Awesome August!

I know... it's already been a month since this month. Holy Moly. I know long posts are a drag (I guess fun for family though!) I have to just pound through it though, or the memories will be lost. So here goes...

Owen's been asking to wear a tie to church every week.... for about 3 weeks, then he realized they were really uncomfortable for 3 hours :)

Zach is loving feeding himself. Rice was a first 'real' food he tried.

Where's Zachary?

There he is!One of my 'mommy-musts' is dry erase markers for the mirrors. I use them a lot when I've got a sick kid... and a ton when I've got more than one sick at a time. I write down who and when I gave medicine and fever temps and all that jazz. Anyway, the boys think they're a kid-must too...
I love it when they actually use the stick horses for riding!
Cache Valley finally got a splash park!!!! We went for the first time... and there was no shade except this two foot patch behind the 'potty house' (as the boys would call it). So Zach and I set up there :)
They LOVED it!
We are always being reminded that we're being looked after. Trev had been working so so much, and then he volunteered to go help a neighbor move out. He was only going to be gone for 'an hour or two' and then ended up being gone for much longer. I was silently bitter when he called to say they still weren't done. But then he said they had some stuff they didn't want to move and wanted me to come look and see if we wanted any of it. My attitude changed immediatly. (I'm a sucker for free stuff!) Anyway we got some great office chairs, a kid pool, some roller blades, skis, and Trev's favorite - this grill! (I love it both for a grill, and to know we have another option for cooking if we can't use our stove for some reason) We've had a BBQ almost every other week since!
The boys loved the pool we scored... even though their animals didn't quiet fit...
They love laying on the bottom part of our patio hammock. I thought it was a cute pict.
Zach truly wants to be one of them. (Don't worry grandma's got a death grip on him to remind him that he's not actually 3 years old)
Owen LOVES small intrecate things. With the help of my mom, DI, and Santa, he got all the stuff to make these little iron bead things last Christmas. We've had them put up for awhile just because of the time it takes to actually complete one. He sat and put little beads on pegs for literally 45 minutes to make this. When I got done ironing it he was so so proud. Then he told me he wanted to give it to his Uncle Bill. It made me tear up that he would spend so much time working on something that he was so proud of and then give it away. What a lesson on giving!
I've had a blank wall in my kitchen for a long time....



So my little artists solved my problem for me! (From left, Cameron, Owen, Zach's) Aren't they amazing!
After we were done with the wall paintings we had paint left over, so we made rock pets.
I've been wanting to paint my toe nails in forever. The boys thought it would be fun for theirs to painted too. I don't get wierd about stuff like that so I let them choose whatever color they wanted. Cameron chose blue and blue and Owen chose pink and purple. They loved them! (And it was so fun to see the reactions of people when my two boys showed off their painted toes! LOL!)
I LOVE the dollar store! Why? Cause you can get things like this for your kids (Owen seriously loves his and wears them every day! And on the other hand, I don't think I've seen Cameron wear his since this day!)
...and stuff like this! I got these cookie sheets to do crafts on, little containers, google eyes, glue.Seriously, I heart dollar stores.
So I needed a hair cut, and a change... bad!
But I didn't have the money too. So I called my awesome friend Leisa. She's never cut a hair in her life. She looked up the cut online, watched a video, came over to my house (with all of our kids) and two hours later...
Viala!
She did this cute short A line. I actually do my hair every day now! (ok, almost every day.... but I love it!) Thanks so much Leisa!
And I cut Trev's hair all the time too, so before for him...
And after (Love you baby!)
We had our 5 year anniversary! The actual day of Trev's brother Dallin watched the kids so Trev could make me dinner and we enjoyed it in peace (it's funny when you're used to kids all the time... you can't think of anything else to talk about at dinner alone!)
And then the next day we went up to Park City for the day while my mom and step dad and bro watched the kids.
We decided to celebrate with the boys too (which really means we just wanted an excuse to go do something fun). So we took them up to 2nd dam to go fishing.
They LOVED it. Owen has his daddy's blood in him. He fished all day, didn't stop, didn't eat, didn't catch anything, and still didn't want to stop.
Out of all three of them all day, they caught one fish. Luckily Cam was close enough to help Trev real it in.
I know it's gooey, but I love him so much!
When we got to Park City for our day of what we thought would be just walking around looking at the shops, we were pleasantly surprised by a bike race they had going on. Tour of Utah. I thought it would be boring, but I ended up loving it. It was so nice to be out with Trev and doing something fun.
So I don't know much about bikers, but I guess this guy's a big wig. We couldn't leave till Trev got a good shot of him - Levi Leipheimer!
The boys' friend Evan was having a birthday. So we baked some cupcakes the night before, but didn't have enough time to decorate them before bed. I promised the boys we could do them the next morning.... this picture was taken at 7:30 - kid you not. (a promise is a promise!)
After cupcake making we were off to Utah State's farm that my friend Ashley works at. She was great to teach them all sorts of stuff.
And then by surprise they asked me if I wanted to help harvest the honey. (I'm on the right)
Owen loved it when Ryan (Ashley's husband) taught him about the smoker.
This is the whole clan learning and enjoying the earth!

After the farm, Evan invite us to his birthday party - bowling! (From left, Evan, Cam, Addy (his sis), and Owen)
Blue blues!

My sweet O
I've been dying for a family shot with all of us crammed in and me holding the camera.... yeah, it didn't work as good as planned. But it captured a true moment at our house!
We decided to have a movie night. Complete with air mattress, pillows, jammies, blankets, fresh made cookies, popcorn, candy, and chips. (too bad it didn't last more than 1/2 hour) :) pretty much once all the food was gone.
Zach loves helping me do dishes!
The boys have been loving drumming on the pots and pans!
Zach's favorite place is right here in front of the TV. He loves being able to stand up with all the attention on him!
We've been enjoying the beautiful weather and walking on nights Trev's home. We found a firetruck!
The famous 'I'm too big for this mobile now' picture
Cameron made this. I LOVE it! Happy day!