Austin is loving football!! Here is a little clip of him playing, he is number 50, in the video he is the closest on the first line, in the blue in white. Saturday they had a Jamboree, which they played 4 teams for half and hour each. His first game is this Wednesday, he is so very excited!!
Also, Justice made the Girls Volleyball team. Tryouts were Wednesday & Thursday last week, she did a great job!! There were about 25-30 girls trying out and only 10 spots on the team. Go Justice!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Today 14 years ago, Travis & I got married for all time and eternity in the Washington D.C Temple. We have had a great life together thus far, and plan on spending the rest of our lives together, getting old together. We have 6 wonderful children who really make our lives happy and fullfilled!! I appreciate Travis and all his hard work, he is a great provider, father and husband. He works so hard for us, and so I can be a at home mommy. I love you, and always will. Here are a few pics from over the years.

First day of School!

It is official, today my kids went back to school!! Yeah, but sad. I will miss having them around the house. I am glad to get back so we will have more routine. They look so cute in thier new outifts for school. Karli doesn't go till after lunch, so she by herself in the pics. She wasn't ready for school as early as the other 3. It will be interesting to hear how thier day went this afternoon. I am excited for them to tell me. Then it is haircuts for the boys, volleyball tryouts for Justice, and then Scouts for Austin. We just don't slow down here!! Ryley starts preschool at the college in September. He is so very excited, especially to get a Batman back pack!!

New Braces!!

Today Justice got her braces on. We went this morning, it took about an hour and a half. She is looking good. So far she is not too sore, but probably by this evening she will be hurting. Tomorrow is the first day of school, hopefully she will not be too sore. Some before and after pics!!

Sand Bar

Today we spent a few hours at the St. Anthony sand bar with James & Amber and Christian, Taylor and Averi!! We had a fun, relaxing day. Kids loved swimming together, sliding down a waterslide, and jumping off the diving board into the river. We had a nice afternoon together.

Triathalon Dad!

We are so PROUD of Travis! Today he did his first team triathalon in Rexburg. It is called the Rush Triathalon and it includes athletes from 14 states. There were 500 athletes, this was Travis' first time doing something like this and he worked really hard to be ready for it. He did this as a team with the Sheriffs Department Marine Deputy who swam 1 1/2 miles, the owner of Diary Queen rode 26 miles for the bike part, and then Travis ran the grueling 10K. Racers started at an elevation of 4800ft. About half way into the run portion, racers were at an elevation of 5,200ft. The course then dropped back down to 4,800ft. Thier team took 2nd place!!!!!! Travis' goal next year is to complete the whole Triathalon on his own!! Photos to see!

Frog Catching!

My good friend Nantalie had some frogs at her house that she took her kids to go catch. So Friday she took me and the kids to her spot so they could catch frogs. This is Austins favorite thing, besides football. Ethan & Justice are in Utah at thier grandma and grandpa's house for 6 days so they missed out. This frog spot is in Plano, just 10 minutes or less from our house. The kids just loved it. They were so excited to get frogs. There were so many, you walked through the grass and they were just jumping everywhere. It was so much fun. The kids decided to take a dip in the water, and cool off. Ryley caught the first frog, it was catching mania after that. In all the kids got 14 frogs!! We took them home and bought a big rubbermaid container to put them in. So we have a frog box in the back yard!! It has been a neighborhood attraction!!

Football time~

Austin has started playing football this season, called Grid Kid Football. He is absolutely loving it!! :) He comes home from practice with a smile on his face, and more energy to keep on playing! He has practice every night from 5:15 to 7:30pm!! He would go longer if they would let him. Here are some of his moves he is trying out on his siblings!!

Summer Daze in the River

So we don't have a pool around, so we resort to the St. Anthony Sand Bar. It is a lot of fun, it is the closet we have to "beach" and this kids love it!! So we went today to cool off and the kids got nice and sandy!! I was nervous going by myself since it is a river and has somewhat of a current. On Thursday a 14 year old boy drowned, sad. But I braved it and took the kids without Travis. He was working. We all made it home alive, and no one got sunburned either!!

Baby in a Box!

So the life a baby must endure being the youngest of 6!! Ethan decided to put Kason in a box and walk around the house with him. Wierd! It was pretty cute, but Kason had this look on his face, not scared, or concerned, just gosh must I go through this humiliation!! He sorta had fun, I thought he looked cute!! Then Ethan thought a piggy back ride with Kason on his neck surely would be more fun!! Kason loves his big brothers!!

Happy Birthday Ryley!!

Yeah!! Ryley is 3, and has been dying to have his day!! The past 3 months has been one of the kids' birthdays and he has been asking when it is his Happy day. So finally it is here. It is hard to wait for your birthday when you are little. I love my birthday's, so I can imagine being little a year seems like forever. Today in Sacrement meeting Ryley kept asking when are we going home so we can have my birthday. Mind you he does not know the meaning of whisper, so it was like an announcement each time, and he asked like 5-6 times. In nursery they sang happy birthday to him, I was peeking through the window, and he was beaming!! Here are few pics of his party today!

Oooh Gross!

Okay cute little story. Karli has a friend who she plays with all the time, they are really good buddies. His name is Cody and he lives around the corner. Today she wanted to call him and tell him something, I asked what for. She said she had something to tell him, and didn't want MacKay to hear. He is the younger brother, Ryley's age. I said well what is it that you want to tell Cody? She says it is gross. I insist then that she tells me if it something gross I want to know what it is she is talking about. She says " I want to tell him I am going to marry him and kiss him!" AAAHHHH!!! I just crack up laughing. Too cute!! She is over at his house playing now, I wonder if she will tell him. KIDS!!