Back to School

I know this is way behind, but I thought I would share a few first day of school pictures.

Dallin-Kindergarten

Dallin's first time riding the bus. He was so excited.

Cameron- 2nd grade

Jaxson- 5th grade
Spencer is enjoying having time on his own. (Emma dosen't really count) We spent one day at Thanksgiving Point with Grandma Tadje. He loved having grandma all to himself!

Best Invention Ever!

We did not have a Bumbo with any of our other kids, and my sister-in-law let us borrow hers to try with Emma. I kept thinking that she wasn't old enough to use it, but my neighbor who has a little girl a week younger than Emma said that she had been using hers for the past two weeks. So yesterday morning we tried it with Emma, and she LOVED it! She wasn't sure at first, but by the end of the day she was an old pro. She sat up on the counter while I was making dinner and was happier then she has ever been that time of night. I don't know what I ever did without this nifty little invention.

3 Months Old

Our sweet Emma turns 3 months today. She is starting to laugh and is so quick to smile if you catch her eye. We are still working on the sleeping schedule during the day (she loves to be awake, unless someone is holding her), but she is great at night. We are enjoying her so much!

Snowbird

Every year we spend a week up at Snowbird. We have so much fun hiking, swimming, fishing, riding the Alpine Slide and zip-line, playing games and just being together as a family. On Sunday we go down to Salt Lake and listen to the Spoken Word and visit Temple Square. We had such a fun time and can hardly wait for next year!

Temple Square

Yesterday we went with Erik's family to visit Temple Square. Erik's sister Carolyn and her kids are in town from Texas. We went on a tour of the Conference Center with 15 kids. It was crazy with four strollers (two double) and that many little bodies to keep track of , but the kids were great. We had a very sweet tour guide who was very patient with us. After we went over and took pictures by the temple. It was a beautiful day!

Spencer and Lincoln on top of the Conference Center

This is some of the kids waiting for a few others to use the restroom.
They were being so good!

I had lots of help with Emma. She did suprising well for having to be in her stroller for so long. Dallin and Jaxson both took turns holding her bottle while I pushed the stroller. They were such good helpers. Erik's mom also took her and fed and changed her while the rest of us were touring the roof. She is amazing!

My boys and Emma

Our group

Happy 4th

We had a fun 4th of July. We stared off the day at the River Meadows retirement center (where Erik's mom works), and the kids were able to play on some bounce houses, play games and get their faces painted. They also served a yummy lunch and had lots of treats. After we went to my grandparents house to swim and then had dinner at my parents. We finished off the day watching fireworks. We love the 4th of July!

This picture is fuzzy, but I couldn't resist posing it. Emma loves to smile!

Emma and Great-Grandma Condie

Mack

Kellie soaking up the sun!

Cameron

Spencer loved jumping off the side. (Even without help)

Jaxson

Dallin outside the bounce-house.

Emma

I thought we would share a few updated pictures of Emma. She is growing so fast. I weighed her the other day and she is already 12 1/2 pounds. It makes me a little sad that she has already grown out of some of her clothes, but we will take chub any day!