Labor Day

Logan and Kody were beyond excited for a 3 day weekend and a break from their early schedule. Kody kept trying convince me to take them to Disneyland. Since that was not a possible last minute plan we tried to plan some other fun things. Kody informed me that it was the worst Labor Day holiday weekend he had ever heard of! :) Granted, it was nothing compared to a weekend in Disneyland , but by the end I think everyone (including Kody) had fun! A few of the highlights....

Saturday morning we went to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and watch them make doughnuts ( I know I am horrible, I have never taken my kids in to see!)

We hung out at my Mom and Dad's. Carrie, Jonathan, and Sophia were here from Idaho!

We also headed out to a park across town that we had never been to!

(Love You Carrie!)

Elder MacKay!

My brother Owen was called as a missionary for our church! He is serving in the Texas, San Antonio Mission! It was really hard to see him go, but he is doing so well and loving it!!!!

After Owen was set apart, just before leaving for the MTC!

Logan and Kody have both said that they can't wait to be missionaries like Uncle Owen. Thanks for being such a great example to my boys Owen! We love you!

Let's Go Fly A Kite....

One of the "perks" of being a Hayes Hero in Kody's class is getting to pick out of the treasure box. Kody picked out an Iron Man kite (which ended up being 2 Iron Man kites). Since it was Monday and it also happened to be windy we decided to take the kids to a nearby park a fly Kody's kites. We had so much fun! Now every time we have a windy (or breezy day Logan and Kody ask if we can go to the park and fly the kites again!)

Kaylee chillin' in the stroller!

Dad, Lucie and Logan flying the kites!

Kody flying his kite!

Kody and Dad!

May to August (I told you I was behind!)

I can't believe the summer is already over! We had such a blast! The flash on our camera broke in June so the only pictures I could take were outside, and by the end of the summer I just flat out forgot it. Oh well!

Cub Scout Day Hike
On May 30th Jared helped take the cub scouts on a day hike, Logan DESPERATELY wants to go to scouts, so Jared caved and took him along on the hike. Logan was SOOO excited, I don't think he slept much the night before! :)

Water Day
The last week of school the first graders had a "Water Day/Camp Out". Logan thought that they were really going camping. It took quite a while, but I finally convinced him that they were only "camping" for the school day. They sang camp songs, earned merit badges, played water games, ate hot dogs, cooked on the grill, and made S'mores (in the microwave). He had so much fun!

Jeremy and Brittany's Wedding
The first weekend in June, Jared's younger brother Jeremy got married! Jeremy and Brittany asked Logan to be the Ring Bearer. Logan took his job SO seriously! I have NEVER seen him stand so still for so long! We all had a great time visiting with family! Welcome to the family Brittany! We love you tons!!!!


Owen's Graduation
The following Monday Owen graduated from Spring Valley High School! Congratulations Owen! We are so proud of you! Thanks for being such an awesome example! Go Grizzlies!!!! :)


Curtis Rex Reunion
Just 2 days after Owen's graduation we headed back up to Wyoming for a Curtis Rex Reunion! Mashelle and Jimmy planned a FUN weekend! Our kids keep asking when we are going to go fishing and bowling with their cousin's again! This is also the weekend our camera broke, so I only have pictures of fishing!

And so the rest of the summer is not forgotten:

Jared & I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary! Love Ya!

Celebrated Jared's Grandpa and Grandma Welling's 60th wedding anniversary!

Had an awesome Brent MacKay family Reunion!

Threw my sister Carrie a baby shower!

Attended a FUN Robert Raymond Rex Reuion! (Kody cried when it was time to leave! He has so much fun with ihis cousins!)

And TONS more! Hope you all also had an awesome summer!!!

Welcome!

Kaylee

March 11, 2009
1:04pm
7lbs 5oz
19 inches

Welcome to our family! We are so glad you are here!

