Strawberry Days

Another summer, another strawberry days festival. You have to go, even if it's just for the strawberries and cream. Which, by the way I did not get a picture of us eating, but we did have some and they were fantastic as usual! We bought the kids wrist bands so they could go on as many rides as they wanted. It was a pretty penny, but I think everyone had a good time. I love this little close up of Brynn and the baby.

Kira and our squinty eyed Layna. She loved all the rides and didn't show any fear.

The big slide is always a favorite attraction. I think Kira went like 500 times in a row! Brynn invited some friends, Autumn and Brooke from her class at school.

You are never to old to ride the merry go round, right?

This is the only ride Alayna got a little nervous on because it went up and down:)

Cute little Bryce and Anastyn. They look like adults in babies bodies the way they are sitting up so tall and are so at ease! I could just eat these babies they are so cute!

All 4 kiddos waiting in line for the train. It's almost impossible to get a picture of them all holding still. Unfortunately, this is of their backs, but we got all their bodies and it is still really cute.

There were a number of thrill rides there at the festival. Brynn's friends wanted to try them all, but Brynn didn't want to go on any of them. "I just don't want to", she kept telling me. So I left her alone, but when Cohen Lyman came and told us he had gone on this ride she knew if he could do it, she really needed to try it. Then before I knew it I saw Kira getting in line with them. I knew she had no idea what the ride was going to do. Brynn made it through, but poor Kira started crying half way through. It just wasn't what she was expecting. Brynn came off and said "I couldn't breathe up there!" Seth was so impressed with his brave daughters:). Well, they tried!

This is where everyone ended up when we got home. I had to catch a picture of the whole neighborhood attempting to get into the wading pool. These kids sure had fun with each other this summer! We were so glad Lawni and Heather could be here together for a while. All their visits go by way too fast though!

The Petting Zoo

Here we are at the petting zoo at Thanksgiving Point. Brandalyn's sister Kimberly was in town for the week and they were really nice to invite us to come along. Alayna hasn't shown any fear so far toward any animals, in fact she just loves them; but a couple of these goats did nip at her through the fence. I don't think it bothered her too much. I've been thinking about all the things we've been doing this summer and I think it is always extra fun for the girls and I to go somewhere because we get to see it through Alayna's eyes. None of us can be too grown up with her around. She helps us to see the wonder in everything!

There's nothing like a soft horsey's nose

Everybody always need a photo-op with the sheep!

Kimberly, Brandalyn and I. You can tell the two that are sisters, right?

Taeya is so cute with her bunnies:)

Gotta love my little jailbird

This horse was huge for Kira, it didn't seem like much of a pony.

Brynn looks like she rides every day, like an expert. Alayna looked upset on hers, but I think that is just because brynn is getting her off. I couldn't get her to smile for a picture.

Oh, she was so happy when got her on top of this cow! Just really sad when we made her get down:(

Another fun summer day...

Zoo, Zoo,Zoo!

Well, it is only fitting and appropriate that end the summer by blogging one of the very first things we did during the summer. Will I ever get on top of this? Oh Well.. So on the last day of school a whole bunch of us went to the zoo. Us, the Seaquists, the Kennards, The Lymans, The Ashbys and Heather's sister-in-law Noelle and her kids Scout and Maxin all went to the zoo. Oh, and Brandalyn had her sisters kids that day too. I think Brynn counted and we had something like 19 kids in all, that's a lot of heads to count:)

Another group photo. this one caught a few more of the babies though. Alayna wasn't very good at sitting in the stroller, but she kept up with everybody pretty good. Looks like she is resting here on Anastyn, whether she wants her to or not!

Every time Heather comes up we kind of smother her and take away all of her time, but we just love her too much to share her. Our kids kinda take over Livvy schedule too sometimes. Love these shots of Kira and Livvy!

What a poser! Oh my goodness, she really can lay on the cheese.

We stayed a little longer than everyone else and spent some time on the playground.

Caught u Brynn! Isn't she beautiful?

What a great day! I thought I had taken more pictures than that. Maybe I should just step it up and get working on the rest of our summer adventures now!

Tulip Festival 2011

What a lovely day! We try to see the tulips at Thanksgiving Point every year, and I wasn't going to let this year be the exception. We would've loved to have Bradalyn along with us too, but she had to work. So we were lucky to have Taeya Rae and Anastyn with us too. I did feel a little bad that we kept the babies strapped to their strollers the majority of the time, but I figured if we let them roamwe wouldn't be able to real them back in! Kono bought her cute hat at the gift shop before we started out. I thought she looked so cute in her polka dots. Looking at flowers with my mom and grandma is really so special to me. They both seem to know the name of every flower, it's temperament, where it grows best. There really ought to be flowers in heaven because I want to be able to walk through flower gardens with these ladies and name each flower.

Our poor little cuties confined to their strollers! They were so good though. Glad that Brynn was there to push a stroller too, because my mom was pushing a much heavier"stroller".

What cute, happy girls! Tae really is just another sister in this family:)

Kira went around and smelled every tulip that she could get close enough to, even though I kept telling her that they don't have any scent, but that didn't stop her. They really look like they should smell with how pretty they are though.

This cute couple had this dog that Alayna was crazy about. I still was reluctant to take her out of the stroller and the lady was so nice she brought the dog right up to Alayna.

Looking over the waterfall

Still hoping that one has a sweet smell...

Picture perfect posing!! I don't remember telling them to sit that way, they just naturally found a pose. I especially like Tae's sweet cheeks.

love my girls! I'm not sure where layna was though...

Sweet moments with Grandma Julie

Until next year, peace!