Seven Peaks

Last Saturday we went down to Seven Peaks with Matt and Jen. Chad came too and brought the 3 younger kids and we met Toph and Brittany down there. Since Regan was working my mom came to help me out with the kids. Skye loved it!! I wish Regan could have gone so that he could have taken her down some of the big slides. I know she would have loved going down them. Luckily they had some smaller slides and a kiddie pool that she really enjoyed. Jordyn loved it but after a half hour in the water she would start freezing. Poor thing, she doesn't have any body fat to keep her warm. She loved the wave pool and I was so shocked when she followed Skye down a little slide that had water pouring on the kids in the kiddie pool. I don't know why they do that with slides. I have never seen a kid that loves water dumped on them when they are trying to go down a slide. It was fun to spend the day with all of my brothers and their families. Too bad Regan couldn't have been there with us.

4th of July weekend up at the cabin

We spent the 4th up at the cabin with Regan's brothers. Rusty, Holly, Rylee, Ryan, Sheri, their kids and of coarse Jon. Kate, Sheri's sister-in-law came too. We swam, ate a lot of dutch oven and hung out around the cabin. Ryan brought their 4wheeler, hoping to get it running but no such luck. Not even getting towed by the golf cart helped. It did make for some good laughs though.

Jordyn loved jumping into the pool to daddy

Skye and Tyler

Abbi up in the corner flying thru the air.

Sheri and Kennedi

Rylee is still a little scared of the water after the Hawaii incident

Skye doing a back dive

Ryan found a sweet helmet down in the basement to match the 4 wheeler

Trying to get the wheeler to start

Cabin with the Darley's

We went up to the cabin this last weekend with the Darley family A.K.A my polygamous family. We joke that Erica and I are sister wives because me and my girls are always tagging along with them to lunch, dinner, ect... when Regan is away.
We had a great time!! We went swimming on Saturday. I was bummed because I had left my camera back at the cabin and it was free swim day so they had this HUGE blow-up slide that the kids could go down. At the bottom of the slide was a pool of FREEZING cold water. It was so cold that me feet were aching just standing in the water that had spilled out. So I was a little shocked that when Skye went down the slide and into that freezing water that she would want to go again. She loved it! Cooper...Not so much. He got turned sideways half way down the slide and had a look of terror in his eyes. I really wish I had my camera. It was hilarious. He hit the water and started crying. His lips were blue for like 2 hours after. Skye went down it 2 times then  I made her stop and go get in the pool to warm up. I was worried about hypothermia. Later that night Regan cooked us up some dutch oven. We put the kids down somewhat early and watched a movie. On Sunday it was a little too cold for swimming so instead we tried to go for a hike up Parader Canyon. The water is so high right now that the trail got washed away so that put the kibosh on that idea. Jordyn wasn't exactly loving the pack anyway so it was probably a good thing we couldn't go far. After an eternity of letting the kids throw rocks in the water we went back and cleaned up to go home. We will definitely have to do more of these trips with the Darley's.

I don't know what Regan is doing in this picture. I think he is trying to get Jordyn to smile.

Daddy with his girls. Ladd and Cooper in the background

Skye strikin' one of her poses

Cooper and Skye

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!

Skye was right!! We found out on Tuesday that we are having a baby boy. Regan is on cloud 9!! It's cute to see him so excited. The baby looked great. I was worried about his heart just because his heartbeat has been up in the 180's every time that I have gone in, but everything looks great. He wasn't shy to show off his goods. He was all about showing that little thing off.  The tech said that he was a "BIG boy" and kept making jokes that he was proud of it. We took Skye with us to the ultrasound. She loved hearing the heart beat. She thought that was pretty cool. She was NOT budging on the baby being anything but a boy. I kept trying to prepare her that it could be a girl but she would just say, "No it's a brother." When the tech said it was a boy, I said Skye you were right and she said yep! You were wrong. I figured it was a boy just because she knew I was pregnant before I did, so she obviously knew something. It does feel good to know for sure though and I'm so excited to experience a boy. For a couple that had such a hard time getting started on a family we sure ended up with more than we could ever ask for.

His profile.



His goods

Jordyn's 18 month check-up

I finally got around to taking Jordyn in for her 18 month check-up (She's 20 months). After hearing about measles being in Cache Valley I thought I  better get her in and get her MMR shot that she has not had yet. They pricked her heal to check for anemia or something. When the nurse pricked her, she said "ouch." No cry or anything. Then she put the band-aid on and Jordyn flipped out. She ripped it off and wouldn't let us put another one on, so I had blood all over my pants. That little bugger wouldn't stop bleeding.
My little lady is way under the charts now. She's not even close to being on the charts. I had thought that she reached the 20 pound mark but no... She was 19.2 with her shirt and diaper on. She is 75% in height and her head is just under 50%. The Dr. told me that I need to start giving her Instant Breakfast 3 times a day to try and make her gain some weight. I don't even know if that will help. She eats like a horse. She will eat a whole bowl of Mac & Cheese and a whole cheeseburger. I think she just has a crazy fast metabolism like her dad. Other than being extremely skinny she is healthy as can be.