Houston, we have a climber!!!

So this little girl is driving me crazy! She is such a little climber all of a sudden. I can't leave her alone for a second because she climbs up on everything. I am not used to this because Ethan never climbed at all. She gets on the coffee table and stands up on it, she scoots a chair over into the kitchen and gets up on the counters, she gets on top of the table and stands up, while we were in Utah at my mom's house she got up on top of their piano, she's crazy! Well today, we had a new one... she woke up and started crying around 7:15am, that is earlier than she normally wakes up, so usually if I let her cry for a couple minutes she will go back to sleep. So I was letting her cry and after a couple of minutes I hear a loud thud! I thought what the heck was that, and then I hear her screaming at the top of her lungs, and the sound is coming closer! Yep you guessed it, she climbed out of her crib, or should I say fell out of her crib while trying to climb out. She came running into me, screaming and holding her head. I was worried she hurt herself, but after checking her over, she seemed fine and was running around happy as can be. HONESTLY!!!! What am I going to do with this little girl? I hope she doesn't keep up this climbing out of the crib thing. She took a nap just fine, and cried for me to come get her, so we will see what happens. She is definitely keeping me busy, with the climbing and getting into EVERYTHING!!! I am going crazy! Any suggestions?

LAGOON II

We were lucky enough to be able to go to SLC, Ut again this summer. We just can't get enough, and it was still hard to come home, even for the second time. We also got to go to Lagoon for the second time also, but this time we went with Dave's family. We had so much fun, despite the extreme HEAT!!! The kids had fun going on rides with their cousins. Dave's sister Amy and her kids were visiting from AZ so it was so fun to have all the cousins together at one time.

Me and my sister in laws(Dave's sisters) riding the train at Lagoon

The three little girls enjoying the train ride. Hannah, Carly, and Emily are all the same age and are the best of friends(cousins). And they get along so good, and love playing with each other.

Ethan and Hailey on the train

Ethan and his cousins riding the boats, he is riding with Hailey, and Emily and Ryan are in the boat behind them.

Hailey and Ethan ready to ride the little boats, Ethan really enjoyed ringing the little bell on it.

Ethan and his cousin Hailey riding the little boats at Lagooon

Hannah loves the rides more than Ethan does. She would ride any ride if she could.

Ethan flying in the airplanes. This is one of five rides that Ethan will actually ride at Lagoon.

Hannah riding on the horsey!

Swimming at Grandma's

While we were in Utah the kids had alot of fun playing in the kiddie pool in Grandma's backyard

Swimming

While we were in Utah we went swimming at my sister's gym, they have a cool outdoor pool, and waterslides. We had alot of fun! Ethan didn't want to go, because he didn't want to get in a deep pool, but I told him there was a kiddie beach entry area, and I guess he didn't quite get it, and was complaining that we had to go! Mean mom, huh? Well he ended up loving it and threw a fit to leave. Hannah loved it as well! Good times!

Us in front of the pool in our lounge area

Ethan hanging on the edge of the pool, he started getting braver after awhile.

Hannah and I taking it easy in the shade

Ethan and his cousin Gavin enjoying the pool, they thought it was fun to hang onto the edge.

Ethan and I taking a picture of ourselves as we are laying out

I almost forgot!!!!

My other favorite thing-

I had to add this picture on because Dave was feeling bad that I didn't include him on my favorite things! He is definitely one of my favorite things! So this one's for you DAVE!!!

Two of my Favorite Things!!!

*The 4th of July*

We were lucky enough to be in Salt Lake for the 4th of July! We had a BBQ at my sister's house, did some fireworks in their frontyard, and then we went to Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, to watch the fireworks, we had so much fun sitting outside in nice cool weather enjoying ourselves. The kids had fun with their glow sticks, and my sister fixed goody bags for the kids with some candy and toys inside to keep them entertained. She also brought drinks and made homemade popcorn for all of us to enjoy while we were there, she always does such cute things and makes parties so much more fun! The firework show was so good, it lasted for a half hour and the kids loved it! We had such a good time on the 4th, we love every opportunity we get to spend with our families!

Hogle Zoo

So today we went to Hogle Zoo(which is in Utah) with my sister in law and her kids. We had a fun time, the kids loved it. We got to see a tiger swim and jump in and out of the water, and splash up against the glass pane in front of us, and then we got to see an elephant show, where the elephant (which happened to be named "kristy") performed some tricks for us. It was a fun HOT day! We have had so much fun this past week and a half in Utah. It will be so hard to go back to Vegas! The kids have had so much fun playing with their cousins, Ethan keeps asking why we can't just move here, I just say I wish we could, believe me!!!!