruin our day. I love you Dave.

Savannah's Birthday

This is what you might call the beginning of the end. Our Savannah just turned 12. Gone are the days of staying home and playing with dolls (okay so maybe not quite). She is a Young Woman now and pretty soon all thoughts of family will be replaced by friends and boys (okay so that's already happened). Savannah is such a sweet, talented and beautiful girl. We love you sweetheart!

We celebrated with a bit of make-up, hair-do's, pedicures, and ZUMBA!!

Here's Savannah with Aubrey and Cherylynn.

Emma and her friend Avery didn't want to miss out on the fun!

Thank you Alisha, Debbie, Polly and Betsy for all the help on the party!

Helping

So Emma had a friend spend the night and they decided to give me a helping hand. First they sent the boys to shower. Next they helped them get their pj's on and sent them to brush their teeth. The boys were thinking this was great because the girls were actually paying attention to them. All I had to do was kiss them goodnight and turn out the light. VERY NICE!!

The next morning the girls decided to continue helping by getting the boys fed and ready for summer school. Well. . . .they made scrambled eggs, french toast, juice, cereal, peanut butter toast and a HUGE mess. Emma sprayed Pam on my nice Calphalon pans which has pretty much ruined them, I spent over an hour cleaning up, and I had to throw away a ton of food.

It was all worth it though. The fact that they took that kind of initiative on a non-Mother's Day day was wonderful.

Emma attempting french toast

The girls putting the boys on the bus

The storm after the calm

Ren just doing his own thing, I think Jack took this picture

High Adventure Camp at Big Lake

Ren had a blast fishing in the White Mountains.

That's trout on the line and Lance Clawson next to him. Lance was great with the boys. Thanks Lance!

Dave was able to join Ren for the last day of fishing and as you can see they were pretty productive.

Here's the fishermen. All together they caught over 100 fish. That's a lot of fish to clean. I just have to wonder, as I notice the sign in the background, if any of the boys/men did actually read the instructions?