In case you haven't noticed

Eli has a hole in his smile. Cute, isn't it?

I wouldn't be a good mom if.....

I didn't buzz the boys' heads for summer! Actually, I'm pretty sure I would still be a good mom if I didn't, but I did anyway. They both had fros that had to go. Here are the before and after pictures:

Eli Before

Noah Before (stock photo, I was too busy trying to get him to let me cut his hair that I forgot to take a before picture)

The Boys After

Pics of the Faves

That's where she wanted to sleep!

One day, Leah said she wanted to take a nap in the ottoman where we store our living room blankets. I told her, "Okay." And so that's what she did.

Mini-vacation

Last weekend, the fam and I went to St. George for a little vacation. Here are some pictures of the things we did:

Eli was sick (not fun)

Leah and Noah were not sick (fun)

Lots of swimming

Lots of playing in the back yard which is mostly big rocks and little rocks. There's also a fountain which is really fun to throw rocks in!

A bit of hiking. St. George is so beautiful because it's so different! We went to a spot where there are petroglyphs. It was really cool and interesting.

Leah was being a butt (not fun)

How did ancient people know what Eli looks like?

Playing at Sand Hollow Reservoir (very fun)

Eli marked for battle


Oh, and I was there too! (fun)

Pics of the Faves

I almost peed my pants!

Our little family was invited over to Mike and Shaina's (bro and sis-in-law) for dinner on Friday. We got there and were standing, chatting in the kitchen and Shaina asked me to get some paper plates out of the pantry. I thought, "Well, I have to pee, but I'll just grab the plates first and then take care of that." That was a bad choice because when I opened the pantry, I let out a loud, startled scream! There was a big guy standing in the pantry! Then I let out another scream because I realized that big guy was my oldest brother Will who lives in Colorado. Then I proceeded to jump around and scream for about a minute and scare the kids because they weren't really sure what was going on. Fortunately, I didn't pee in my pants, but I could have; I was that surprised.

Will came to town for a quick visit to pick up a couch my brother Mike was getting rid of and because his family is out of town; therefore, he's unsupervised. We had a really great time playing games indoors as well as outdoors. The kids had a great time playing with him too. They think the uncles are the best!