Last week my Gardner's found and killed a baby rattle snake in our back yard. SCARY!!!!! We could tell that it had something in its stomach and that something was still alive after the snake was dead.GROSS. I thought it was a mouse, there was no way that a baby rattle snake killed a rat. Dawson swore it was a rat. So I came home the next day to find that Dawson had cut open the snake to prove me wrong. It was a large RAT that was whole. OMG my kids are crazy they thought it was sooo fun, that is definitely their dad in them. Lets just say that the bunnies have had a long nap in their cage. The kids are too scared to let them out.
This last week had the chance to see our good friend's Derek and Denise. We love them and our kids play sooo good together.

The kids are truly FISH. They could swim all day everyday. It is crazy. Addie became a great swimmer this year. Thank heavens for mom she is soooo fast I have a hard time keeping up. It is so fun to see your kids learn new things.

One of the kids favorite things of the Summer was the two water parks we visited. The daredevils tried everything and we had so much fun. They also loved going to the beach with the fam. The picture of Dad has to take the cake. Love the headphones dad, Elley pose does not do her justice she strikes those poses well. Take notes girls of how it is done. I love the beach, cheap entertainment(if gas was not $3 dollars a gallon and it takes a whole tank to get there). Summer was to short and so the rat race begins.

I have gotten into my old habit of never posting. I am trying. Life is busy but good. The kids are all doing good. Dawson continues to love soccer and has been reading to me all about the Pros. I can actually tell you about them now. Mackenzie is in art, dance and soccer and loves all of them. She is a great babysitter for Berlynn. Addie oh Addie. Still continues to make me laugh but I can never quite figure her out. Today I brought her the wrong bathing suit so she swam in her Snow White underwear. She is her own person.

It has been a crazy summer. School starts in 2 weeks and I feel like Summer just started. Maybe it is the 4 kids that start to make life fly bye. Berlynn is 7 months old in a week and I feel like she just joined the family. She is sitting up really good and is always singing in her sleep. She loves her toys which is a big surprise (none of the others have liked their toys much). I also have 3 great babysitters, they are all really good with her. It really takes the pressure off of me when I know they can handle her for a little while.

We just got back from Lake Powell. The kids had so much FUN. They love everything about it there. They love to swim, hike, ski, play games, tube and Dawson and Mackenzie took their first plunge off a 35 foot cliff. Let's just say I was scared to death. What were my parents thinking letting us jump from all of those cliffs? Mackenzie got up on 2 ski's and Dawson learned to salomon. He got right up, Oh to be young again. I think Addie favorite thing was the slide. She did it form all directions on her tummy, back, and made tons of trains(I think she also ate a 100 popsicles). The night we got home was MacKenzie dance recital. She did great and looked so cute in her coustume. I love watching them grow up I hope they stop at 11.

Another beautiful day at Newport Beach. Getting to the beach is such a pain in the bum. All the towels, toys, Boigie boards and now my kids love to ride the waves in inner tubes (try fitting 4 of those in your car. The first time we took them I tried blowing them up when we got there bad idea I was lightheaded the rest of the day). Once you get there is is awesome and I never want to leave. The kids always have so much fun.

This is two days in row for me, I am really proud of myself. I decided to write something whenever I can and make blogging like a mini journal (whom am I kidding the only journal I will keep and lets see if I make it past a week). I am learning to live as a single mom and it makes me really grateful that I at least have Jerm to talk to at night. Today the kids swam with their cousins at Grandma's house. They always have so much fun with them. Each one has a little friend and in a freaky way they all are kind of alike. Dawson and Spencer play sports and talk about the exoskeleton of a spider, Kayden and Kenzie are characters form Harry Potter and make wands out of Popsicle sticks, and Ashton and Addie high five each other as they push the other kids down the slide. They are sooo funny to watch. I hope they can keep the good relationships they have with them because they are all such good kids.
Berlynn continues to be the HAPPY baby. She is always smiling, I love it. She does this thing where she will just sit a try to blow bubbles. I can hear her in the car blowing bubbles and by the time I take her out she is soaked, but always happy. Babies are so sweet.
As for me I mowed the lawn,(trying to beat the Gardener that was working on the lawn next to me I LOST) weeded forever, and played taxi driver. Life is good!!!

The 4th of July in Park city is awesome. We have been going there for the last 4 years and love it. It was beautiful there this year the wild flowers were amazing, it was so green, and we even enjoyed a thunder storm. Something us Californian's never really see. The horse back riding was great the kids loved every minute of it, I was a little nervous to put them on by themselves but they thought it was sooo cool they got to ride solo.

They spent day at the clubhouse swimming and Dawson played golf with his papa everyday. We spent time with the cousins which my kids can never get enough of, our cousin's ROCK. We also went to the water park where Addie could ride every ride and she did. Never even blinking an eye even we mom let her go on the biggest drop there. I let her go first thinking that would be better, she made to the bottom smiling. I thought it must not have been that scary but when I took the plunge I about died all I could think of was that I let my 3 year old 27 lb little fireball go on this ride, what in the HECK was I thinking. When I got to the bottom she asked to go again. Maybe it is because her older siblings never think twice about being scared of anything, not always a good thing. Jeremy came in on Thursday and it was so good to have him there. He has been working a ton but loves the job and is doing really well. The Provo parade was cute and the floats were way better than I thought. I love the feel of the small town parade. All in all the trip was really fun lots of late game nights and tons of family time what more could we ask for.

So here is the story, I FINALLY got a cute blog it took me forever to fix it and I was so excited. About two days later I went on to post something on it and it was nowhere to be found. WHAT THE HECK. How is that for luck. So I am giving it one final effort. Please someone show me what this whole blog thing is about and how do people have time to do it all the time. I trying to catch the bug, but 4 crazy cut kids, a no where to be seen husband, and a busy calling are making the bug hard to catch. Any ideas anyone!!!!!! By the way we were supposed to be moving to Seattle in August but we get to stay for awhile. YEAH YEAH (for me) This had been a roller coaster ride that had to many loops and who knows when I am going to get off, but for now I will count my blessings. The kids are healthy and we have a job.