The past couple of days adventures....

 We still have a whole week until the girls go back to school.  Chris took Thursday and Friday off work to hang out with us.  And on Thursday, we went to the Brigham City Temple open house with some of my family.  

 We watched a short film on Temples before we went in.

 When we got to the station where they put booties on your feet, both my girls freaked out, and Elle was crying.  It was super fun!  ha..ha..  Chris ended up carrying her through the whole temple.  It was so very hot, and he was drenched when we were done.  But, being 30 weeks pregnant, I think I was just as hot, or maybe even hotter!  There were a lot of stairs, and I was pooped.    

 My brother's family!  They are so cute!!

 Some of the cousins by the fountain.
Natalie, Elle, Libby, Bree, Gage, and Kayla.

 Our little family.

 The temple was beautiful!  Kind of a tiny temple, but really wonderful.  After the temple, we went back to my brother's house for takeout Chinese food.  It was so yummy!!  I haven't had Chinese in a while.  We kind of celebrated my Mom's birthday too.  It was a good experience.  I'm glad my girls had the opportunity to see the Temple :)
 

 Then yesterday, we drove up to Soapstone in the Uintah's.  Chris' family is camping there and we went up for the day to picnic and so that the girls could ride the 4 wheeler with Chris.

 I couldn't believe the temperature difference!!  Amazing.  It was only 68 degrees.  There was a cool breeze the whole time.  I actually got so cold at one point, that my back started aching, and I had to get inside to warm up.  A real difference from our 90 degree heat in the city!  Amazing that it felt like Fall already.  I wore a fleece jacket all day.

We took a little walk up the hill to a small pond.  The girls tromped all around with grandma, finding bullet shells, bottle caps, etc...  Making collections of everything they found.  And don't forget the pretty rocks too.  The girls went on a couple of rides with Daddy on the 4 wheeler.  There was one area, where there were some up and downs, and sideways hills to ride, like motocross!  Bree came back to camp, so excited and telling me all about it!  The girls did NOT want to go home.  They wished we were camping too!  But mommy just isn't sleeping well these days, and my own bed at home sounds so much more appealing right about now :)  Next summer will be different.  I keep telling myself.  We'll make up for it.  When I'm not pregnant.  But for now, our little day trip was so much fun.
 

 And as we were starting our drive home, I took a few pics, of these beautiful Utah Mountains!  Wow, we live in such a wonderful place, with beauty all around us.  So many wonderful things to do, all year round.  Oh amazing!!

While everyone else starts school....

While everyone else is starting school, we still have 2 weeks until school starts.  It's been so hot that we haven't wanted to go outside hardly at all.  But last night, while Daddy mowed the lawn, the girls and I spent a couple of hours out in the backyard.  It was really nice to be outside.  It wasn't hot, and there was even a nice breeze blowing.  The girls blew bubbles, ran around, played on the swings, etc...  I must admit, that I can't wait for Fall and some cooler weather.  This summer has just been way too HOT!  I might even be in the mood for some SNOW :)  

Fun Day with Family

Yesterday we went to the North Shore Aquatic Center with my parents, sister-in-law, and lots of cousins!  The 3&1/2 hours of swimming went by so fast.  I really enjoyed myself, and I know my girls had a total blast!  I was a bit scared to take the girls to the pool without Chris, because we can usually each watch one girl, but it all worked out, and the 4 adults pretty much kept track of all the kids.  We were definitely out numbered, but it was all good :)  

Elle's favorite of the whole day was the lazy river.  I bet she went around that thing at least 50 times or more!  She would have stayed in there all day.  

Here is some of our group with grandma!  

Later that night, we all met up again at my parents house for a BBQ.  My parents have just put a new deck on the back of the house.  Replacing the old falling apart deck, for one 3 times the size, and really awesome!  Last night my Dad needed some help getting his amazing new grill up onto the deck!  Holy Cow, this thing is massive!  My dad went all the way on this one.  It's even got a stove in it.  

The kids played and played all night long!  The food was amazing.  Great conversations, and it was a really fun day with family :)  Note to self :  Next time put way more sunscreen on my face!  ha..ha..

The Crib is up!

Last Saturday we worked on the girls room.  New furniture, etc..  Bree and Elle have slept so well together.  They love sharing a room.  Today, we put up the Crib in Elle's old room.  We also have a double bed in there, for when the grandma's come and stay.  We have saved everything from the other two girls.  I washed all of the bedding, and Chris put up the Crib.  It's starting to come together.  And I have a whole closet and dresser for all of our cute little baby clothes, blankets, diapers, etc...  It's getting closer.  I'm 28 weeks!  Only 2&1/2 months to go :)   

It's amazing how in just a short 4&1/2 years, I have forgotten all of the items needed for a baby.  We have an entire shelf in the garage devoted to the items we have saved for such a day.  Strollers, the baby swing, baby backpack, car seat, feeding pillow, bouncer, bedding, etc..  We've saved our favorite baby toys, the crib, clothes, mobile, and anything else you can imagine.  And I'm so glad we did!

This is going to be fun.  And just imagine how much room we'll have when this baby grows up.  Because Ruby is our last.  We won't be saving our baby stuff anymore.

  

Splash Pad

Another fun trip to the South Ogden Splash Pad.

The girls LOVE it!

So nice to get wet, on a hot summer day.

The girls new bedroom furniture!

I have to admit, that I have not been the best housekeeper lately.  Wouldn't it be fun to have a maid?  Of course, then there is that satisfaction of cleaning something and having it look really good!  My house needs a good spring cleaning from top to bottom.  So, I guess I should work on that.

Ruby will be here in 3 months!  And with the holidays coming, it's going to be so much fun.  Up until now, the girls have had their own rooms.  So we were going to have Ruby share with us for a little while.  Our girls aren't big enough to move down to the basement bedrooms.  But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that we really needed a room for the baby.  So we looked around, and found the most awesome furniture for the girls, so that they could share Bree's room!  I just can't tell you how awesome it is.  Friday night, we cleaned out Bree's room, and Chris even cleaned the carpets with our carpet cleaner.  Then, we spent our entire day yesterday picking up the new furniture, bringing it home, and putting it together. 

The girls couldn't wait to go to bed last night!  Now that's a first.  And I'm sure it won't last long.  But I'm really excited, because we can now put up the crib, and get Elle's old room ready for Ruby!  She'll even have her own dresser.  Yay!  We missed out on an awesome vacation this week with my family, but I think we got something even more amazing done.