RUSSIA

I just had the opportunity to go to Russia to visit my parents while they were on their mission there. I went with my sisters Michelle & Angela and my brother Scott and Sister-in-law Amy. We had a great time (other than the plane ride over where we were delayed in NY which caused us to miss the connection in Finland had to be re-routed to Tallin arrived in Moscow 4hrs late luggage lost and it took 2hrs to fill out the forms). Luckily the rest of the week was great. We had awesome weather I rarely even used a jacket. Altogether my family took close to 1000 pictures so it was hard to filter through and find my favorites so I just took a bunch that looked good and put together some collages.

We were able to go to a few museums, the armory, on a river boat ride, the circus, a Russian play of My Fair Lady, and many more places . When we went to Red Square we were a little shocked to find out that it was closed because they were preparing it for a big celebration they were doing for their victory day. It has been 65 years since the end of World War II and they had a lot going on to prepare for the celebration. Although we weren't able to actually walk up through it we were able to get some good pictures and get close enough to see everything.

While we were there we even went to church which was a new experience because we had to have someone translate for us. But it was fun to meet the missionaries there and some of the members. I'm not going to write everything we did but we had a lot of fun and it was so great to see my parents and spend time with my siblings. I wish Kelly could have come with me but it was a little less stressful for me knowing he was home taking care of the kids.

Cabin Pictures

I just realized I had this in my drafts but forgot to post it. Every year we try to head up to the cabin after Christmas for a few days. Here are a few pictures from our trip. I didn't take a lot of pictures but we had a lot of fun.

Why Boys Don't do Laundry!!

Today I asked Wyatt to take the clothes out of the dryer for me--my mistake. Apparently an open dryer door screams to little boys "Why don't you put your brother in here!!!" Well Wyatt decided to listen to that and I am in the kitchen when I hear Rees crying. It's kind of muffled so I was a little worried that Wyatt had put something over his head. I came into the front room and saw Rees's feet kicking out of the dryer and his head inside it. Wyatt tried at first to deny that he did it but then changed his story to say that Rees wanted to get in. Then he went on to say "I wasn't going to shut him in" apparently it should have been O.K since he only wanted to set him in there but not shut him in. I was torn between being furious at him and laughing at the same time, so I hurried and sent him to timeout before he could see me laugh. BOYS!!! I really hope he makes it to age 6.

HALLOWEEN!!!

We went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood this year. My sisters came over and went with us. Then Ang and I took the kids to a few houses that were a little scary, like a man dressed in a Gorilla suit chasing the kids with a chain saw and a garage with strobe lights, mist and men coming at us dressed in black. I think I may have scarred my kids for life but I thought it was fun.

Avery and Rees loved our neighbors dog. The dog kept licking them on the face.

Savannah, Rees, Zayne, Brooklyn, Avery, Tavelle, Wyatt

Brooklyn's Birthday Party

This year for Brooklyn's birthday we went to AirTime Gymnastics. AirTime had coaches that took the kids to different stations where they were able to play on the tramp, do an obstacle course, and other fun games. It was a lot of fun and all I had to do was watch (Except for the presents and cake and ice cream). The pictures didn't turn out great because I am in need of a new camera but here are a few.

I had to put this one in because he is just so cute.

Fun Stuff

Every year we go to the Rodeo on the 24th with Kelly's family. It is a fun tradition that the kids look forward to every year.

Salem Days Parade

After the parade I took the girls shopping to Park City for school clothes. That was a busy day.

This year we were able to go to Loa for the Rees Reunion. We had a lot of fun hanging out with my family, eating a lot of good food, going to the parade, and we also went to the demolition derby. Here are a few pictures from the parade.

After the parade we went to the park where they had some fun activities going on. One thing they all did was climb the rock wall. Brooklyn loved it she went to the top twice and wanted to keep going. Savannah and Wyatt each made it up about half way before they decided they were done.