This is why I will be teaching the Boys to drive!!!

When Tom comes home from work Nathan likes to go out and see him. One day I heard lots of laughing and signing. I went out and this is what I found. I think you can all tell that Tom likes to rock out while he drives. Nathan might have picked up on this. What do you think?

This summer we went to San Clemente State beach camping for the weekend with my parents. It was a great weekend. Cheryl and Jordan came down on Friday and spent the day at the beach with us. There were huge waves so it was not very good water days but great camping.

My wonderful Father did all of the cooking, and it was so good. And yes in case you are asking, those are hot dogs on Nathans face.

Grandma spent many hours playing Uno with the boys.

This is just another crazy video. They spent hours making these. Tom and I had gone to see the Time Travelers Wife. I think that is what sparked the idea.

This summer the cousins were together for almost three weeks. They had so much fun. All five of them spent every moment that they could together. We did many fun things. This is what I think they had the most fun doing.

Our Annual 4th of July Party

Nate had such a great time playing with the big kids. He knows that he is really 15.

Jacob's friend Jordon. Who spends enough time here it's as if we have 4 boys.

It was really a fun day. Cheryl and her family came over. My Mom and Dad came. We watched the planes fly, watched the people jump out of the planes, ate and watched the fireworks. It was a great day!

4TH of July

This Year our ward had a bike parade at our 4th of July Pancake breakfast.

This was Nathan's first trip out on his new big boy bike.

He was so proud of himself.

Jacob helped sing in the primary choir.
It was a really fun Morning and a good way to start a really fun day.

Jeffrey was in helping the big boys prepare breakfast.

Feeding The Birds

This summer we went to the Long Beach Aquarium. It was a fun trip but we had more fun playing with the birds than looking at the fish.

Good Morning

Well this is a sign that there is a teenager living in our house.

A love of shoes

One day Nate kept going in and out of the garage. I went to see what he was doing and this is what I found. It is his shoe store. Every ones shoes all organized. He has gone on to play this game many times. This summer Alli and the kids came and he was so happy to have new shoes to line up.

Easter

This year the older boys played the roll of the Easter Bunny. It was so fun watching them help Nathan make memories.

They taught him you always eat the ear first!

But no one colors eggs like Dad.

Catch UP Time

I can't believe it has been almost a year since I updated. Life has been crazy. I will spend the next few days getting a years worth of fun caught up. We had a very sad thing happen in our ward. While we were all in Church our neighbors in back of us, who are also in our ward. Their house burned down. It made me realize many things. 1 We are so blessed to be members of a church that take such good care of each other. 2 I wanted to make sure that I have memories kept somewhere other than just at home. So I will be doing a much better job of updating our life.