St. George, Part II

Mekall and Maddie

Fun by the pool!

Carol loves to take pictures too!

Jake and Ron lounging out by the pool

Lindsay with cute little Hurley!

More fun at the pool!

Water fight!!

Payton's new Birthday skirt!

Payton ended up not taking her skirt off all day!

Ellie and Payton

Jake joined the girly party!  ;)

The kids made a makeshift 'slide'!

St. George, Part I

Taylor and Mekall, Cameron and Jake, Zack and Tracey

For Memorial Day we headed to St. George to meet up with Grandma and Grandpa and the Brimhalls/Ryans!  It was a lot of fun!  They swam, went to the park, rode bikes, and Kerby and Grandpa golfed.

Emerie rode on Nate's back!  ;)

All the cousins swimming

Emmie in the Hot Tub

Heidi and Grandma getting some sun!

Emerie and Taylor stacked on Mekall!!

We also celebrated Payton's birthday while we were there!  What a cutie!  She turned 4!

Payton with her cake that Grandma made!  YUM!

Payton opening her presents!

Sandler and Cohen watching Payton open her presents!

More presents!

Payton showing all her gifts!

Nobody gets in to see the Wizard, nobody, not no how!

My mom is such a talented sewer!! She not only made a Dorothy costume for Emerie and Payton but for me as well! And for Heidi...and for Mekall...and for Ellie...and for Camille... and for Aspen!! (I don't have a picture of Camille and Aspen--Yet!) Wow! We kept her busy!!

I didn't make as cute a Dorothy as Heidi and Elisa (she borrowed the costume for a party) since they have much longer hair!! But it was fun dressing up! **Emerie insisted we ALL wear the 'safety' glow necklaces!! ;)

Mekall, Heidi and Ellie

Heidi and Nate

Fred and Elisa Reese

Halloween night was a lot of fun!! Kerby stayed at home and passed out the candy and I went with Emerie and Payton! We joined up with Elisa, Sydney and Sean and walked our hearts out!! They lasted almost two hours!! Taylor and her friend Jane went out with Jane's mom!

Madison and her friends are 'older' now and didn't want to tag along with us old folks!! We sent them with a cell phone and off they went!! They EACH collected 10 pounds of candy!!! Too much in my book!! I think some of it will have to disappear... ;)

Madison, Sarah and Emily as Alvin, Theodore and Simon

Taylor and her friend Jane

Fun Day at Lagoon!

Get ready!! This one is FILLED with pictures!! Since we only get to go to Lagoon once a year now it is a little more exciting!! We took pictures of everything!! This one is a long read!!--sorry!! ;)

Well, typically Lagoon is very slow on the 4th of July so we decided it would be a good day to go! Also--since Kerby flies back to Vegas on Monday, he would be able to go with us!

It really was the best day! It was overcast for most of the day and the lines were pretty short! We didn't do Lagoon-A-Beach just the rides.

Grandma and Grandpa kept the two 2-year olds so it was even better! Thanks guys!! We love you for helping us out!! :)

Here are the kids on various rides:

Emerie was a bit of a scaredy-cat and wouldn't ride some rides she was actually tall enough for! With some coaxing we got her on a few other than the Kiddie Land rides. Here is the Wild Mouse--one the Emerie is tall enough for but refused to ride!

Musik Express (NO, I don't ride this one myself--I would throw-up!!)

The Sky Ride is always a fun escape! A little time to rest your feet!!

The new ride, the OdySea, wasn't really that great! Picture the Dumbo ride at Disneyland but with fishes and sharks! But the kids loved it!!

Taking turns waiting...

Cute picture of all the kids looking through the fence to see the animals on our way to Pioneer Village.


Jake was so cute to say 'yes' when Emerie asked him the ride the Dragonfly with her in Kiddie Land!! Thanks Jake! You're a sweetie!! :)

Emerie on the Merri-Go-Round and the airplanes. No--again, I don't do spinning rides! ;)

Log Flume--Emerie actually relented and went on this! She liked it! We didn't get too soaked!

It was definitely a fun day with my sister!! :)

The babies were doing great with the grandparents so we decided to stay for the fireworks!! They put on a great show but we didn't want to get stuck in the traffic at the end (it is horrendous!!) so we watched them as we walked to the car and drove the car to the end of the row and as soon as it was over we jetted out of there--fast!!

The kids were beat!