Alex turns 6

I can't believe this little man is 6!! Where has the time gone? He is full of spice and vinegar. He is full on boy and loves to do things in his own way and at his own pace. He is definitely his own person and we love him all the more for it. He keeps us on our toes. He loves to do anything that his brothers are doing and pretty much thinks he runs the house. Notice I said "thinks". He is home before his brothers from school so he thinks he has free reign of the house while mom works. He can't wait for the boys to get home so he can have someone to play with, although he is starting to play more and more with the other boys in the neighborhood.
He was so excited for this birthday and wanted to have like 10 parties!! The more presents the better. We sure do love you Alex and are so grateful for all the joy, love and laughter that you bring into our lives.

From 2011-10-13 summer 2011

Can you see the mischievousness in his eyes? I love this smile of his!

From 2011-10-13 summer 2011

Our summer

I have been slacking when it comes to blogging. I have had great intentions and then another days goes by and nothing happens. So here is a snapshot of our summer. We were busy! We spent the 4th of July with my family down in St George. We had so much fun, spending time with family and hiking and driving. We did lots of driving. We drove through Zion's National Park, Bryce Canyon and the Grand Canyon all in the space of 4 days. We were in the car a ton but it was beautiful and many memories were made. It is always fun to spend time with family. We all stayed in the same house together, that means 25 of us in one house! Don't worry each adult couple had their own room and there was huge basement full of bunkbeds. It was amazing.

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No vacation is complete without a water balloon fight!!

From 2011-10-13 summer 2011

We also got to spend time on Grammie and Poppa's boat. The boys loved fishing and catching crawdads. They caught some big ones this year! The big story on the boat this year was getting stuck out in the middle of the lake and waiting through a lightening storm. We were on our way in and it started raining and then we had some lightening and my dad looked at my mom and they knew we needed to get off the water. So we pulled over and climbed off. We sat on the shore and waited out the storm. Meanwhile we were getting soaked and were so cold. The boys were troopers though. We said a little prayer and asked Heavenly Father to keep us safe and for the storm to let up so that we could make it back to the dock. After about 10 more minutes it stopped and we were able to get back on the boat and head in to the dock.

From 2011-10-13 summer 2011

From 2011-10-13 summer 2011

From 2011-10-13 summer 2011

From 2011-10-13 summer 2011