back to school

krews first day of jr high! I'm so scared! but he is excited!

jade and ryder were so nervous about starting a new school. i can't believe they are in 2nd and 4th grade!

jade and elise

ryder and mason got the same teacher! 

jade and samantha are in the same class, we are so thankful

Violets first day of pre-school

violet with miss adrienne

crazy girls

these girls were upstairs playing" house", or so i thought! they got into my makeup and dressed up all on their own! it is a little scary, but funny at the same time. i think they did a pretty good job on the makeup, don't you?

violet is my favorite, she has the best expressions, what a little poser!

                                                that face!!! where did she learn these looks?

camping at zion

our trip to zion was so much fun, it started off a little crazy! a tail light was out and went to 3 stores until we could find a replacement bulb, the awning bar keep flapping so we had to duct tape it down then when that busted jared had to completely remove it. by the time we got to st. george everything was closed so we went thru the drive thru at del taco, only our truck an trailer wouldn't fit! so jared and the kids walked up to the window, the kids thought it was hilarious! and it kinda was ;)

here they are at the drive thru window ordering

in the morning we stopped at maverick for our daily slushy and ice cream cone!

the rv resort was amazing! this river was right behind our camping site about 15', the kids loved it!

                                                                   roasting s'mores

ryder sat on a marshmallow that someone thru on the ground and once he sat down in the rocks they all stuck to his bum!

                                  here is our camp site, right over that rock wall was the river

                              there was a swimming pool, and a pool table at the rv park, so fun!

       
                                                  just waiting for dinner, violet is spent!

                                                                   fishing buddies

                      everyone was into fishing except for krew, he just kept catching frogs!

shopping at the apple store

how funny is this??!! amber and i took the kids to the water park at town square while jared and chris were at the apple store. well once the park closed we went to get them so we could go home and they were still shopping so the kids all jumped on the iPads, dripping wet bathing suits and all!! violet is my favorite, loving the boots!

Yes it was planned!

We are so excited for this baby! The first thing that comes to everyones mind is....... was this planned? and yes it was. I know it is crazy to think we were completely done, my baby is 4 and I got rid of everything! To now we are starting all over.  We fought the feeling to have another one for about 8 months and once we felt like we could handle it and were ready, I was pregnant. So it is obviously meant to be! :) My kids are so excited, it really is fun being pregnant when your kids are older and into it. Besides the fact this will be our 5th kid, I think it might be our easiest baby yet with all the helpers. We told our kids and family on mothers day, I was 9 weeks and had been to the doctor so we had an ultrasound picture. So we wrapped it up and gave it to our kids with a little note. Their reactions were priceless!

Krew said" Are you guys crazy!!??? 5 kids really???!!!"

Sweet Jade started crying and said" I don't even know why I'm crying, I think because I'm so excited."

Ryder said" I can't wait to see how fat mom gets!"

and Violet started jumping up and down on our bed yelling "I'm gonna be a big sister!"

This baby isn't even here and has already blessed our family, my kids are so into it, every night they kiss my stomach and say goodnight to the baby, well not Krew but everyone else. I feel like it has made us all closer. Jade already asked to be 4th to hold the baby she said well the nurse will be first then you and dad, so can i be next? The boys want it to be a boy, violet wants a girl but will be ok if it is a boy as long as it has long hair for her to play with, and jade just wants it to be a baby. Well she is in luck cause i'm pretty sure im not having a dog!

the baby at 9weeks