We just finished with a fun fall of soccer games. Jacob and Riley played this year and they had games from Tuesday through Friday. It was a lot of fun and the boys did really well. Riley is getting to be quite the soccer player and scored a lot of goals and had some fancy foot work. It was fun to see him improving. Jacob is just learning. At first he was picking up feathers oblivious to what was going on but toward the end he was running with the pack. He really liked soccer for the treat afterwards. Audrie is doing a performing group called Choral Collection and she just had her first performance. She did a darling job and really loves the spotlight. I took videos of Riley and Audrie and forgot the camera, but got Jacob on camera and forgot to get him on film. Someday I will be perfect, but for now, Oh well.
We had a lot of fun on our final trip of the summer to Yellowstone and Jackson Hole. I am always amazed at how many beautiful things are put into a small area inside the park. We loved the hot pots, waterfalls, Bison, and of course Old Faithful. The mountains were so green and beautiful that the driving was even fun.
We got to ride the stage coach in Jackson Hole with Grandpa and Grandma Tervort, Uncle Brad, Aunt Jamie, Cousins and Aunt Kaylee.
It was a rainy day, but we were happy to have the cool weather.
Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma for planning the fun trip. We thought it was the best mostly because we got to be with such fun people.
I was enjoying this morning reading the Ensign in the front room while the kids were coloring at the kitchen table, at least that's what I thought they were doing. Isaac had gotten bored with the activity so he found the flour and started throwing it around the kitchen. Unfortunately none of the kids noticed until the damage was quite large. Audrie tried to help me clean it up with the swiffer wet jet which turned the flour into dough. We had a fun morning cleaning up.
I wish you could have seen the entire kitchen, but here is a glimpse of what it looked like. YIPEE FOR MOTHERHOOD.
We had a blast at Grandma and Grandpa Tervort's cabin. Audrie decided she wants to live there. It was perfect weather, not too hot, not too cold. Isaac had fun with his cousins and his Uncles. He got airplane rides from Uncle Daniel, but wanted nothing to do with the pool.
Adam and the kids had fun at the pool. There is a waterslide that Riley and Audrie enjoyed. We also went to the drive inn movie to see Up, and to the park where the mountain men had some little shops. Grandpa bought the kids cork guns. 
We had a fun trip to California, and I have come home with an added appreciation for my sweet family. I sat and watched Adam play with the kids last night, and got a bit teary. I am so lucky and blessed to have such a sweet husband and loving kids. They really get a long great and are such good friends.
What a neat man I've got. I think I will keep him! And Audrie is growing to be such a pretty little girl. We are in big trouble when she gets to dating age.
We have such energetic happy boys that are always giving me hugs and kisses. They are so much fun!!1
We went to California for Grandma Mathews 81st birthday celebration. We stopped in St. George for dinner and the kids had a race in the parking lot with dad.
Jacob found the candy at Grandma's party and stuffed it in his pocket, we found melted chocolate later that night coming out of his pants, and were glad that it was just chocolate.
And my silly girl who decided to get a REALLY BIG piece of cake at the party. Shes so cute.
One of our favorite parts of the trips are the hotel stays. We really like new hotels and swimming in the pools.
We got to eat breakfast at the Pam Pam cafe. It was fun to have pancakes with grandma and grandpa.
This is a picture of the bridge we took to Coronada Island. It was a giant bridge that went right over the ocean. It was beautiful, but a little scary.
I love the San Diego temple. It is so beautiful and the grounds were covered with Jasmine flowers that smelled so pretty. The kids were happy to get out of the car after the drive from Grandma Mathews house.
What handsome boys!
SeaWorld was a fun adventure. We went with Grandma, Grandpa, Jamie, Brad and kids.
We liked watching the shows. This is at the Dolphin show just before we got soaked. I was the only one who stayed in my seat the entire time. It felt good on a hot day, but maybe not dolphin water.
This is the shamu show. The kids have been playing like they are at Seaworld ever since we got home. They thought it was cool to see a real whale.
We knew we were crazy for attempting Disneyland in June, but Adam is addicted. The first 1 and 1/2 hours of the day were perfect. We rode on all of the rides in fantasyland. The park quickly filled up, and we had to leave in the middle of the day to rest and recoup. We came back in the evening for fireworks and a few more rides. We later found out that California residents with season passes could only go on that particular day and the rest of the summer was blocked out for them, which explained the rediculous crowds. Oh well we still had fun and were reminded why we go in January.
This is a picture on the Mark Twain boat. Isaac had been talking about going on the boat but didn't want to get on the pirate boat because it was too scary. We liked the chance to rest awhile. The kids were quite tired after a full day before of Sea World.
We had a lot of fun cousins at Riley's baptism celebration. After we went to the park and had tacos and played at the ball field. All of the cousins sat in the bleachers and cheered " Riley, Riley" when he got up to bat. He felt special.
Riley is now Baptised. He was so cute. He looked in the mirror in the bathroom after and said that he looked different. Later in his journal he wrote that yesterday he didn't look the same because today he has the Holy Ghost. 
We were so excited to have our first child baptized. It is a neat feeling and a special event. It was hillarious because a lot of things went wrong. There was a big traffic accident that made a lot of people really late, and even prevented Grandpa Spangler to get there in time. Grandma Spangler got the stomach flu and couldn't come. During Uncle August's talk, baby Davey pulled the fire alarm, but in the end it all worked out and Riley was able to be baptized. That is what really matters.
Riley is 8 and he's so much bigger! He called it the week of Riley. At school they had field day on his birthday and they played games the entire day. I took cookies in to his class and he thought it was all for him. We had his birthday party the next day which was the last day of school. It was a bit rainy weather, but it cleared up just enough to have squirt gun fights and go down the waterslide. He was so excited to be eight but the best was that he was going to be baptised the next day.
She was the cutest singer of them all! She did the actions like a star and was the prettiest little princess. It made me happy to know that kindergarten is over, but she cried when they had a slide show of all the fun things they did.
Grandpa and Grandma Tervort, Kaylee, Mom, Dad, Jacob, and Isaac were all there to cheer her on. Riley still had school but we saw him later that day for lunch and to see his Yellowstone exibit.
Jacob graduated from his first year of Preschool. He loved preschool and felt like a big kid. He would wake up on preschool days and get ready by himself. He would always ask if today was a preschool day, and it really seemed to help him to feel special. He is also VERY smart. I am amazed at how many letters he knows and that he can write them and knows what sounds they make. He is a fun little boy and we are lucky to have him in our home. We love you Jacob!
