Gunlock Rodeo

Wouldn't be the fourth with out the Gunlock Rodeo! Us girls only went one night this year because we were in the middle of swim lessons and quite frankly I don't have the energy for three all nights! Ryan won a check on Thursday with Bub's and we were bad luck on Saturday! The girls ate as many snow cones and nachos as possible, chased chickens and did the boot race!!! Fallon actually beat Tater back to the finish line but forgot to put her boots on! Lot's of fun and a great family tradition!

Swim lessons

Last Monday we packed up and went to Vegas for a week of swim lessons. Taytum ended up having a private lesson each day and Fallon was in a class with her "bestie" Josie!
Taytum worked on her strokes,breathing and diving.She is doing so well and can easily swim the whole length of the pool.
Fallon had a rough first day and pretty much just sat and took everything in- typical Fally! Her daddy had a good talk with her that evening and she promised to swim the next day. I sent her with Trish, hoping maybe that would work,and it did! She jumped right in and caught right on! By the end of the week she was swimming the width of the pool by herself and jumping in front of the line to be first for everything!!!
So proud of both off the girls! Well worth the extra money to know that they aren't scared in the water and feel so confident about themselves!!!!

Tired

Last night as I was getting ready to go to bed I went to check on the girls, Taytum was sound asleep with her yearbook. She has literally taken that thing everywhere since the day she got it at school. She got caught with it in Sacrament meeting, took it overnight to Cedar, and is constantly sneaking it in the truck with us. This morning I asked her about it and she said,"Mom I just really miss my friends and Mrs. Williams." My poor girl is missing school so bad, this is going to be a long summer I can tell.


This afternoon Ryan came home from work and immediately passed out on the couch! Fallon wanted to go outside and play, so she left her dad to babysit! She fixed him right up with all the necessities just in case her baby got out of hand. Blanket, sippy cup, diaper bag, stroller. He has no clue he is taking care of such precious cargo!!!

Summer Fun

Grandma Karm treated us to a get away in St George last week. We stayed at the same place we went to a few years ago and the kids LOVED it! The highlight of our stay was the pool and The Little Mermaid at Tuachan. As soon as we arrived Tuesday afternoon the girls were headed to the pool. They swam until they were starving, we went to dinner and as soon as we got back to the hotel they were headed to the pool again!
Wednesday was another day full of swimming and then that evening we went to Tuachan.
Fallon spilled her blue snow cone withing 30 seconds of sitting down... all over her and Aunt Toots' feet! The show was great and we all enjoyed ourselves!The girls were to shy to get there pictures with the characters afterwards.
Thursday morning we got in a few more hours of swimming, packed up, ran some errands, grabbed lunch and headed home. The girls were both sound asleep before the gorge! Thanks Grandma Karm for a great get away! We had a blast!!!
Tater and Fallon went swimming with Grandma Shirley that afternoon and then had a sleep over at her house that night. Friday we loaded up again and went to Cedar to turn out the horses with daddy and Grandpa Russell. Saturday we met up again with the Ludlow's at the pool and spent the day swimming, while daddy and grandpa worked on the rock wall at the house. That night Grandpa took everybody to the rodeo and the kids drove him absolutely nuts!!!
We were up early the next morning and headed home just in time to get ready for church and celebrate Father's Day!!!
The past two days we have done nothing but hang around the house and try to recoup from going and going!!! But it sure has been fun!!!

Early Morning ...Late Night

Yesterday was the first day of summer break and we started it bye leaving the house with daddy at 5am!!! Ryan had to go do a few things at work so us girlies rode to town with him to meet up with Trisha, Jo, and Addi! We hung out around the house and played, ran errands, got lunch at Sonic, then went to Grandma and Grandpa's to swim! We swam all day and the girls LOVED it!!! That night Trisha's super babysitter came over and watched the girls while we went out for Sushi. After dinner we went and looked at new cars and ran as fast as we could from the salesman! We were just LOOKING after all. Trish and I then went on a late night wal-mart run, and we finally left town at about 11pm! It was a long day, but so fun to have no schedule!!! Yeah for summer and swimming!!!

Memorial Day 2011

We spent the weekend in Cedar, the kids stayed busy every second they were awake. Swimming, riding 4 wheelers,playing in the dirt, riding bikes, painting, cooking with grandma,fishing, playing at the park,watching movies,dancing, seeing exotic animals and mostly enjoying their cousins!!

Lady Bug Ball

Instead of a graduation ceremony the kindergartners had a musical performance and they were amazing! I cried like a baby through most of it... I can hardly believe my baby girl is so big! They grow too fast and I am not ready for her to be gone from me all day in 1st grade!
Taytum was a ladybug and wore her Christmas skirt that was actually handed down to her sister! It is size 3T, but she was pretty proud of herself!
We love you Tater Bug and are so proud of all you have accomplished this year at school!Big thanks to her super amazing teacher, Mrs. Williams, we will miss her and appreciate all she has done for her students! She seriously is the BEST teacher ever!!!!