Being a Mother of 5.

A few weeks ago we watched my Cousins Mia, Max and Talia for a week while my Uncle and Aunt were in Hawaii. It was a very Crazy week. Adding 3 more kids and a Dog to the mix = Very Crazy. All the Kids were good though, I think the hardest part was finding things for them to do. I mean they can only watch TV/Movies and play Video games for so long.

So here are some of the things we did.

Went swimming at Our Pool.
When you go swimming with 5 kids... not enjoyable, you feel like you are always watching, yelling or saving one of them.
Luckily some of my family came to help.

Slip-in Slide.
with Nacho Libre.

nachooo

Watching Talia and Mushu fight over the Pacifier.

Bubbles... lots of bubbles!
Thanks Sarah for the Idea... It Entertained them for Hours!

Going to eat at the Mayan.
Food + Entertainment is always a good thing!

Eatable Play-doh
Even I was Entertained for awhile.

Flower Pens/ Toy Pens
Max wasn't to into the Flower idea so we taped some of his toys to the pens... it worked.

Went to my Brothers Football Game.

When Gavin can't figure out who is holding him... he just Stares.

Made Rockets.
Film Caps (free at Photo departments) + Water + Alcaselser (Knock off brand) = Lots of Fun and Hours of entertainment.

Smores at Mimi and Papa's Fire Pit.

Watching Max teach Ava some Ballerina moves.

Yes... our week was very Crazy We are definitely NOT ready to have 5 kids!... Ever!

Ava...

I found this Video on my Camera
It is Ava Trying to take a picture of herself...
But turned it on Video!

Emily and Brandon's Wedding

On August 5th Emily and Brandon Got married in the Salt Lake Temple.

It Started out to be such a Great Day... and ended so Perfect.
It was the Middle part that was a little crazy.

Right as we were setting up for the Reception a Storm came through.
Not just Rain but Wind... Lots of Wind. The wind was so Strong that it Broke that Tree.... Where they were going to stand. And it came through at such a horrible time, one hour before it was supposed to start. We all made the decision to move it inside. Then mid through the storm was gone, the Sun was out so we moved it back outside. All together we moved the wedding 3 times. But after all that craziness it turned out really pretty and a lot of Fun!

Nate hanging one of the Flower balls for the 3rd time.
The Flower Balls were my favorite, they were SO pretty! I didn't get a good photo of them, with all the Craziness going on.

Watching Emily and Brandon cut the Cake.

I love these Photos of Ava!
Katie's friend Laura took them and I can't get enough of that Black and White one!
So Cute.

Ava got a Bloody nose... while fighting for the Bouquet.

Some of the Family photos.
We had to stop the line early so they could take Pictures.
Since at 5:00 we were in a major Wind Storm!

Congratulations Emily and Brandon you two are SO cute!
We love you!

Olympic Park

A few weeks ago we went up to Park City for the Weekend and while we were there we went to the
Olympic Park.
My Cousin Matthew works up there so he totally hooked us up... With free Rides on everything—and as many times as we wanted! Thanks Matthew, We had so much Fun!

Ava loved the Alpine Slide and called it the Big Slide.
She wanted to do the Zip Line but she wasn't big enough.

The Big Zip Line. It's the steepest Zip Line in the World.
I want to know how someone decides to do the long jump for the first time. No Thanks.

Seth and Nate doing the Big Zip Line.
Tecinally Nate shouldn't be doing it, your supposed to be 100 pounds But I guess when you know the workers they'll let you on.

The Bobsledders. Not Jamaican
Around the turns you get up to 4Gs. To put that in perspective a Jet Airplane does up to 6Gs and the space shuttle does 8Gs.
Ryan said he was laughing the whole way down because it was so intense. We hear it's crazier in the winter time too on the ice, can't wait to try it.

They took second for the day—the first losers.

It Fit.

Jack, my Dad, Seth and Nate doing the smaller Zip Line.

My Cousin Matthew

We had a lot of Fun!
It was so Pretty and the weather was Perfect.
Matthew Thanks Again!