What a bunch of goofs!!!

We all got a little slap happy last night at bedtime. Abby was asleep in her bed, and Jason had fallen asleep on the couch, when the other 3 got goofy. trust me they only look innocent!!
Zachs head stand, one of many.

Joeys attempt at a head stand, (just a little help was needed)

Alli folding herself in half.

And now backwards, (I did try this, and I don't recomend it for anyone over the age of 10)

We are the luckiest people!

This is the 3rd temple open house I have had the opportunity to take my kids to in the last year!!!! This is the Oquirrh hills temple in Utah. What a beautiful temple, and in fact its a good thing we went when we did, because the next night (I promise it did not happen when we were in it) Angel Moroni was hit by lightning. They are now repairing it. Abby, my mom, Alli, Saydee, and my grandma What a goodlooking bunch of girls!

The kids were spread out everywhere, so I only got a pic of a couple of them waiting outside for everybody else. It was right after this pic that it really started raining, and we went running for the cars!

Jason is the goofiest kid. He would not eat his dinner because he was a bird, and I had to feed him like he was a bird. He ate a whole bowl of chicken noodle soup like this. What a goof. Open up baby birdie.

Ok I have a lot of pics I have not had a chance to blog about yet. So here it goes. Once again I put the pics in backward but you can get the idea. This is what we had for dinner last night. I got sick of the kids saying 'we don't want that for dinner' so I made some pizza dough(let me know if you want the recipe, its so easy in the bread maker) Then I put out all the ingredients for the pizza, and let them make their own pizza pocket. When they were done, they painted their names on it with food coloring and water. THEY ALL ATE it was wonderful!!!

Ok here is the dessert. I know it kind of looks gross, but it was sooooo good. I took a box of chocolate instant pudding, added the milk, and a small container of cool whip, then I crunched up oreos, and mixed that in. Then you pour that into those little bathroom cups, stick a stick in it, and freeze it. Its a huge hit~ the kids all asked when we can do that again.

I love my kids!!!!

I have to say I am the luckiest mom in the world. I enjoy hanging out with my kids so much! They are all growing up too fast. This is only the begining of a fun summer. The kids are all in swimming lessons right now, I can't get pics because I am teaching swim lessons, but they are doing so great! And we get to swim every day! What a life.

This is for you Aunt Lanie, here is Alli with the barbie clothes that she made with the kid she got for her birthday!

During tonights wild rain storm. I enjoyed watching Alli and Jason watching the storm through my slightly dirty window. They were so cute! Jason kept saying,"its gorgeous outside" it was pretty cute!

More summer fun!!!

ok so I am out of order a little bit, but over memorial weekend I took the kids to the cosmic fun zone in Pocatello, While the big boys were playing laser tag, Alli, salt, and pepper, (my nicknames for jason and abby) were playing on the playground, and the little kid rides. They really had a great time.

Idaho Falls Zoo!

Yesterday we headed out to go to the Idaho falls zoo. Just another of our summer adventures!

This is for all of you that have over the years asked me about Joey saying " where did that kid come from?" Well............ I found it!!! He was drawn to it right away, and layed down in it and was apparently right at home! So this must be where he was hatched from!!Zach having a moment with a fellow monkey! I think they are each dreaming about being on the other side.

Abby, and Alli combing the animals at the petting zoo.

Jason riding a rooster!

Alli practicing being a flamingo. she did a pretty good job!

Alli turning 9!!

Happy Birthday we all love you.
Alli sitting by all her presents ready to open!
Thank you to everybody who sent her a present she loved them all, and had a wonderful birthday!

My beautiful daughter!!

As you can all tell I like to put up pics of my kids when they were young to celebrate their birthdays. Alli just turned 9 can you believe that!!!! I sure can't it happened way too fast. But it happened, so here are some fun pics of her a few years ago.

My little sweetheart!

Alli playing in the leaves.
A couple pics of alli just being cute, like she always is.
Happy birthday baby girl!

Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Geneology - Blank family tree

Does the song 5 little monkeys come to mind when looking at these pictures?Here are just a few picutres I took the other day, goofing off in the front yard.

And..... there is always one pulling a funny face.

Lagoon!!!

Just a bunch of pics of our trip to lagoon

Joey on the swing ride.Abby and Jason riding in the boats, they loved this ride, and of course it had the longest line in the kiddie rides, but it was worth it to see their smiles.
Here is adorable Alli, the reason we went to Lagoon is for her dance competition. In her duet with Michaela they took first!!!! And in her group they took second. She did great and we are so proud of her!

Here are the Talbots, and the Carrolls, well some of them, on rattlesnake rapids. And yes they got soaked!!!

Brian and Zach are in the last row, they are riding the bat roller coaster, they loved it.

This is the cute little trophy Zach got at an awards assembly for reading over 2 million words! Wow what a kid. He must take after his mom. Grandparents day, Grandpa Dave, and Grandma Barbara drove up to be with all the kids on grandparents day, we are so grateful for them for doing that for us. Plus we had a good time, who could ask for anything else.

During this crazy time in our lives, Brian also turned 40!!! Wow can you believe that.

And here is cute little Abby, she has been so much fun to have with us.

Only in Downey !

This is what I saw the other day when I was expecting the kids home from school, and they hadn't shown up yet. Sure enough they were outside chasing down the neighbors cows. It was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. And they ran out all their extra energy. And yes they did get the cows back to their home!

Zachs birthday cake! He even managed to blow out all the candles! uncle tj, zach, kami, and alli hanging out after lunch.

My big 12 year old!

Grandma Carroll and Zachary.

Happy birthday Zach!!!!

I can't believe that you are 12 years old now!

Here are some fun pics of Zach during his first year of life. Zach is such a fun kid, he has been since he was born!

Yes, this is me and Zach, its amazing what 12 years does to a person.

This was always one of my favorite pics, This is my mom, and Zach sharing a chocolate chip cookie. Now 11 years later, he still loves them!