can you say SLIMY?

OK here is the story. Mitchell has been reading the Guinness Book of World Records. He came home the other day and said, Mom do you think it would be hard to keep 7 snails on your face at once? I replied, no but it would definitely be Gross and very slimy! I asked why? He told me in the Guinness Book of World Records a boy from the UK kept 7 snails on his face, and he knew he could beat that easy!

So tonight I am trying to make dinner and Kade comes running in and tells me to get the camera Mitchell is putting snails on his face. I go outside and sure enough he has gathered 8 snails from the yard. I am not talking your normal, little run of the mill snail, these things are huge and they are crawling or should I say sucking to his face. It was a lot harder than he thought. It took a lot of patience on his part. They kept falling off, about 1 hour later he had finally got all 8 to suction to his face. They were in his ears, on his eyes and even one went on his lip!

I got Scott and he said, Nat he is your kid! We all got a big laugh and Mitchell is stoked because he thinks he holds the new record for the most snails on a kids face at one time! He definitely got SLIMED and said he actually thought it was COOL! GO figure!

THINK BLUE!

Go Dodgers! It's baseball season again. The boys love the games. Sadie and I enjoy them, but it is truly a lot of work to have Sadie there at the games for 9 innings or sometimes more. We try to keep her occupied with dancing to the music, waving to everyone in the stands and a tons and tons of snacks! She does pretty well for her age.
The boys think the Dodgers Dogs are to die for. They could probably eat three each, but we have to limit them to two and I always bring in plenty of snacks from the outside. Getting snacks at these games could break the bank, if you know what I mean!

The boys were also stoked because they were giving out JOE TORRE bobble heads at the door. Mitchell thinks he now is going to start collecting bobble heads. I guess it's a good goal! They love when they hand out FREE things at the door.

wEeKeNd GeTaWaY!

We thought we needed a little getaway so we headed down to Newport Beach for the weekend. We had a wonderful time. The kids love the beach and Scott and I love Newport Beach! It was so fun and relaxing, we actually got our own little personaly dolphin show about 25 feet in front of us! The spinner dolphins were jumping, diving and even flipping right in front of us. It was so amazing!

We were able to stay at the beach for 4 hours. The weather was perfect, Sadie fell asleep and the boys were digging a huge whole and Scott and I were just there soaking up the beautiful view and a few rays, of course. Scott looked at me and said, " It doesn't get much better than this". I agreed. (not to often does sadie fall asleep at the beach, it was HEAVEN.)

We headed home and stopped off in L.A. for a Dodger's game. They won! It was a fun, relaxing getaway for the whole Fam.

Piggies & Lillie's!

I finally got Sadie to hold still long enough to get two piggy tails in! I was so excited! Her hair is getting long and I don't know if I like it or not! Boy hair is just so easy, I am not used to this girl hair stuff, it takes so much time and effort and I try so hard and I still can't get her ponytails straight. One day it will come and then she probably won't let me touch her hair anymore.

My Lillie's finally bloomed the other day! I was so excited! I decided to take a few pictures with Sadie with the Lillie's. I am glad I did. I got to enjoy the Lillie's for a day and then Mckade found them and cut the bloom off with his pocket-knife!

I love kids! They make me smile and cry each day! I am truly grateful for both!

Which Way To The BEACH?

The weather finally was warm enough to go to the beach for the 1st time this year! It was 75 degress, What a BEAUTIFUL day. We all had so much fun! Sadie is finally at a age where she likes the beach and she loves to play with the sand and not eat it! The boys stayed busy building sand castles and were also brave enough to try boogie boarding in the FREEZING COLD WATER! (kade did not last long) I felt the water and it felt like it just came off a glacier from up North, & Scott thought the same! The boys tried to talk Scott into boogie boarding with them, he almost ran out of excuses why he could not get into the water! WE LOVE THE BEACH, but the cleaning-up part when you get home, AHHHHHHH! You have SAND in EVERYTHING:}

GROWING UP!

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Sunny San Diego

We headed down to San Diego last weekend for a little get away and of course the BYU game. We had a great time together, even though the weather was a little rainy a couple of the days. We had fun just hanging out together.

One day we rented the 4 wheel bike for the whole fam! Well that was fun, until Sadie decided she needed to sit on my lap and Kade thought he could put his foot down to stop. Little did he know that Scott and Mitchell were still peddling and he got a pretty good scrape. OUCH!

We went up to La Jolla to see the San Diego temple! Wow, that temple is truly amazing. We also got lucky and were able to see Sea Lions sun bathing on the shoreline.

Mitchell was in seventh heaven when we went down to some tide pools and he was able to explore. Of course he found hermit crabs and begged and begged for us to let him take them home as pets. Finally after alot of negotiating he talked us into letting him keep two. We were driving around San Diego trying to find a petco or some pet shop that would carry hermit crab food. And when we went to dinner he had to get a "TOGO" box to keep the hermit crabs in.

We also got to go to the BYU/San Diego basketball game. It was fun and very exciting. The fans of San Diego were very rude to say the least. I wish we could have WON just to put them in there place and show San Diego who the real winners ARE!

We all and all had a wonderful time and enjoyed the little weekend get-away!

P.S. Mitchell's hermit crabs died. NO MORE PETS!

A FUN FAMILY GATHERING!

My parents and grandmother flew in for the weekend to get away from ALL the snow in UTAH! We had such a fun and relaxing time together. We did a whole lot of nothing. We just relaxed, put together 3 jigsaw puzzles and chatted a whole bunch, and of course ate a lot of yummy food.

Kade and Mitchell even got there 85 year old Grandma Great to play the Wii with them. She is a good sport! And she really enjoyed playing golf on the Wii.

The time always goes by way to quick when we are together, but I am gratful for my wonderful family and glad they took time out of there busy schedules to come and visit SUNNY CALIFORNIA for the weekend.

SAY, CHEESE MOM!

I have been trying to capture some cute pictures of Sadie, because she is growing up so fast. I was taking pictures the other day and the only way I could get her to sit and look at me is if she had a camera of her own. I would say, "say cheese SADIE," and she would look at me, put the camera on her head, and say, "CHEESE MOM!" I just had to laugh. She is also trying to juggle holding her doll at the same time as the camera. She's all GIRL and already multitasking at this young age. We lover her, and she brings smiles to our face each day!:}