New Elliptical

This morning, Chris told me that our Elliptical Machine was broken. He went to get on it, and one whole arm just fell off. I was devastated! I've been working so hard to loose weight, and I've been doing so good lately! My grand total of weight loss for Aug. and Sept. is 21 pounds!! Yahoo! So I had been thinking about this all day long today. Chris uses it everyday as well. So it was just as important to him as it was to me. So tonight we searched for a new one. And after trying out what seemed to be a ton of them with no success, we finally came across the perfect one for us :) Yahoo! We won't miss too many days working out.

Now Chris just has to put it together :) You go babe!!

Primary Program

Today was Bree's first Primary Program. I didn't think much of it, until my mom sounded excited for her on the phone yesterday. Then when we were up on the stand today, and she got up and went to the microphone to say her little part, "I will be honest", I realized, that she was doing something good :) Something Great! My little Bree is in Primary, and gets to participate and it was fun to be up there with her, helping her take another step toward growing up a little.

Every one of these steps in her growth, is new to me. She is still having a lot of firsts in her life. It's fun to watch her grow, and do things for the first time. I know she is making her Heavenly Father proud, by going to primary, and learning about the gospel. I'm so proud of her!

Dinosaur Park :)

Saturday, we took a trip to Ogden. We decided to take the girls to the Dinosaur Park, before heading over to my parents for some awesome food, and the BYU game. The girls loved being outside, playing, and seeing all of the Dinosaurs.

We hit the playground first. After all, it was a long drive up :) We had to get our wiggles out!

We kept meeting up in different places of the park with this family. And they kept calling their daughter Elle Bell, and Ellie Bellie, just like I do Elle. So we found out that we both had daughters named Elle and Ellie. Then we found out that we were both from Lehi. And that we'd come up to watch the BYU game with my dad, and had just decided to stop at the dinosaur park before hand, and they were heading up to Logan to do the same thing with their dad, and had also stopped at the dinosaur park before hand too. So Seriously Crazy!!
Elle and Daddy, going down the dinosaur slide :)
Playing in some shade. It was a really hot day! Elle, just loves anything outside.

Bree and Daddy, trying to put their faces in this picture. Daddy's face was a little too big. I guess this is for the kids :)
Trying not to get eaten by one of the scary dino's!
The girls, hanging out with the dinosaurs. It was such a fun afternoon. Kind of better than watching that poor BYU game :( Anyway, I had an awesome time talking with my Aunts (here from Idaho), and my Mom! It was a really fun day for us!

Our Date

Last night Chris and I went on a date :) It's been a while since we've been out. We've never had anyone watch our kids except for out moms. Well, when Chris' mom is very busy, and my mom lives an hour away, we really don't get to go out too much. Last night was the first time we've ever called a sitter. We were only gone for a couple of hours and everything worked out great.

It was nice to actually get to sit in a Restaurant without kids climbing around, crying, pulling things off the table, etc..etc.. Chris and I actually had a great conversation about a whole lot of things, without someone saying, "Mommy, Mommy", through the whole thing as well. An un-interrupted conversation, WOW!

One of my grandma's hasn't been doing well. It's only a matter of time before she's not with us anymore. Sometimes I hope it will be a long matter of time, but then when I think about the quality of life that you live by the time you're turning 90 in a month and a half, well..... I still hope she's around for a long time :)

At any rate, it still makes me cry. It doesn't matter if it's their time to go, I'll still miss her terribly. With my Aunts and Uncles coming to clean out her house, so that it can be sold, it's just one of the many issues, Chris and I had time to talk about.

I've been feeling so great full lately, that I get to be a stay at home Mom. Although it's hard, and sometimes I wish I had more time to myself, I just love being with these sweet little girls :) I love cleaning our house, and making dinner, and taking Bree to school. I just love doing things to help my little family. The endless Kisses and Hugs that my children have to endure, are just one way I really enjoy them. YES, they are mauled to death! And I LOVE it!!

I'm so great full for eternal families! I'm so glad that I will never have to say goodby :)

Hmm, I'm in a mood :) And I can't find my Cel Phone today, Arg!

