May 2016

We love scones at our house, and the boys always love to help make them. We always get funny shapes and it ends up becoming a big mess, but that's ok, they still taste just as yummy.

We cannot get enough of this cute Daxy boy. He loves to "help" out. He loves to climb and thinks he's as big as his brothers. He wears himself out every day, and he loves being outside.

I tried to capture a picture of the three boys that make me a mother for mother's day, and this was the best I got...Tyson tackling Oakley and then all of them moving so the picture looks blurry. Oh Boys!

I did get this cute one of Tyson and his cheesy grin, and the letter that the boys made me. It was really sweet.

I don't know why, but I love it when Dax falls asleep on the couch. It means he is using up all that boy energy he has pent up inside him. He looks so peaceful sleeping there, which is not the same when he is awake. And Oakley finally lost his other front tooth. He will not be eating apples for a while now.

We had a last minute trip down to St. George to grandma and grandpa's condo. It was Wes's birthday and nobody else was using the condo, so we decided to head down. Dax only made it a little ways before he fell asleep while eating his fries. There was a bad traffic jam in Salt Lake so it took us over and hour and a half just to get around the point of the mountain, so by the time we got to Nephi we needed to get out of the car. We found this awesome park just off the main street that the boys loved. These fun toys spun around and the boys loved spinning in them.

I didn't take very many pictures while we were down there, but we had fun with the Westenskows and Della-Pianas at the temple on Sunday. It was fun to walk around and see how pretty it was. The sun was so bright that day, that it reflected off the temple so much it was hard to look at. Sun glasses were definitely needed.

On Monday everyone else left so we went to a fun activity place where the boys got to do laser tag, and go-karts, and then we bowled. I had 5 strikes in a row at the end, which I think is a first for me. I have proof though.

Oakley's school had a carnival and the boys had tons of fun playing in the bounce houses and going down the slides. I could barely keep track of all of them running from one thing to the next. They are sure getting independent.

I got to go on a field trip with Oakley's class to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. As soon as we got on the freeway though, the bus pulled right off because the check engine light came on. We had to sit there for 20 minutes while we waited for another bus to take us. It was an adventure.

Tyson went to preschool one day a week at our friend Desire's house. Here he is at his preschool graduation singing songs and getting his award.

He's such a goofball. He was so excited to be done with school.

And here he is with his teacher. She was amazing and made this sweet book for all the kids with pictures from throughout the year. Now that it's warm out it's outdoor season. I got to play on Memorial day at UVU with my good friend Ashley. We took second, but we beat some amazing BYU players to get to the championship so we were ok with that.

Oak showing off his hole in his teeth. His bottom teeth fit perfectly in there.

St. George in May

We got to go to St. George again around Wes's birthday and the Westenskows were there too. We did a few different things this time. We went to Snow canyon and played on the sand dunes. The kids loved playing in the sand. I'm glad we went early in the morning cause by the time we left the sand was burning our feet. I brought my nice camera and got some fun shots of the kids. I love that camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Sand on the face and in the eyes is no fun, but that's what happens when you play in the sand.

 

 

 

We also had fun playing at the splash park in the middle of town. I love this place cause they boys can just climb on all the rocks till their little hearts are content.

 

 

 

 

 

Once again my nice camera came in handy to take great pictures from afar.

 

 

There is this cool botanical garden up ontop of the hill by the Dixie rock, so we went and checked it out. It has fun pathways to wander on and cool rocks and plants to look at. The Della-Pianas joined us too.

 

 

 

 

Then we had to climb on the Dixie rock, but boy is it scary with a four and a one year old. They thought they were invincible and would go to the edge of the rocks and run around on top of them. My heart stopped a few times, but we had plenty of hands to help, thank goodness.

 

 

 

 

  I love finding fun parks to play at, and we definitely found one. The best part was that we were the only ones there so we had it all to ourselves. It was just on the other side of the Dixie mountain. 

 

 

 

 

On our last day in town we went to the local fun park. It had been redone since we went last time and it is way nice now. They had arcade games, miniature golf, go-karts, lazer tag, bowling and water boats.

 

 

 

 

The boys loved going fast on the go-karts with dad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think this was Tyson's first time bowling. His ball rolled so slowly down the lane, but he was still excited and would jump up and down the whole time waving his hands in the air.

 

 

 

 

Oak got the hang of it and actually bowled. He had pretty good form.

 

 

 

 

The boys enjoyed the little kid go-karts too. Oak barely fit into them. I doubt he'll fit next year.