Rub-a-dub-dub

After getting back from Swimming at the Surf and swim the kids were really cold. They have been begging for weeks to take a bath in the big bath in our room! We finally decided a big bubble bath was what was needed to warm up! They loved it! We even put Addie in for a minute until they knocked her over and she went under! I love my little fish's!

Surf and swim

The middle of August we went to the Layton Surf and Swim. It is a fun pool just down the street from us. They turn on waves once an hour or so in the pool, it looks fun. Our ward had a ward party there the week we moved in but it ended up getting cancelled due to lightening so they rescheduled it for the middle of August. The day it was rescheduled it rained literally all day until about 4. It cleared up so we could go! We took a picnic and ate it then these three got in the water. It was a little cool out from the rain so Addie and I opted to sit and watch, plus I got to sit and get to know our Bishop and his wife better and some other people in the ward. Side note: speaking of our Bishop when we lived in Miss. our Bishop was Bishop Westenskow and our new ward here our Bishop is Bishop Westenskow! 

Heather's Birthday

I love my birthday! I always have I just love to celebrate it maybe that's why! I always try to make it last as long as I can! This year was great! The Sunday before we had my family up to have dinner and cake! My mom was going to girls camp the rest of the week so it worked! I turned the eternal age of 29 this year! We had some yummy cake after dinner!

Tuesday the 12th was my actual birthday. It was kind of like any other day. My sisters Emily and Katy, my Grandma, my aunt LeAnn, and my cousins Andrea and Camille came up and went to lunch with me which meant a lot! It was fun to see them and to show them our house! 

After lunch my sister and I took the kids to a splash pad down the street from my house (pics in another post.)

That night Andrew skipped out of work early and came home. We went and dropped our oldest two off at his brother's house. He was so nice to offer to watch them for us. We are happy to only be a few miles away from them now! We then drove to downtown Salt Lake for dinner. On our way there we hit a huge wind storm and at one point couldn't really see more than a few feet in front of us on the freeway, it was a little scary! We finally drove out of it after a few tense minutes! We made it to P.F. Changs and look outside after we get seated to see it pouring! We shared a yummy dinner for two they had a special for. We hadn't been there since before we had kids. It tasted really good! Addie was such a great dinner date. 

After dinner we drove back to Layton and went to Menchies for some frozen yogurt. I had a free cup for my birthday so we went to use it! Afterwards we went and got our kids and headed home! It was such a nice day. I got lots of calls, texts, emails, facebook messages, etc. It was such a great day! Andrew gave me a new apron and a gift card to the TJ maxx home goods store which I bought curtains and curtain rods, and some pillows with! I got money from everyone else which I have saved to put towards a new kitchen table here in the next month! The next Sunday after my birthday we had Andrew's family up to our house for dinner. His sister made some yummy pies!

Addie loved it!

Splash pad

On my birthday we had fun at the Splash pad! We are so happy to have two within five minutes of our house in either direction! My kids loved it and we went as many times as we could before they shut it off for the summer!

Maybe next year my kids will brave the bin of water being dumped!

Love her

I just love this girl! I started putting her in the shopping cart at the end of July and she loves it! It is so nice to not have to have her seat taking up the whole thing anymore! She is the best shopping buddy (only cause she can't run away yet!) 

Random Andrew's phone

We ate at my parents house a lot while our cousins were in town! We just wanted to fit so much in while they were here. It is hard when we only see them a couple times a year!

My beautiful girls all ready for church!

My handsome boy who always has a dirty face! This time he drew himself a mustache!

Playing in hard work! Poor Tyler fell asleep sitting up at the table during dinner!

Playing at the park! We had such a nice August, it rained a whole lot but it was cooler then it ever has been which meant we went to the park a lot!

Random

Just pictures that have no place but need a place! 

Addie has a serious problem with getting her legs stuck in the crib! It wakes her up to early in the morning and drives us all crazy! 

Andrew's Grandma was here earlier this summer from Montana and we were able to spend a couple days with her. This day we got together with his family and his uncle and aunts family for dinner!

We put this away right after we moved because obviously it isn't doing us any good anymore!

We went on a marathon shopping spree to Ikea when Celyn was here. The kiddie land was full so it was 4 adults and 8 kids. We were there for over 4 hours. We did stop and have lunch in the cafe in the middle of it all. We had multiple bathroom breaks! We were all so exhausted by the time we left, but little Jack couldn't handle it anymore and laid down and crashed in the cart! I got home that night and realized Easton had no underwear on! He had gone all day without it but never said anything. My mom had taken him to the bathroom at Ikea but amidst all the chaos forgot to tell me he was commando! 

Ella didn't feel well at dinner one night at my mom's house. We got home and she decided she felt better so she ate a huge bowl of cottage cheese, she loves that stuff! 

We went to Texas Roadhouse for my little brothers birthday which was a few days after he got home. They made him sit on the bull, he said it was really awkward! 

She is my first child that I can put to sleep (most of the time) when we are at church or somewhere besides her bed. The other two preferred their dad to put them to sleep at church! 

Park with Cousins

This was way back in the middle of July but somehow got lost amidst all the drafts I have! When my sister in law Celyn was here we made a picnic one day and went to Evergreen park in Holladay. I grew up going to this park it was a favorite, because it had Cinderella's carriage! They have improved it in the last few years and it was really nice. It was a hot hot day but there was a lot of shade so we stayed a little cool. We miss our cousins and are always so happy when they come! It was a nice break that day from packing it was a few days before we moved!