Bear Lake

Bear Lake was awesome. It is our last Hoorah for the summer, and we tried to do it all :) Chris and I, and Camber and Cory stayed in the KOA, while the rest of my family stayed in my parents Condo. The first night, we had a BBQ at our Campsite. It was a lot of fun, and really great food.

All of the little ones, love to play in the trailer. We have a little toy room, so to speak, and they all have a blast.
The next day, we all went to the beach. My parents rented Wave Runners for all of us for 4 hours, and Chris and I brought the Kayak along, and some rafts, etc.. We had a total blast. My mom loved the Kayak. I think she paddled around for 2 hours, while she watched us all take turns on the Wave Runners.
Cord and Adelle :)
Doug and Jen :)
Bree played on the beach with her cousins, making Sand Castles, etc...
When I took Elle, out in the raft with me, I guess it was nap time, and she was so relaxed, that we sat out there for a long time, so she could have her nap.
Chris and Bree :)
Chris, taking a turn in our Kayak.
The Beach Scene. We had a few things to keep the sun off, but it was a cloudy day :)
Oh yeah....here I am. I was surprised at how much fun I was having on these things. I didn't want to stop. Loved gunning it, and shooting over the waves :)
Elle had so much fun. You can't imagine how much sand I had to clean out of this little girl, when we got back to the trailer. But she doug in the sand, and water all day long!
Me and my two sisters, Camber and Jennifer. And my little Niece Aleigha.
After we got cleaned up, from our awesome Beach experience, we went to the Pickleville Playhouse, for a really cute play.
I'm glad we were in the back of this small playhouse, because, 2 hours is a long time for little ones to sit and watch an adult play :)
It was pretty funny too!
The next day, we got up, and went to the Minnetonka Cave. We hit it at the perfect time, because all of the tours in front, and after ours, were packed. And people had to sign up and wait for a time. But when we got there, we had 5 minutes before our tour started, and there was only a small family of 4 in our tour. It was basically a private family tour. Wow, how did we do that?
The family, getting ready to enter the cave, for our tour.
Here's our little family inside the cave.
There were Eight Hundred and Eighty Four stairs in this cave. Some of the staircases were never ending.
Here we are, once we got back out of the cave. All of us resting our legs, from the climb out :)
After our Cave tour, we stopped at a Picnic site for lunch. We really worked up an appetite.
Adelle, Cory, and Camber, enjoying some lunch.
Grandma, playing with the kids after lunch.
My handsome husband, and two brothers, Cord, and Dax.
When we got back to camp, the kids played on the playground, and jumped on the Jumping Pillow at the KOA.
So, the next day, everyone that was still here, came over to the KOA to rent the Banana Bikes, and this cool, bike we're on, that looks like an old time car. The two girls had a great front row seat for the ride.

Here are the Banana Bikers :)
We all met up at the Camp site, because we had the bikes for an hour. Everyone traded around, so that they could try all of the bikes. We had a total blast!
My little Bree actually peddled this tiny Banana bike all on her own. Steering was harder, but she did so great.
Camber and Cory taking a turn in this cool bike.
After the bikes, and lunch, we all went swimming in the pool at Mom and Dad's condo.
Of course, we couldn't go camping without our 4 wheelers. Kayla brought her new little 4 wheeler along.
Mom and Dad took everyone for rides in their Ranger.
Elle and Bree, love to ride the 4 wheelers, anytime they can!!!
And after everyone had gone, except Mom and Dad, and Chris and I and the girls, we went for a ride up the mountain again. This was Tuesday morning. A picture of the Boats on the Lake.
Good old Bear Lake from afar :)
And as we were coming down the mountain, Chris and I came around a corner, and a Moose must have heard us, and JUMPED UP! He gave us quite the stare. I thought he was going to charge or something. I think he was only about 20 feet away.
He was amazing. One of the highlights of my 4 wheeler ride for sure!
And this morning, while we were hooking up the trailer to come home, Mom and the girls were walking and playing in the KOA, for one last time. It was an amazing 6 days of fun, fun, fun!! Great food too. If you go, make sure to hit the Bear Trapper Steak House. We ate there, and it was really good too! Guess it's time to put the trailer away for the winter. Hmm, what will we do? he..he..