11th Anniversary... deer hunting?

 Scott and I pretty seriously couldn't agree on what to do for our anniversary this year. I wanted to play in Vegas and he wanted to utilize the last weekend of his deer tag. He won. We went up past Enterprise and camped in our trailer at Honeycomb Rocks. We actually had a great weekend. Scott's workmate, Sean, lent us his 4-wheeler and we spent a lot of time on it. It was a fun, relaxing weekend and the best thing is that we got to spend it together... without kids. Oh ya, and we did see some nice bucks (but didn't have to bring one home).

 I have an amazing husband and I am grateful every day of my life to be married to him. He is calm and patient with me. He knows me inside-out and still loves me. He is a fabulous dad and a really hard worker. I knew he was a great guy when I married him but I'm not sure I knew just how magnificent of a husband he was going to be. It's a great blessing to celebrate 11 years of marriage to my eternal companion.

 Another blessing is the fact that my parents were willing to take all 5 of our kids overnight. They went to Veyo Park where my dad and grandpa played guitar at the Veyo town party.

 They went to McDonald's...

 and did lots of other fun stuff to entertain our kids for 2 days. I am so grateful!

Labor Day

 We made super last minute Labor Day plans to swim at grandpa's and eat barbecue. It was a fabulous morning!

 I'm not sure why we have never cooked breakfast by the pool before cause it was seriously awesome!

Random Pics from August

 Cute Baylie slept at our house when they came to visit. They put two couches together and by morning time they were all pretty snuggled up.

This is Anne eating a Costco piece of pizza. She can actually eat quite a bit for being as scrawny as she is.

 We had Addi for a few hours one day and she ended up in a bubble bath with Paysli and Brigham. Pretty adorable!

 Who is this crazy guy who is willing to take so many little kids to a restaurant? Oh ya, Grandpa Scott! This isn't even all the kids that were there.

 I'm not sure what it is with pizza in August, but this is Brigham enjoying his slice by grandpa's pool.

Peach Days

 Grandpa Scott and Jason got to play at Peach Days again and we got to go watch them. It was fun to be there (as always) to watch them, eat good food and let the kids ride a few little rides. 

Grandpa Scott actually pulled the kids on stage to scream during Marie Laveau. They loved it!

Jason let Briggs play on the drums with him through a song or two. It was pretty cute!

 Brigham and Branson getting pulled by a tractor.

 Max let Paysli ride with him.

 A super cute grandpa getting all his band stuff set up.

Brigham's Birthday

 My baby boy turned 2! Time flies so fast. He is the love of our lives and as such he gets away with everything. 

He loves all things 'boy" so we made him an awesome tractor cake. It was quite a hit with the other kids. 

Swimming at Grandma Karen's

 At the beginning of this year Grandpa and Grandma Fuller moved into Coral Canyon. Grandma Karen has started teaching our girls how to sew and it has turned into an event with dinner and swimming every week. It has been lots of fun. Teri has been coming too and it's been a great chance for our boys to play. The more they swim, the gutsier they get. 

This is their newest trick: 

They both come up gasping then do it again.

First Day of School

 This year Shaersti is in 3rd grade. Her teacher is Mr. Hawks. 

Anneliese is in 1st and her teacher is Mrs. Corpaci.

Paysli is in preschool at Summit Athletic Club.

They were all pretty excited for school to start and they have loved it so far.

 Paysli started school a few days after the other girls.

Moving

We got the fabulous opportunity to move right next door to my parents so in August we did just that. It was pretty crazy getting ready to move with a super busy summer, but we did it. I thought I had everything planned out so well but then the carpet didn't get ordered like it was supposed to and we ended up living in chaos for a week. Here's a few pics of the mess we had to live in. 

 How many men does it take to get a dryer out of storage? It looks like 5 would be the answer in this case.

Now that we are moved and settled, we absolutely love this house and feel incredibly grateful to be here!

My Boys

I might live in a house of girls, but I really lucked out to get the boys I did. I love my boys!

Cute Pics from July

 Brigham loves to "hode" Aydree and he asks to all the time. He is actually pretty darn cute with her.

 The back of grandpa's truck is always the place to be, but especially when he has cool chairs in it.

 Gotta have more pics of Briggs eating!

 Hey ladies... wanna take a ride in my wagon?

Aydree's First Swim

 I finally got brave enough to take Aydree swimming for her first time. Grandpa's pool was super warm and she seemed to really like it.

Shaersti's Swimming

 We loved Shaersti being on the summer swim team. In fact, we just put her in year round. Here are a few fun pics from swim meets.

Aydree hanging out at a meet

 Anne and Brigham watching their sister

 Shaersti with a teammate