Our Bubba...

Boston is a great kid with a great heart. Yes, he can drive us all crazy but he also is the sweetest kid. A few sundays ago he wanted to have Beckom and him match for church. He helped pick everything out and was so proud.

They look so handsome

These two are already best buds. Beckom lights up when he sees him. And walks around the house calling "bubba" when he is not home. Boston is really good with him and loves to play with him. He never complains or gets upset when I ask him to help out. Most of the time I find them together anyway.

Recently Boston asked if he can start mowing the lawn. I thought "no way, what 6 year old mows the lawn". Well this boy does. He is such a great help to his dad and I. He loves to work along side his dad. He is also really good at mowing. This is how you will find him most saturday mornings.

working hard

With his little buddy always close by, and always in just a diaper and shoes!

my naked chef

This little guy loves to cook in the play kitchen. He also loves to be naked. So this moment has to be one of his favorites.....cooking naked!

getting the food ready

taking it to the table

making the girls join in

He keeps us all entertained!

We have FISH!

My kids that is. They are little fish. They had an amazing swim season. But more importantly they loved it. Even if I tried to give them an early morning off they would want to get up and go!! I am so proud of them.

All three of them went to divisional' s. Sera swam freestyle, backstroke and butterfly. Alexa swam back and free and Boston did free, back, and butterfly. You had to place in the top 16 to go to the city semi finals. All three qualified . Sera went for freestyle and place 8th ! Alexa went for Freestyle and got 4th and backstroke with a 2nd! Boston got 1st in Backstroke, 3rd in freestyle, and 1st in butterfly. The top 4 got to move on to the city championships. That meant that Alexa and Boston would both be swimming.

Sera getting ready to swim. She worked so hard this year and had a great attitude. She wants to swim year round and is going to do great. She was in a VERY competitive age group and we are so proud of her.

Boston with his cap and googles, he takes his sports very serious! He is so serious about it that he worked out with the older age group every morning and was determined to make it all the way up to the hardest practice lanes. Way to go Bubba!

Alexa getting ready to dive. She gets the most improved from me. She went from crying last year to a huge grin this year. She is a Great swimmer and worked hard.

Boston is diving in the white cap

Here is Boston and Alexa after the City Championships. Alexa placed 2nd in backstroke and 4th in Freestyle. Boston got 2nd in butterfly 2nd in backstroke and 5th in freestyle.

Mom and dad couldn't be more proud of our kids. We are just so excited that they have a great time and work hard at it!

OH what do we do in the summertime...

We of course have sonic slushes and snacks out by the pool...

ice cream from Water and Ice...

cute pedicures with cousin Tessa...

make flip flops with our cousins...

jump on the trampoline, in-between swimming...

play in our cousins dog kennel...(half naked)

And let Alexa be Alexa...

Sometimes we can only laugh!!!

Here's to our fun summer of swimming, friends, bbq's, and fun!

The Cabin on the 4th

We went to the Breinholt's cabin for the 4th of July. It was so nice to get out of the heat. It is great to just relax and have fun. We went for hikes, played games, ate a lot of food, watched fireworks, rode go carts, and most important.... the kids LOVE it! We took some pictures of our hike and the go cart rides but they didn't turn out. I am sad!

My niece Tessa was visiting from Utah and went up with us. It was AWESOME! Not only was it great to spend time with her but she played with the kids the entire time. Did I say AWESOME!!

Here is Frankie's sidkick. He is attached, and the feeling is mutual. He is helping dad get the quad ready to ride. (he found a stick and pretended to work on the tire)

All ready to ride. Check out that face!!

Nothing like a nap with your favorite doll in a hammock in the mountains!

Boston walked around with a BB gun shooting every old can or log he could find

Eating popsicles with your big sister is the best

Not a complete cabin experience without the campfire and smores

Cooking the marshmallows. A little dirt doesn't hurt!

Alexa and Grandpa hanging out on the hammock together

Sera and Grandma telling stories by the Fire

The Gang! (most of us anyway)

Its All Good

This Summer Alexa did a two week musical theater camp with Ms. Jenee. It was so much fun. They had a theme everyday and dressed up, took sack lunches, earned prizes and learned a ton of songs!

here is Alexa on 50's day

(thanks to Wendy for the awesome outfit)

She was very lucky to do it with some of her cute cousins

Abby, Arie, Grace and Alex

The night of the big show Alexa had a solo and a speaking part. She did great. With all of her "personality" I think we may have found the perfect thing for her. The theme for the show was "It's All Good". Every song was about sunshine and happiness. It was a lot of fun.

Here is Alexa doing her Solo. Great Job, you were a STAR!

All the Girls with Ms. Jenee after the show. Megan was in the younger class and was very cute to watch! This was a GREAT show, all the girls were perfect. What a cute group of cousins!

Swim Team and Scorpions

Swim Team has become our life this summer. That or swimming. Basically you can find my kids in water most of the time. They Love it. We love that they love it, we are all happy!

Sera loves swim so much that she is begging to do club swim this year. She is a great swimmer and gets better each week. She also started diving this year. We are waiting for that to grow on her. She works very hard at swim and never wants to miss. She always wants to be the best and I love that.

Alexa shocked us all this year. Last year she cried every practice and never made it to one swim meet. This year she is coming out of the water with 1st and 2nd place ribbons and a huge smile to go with it. Way to go Lex! She has a great attitude and is VERY competitive. I wonder where she gets that from?

The Bos man. He takes competitive to an entirely new level. This kid works out with the older age group everyday (he was plowing down the kids his age). He recently competed in the Relay meet (coach invite). He raced a relay with his age group, then with the 7&8 year olds and then a kid for the IM left and they asked Boston to swim 2 legs. He did Backstroke and Freestyle. He was AWESOME! I hope he keeps this great attitude and desire to work hard at it!

All this swimming makes everyone tired. I had to put this picture on because Sera NEVER naps. Hasn't since she was 2, not even in the car. After Swim and dive I found her on the couch like this!

On the way out the door to our first swim meet, Frankie hurried and fed Beck. With no time to clean up his mess, this is what we came home to.....

Look close, not one but TWO scorpions eating off my kitchen floor....Are you Kidding me??!!!

And the very same night we caught this mom with 20 (that's what we counted) babies on her back!