Fourth of July

I know this is a little late...sorry! We had a great 4th! My family was having a reunion/camping trip outside of Parowan,UT. One sister and her husband were driving down from Idaho, and another sister and her family were coming from Cedar City. Jared and I were not able to go, I was really bumbed, but was trying to make fun plans for my kids anyway. Well, when my parents were almost out of town their air conditioner broke and they decided to just turn around and come home...so my sisters decided to come all the way down here too! I tried not to act too exicted! We barbequed...played my brother in-law's Wii..had a huge water fight...let off fireworks...and then watch the Red Rock Casino's awesome fireworks show! The kids had TONS of fun, so much fun that I couldn't get Logan to sit still for any pictures! Oh well! :)



Lucie kept pointing to her bow and saying "pretty".



Lucie liked watching the fireworks, but when we asked if she wanted to hold one she would say "owie" and hold her hand like it was hurt!




Kody was our "fireman" he stood ready to put out any fireworks that got out of control!



Kody also enjoyed the sparklers...until he thought the fire was getting to close to his hand!

Summer FUN!

Every summer I try to find fun, cheap things for my family to do. I always have grand plans at the beginning of the summer that tend to get pushed aside by the many other summer activities that pop our way. While we always have fun, at the end of the summer I am left looking back wishing I had done more. This summer I decided that I was going to make a plan and stick to it (as much as I could with 3 little kids). I know it has only been a few weeks but so far, so good! This summer we have tried a few new things that I wished I would have tried a long time ago! Here are a few!
1. FREE Family Festival: We have done this every summer since we have moved here, Regal Cinemas opens a little early and shows two (already out of the theater) family friendly movies every week. My kids LOVE this! and so do I because it's FREE! HERE is a link to their website...just type in your zip code to see if there is a participateing theater near you!
2. Public Library: I know...I sound like a really bad mom, I have been putting off taking my kids to the library until they were "older". I finally got brave enough about 6 weeks ago...oh how I wish I would have taken them sooner! It has been so much fun! We have checked out books on lighting, earthworms, snakes, lizards, the list could go on forever!!! Our library has a Summer Reading Program, you win prizes and other fun things, even Lucie can sign up, she LOVES handing in her tickets and getting prizes just like her brothers! Also, did you know that you can check out movies from the library? Logan and Kody LOVE going every week and picking out new movies.
3. School: Don't laugh, every afternoon we have been doing "school". Logan and Kody have LOVED doing "school". If I am running late one or both of them will ask me if it is time for school. They even have started calling me teacher (while laughing) and raising their hands to ask questions. It is SO cute! They are so proud of their work and can't wait to show their Dad all their hard work when he gets home from work!

I hope that these help someone...also, if you guys have any other summer fun activities I would love to hear them!

Ella's Blessing

On Sunday we went with my parents up to my sister's house in Cedar City to her daughter's baby blessing. This was the first time we (Jared and the kids and I) got to see her! (Ella is my first niece or nephew on my side of the family!) Oh, she was so cute! Logan and Kody were SO excited to see their new cousin! Logan has been telling me since she was born "Ella misses me and wants me to come hold her!" I was a little worried about how Lucie would react to her since she has never been around a baby before. The first time I held Ella Lucie came right up to me and wanted me to hold her too, I thought that she was jealous, but no, she just wanted to see her! I was SO surprised by how gentle Lucie was with her, she kept hugging Ella, no squeezing or anything! At one point Ella spit her binky out and Lucie reach over and grab it, I thought "Uh Oh, Lucie is going to try sucking on it!" (we recently took Lucie's binky away) but she instead tried putting it back in Ella's mouth. It was so cute!

Congratulations Hanna and Forrest!

Photography

My younger brother Owen is a junior in high school (soon to be a SENIOR!!!) and, in my opinion, a WAY awesome photographer! All of his picture are taken with a "Manual" camera...not digital, which I think is way cool because, none of his pictures are cropped or anything like that! He just started a photography blog so go check it out! It is http://photographybyowen.blogspot.com/

The pictures above are ones he took of my kids back in December.