Cherry Hill for Scott & Sydney's B-day

Any of you that know Renee know how she goes way over board for birthdays and special occasions. She had the cutest hats and decorations for their party and the cake was darling too. She really stresses herself out but if you've ever been to one of her parties they are always a lot of fun and everyone really loves all the stuff she does and we know that she just loves doing it! Kinsley really liked the water but after about an hour she got tired and then slept for the rest of the swimming time. The girls had a lot of fun with Sydney's neice and nephew and had been begging me all year to take them there. Brandon and I went on the tube ride and I flipped over on my tube and went under water it was a blast! Especially on the water slides. Anyone who has been to Cherry Hill as a kid knows that the more weight you have the faster you go and we were airbourne at the end of the slide and kept going almost to the stairs at the very end.(Guess we need to loose a little weight) We all had a great time and hope Scott and Sydney had a wonderful B-day we love you guys.

Smile for daddy!

Kinsley was only a few months old so this was a little while ago but it is so flipping cute I had to share it with you. Kinsley loves her daddy and she is his little princess! Brandon thought he wanted a boy until he had this adorable little girl. Every time she hears his voice she turns her head to find him and is smiling and shaking because she gets so excited when he talks to her. She definitely knows her daddy's voice and loves him very much he is the best dad ever! Don't you just love the spitting up and the end. Every time we video her she has to spit up sometime during it!

Jada's 8th Birthday

Well my blogger buddies it's been quite awhile since I've posted anything. Let's just say I'm a little behind.(only about a month though) Jada's Birthday was on the 24th of August which was a Sunday so we had here party the day before on the 23rd. Her Grandma Woolf let her borrow her awesome huge water toy and she was so excited for all her friends to go to her Grandparents house to play in the water! Since no one ever R.S.V.P. to a birthday party I was expecting it to be 3 boys from our neighbor hood or friends from school and Jada. All of the girls just told Jada at school they were coming but she didn't bother to let me know that. She ended up with quite a few kids there and I was a little worried that they would destroy her grandma's new toy. Even with all the crazy wild boys the toy survived and the kids had a blast with that and the water guns. One boy inparticular was so hyper he was a little acting a little weird and then I remembered he was the one who stayed up next to the candy most of the time while the others played. I doubt he went to sleep that night but I did try to warn his mother that he ate a lot of candy but she didn't act surprised!
She got a lot of really nice gifts and was so excited about all the money and gift cards she got. She thinks she's rich now and whenever I tell her we can't do something because we don't have the money she say's," I can pay for it mom I have lots of money." I tried to explain that those are her gifts and she needs to spend them on herself. Everyone had a great time and we really appreciated Grandma and all her work she did to help and for letting us do the party there it was so nice of her.

Island Park

Now this is my kind of camping!

