Jayden is 4 years old!!!

I can't believe that Jayden is 4 years old!!  Time flies so fast.  

Jayden has said that he wants to be either a garbage man or a firefighter when he grows up.  So, when I asked him what kind of birthday party he wanted.  He chose a firefighter party.  I had fun making him this fire truck cake and we got firehats for all of the kids that came to his party.  I got lots of pictures, but I don't know why they didn't download to my computer, So, I'll need to figure that out.  But, I'm just glad that Jayden had such a fun birthday, and that we have such a fun birthday boy.  

BALLOON RACES

Dallin, Elise and Jayden on the city bus on our way to the Balloon Races

 My last post before I go to bed.  So, I headed out without Justin to see the balloon races with the kiddos.  Justin got very sick, and so it was up to me to take all of the kids to see the balloons at 6:00 a.m.  It is so hard to go so early, but this only happens once a year and the kids really were looking forward to seeing the balloons.

So, we got on the city bus, because this is our chance to ride a bus and not have to worry about parking.  I think the kids were just as excited to ride the bus as they were to see the balloons.

Jayden was so excited to see the balloons.  But, the most exciting part was that Dallin and Jayden got to ride on a hot air balloon.  They have been begging to ride on a balloon, but, I had no idea where you get tickets.

Well, it was just our luck that when we asked someone standing in line for the Shark Balloon where to buy tickets, she said, "I have two extra tickets!!".  Elise said she didn't want to ride on a balloon, so Dallin and Jayden were so excited to ride on a hot air balloon.  It was fun to watch them. They did not like the hot air above their heads and they said that it was really loud.  I'm just glad that they got their wish.  What fun times.

TUBING FINALLY!!

 Finally, we went boating again on Pyramid Lake.  Everyone says that this lake is haunted and bad things happen, but I just wanted to go somewhere close.

So, we decided to go here and of course we were some of the only people on the lake.  It was a perfect day, and the kids were terrrified.  We said a little prayer and this helped them not be so scared.

I don't know how we did it, but they decided that it wouldn't be so bad to go on the tube after all. So, they did it!   Dallin even tried wakeboarding, and cried the whole time.  We keep on telling them to try new things that are safe and they might like them.  Well, they had fun, and I'm glad we could go out on the boat one last time before our Summer comes to an end.

Our Boating and Quading Fun

 Justin planned a fun little boating trip for us with our friends, The Waites.  Grandpa brought his boat and the kids had tons of fun.  Everyone refused to ride on the tube and this didn't make the Dads very happy.

But, Dallin learned how to drive a quad, and Elise and Jayden had tons of fun riding on the quads.

It was a pretty windy day, so I don't blame the kids for not wanting to ride on the tube.  Either way we still had tons of fun.

Bubble time

 Elise and Jayden love to play in the bathtub.  I thought they looked pretty funny all covered in bubbles.  These are some pictures that I have to save.

Our Favorite After School Snack

 Since it is so hot, we think the best after school snack is watermelon.  Dallin says he no longer likes watermelon.  I can't believe that anyone wouldn't like watermelon.

Elise and Jayden insist that they love watermelon and could probably eat a whole watermelon on their own.

It's just nice to just sit and relax after a long hot day at school.

Kids are Back To School

 So, the kids are back to school.   I had my camera all ready to take pictures of them on the first day of school but of course when I got there, I didn't have any batteries in my camera.
Now I just have pictures our annual sock hop.  Elise insisted that I make her a poodle skirt, so I made this skirt in about 30 minutes and she was very happy.