Go carts!

They just put in these new go carts right by my house and Grandma Gail took the boys last night. They were so very excited. We just love Grandma and everything she does for us. I love when she comes to Bear Lake to visit. She is such a help with the kiddos and they love her to pieces! It's nice to have someone to visit with too! She is such a good Grandma to my boys!

Colby and Grandma

Daddy and Carter and Brayden

Daddy and Carter. Thanks Grandma Gail. We love you!

My babies are 5!

What?! Where does time go? Just yesterday I was pregnant with these two handsome boys! Can't believe they are 5! Their birthday was July 23rd and we partied all day long!

My parents came up for the weekend and we played on the beach all day then in the evening we went to Andy's mom's property for some yummy dutch oven stew my Dad made, peach cobbler, and of coarse birthday cake! Way too much dessert for one night! But it was good! Grandma Gail and Uncle Sam and Meanta came up to see the boys. These boys are loved by so many people. Lucky guys.

They loved their tractor cakes.

Can't forget the presents!

Carter

Colby

The boys with Aunt Meanta waiting to see what Uncle Sam was bringing them!

Even Brayden Partied hard! It was such a fun day. Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate. At the end of the night Sam and Sam pulled out a slide show video they made of the twins from when they were babies until now. They also made a disc of all the home videos they have of the boys. Made me cry! That was very thoughtful of them!

Jackson

We went to Jackson a couple weeks ago. We went with our favorite family, the Hendersons. We have been really close to them for years. My kids just love them to death! Scott and RaeAnn are my kids other set of grandparents.  We stayed in this lodge in a little town called Victor. Downstairs was a kitchen and a big open living room. Upstairs had like 20 beds right in a row for everyone to sleep on. The kids were so excited when they saw all the beds. It's fun to see the little things that make them so happy.

The first night we went four wheeling and had a BBQ. Brayden screamed his head off every time we took him off of it!

The next day we hung out in Jackson all day.

Cute Carter wouldn't take his cowboy hat off all day.

That night we went to see the Bar J Wranglers. Before the show we went on a horse ride.

The boys with Scott. They all loved the show. They think the Cowboys are hilarious! So cute! Even Brayden was entertained.

The last day Scott and RaeAnn gave them their early Birthday present...

New fishing poles! They love fishing and were soooo excited!

And I think we wore them out! It was such a fun trip just not long enough! It was nice to be together as a family and actually have our Daddy there with no interruptions! We want to make this a tradition every year!

My family

My family came up to Bear Lake a few weeks ago. Everyone spent the night. It was lots of fun. My poor sister and her baby Olivia were sick so I felt bad for them. My brother's wife Keri is pregnant and very nauseated so I felt bad for her too. It was a little crazy with the whole family here but I loved it. Despite the sickness we had a good time.

Kinda hard to get a good picture of all the cousins. This is as good as we got! :)

My brother Aaron brought up this boat. The kids loved it!

Carter

Colby. The twins got to open their Birthday presents from Grandma and Papa and the cousins.

Me and my cute sister at the beach. She is the best sister a girl could have. :)

We played games, had a bbq, and went and got shakes! I love my family so much. It means a lot when I get visitors. We pretty much don't see Andy on the weekends because he is crazy busy so it's nice to have the company!

Colby and Carter's soccer

The boys just finished up soccer and t-ball. They loved both! They were actually really good at soccer. Every game they each scored several goals. I love watching them! I was planning on getting a bunch of t-ball pictures the last day then the game got rained out. Yes I am a slacker!

Carter is a natural athlete. He is so competitive! The look on his face is so intense when he is playing. What a little stud!

Colby is really fun to watch as well. He is not quite as competitive as Carter but he sure goes after the ball. It's funny to watch how many times he falls on the ball. It sure cracks us up!

Twins really are so much fun! I am one lucky mommy. It is interesting to see how much alike they are and how different they are at the same time. They are so competitive with each other. I think that is by far the
hardest thing about having twins. Everything is a competition. They always want to go first in whatever we are doing which very often causes a fight! In the car they fight over who gets to sit by Bryaden. Makes their mom crazy somethimes! Gotta love em though!

The whole Garden City team.

Andy was always in there coaching the boys! What a good daddy!

Brayden's two favorite things

My sweet little Brayden is soooo much fun! I have enjoyed every minute with him. He has such a fun personality. He is pretty smart for his age. He will say anything you tell him to. Brayden has two favorite things...

His papa! Oh man he loves my Dad I think more than me. These two have such a bond. If Papa is around mommy doesn't exsist anymore. He will ask me SEVERAL times a day "Where Papa go." He will always pick up the phone and pretend he is talking to Papa. So sweet! We sure named him right in naming him after my Dad.
                                                                 Brayden's other favorite thing is...

This would be his "de de." He drags this blanket EVERYWHERE!!!!

Across the lawn

And right into the sandbox!

Of course de de has to be there when we have our lunch! Not sure how long Mr. De De is going to last when I have to wash him at least twice a week. Funny boy!

4th of July

Every year close to the 4th of July Logan puts on an amazing firework show. It's a tradition that Andy's whole family goes and sits in the stadium at Utah State. It is one of my favorite things to do every Summer. The last few years my parents have come along too which makes it even better.

Colby

Brayden and my Dad, a.k.a Papa! I think this picture is so cute. You can tell how much my Dad just adores him. I caught him in the act of gritting his teeth at him. :) Brayden sat on his lap pretty much the whole time we were there. They are buddies!

Carter