Wednesday the 13th of August we left for a long drive to Island Park. I was planning on having to deal with a crying baby the whole way and I was ready with the Benadryl!j/k To our surprise Kinsley hardly made a peep the whole way and Jada was quite entertained with movies and video games. Makayla wasn't able to go with us since she decided she really wanted to go to girls camp. We had a little bad luck on the way when we stopped for gas and I sat in the car and feed Kinsley while Brandon was supposed to be pumping gas. All of a sudden Renee is outside yelling help and I'm wondering what in the world is going on because she was looking right at our car. My silly husband decided he would go in and get a drink while the gas was pumping and when the truck was full the gas just kept on pouring out and was spraying everywhere. No wonder grandma was yelling. I tried not to get to upset since it was just the beginning of our long camping trip and we were off to a gassy start! I'm sure glad gas is so cheap right now that we can just let it spray all over the ground while the amount just keeps on getting higher and higher. We must be rich and I didn't even know it! Well minutes later we discovered that one of the tires on the trailer with the 4 wheelers was almost completely flat and of course this hole of a gas station didn't have any air. Thank goodness grandpa had his air compressor in the trailer. So much for getting to the camp site before dark. It was extremely hot so while the sweat dripped of Brandon's head while he changed the tire I was thinking this is going to be a very pleasant drive and we were only in Pocatello! Thank heavens my husband is so laid back because I would have been cussing up a storm and been in a horrible mood the rest of the day. He just got back in the truck drenched with sweat and said, "oh well what do ya do?" He is an amazing man and he impresses more and more each day. He is so handy I think he could fix almost anything and he is so easy going I think that's how he can put up with me. Anyways back to the camping trip sorry I got a little side tracked with my wonderful husband! When we finally got there it was almost 9:00 p.m. and getting dark quickly so we had to unpack and set everything up in the dark but the trailer has big lights so it wasn't that bad and Grandpa is really quick getting everything all set up so we could have water and go to the bathroom. Camping now days is almost like staying in a hotel with the mountains just right outside the door. Ryan and Renee's Toy Hauler is so nice equipped with everything even 2 flat screens and a microwave now this is my kind of camping I don't think I'll ever be able to stay in a tent again! Kinsley was the cutest little camper and she was very good the whole time even though on the day before we were going home I think she got a little home sick and she is teething. She absolutely loved Grandpa's Rhino and was so happy every time she got to take a ride on it. We had to pack so much for just her I thought we were going to have to bring another trailer just for all of her stuff! The second night we got their we headed in to West Yellowstone for shopping, dinner and a play. I was a little worried about the play but just like on the drive there I was pleasantly surprised at how well Kinsley did during the play. It was the same one we saw last year and it is very loud and funny she had a hard time sitting still. She definitely kept the people behind us laughing as she moves her mouth back and forth on my chin and quite noisily at that. I was so exhausted by the end of the night from trying to keep her quite and on my lap through the play I was glad we were heading back. Kinsley kept us all laughing the whole way back to camp and she giggled and giggled while I pretended to sneeze and played peek-a-boo. She is such a joy to have around you just can't help but be happy when your with her and she is always smiling. The next day we went on a four wheeler ride which was a lot of fun. Except when we stopped and the hornets tried to get us. By the time we got home I literally had a brown nose and a small beard I looked very attractive to say the least but besides being filthy we all had a lot of fun! Especially Jada who rode in the back of the Rhino with Sydney and uncle Scott driving he gave them quite a ride! Jada thought it was awesome and when I rode behind them even though Jada had a seat belt on I would see her head pop up and I could tell her bottom was not touching the seat and she was loving ever minute of it! We also went swimming and played water volleyball. After that we relaxed in the hot tub it was great! Then Grandpa had his dutch oven cooking night and he whipped up the best ribs and potatoes ever. I didn't even know he could cook! Too bad none of that was passed on to my husband! After dinner we had peach cobbler and it was delicious too. You just can't beat sitting around a camp fire until late just talking and watching the fire! We had a wonderful time and were so glad they invited us to go along. Kinsley was even a little angel on the way home so I guess that made up for our bad luck at the beginning of our trip.

Kinsley's new bumbo and a little bling bling!

Well so much has happened over the past few weeks I don't even know where to start but first of all I will say how grateful I am to be feeling better after my kidney infection that was one of the most painful things I've ever had! Kinsley is feeling much better to and she is so happy and smiley that I can hardly believe that was her what do you people do with crying babies? I thought I would go out of my mind and I guess that's why God didn't give me kids like that because he knows I'd kill them. I just don't have the patience and It's so hard for me to let a baby cry unless they are just being spoiled. Well we decided Kinsley was ready for a Bumbo and she loves it! For those of you who don't know what it is it's the purple little seat in the picture. I never had heard of them until I was pregnant this last time and Brandon said we had to have one just because of the name! She loves to sit there and watch baby einstein or just hang out and she always has a smile on her face when she's in it. After we got Kinsley's shots we decided to get her ears pierced. Brandon said we might as well put all the holes in her in the same day instead of torturing her more that once. Suprisingly she did very well and I really don't think she would have cried at all if we wouldn't of had to hold her head and her arm down that made her very mad but as soon as we let go she stopped crying and we did the other one. She did the same thing so I don't really think it hurt her at all. She just didn't want us holding her down and you can't blame her for crying about that I would to if I couldn't move. They look so cute and my girls were so excited the first thing they both said was Kinsley look at your Bling Bling you are so beautiful and Kinsley smiled. She is really getting to the fun ages is so exciting when they start really discovering that they can do things and play with toys. She is always jabbering and cooing and it's just the cutest thing ever. We sure love our new baby!