Summer Fun

We have had a great summer. Joel was saying the other day that he has not had such a busy summer for a long time. It has been so fun being back closer to family. While we lived in Ohio we felt that we were missing out on so many things and so this summer we tried to take advantage of the fact that we are now close enough to attend.





So here are some of the fun things we did this summer.


Fuller Family Reunion at Bear Lake





Bear Lake was a lot of fun. We were able to see some of Joel's cousins that we have not had a chance to see for years.


4th of July at Grandma and grandpa Wilson's






Devin's Birthday






Camping in the Uintahs with Grandpa Lewis




Joel took Devin and Hayden up in to the Uintah's with grandpa Lewis. The boys had a great time riding horses and fishing.

Celebration at Promontory Point



This was a fun day. We got to tour both trains there, ride on an engine powered rail car, ride a hand pumped car, and the boys threw cow chips and wood through a hole.


David and Kimberly's Wedding



My little brother got married. It was a beautiful day. It was so neat to be in the temple with my family. Everybody was there, except my two youngest sisters, one was on a mission and the other was babysitting all 21 nieces and nephews. They we be there on the next one I'm sure.

Tanner's Birthday



My Tanner loves trains, so for his birthday we took the kids to Union Station in Ogden to see all the many trains they had a great time looking at them and climbing on them. His favorite was the little model train that they could make go. We also went mini golfing. The boys have been asking for a while if we could go golfing so while we were in Ogden we took the opportunity to play. It turned out to be alot of fun. Tanner, most holes would hit his ball then pick it up and put it into the hole.


Hayden's Birthday





For Hayden's birthday we were lucky to have family stop by and celebrate it with us. Mel and Tom and fam came for lunch (they were passing through and needed a place to take a break. We are glad they did, it made Hayden's birthday more fun.) Tammy and James also came for cake and ice cream. Later that day we took the kids bowling and grandma and grandpa Lewis came as well as Travis and Elisa. It was a fun day for Hayden.


Labor Day at Uncle Brent and Aunt Janice's




We spent our Labor Day at Brent and Janice's. Although it was a little cold, the sun came out and it warmed up enough that we had a chance to go down the water slide. It was a blast. I think Devin and Drue hold the record for the most trips down the slide, with Joel right behind them. It was a fun weekend and we plan on going back for one last summer fun weekend next week. Hopefully the weather cooperates and we get to do the slide again. We hope to see many of you there. Check out Aunt Janice's blog page for more pics.

First Day of School

Today was the boys first day of school. They were so excited. Devin could not go to sleep last night and then was up before Joel was, wanting to know if it was time for the bus. Hayden has afternoon kindergarten and soon after Devin left this morning wanted to know if it was time for his bus. It is good to see them so excited about this because had they not been I would have been very tempted to keep them home with me. I have already kept them home as long as I could. I love having my children near me, partly because I enjoy them so much and partly because nobody can protect them and will watch out for them like I would. I know they have to grow up and I want them to, but at the same time I don't. Why are things like first days of school hardest on some moms? I am very proud of my boys for being brave and wanting to be grown up. They both insisted that they ride the bus, I offered to drive them, but as Hayden told me "we are 6 and 7 now" like that is so grown up. They have to walk down to the main road to catch the bus. I sent Devin down with the neighbor kids, but put my little ones in the stroller and walked Hayden down. He was the only one to ride the bus today, but was so excited to go. I can't wait for them to come home so now I am going to wait on the front porch for them to get off the bus.

Tanner who does not want to go to school but wanted his picture taken like his big brothers.

Happy Birthday Hayden!

We wer blessed to have two of our sons born in the same week. It has been fun, but it means we get alot of birthday stuff in the same week.



Hayden's birthday was actually yesterday, but it was a busy day with grandparents and uncle and aunts stopping by to visit. So sorry Hayden it is late, but here's to your happy birthday.



1. Hayden turned 6 years old. Will start kindergarten tomorrow and can hardly wait.



2. Hayden was born almost 4 weeks early and was my smallest baby. He is still my smallest in size.



3. Hayden is my most quite stubborn child. It has to be his idea or it does not happen.



4. Hayden sees what he wants and goes and gets it. He is very determined when he wants to be.



5. Hayden looks up to his big brother and wants to be just like him. Thinks that he is just as big and can do anything Devin can. He also likes being a big brother.



6. Hayden loves cars just like his dad and would like to grow up and do what his dad did on cars to airplanes. (Or in other words he wants to be a airplane engineer.)



We are blessed every day to have him in our family and wanted to wish him a happy day.

Happy Birthday Tanner!

Today is my Tanner Mans 4th birthday. We are so glad to have him in our family.

Here are some facts about our Tanner.

1. Tanner was born with hypotonia, which makes him amazingly flexible.

2. Tanner loves trains of all kinds.

3. He has beautiful dark brown eyes, and long eye lashes.

4. There is something in Tanner that attracts people, even when he is throwing a fit.

Happy Birthday little man.

Questions

I took my kids grocery shopping today, which is always a crazy experience. I avoid going for as long as I possible can and then when we run out of milk I load every body up for a trip to the grocery store.

So today was one of those days, we ran out of milk on Sat. and my boys thought that we were going to die yesterday without it.

As I was trying to keep my boys under control and out of other peoples way, a lady passed and asked " Are all these yours?"

I turned around and looked to see who all these kids were that she was talking about, wondering if we were holding up others with kids, and only saw mine. As I acknowledged that they were all mine, she said "Oh, bless you!'

Did I look like I needed blessings? I did not know how to react to this, so I herded my kids on without saying anything.

Is 4 kids in the "Are all these kids yours?" category? And what do you say to comments like these? I must admit that I was quite taken back by this comment.

I made cinnamon rolls today for our FHE treats and the last couple of times I have made them they have turned out like these. They are hollow around all the swirls. Why do they do this? What did I do wrong?