Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Goofin' around with the kids.

Much to Jeff's delight, Natalia LOVES guns. I think even a little more than her brothers.


Austin with Tiffany. (He was not having such a good time.


Who can guess what Colton is about to do? He takes great delight in such mischievousness.

This is at the Discovery Museum in Salt Lake.

Taylor and Colton with their cousin Blake.
We had so much fun at Trina and Thad's (although Natalia had a hard time keeping her clothes on).




A trip to the water park.



Picture this crew 10 years down the road. They are all going to have so much fun getting into trouble together.


Summer Fun!

This was during our trip to Idaho. We went to Silver City with Jeff's dad. Austin loved the water.


Hanging out at Trina's house.

BATH TIME!!! All the kids had a great time, right down to the communal bathing.

Monday, July 30, 2007

24th Pioneer Day Parade

Taylor was a Stripling Warrior on one of the floats.


Colton was Jonah sitting inside the whale's mouth. He thought it was great fun to be swallowed by a whale.

You can't see it very well, but the float says, "Serve, or be Swallowed".

Natalia stayed in the back of the van eating all the candy!

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Pinewood Derby

Well, we survived our first ever (Jeff Weaver family) Pinewood Derby. Taylor's car took 2nd place and he got the "best designed car" award. Jeff and Taylor spent HOURS making the car. The white pin stripes kept bleeding so they had to sand it down and repaint it SEVERAL times. It was a great experience and we learned a lot. 4 days before the Derby--after the car was already complete-- we found a book at Deseret Book on "Pinewood Derby Car Secrets". It will be great for next year. I suspect by the time Austin gets old enough to race we'll have it all figured out!

This is the car after the race, covered in graphite powder--as are Taylor and Jeff's hands.
Taylor's team in undefeated so far this year. We beat the "hard" team 22-11. It was a great victory!



This is Natalia singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" (with actions). Austin is highly entertained!




The kids started swimming lessons last week. After they get through they get to swim for a while. Colton and Taylor take turns playing with Natalia while I watch from the side. Surprisingly she has not drowned yet!

Monday, June 4, 2007

Austin is a pretty smiley guy about 90% of the time. He has been the best baby so far. I think the Lord knew we needed a really easy baby after Natalia!

This was the day Grandma left to go to Marsha's. They both were having fun.

We are finally getting used to Natalia's new hairstyle. The upside to it is, it's really easy to get her ready. It only takes about 2 minutes from start to finish to get her ready for church. The short hair is kind of growing on me.


Taylor's favorite pasttime is riding the 4-wheeler. He would ride it all day, everyday if we'd let him. Colton is plenty happy to just be the passenger.

Memorial Day

Dad was pretty tuckered out after cooking all the hamburgers and needed a little break. ;-)

Mom's job for the day was to keep the sun off of Austin. She's so resourceful.


This was the elderly section of the festivities. (It was also the best spot to be out of the wind.)

Natalia was playing defense against Colby (much to his dismay). All the boys whipped their shirts off and 2 seconds later, hers was off too. She really does NOT get that there is a difference between boys and girls.

The boys and their friends all teamed up against Jeff. Colby and Natalia were particularly helpful players!

Sand Dunes

This is the kiddos at the Sand Dunes. They found this swimming pool someone else built and had a great time in it.
Austin's first experience at the Dunes was not so fun. He didn't like it at all and was glad to leave.
Taylor really dug himself into a hole!