What we've been doing

This summer is going by way too quickly. I have already been to girls camp, and Youth Conference is coming up next week. Mark has had a ton of meetings for it, and I think everyone involved will be happy when it is finally over. Mark leaves for Youth Conference next Thursday, he gets back on Saturday, but then he leaves again for a scout camp on Monday and is gone all week. What a bummer. I'm so spoiled to have my hubby around a lot (he doesn't usually work on Friday's), and I just hate it when he's gone.

The last week of June we went Camping with our friends/cousins, Craig and Heidi Carlston and their girls. Heidi is my good friend from HS, and she is also Mark's cousin. Craig is Mark's good friend from HS. They have been our friends for along time and we love hanging out with them. They have three adorable little girls, almost exactly the same ages as our boys, but no, they will never date seeing as they are 2nd cousins! I took a few really cute pic's of our trip with them, but alas, our camera stopped working the day we came home. We camped up Blacksmith Fork Canyon, ate yummy foil dinners, played in a little creek, made s'mores, and we actually got some sleep. Both of our babies (ages 2 and 5 months at the time) did fabulously well and we didn't hear a peep from either of them until 8am! It was so fun that we have decided we need to do it again before this summer is over.

The 4th of July was great! My parents and my little sis, Melissa came up for our fireworks on the 3rd. We also had some of Mark's family over for dinner and some fun. Our neighbors always rent a giant bouncy castle for all the kids in the neighborhood each year, and the kids had fun doing that and playing in the hot tub. I also need to mention a little something about my sis, Melissa (I hope she won't mind). She is 19 and she has been dating this guy who lives in Florida since they were both 16 (they met through a mutual friend). Anyhoo, a few weeks ago, this boy (his name is Jared) got his call to serve a mission. And where did Jared get called to??? That's right, the Salt Lake City, UT mission! The exact mission my sister (his girlfriend) lives in! Poor Melissa. Neither of them are too thrilled about the idea. They are great kids. We'll see what the future holds for them.

Last week, the Carlston's took us boating and our boys LOVED IT! Neither of them wanted to get off the tube! Oh, and James and Andrew have started swimming lesson's and I can't believe it, they are doing awesome. These are the same two boys that wouldn't even get in a swimming pool, let alone put their faces in the water just 2 weeks ago! Hooray for Gin Manning! She is a miracle worker! I was so excited, Mark and I took our boys to the Aquatice Center yesterday, and it was so fun to watch them have fun and just enjoy being in water. James was practicing his underwater swim, and he actually does it really well! Caleb is just as cute as ever. He is still a little chunk and growing like a weed! I'm sure he is up to 15lbs already and he's not even 4 months old yet!

In need of a new camera

Our camera broke a few weeks ago. Dang it! We have been shopping around for a new one, but I'm not sold on one yet. We've been looking at Sony's, and the Cybershot looks nice. I would love to hear from all of my blogger buddies and hear about your camera and what you like and don't like about your's. Oh, our old camera was a Fuji. I liked it okay, but one day it just stopped working. We are going to look into getting it fixed, but we are still going to buy a new one. So let's hear about your cameras!

Laughing baby!

Caleb is laughing!! It is the cutest thing in the world. I forgot how sweet and fun it is to have a baby! This is my first chubby baby and he is so fun to cuddle and love! He just started to laugh a few days ago. His favorite thing to giggle at is his older brothers! I'll try to get him laughing on video.

He is growing way to fast. He is such a cutie! I love his cheeks!

Happy Birthday and Anniversary

Last weekend Mark and I celebrated my birthday (29 years baby!!!) and our 9 year wedding anniversary. We (along with Caleb) stayed at Daniel's Summit Lodge near Heber City. It was a lot of fun. We also attended a concert featuring Kalai. Mark liked the music so much, he bought two of their CD's.


We can hardly believe it has been 9 whole years!!! It has been the best nine years of my life. We have done a lot and been through a lot together. Here is a list of some of my favorite things we have done together during the past nine years. Got married, honeymooned in San Diego, graduated from Utah State together, moved to Wisconsin for Mark to attend dental school, traveled to Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, Jackson Hole, DC, New York, Nauvoo/Palmyra/Kirtland/Winter Quarters church sites, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Louisville Kentucky, the Mall of America, Disneyland, and all over Wisconsin and Utah; Mark graduated from Dental school, we moved back to Utah, we had three wonderful little boys, we bought our first home, and we are more in love than we were 9 years ago! I love you Mark! Thank you for a great nine years! I'm so excited to celebrate 10 years with you in New Zealand next year!

This is a "Brighton" watch/bracelet that Mark got for my birthday! Isn't it gorgeous?!?!