WARD CAMPOUT!!

Todd looks so awake.
At least Mandy looks good in the morning.

Last night we went to a ward campout which of course happened to be on the same night as Logan and Zachary's birthday party. Sorry guys. Anyway it was pretty fun. We set up our awesome tent and then laid out our beds. Todd and I bought some pool rafts ($1.50 bargain) and used them as our air mattresses. I think we all had a pretty fun time, we played Phase 10 with another couple for about 3 hours. Then we pretty much all just hung out together, Todd would occasionally chat with someone else. When I commented on how we were at a ward campout but we were only talking to Eric and Mandy, Todd brought up the point that our family relationships are the most important. Good point. Anyway that is a picture of Eric in our sweet tent, and the other two are in the morning after we woke up. I don't know if I can really say woke up, we didn't really sleep. There was an awesome wind storm that we thought was going to blow the tent over that I think kept most of us up all night. It was a good time though.

Harry Potter Fanatics

Last night we went to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix with Eric, Mandy, and Amanda. The show was at 12:10 but we got there around 9:30ish. We played Phase 10 in the theater to pass the time. It was a good movie, although it does leave quite a bit out. Understandable when an almost 900 page book is being condensed to a two hour movie. The discussion afterward got Todd curious enough that he is going to start reading the books. So we are going to start buying them, YEAH!!! Because of our wait time in line, we had a pretty interesting run in with a group of girls at the ticket taker. They just sort of walked up and expected to get in line then. I said "Excuse me, we've been waiting in line for a long time." They didn't like that very much and tried to make excuses for cutting in line, but I wasn't going to let them do it in front of us. It was pretty interesting, and I don't think they like me very much.

Birthday Party

These are a few pictures from Brody's birthday party. His birthday is the same day as Payton's. Gracee loved the cupcakes and we all loved the slip and slide. I even went on it this time. Dylan was giving a cheesy smile so I thought I would capture it.

Fun Pictures

This is a picture of Gracee sharing her Freezee with Haylee.
Haylee decided it was time to get in the pool before it was finished filling up, so as you can see the kids had fun anyway.
This is Brody with his dirtbike. We are trying to keep the training wheels on as long as possible.
Ian is such a sweet baby boy. We love to cuddle with him all the time.

World's of Fun

These are some pictures I took when we went down to Worlds of Fun (an amusement park that is a little bigger than Lagoon). I wish I would have taken more. I went with my Mom and Dad, Alisha, Chad, Brody, Gracee, Ian, Megan, Jim McKenna, Dylan, and Brianna. We had so much fun, besides the fact that we had to wait for 45 minutes for them to find the tickets we bought before hand. It was a little challenging with 3 toddlers and 2 infants, but we got to go on a lot of rides. I think I went on all of the roller coasters 2 or 3 times. The lines were awesome. The only time we waited more than 10 minutes was when we wanted to get in the front on the Patriot. It is one of those rides where your feet are dangling, so we wanted to be able to see everything a little better. I'm glad we were able to go, and we sure did wear out the kids.

The top picture is McKenna, then my dad and mom, then Dylan and Brody, then a group of us on the carousel.

Memorial Day

When we went to Justin and Rheanna's house for Memorial Day, Payton and Hyrum took a bath and then they had to show Todd and I their towels. It was so cute. I know I don't look that good in a towel.

McKenna's Blessing

On June 3rd, my family came out for a quick weekend to help celebrate McKenna's Blessing. We had a fun weekend but it was pretty quick.