T-Ball Picture

McKay had his t-ball party the other day and he got his pictures and, more importantly, his medal (which he wore for 3 days straight!)

All My Little Fishes!

I don't know if I've mentioned this or not, but my kids love swimming! This weekend we hit Ross Park in Pocatello (pictures above), the splash park in Rexburg, and Rigby Lake again (pictures below)! We took the two little girls that live next door with us to Rexburg and Rigby (we couldn't ask for better neighbors... and I don't think we will ever be able to move unless we take them with us!) It was so hot this weekend! I didn't even mind the 25 loads of laundry... all towels and swim suits! Kayden came with us to Ross Park but missed all the water on Saturday because he was in Island Park riding four wheelers (this was a good thing... because he probably would have died at the splash park... lots and lots of little kids!)

Oh duh.....

So I just realized that I didn't give a little blog-shout-out to my brother and his wife who had their fifth child, and first BOY!! His name is Carson Nathan Peterson, and he was born at 12:35 on July 2nd. He weighed 9 lbs 3 oz, and was 21.5 in. long, but according to Nathan is growing fast already. They are in Germany, and all of us over here feel really far away. We would all love to have a little hold.

Welcome to the "Family of 7-Club!"

Baptism and Fun

Addie, my niece was baptized on Saturday the 11th, and we had such a nice day! She was baptized that morning, then we went to the park to eat some lunch and then we headed off to Rigby Lake to swim and play in the sand for the rest of the afternoon.

(Outside the church... Taisha has VERY sensitive eyes, so being outside was making her eyes water. Every picture we took had Taisha squinting or closing her eyes!)

I noticed that Anaya still had sand in her ears during sacrament meeting... After church McKay came and told me that his teachers were moving out of this world. I asked him if he meant out of the "ward" and he said ya, maybe something like that. Hmm... maybe too much Star Wars for that guy... he didn't even seem concerned that they were moving out of the world. He lost his other tooth on the bottom, and then promptly ran all crazy into a table trying to get away from a bee, so he has a bruise and a banged up lip, and he won't let me take a picture. It feels like summer is going too fast. It actually has me a little worried! Kayden and Malia are getting their patriarchal blessings Wednesday night, and Kayden has his Eagle court of honor on Tuesday (I think that's what it's called... I'm such a good scout mom...)

4th of July and are all last children like this?!

We went to Lagoon again this year for the 4th of July. I hope I'm not letting out a great little secret, but every time we have gone to Lagoon on a holiday (Memorial Day, Labor Day, or the 4th) we have had the best luck with lines. There are just fewer people there on holidays. And this year the weather was so nice and mild too! We spent the 3rd and 4th at Lagoon, and both days were so nice! This was the first year we didn't have to pack a stroller or a wagon. And McKay decided to join the big kid group and went on all the big coasters... and loved them! This made Anaya jealous, so we had to ride the Bat with her over and over again.

I came home with strep throat though, which was a bummer... While I was spreading strep throat to half the neighborhood, I ran into the lady that substituted for Anaya's primary class on Sunday. I asked how Anaya was on Sunday, and she told me that Anaya told her in great detail all about how I only love her and why I couldn't possible love the other kids. Oh that's great... Now, I was never a last child, and she's the first last child I've ever had... so I'm not sure if that is standard attitude for a last child, or if that's just Anaya. So naturally I go to upload some pictures from Lagoon, and I only have pictures of Anaya... so maybe she's right. I can hardly see how that can be true though because on Sunday I was enjoying sacrament meeting sitting next to one of the sweet older ladies in our ward, and a previous bishop and his wife sitting behind us, and I look down, and Anaya is dealing out face cards to McKay... she brought face cards to church. Nice. Hmmmm... so I just proof read that last paragraph and I guess I should clarify that Anaya is my FIRST and LAST last child.


Kayden is all done with drivers ed, and has 6 months and 50 hours driving with an adult, but at the current rate, he will have those 50 hours done in about one and a half months. He is VERY excited to be driving.

Taisha has been on a cooking kick (which, by the way, is not very good for the diet.) I had to take her cookbook shopping, and then as long as I keep her in ingredients, several times a week we'll have cobblers and crisps and cookies and muffins and she wants to learn how to make candies next. *sigh* I have ZERO self control when it comes to home-baked food.

And then Malia has been wanting to sew (I honestly have no idea where they are getting all these homemaker ideas from), so she has been sewing all my old shirts together. So now I have a bunch of shirts that have the arm holes sewn together and the bottoms sewn up. She keeps telling me that they would made awesome trick or treat bags (because she hasn't sewn up the neck holes yet). Maybe we'll pick up a pattern and some fabric and sew something for real.

Alrighty, did I cover all the kids, so as to not have favorites? Take that Naya.....