Where did August Go?

Seriously, where did August go?  With August gone, that means my baby is going to turn one soon.  What!?!  Bare with me, lumping all of our August into one post.  Miss Macy makes the funniest face when things happen she is not sure of.  I believe the phone started ringing in this one.  She looks out of the corner of her eyes and does a tight lip thing.  I have yet to catch it on camera good.

We went camping a few times in August, once with Dad up in the Kelly Canyon area and once with cousins by Mesa Falls.  We had tons of fun on both trips and even snuck some huckle berry picking in.Cousins, Isaac and Brigham playing by Warm River.  I love this picture!We roasted marshmellows with the neighbors and all the kids slept outside for Brigham's "boy club"We took the kids to Tautphus Park Zoo and Macy was terrified of the penguin guy.  She started shaking and crying immediatly.  We may want to hold off from going to Disneyland anytime soon...

We went school shopping and then had a modeling show with the kids.  Tee Hee.Macy learned to play with Brigham...Batman is now her new favorite toy.  If you ask her what Batman says she will go "duh na na na na" Cracks me up.

Sent the kids off to school for 2nd and 4th grade.  Wow!

Trouble

Macy is trouble lately, she is very curious and into everything!  The fridge and dishwasher are her favorites, but I did catch her in her bottom drawer the other day, clothes emptied out of it and her just sitting inside all proud of herself.  I am going to be one busy girl trying to keep up with this one!

Ashtyn and I made sidwalk paint and this little stinker spoiled the fun real quick. 

She loves to play peek-a-boo in the curtains so they are always twisted up but that is ok with me because it is stinkin' cute!  I will put a video another time.

Don't let this one fool you.  She is just getting ready to pounce and ruin game time.  One of these days the kids will learn not to set things up on the floor anymore.

{Tear Drop Lake}

My littl snorklers

The kids playing in Tear Drop LakeMacy getting dirty...really dirty crawling around in the weird dusty dirt at Tear Drop.  She loved it!

Macy found all sorts of treasures on the ground.  She is showing me the pine cone she found... and tasted.  Yum Yum.

Brandon and Brittni joined us so we could break Brittni in (she had never been camping!).  They are playing Bocci Ball with Haylee.  Poor Brittni always has one of my kids hanging around her.  We just love her.  Thanks for the company Brandon and Brittni, I am glad you finally found us.  :)

A week of Lakes

Last week was full of visits to Lakes. We spent a day at Rigby Lake which gave us the itch to visit Tear Drop Lake. It was lots of fun. I am still trying to clean up from both excursions, sand and dirt are everywhere, but it was well worth it! Ashtyn building sandcastles with some neighbor friends Rigby Lake added a slide to the water this year. The kids loved it! Haylee and her friend Brittany goofing off. Brigham and his friend Aden Macy chillin' on the beach.

The 4th

We had a great 4th this year. The weather was a little chilly but it beat having the sun roast you the entire parade. Watching the Scouts carry 100 flags. Pretty cool. We met up with several people from the neighborhood to watch the parade. Our neighborhood is full of cute kids! This one is funny...all the Dad's sitting down, stuck with the little ones. Brigham was all star struck with the people from Star Wars. He wanted to shake their hand but got shy and ran off. ha ha Brigham and Dad climbing the rock wall at the neighborhood party. All decked out in their red, white and blue. We had a great day spending time barbequing with family and friends and watching some awesome fireworks. The kids really enjoyed the day. Macy loved the fireworks and clapped and talked the entire time.

Our latest project

{CAMPING-BIRCH CREEK}

We went caming at Birch Creek yesterday with Scott's brother, Rob's family. It was such an enjoyable time. This was Macy's first camp experience. As you can see, she was having a good time...even at 11 o'clock when it was past bed time. The kids got to fish. Ashtyn caught this weird looking fish which really creeped me out! There was a big cave with a trail leading to it that Scott had to climb with his motorcycle. He made his way up to the top of that trail. All we could see was a small black dot but it was fun to see him progress and make it up there. Michelle and Brigham are buds, they were so cute working together to pump up Brigham's bike tire. Macy is getting so big! She turned 9 months old yesterday and here are some of the fun things she has learned: -she crawls everywhere really quickly now -walks along the furniture -tries to let go of things and balance for a second then sits down really quick -she waves bye bye -dances to music -sings if you play the piano -says "yummmm" (more like mmmmm) while eating -makes a yuck sound when I change her diaper or when she tries to eat something off the ground and I get after her for it. -says Ut-oh, Dada, Mama, and mimics the sound of "there she is" after we say "where's the baby". She also tries to say "peek-a-boo". My favorite is that Scott taught her to say "argh" like a pirate. She is growing so quickly and learning so much. It is such a fun stage. The other day I found her just chillin' on the floor playing. She found some jackets to rest her head on and just kicked back to relax. Funny baby.