IFly and Ice cream

Logan's friend Max had a birthday over the weekend and instead of having a birthday party his parents let him choose something new that he would like to do.  Max choose to do Ifly and Monday just happened to be buy 1 get 1 free so Max was able to choose somebody he would like to do it with.  His mom was thinking he would probably choose his dad but he choose to take Logan along with him.  I'm not sure if his dad was a little sad about it but Logan and I were extremely grateful for this opportunity.  Logan was way excited to go do it but when Monday came along he was just full of questions.  I could tell that we was very nervous about doing it but he had his good friend Max right there with him and they both did great.  Max was loving every minute of it smiling and with Logan I couldn't tell if he was on the verge of crying or what.  They both came out and all I could get out of Logan was that it was good and Max however was on cloud nine saying how awesome it was and that he wanted to do it again.  What an experience for them both! 

                                    
                                                          Ready to go!

Not the greatest picture but when I took the picture with the flash on it didn't work great either.  So this is the best one I could get.

Gotta love the hairdo after!  I can't stop laughing and I think he still wasn't sure about the whole experience.

Afterwards we stopped at Farr's Ice cream for a little treat.  You can't drive by and not stop especially when your prego. :)  Logan and Wyatt got plato ice cream, Kennady got bubblegum, and I stuck with my usual and favorite...cookies-n-cream.  YUMMY!
When I was little I also loved getting the bubblegum ice cream and saving all the gum so I could chew them after my ice cream was gone.  It always ended up though that I would chew them all and then swallow them, which always resulted in me throwing them up.  So as we were sitting there enjoying our ice cream I watched Kennady put the bubblegum on her napkin to save for later.  I had to smile and think how great it was that at least one of my kids take after me.

End of summer swimming

So this is the last week before school starts.  I am somewhat glad that it is starting back up but yet more sad than anything.  With me being so sick at the beginning of summer I feel like half the kids summer was such a waste.  I feel like such a horrible mother and feel like the kids have missed out on so much.  I have tried to squeeze in as much as possible this last month but feel like there is so much I still want to do with the kiddos.  A friend of ours has invited us to go swimming with them every monday and we have tried to go as much as possible but I knew this would be the last time they could go before school so I jumped at the opportunity.

The kids had fun playing on the blowup toys, diving and jumping off the diving board, diving for rings at the bottom of the pool, and just being a kid...squirting each other, dunking each other, etc.  The best thing about it for me was just watching them have a fun day.  My swimsuit is not fitting me to great and it tends to ride half way up my rounded belly so I sat on the side soaking up my legs in the sun since I am to cheap to go by a maternity suit since summer is practically over. I loved not being at a public pool as well and there were only 8 kids total to keep an eye on.  It was grand!

Boating at Pineview

Well for the last month and a half Aaron has had his eye on a boat.  He has called the guy numerous times and has been over to see the boat more than he should as well. :)  The guy was really wanting to get rid of the boat and maybe rid of Aaron....so he let us take the boat out on the lake for a little test run and to make sure that everything on the boat worked, he also came down on the price quite a bit which is always a plus.  We packed up our life jackets and towels and headed our way up to Pine view Dam.  Aaron's sisters family came along with us with their boat just in case something were to go wrong with our boat.  The boat ran great and the kids were loving every minute of it.  We had a great time and Aaron was like a little kid again....he loved it more than the kids I think.  So anyhow on our way home Aaron called the guy again and offered to buy the boat.  Wait!!!! do I not have a say in this.....NOPE!  So here's some pictures of us that night on our now new boat.

My 4th kid!  When Aaron was in high school him and his friends spent every minute possible boating.  He was loving this.

The kids rode the tube over and over and over.  Wyatt however we finally got him to go on it and he pulled himself to far forward and it made the front of the tube dive into the water as well as him.  He was beyond scared and didn't like it a bit.  He was screaming frantically at the top of his lungs "I want mommy, I want mommy."  Logan being the great big brother that he is was right by his side and helped him back up on the tube.  That is one of the moments where I just wanted to hold him forever. He didn't get on the tube the rest of the night.

 Aaron's sister Jocie and her family and friend Amy

We all stopped for a little dinner which happened to be good old subway we picked up on the way.  I think that was my favorite part of the night.  We sat and chat, the kids played between the two boats and some of them just had fun jumping off the back of the boat into the water.  Fun times!

 All the girls hanging out.  Sammy, Rya, Kennady and Piper

 Logan and his friend Ethan were tube-a-holics.

 Our cute little friend Piper :)

Hike to Waterfall Canyon

This past weekend Aaron and I thought it would be fun to take the kids for a little hike.  They had never been on one before and we weren't quite sure how they would do but we were going to give it a try anyway.  We decided to give waterfall canyon a go even if we didn't make it to the top.  To mine and Aaron's surprise the kids had a blast and didn't complain at all.  Kennady had mentioned her legs were getting tired but said she could keep going.  With just a few stops for a water break and me to catch my breath, we all made it to the waterfall and the kids thought it was the greatest thing to see.  The kids played in the water and we had a few snacks to munch on.  It was a pleasant adventure and we are excited to scout out where our next hike is going to be.
 

What a big mama! Gotta love the pregnancy weight :(

Here's proof that my big pregnant self made it to the top!  (slowly but surely)

As we were munching on some snacks I happened to turn around and Wyatt had his shirt off and was doing some of his ladies moves.  He likes to slowly move his hips in a circle....it was funny to watch.  Logan decided he also wanted to join in on the fun.

                                                         Our little poser!

We headed back down the mountain before it got too dark and Kennady thought she was tough enough to carry the backpack.  She did good for quite awhile.  The boys had fun running up ahead of us and trying to scare us.  It was a fun night out with the family!

Kangaroo Zoo

The kids happened to be going crazy at home so I decided to venture out and take them to the Kangaroo Zoo.  This place opened up about a month ago and we had never been there so I thought it would be fun to try something new.  Needless to say the kids had a hay day and was non stop running around for 2 1/2 hrs straight.  They were all sweaty little stinkers by the time we went home.  They loved it!  Oh and I sat on my fat but and started to read my new book "The Help"......the book was great so far and I loved being able to relax and know my kids were happy as can be. :)  Here are a few pics of the day.

This was Logan going down the big slide.  All the kids couldn't get enough of it.

                          
            We were glad that Logan's friend Gavin was able to come along!

                                 I think someone was a little worn out :)

It had been such a great day until this happened.  I won't go into details but there was an older kid who I wanted to literally ring his neck.  This was the second time he "accidentally" hurt Wyatt.  I heard the awful loud hurt cry and by the time I got to Wyatt this is what I saw.  POOR KID!!!! 

A couple days later he still has a goose ache and two black eyes