Blanding Trip

This last weekend we were able to get out of this heat and head up to Blanding, Utah. We went up to see Aspyn get blessed, and also to Nicole's wedding. We had a lot of fun! We are so thankful to all of the Ivins families for being so kind to us and doing a great job of pretending to like us;) Ha Ha Thanks for letting us crash in on all the parties. Thanks to Shawn and Kathryn for letting us stay at your house...it was much better than the super 8! We had a great time and hopefully we'll get to see everyone soon.

We did a ot of party crashing, but we did some exploring as well. We went on a very long drive one morning...we went and saw canyon lands, newspaper rock, and drove the mountain road back to Blanding. My favorite part was seeing all of the leaves changing colors. I miss seasons so bad...especially fall, I love the crisp mountain air! We took some pictures by some colorful trees. I wish we could have got one of all three of us.

Clate after the blessing
Clate snoozin in the grass

Marcus trying to catch some turkeys...as you can see it didn't go as he planned

peek-a-boo

He loved the leaves!

Me and Clate

As you can see we got a little confused we couldn't find the camera

This is 1 second before he fell flat on his face and rolled down the hill...way to go dad

Tough Guys

My two favorite boys!

Clate and Daddy

Rock Band Mania

So this weekend we decided to get a little crazy around here...ha ha my brothers and I decided to bust out the rock band and play away! Here are some pictures of the Hard Hardt's Band...the boys had to take a couple of pictures the first ones are when we first started to play and then the next ones were when they really felt like releasing there inner ROCKSTAR!

Meet the Band...

Sherod the singer

Jayce the guitarist

"sheRAD" the smokin hot singer



"Bones" the groovin guitarist

(he came up with his name and his attire)


ME the true talent of the group...lets be honest how many people can say that they can kick trash on the drums while holding a slobbery monster who tries to eat the drumsticks...haha

oh and of course Hadlee had to be in the band

Rice Cereal Adventures!

Isn't he just cute?! Here are some pics of him chowing down the rice cereal...

Judging by this face I think he's had enough!!

San Diego Trip & Football Game

This last weekend we went to San Diego for a Cross Country meet. We were able to go watch Sherod run, go to Belmont Park, and also hang out on mission beach for a few days! We had a lot of fun, and Clate actually liked the beach this time:) Sherod the stud winning the race and a new pair of kicks!
The abs of steel that helped him win.Jayce making an ugly face...

Hadlee trying to make the ugly face:)

Clate doing what he does best eating anything in sight.

Hadlee peeing...I guess she learned from her brothers

Clate's new favorite thing...biting my face

Denton beating me up on the Krazy Bumper Kars

Before...
Hadlee making a cheesy mess...

Clate's cheesy head after Hadlee had to kiss him!

Playing on the beach

Surfer Dude

Cross dressing at 5 months...thanks April!

We attended the first football game of the season. This was Clates first experience in a big rowdy crowd...he would start crying everytime the cowd cheered. It was so sad seeing his little face when he was scared.

Marcus and Clate leaving the game when it got canceled because of the rain and lightning.
Clate's Football and Cross Country shirt!

The Tank

I just wanted to add a few pictures of the little tank...he is getting so big!

This is the face he tends to make when you are trying to get a picture...I think its hilarious!

Best Buds!!

Look at his chubby buns and thighs!

Don't let his cute face fool you...he can and will throw tantrums!

Yes...CRACK is back!

Two peas in a pod!

He loves the jumperoo!

Summer Fun

This summer we were able to do a lot of fun things. We kicked off the summer by celebrating Marc's big 25th birthday. We BBQ'd at his parents and had homeade ice cream. MMM... MMM... good:)

That same day Aunt Nancy and Sky flew in and she treated us to a couple of staycations. Uncle Tom also came and spent soem time with us. We first went to a Resort in Scottsdale that had a fun waterpark. We spent most of the time out at the water park. We all seemed to enjoy the Lazy River...its very relaxing floating around on a big tube. One of my favorite things was the water slide, one day I got a bit too carried away and completely brusied my tailbone trying to beat my brothers down the slide. Ya, I pretty much felt like a dork...but I did go freakin' fast that time. The park had a mini golfing course and Marc was very proud of himself when he beat me and my bro's. I really enjoyed this trip Aunt Nancy is one of the funniest people I know I loved being able to spend time with her and also getting to hang out with Sky she was fun to be around.

After we spent a few days in Scottsdale we all went up to Christopher Creek and stayed in a cabin. One day we went and repaired Grandma and Grandpa Teach's markers up by the hatchery. We enjoyed the much cooler weather and the prettier scenery. We had fun with Aunt Nancy and Sky and we hope to get to go visit them in Florida!

This summer we also had a family Reunion we went to up at the Cabin. It was for Grandma Lemieux and her brothers. It was exciting to get to meet some other relatives for the first time, as well as hang out with all of Marcus's family, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I think one of our favorite parts of the reunion was the delicious homemade root beer, it was so tasty!

After the reunion we went and visited my Great-Grandma Helen in Payson it was fun getting to see her and I think she enjoyed meeting Clate for the first time. For some reason Grandma Helen has been convinced that Clate was a girl even before he was born. She would always tell my cousin that she was so happy I was having a girl and naming it after her. We would tell her over and over that it was a boy...even after we went and visited her and told her he was definitely a boy she continually called him a her. It was really funny, she told us when "she" (meaning Clate) gets older we need to put fake eyelashes on him beacsuse "she" has such pretty eyes. Grandma Helen kept calling Clate a little princess...we tried to correct her but she wouldn't listen...I guess that happens when you're 93.

This year for the 4th we were very sad we had to celebrate it in the valley...thanks to Tyler trying to make some money for his family we didn't get to go to blanding:( We did still hang out with the whole crew. We BBQ'd at my parents, played some games, and tried to watch fireworks (sorry Lace it didn't work out).

Later in July, we took a family vaca with Marc's family, we went to, New Port beach. We stayed in a sweet condo close to the beach. We had fun on the beach when Clate stayed with his Grandma and Grandpa...we'll just say he pretty much hated the beach...maybe next year he'll like it a bit more. All of us girls had a fun time shopping and hanging out on the beach, and the boys had fun boogie boarding and eating:) I must say that I think my favorite part of the trip was listening to Jackson sing Old McDonald had a Farm...it's so funny...I wish I would have remembered my camera and could have filmed it. I'll try to get some recordings of it...it is so funny! I also enjoyed taking family pictures the guy that took them was so cute...and it was funny watching us all get soaked by the waves and smile for pictures at the same time. Thanks Lemieux's for the trip we had a great time!

NO PICS I HAD PINK EYE

The summer ended with me trying to get my preschool up and running. I have to thanks my parents and especially Sherod for letting me take up another room in there house so I could do preschool. I finally got the room ready and preschool is now up and running!!