Family Bike Ride

One of my favorite thing when the weather isn't to hot or to cold is to take the kids out for bike rides. I love that Liam is now older and enjoys it along with the rest of us. The Valley is so beautiful and I'm looking forward to finding new trails as the kids get bigger and can go further.

We stopped to visit the horses and feed them some grass/weeds from the side of the trail. Everyone thought it was so fun and Liam was fascinated with them, as this was his first interaction. We all fed and pet them. I have always wanted horses but I don't know if that will ever be in the plans for us. They do require a lot of work and attention but are such beautiful animals

On this particular trail there is a spot that drops down in a slope and Emy forgot to use her brakes. Neither Matt or I could get to her in time before she rode thru the weeds and into the fence. It was scary at the time but afterwards when she was completely fine it gave us a good laugh. We have definitely been practicing using our brakes since then

Dinner & Escape Room With The Brower's

We had decided to do Top Golf for Kerry's birthday but due to schedules and the cost of doing it we decided to do an escape room. We went to Applebee's first for dinner since its one of Kerry's favorites and then headed to the escape room. It was a fun activity. Unfortunately because of the strong personalities in the Brower family most of the in laws could barely get a word in edgewise. It was quite frustrating actually because it could have been so fun. Thank heavens for Krissy over the last several months we have become quite close and we sat in the corner and visited. So that was nice.

As a side note. Matt and I decided to miss Hallie's soccer game in order to make it work with everyone else's schedules and long story short....we will never do that again. Maddi came down from Logan to watch the kids. She decided, that with her roommates help, that they wanted to take Hallie to her game all together. Hallie called me at dinner crying that she didn't know where Maddi was and that she decided she wanted us to come and watch her. Then Liam was a total handful. Maddi said he cried almost everywhere they went and that made it super stressful and really hard to enjoy myself. I couldn't wait to get home and once we did it took Matt and I an hour to calm Liam down. I don't know that I would vote for an escape room again unless we did it in couples. I had so been looking forward to spending time with Matt as we haven't done a date in a while due to babysitting issues and I was so disappointed with how it worked out.

Liam's 1st Hair Cut

Liam's hair was starting to look a little shaggy so it was time for a hair cut. Matt has cut his hair for a long time so I figure he was way more qualified than I was. Liam did really well and held still for the most part. 

Here is the damage

The sides of his hair grow way faster than the rest so Im sure he'll need another one before long. It's crazy to me how fast he is growing and changing, We love him so much and can't imagine our lives were ever without him

Boating With Friends & BYU Games

With Matt in Tennessee with clients for the BYU game that left me home for the weekend with the kids. Lucky for us my parents decided to come up and stay for the weekend. Maddi and her roommates as well as her boyfriend Mike and his roommates came for the weekend and we decided to make it a boating weekend. It was so fun. The weather was pretty cool for boating weather so we spent a lot of time in the sand and letting the older kids play. It was so nice to have so much help with the kids and not be alone.

My dad is the master boat driver. The best mix of safety and fun in one

These little performers loved the music and dancing

Caleb was so cute with the kids and even wanted to feed Liam. I guess he has nieces and nephews that he really enjoys. I was just glad none of them were bugged by my kids and played so cute with them.

My parents were seriously so much help this weekend with Matt gone. One night my parents went to my mom's class reunion and it left me and all the college kids that I lovingly refered to that weekend as the frat kids. They were no help at all. Thank heavens for Maddi or we couldn't have made dinner, served everyone, and cleaned up all while taking care of the 4 kids. It was so much! And although the weekend was fun it was so much work and exhausting so I wont be volunteering for that again anytime soon.

Here are some of the highlight pictures from Matt's trip

Gracie's Bulldog Badge

I got a text from the school with this picture on it. Gracie was recognized for her outstanding achievements and kindness. The principal gave her a cute toy too. She was so excited!

This is the poster she did to introduce herself to the class.

Emy 1st Day of Preschool(2nd Year)

Emy was so excited it was her turn to start school. This is her 2nd year with Ms. Syrina and she couldn't be more excited. There are 10 in her class this year. It should be a great year of learning and growing. We love this little spunky girl