THE BEACH......

We went to the beach last week with our friends. We had a great time but I forgot my camera...oops! Good thing my friend brought her camera and happens to be an awesome photographer.Thanks Aimee for all the cute pics. We had a great time and had lots to do. Crab hunting, throwing sand, eating sand (Kinley), playing in the water and oh of course finding Ry when he decided to run off and had me freaking out! Here are some pics. Riley and Kade and so funny! They are lil buds. McKinley loves to follow Cody around and Kade is so cute with Kinley always helping out. Needless to say it was a long day of driving. Between traffic and a huge accident we were happy to be at the beach and it definetly wore the monkeys out...they slept so good!
EnJoY!

He will NEVER bore you with his words...not even the bishop!

Okay, so today we went to church which always is hard because we have sacrament at the end and it gets out at 1:00 and then it takes about 30 mins to drive home and the kids are so hungry,tired and cranky! Well, we are getting sealed in the London temple on Sept 5 (YAY! Finally!) So, today after sacrament we had to stay to get our recommends so that we can be sealed(different than just the endownment one).
So our lovely family goes into the bishop's office and we are talking with him about how excited we are and then someone in the other room hit's the wall. Riley's says, "What the HELL was that?"
OK really? We are in the bishops office. Waiting to get our recommends.My mouth was open for like 10 seconds before I could think what to say. My reply was "Ry we dont talk like that. Remember we had this conversation about how that is not okay to say?"
I look over to my bishop to see his response and he is laughing so hard that he cant talk. Jer and I were so embarassed that our faces were bright red. Luckily we have an awesome bishop that laughed it off and knows that our loving lil man sometimes picks up the words you dont want him to pick up.
LESSON TO BE LEARNED: DONT BRING YOUR KIDS IN WITH YOU TO THE BISHOP'S OFFICE.
I thought you all needed a laugh!

Colby Man

Denise took her kids to Lagoon and invited Colby to go with them this week. Here are some pics of them (thank you Denise). We miss Colby so much and I think about him daily....right now is hard because his birthday is this coming week and he starts school tomm. We are so used to being there with him when all this happens and now we are learning to be there through phone calls....it's sucks! Anyways Colby we love you and miss you so much. We're happy you had a fun time with your cousins. GoOd LuCk at school buddy!

Ninnie is in a big bed

McKinley has been in a big bed for a month or so and we had a rocky start....big thud in the night when she would fall out of bed which led to a long day since she was getting no sleep, sleeping on the floor by the door and so on. She now loves her bed and I will often find her in her room just sitting on her bed playing. McKinley is so proud of herself and everytime she goes to bed she says,"good girl Ninnie...big bed!"

My Lil Boy is gettin TOO big!

Today while doing our normal "We're bored,so lets do stupid errands", we checked the mail and much to Riley's enjoyment he had a birthday card waiting for him(thanks Grandma!)
After we got the card I promised both the kids that they could each get a nice present with the money that Grandma sent. Riley has been extremely bored this summer and is so ready to go to school so I knew that we had to get him something that would keep his mind busy. Riley picked out alot of really fun and creative crayola packages. Kinley got a doll of course!
I told Riley that we would draw and play when Kinley took a nap....the second she went down Ry was waiting to get started. We both were drawing when he asked me to teach him to write his name. I showed him how and within ten mintues he was doing it by himself. I cannot believe at the age of 4 he can write and spell his name. I love him so much and am realizing how big my lil monkey is. He is an amazing kid and I love his lil personality!

Why I went PRIVATE.....

I have been thinking about going private for a while now. I was looking at the news the other day and there was a child that was put up for adoption on Craigslist who was infact not up for adoption. The reporter had said that the photo that was used was one that was taken off the families personal blog. Nothing happened to the child and it was just something that was on the Internet but it really makes you wonder who can see all of your personal pics and thoughts. So, that is why I chose to go private. Being in a different country and away from family and friends I have noticed that my post are more personal and detailed and I don't want some "CHESTER MOLESTER" (hehe) down the street to know everything about me and my family.
Well there you have it....a very long and drawn out reason:) Love ya all and will post pics soon!

A little Rain, the smell of POOP and Hot Chocolate..making memories!

This morning I looked out the window to this awesome view..


Well since the kids probably wouldn't go play in this I had to think of something for us to do. So I got the monkey's in their rain gear and headed to Newmarket. Newmarket is known all around the world for it's horse racing and breeding. We made a quick stop and got some donuts and hot chocolate and then sat in the back of the car and watched.
If you look real close you can see them racing!





It was rainy today and foggy and so it just added to the fun! These aren't the best of pics. I had to keep the kids from jumping out of the back of the car but the pictures should give you an idea of how pretty it is.
I absolutely love horses and so when I get a little homesick I sometimes come and watch, it reminds me of my Dad. Jockeys on horses are not quite the same as the smell of poop and watching my dad rope but you get the point! We can't wait for my parents to come visit....Sept 1 will be here in no time:) YAY!

I think it's that time......

I have seen a lot of things that are happening with peoples blogs as of late and so we have chosen to make ours PRIVATE. If you want an invite please just leave a comment with your email. Sorry to be a pain! I won't do it until the end of this week.