A Day in the Sun

My friend Hollie invited us to go to Ross Park with her this past week and we, of course, jumped on that band wagon! I leave for girls camp next week, so I have really been trying to do some fun things with the kids this week so they don't feel jipped that mom is leaving them. We hit the free "Toothfairy" movie on Monday, swimming and hotdog roast at Heise (with cousins in swim lessons) on Wednesday and then Ross Park on Thursday! It has been so much fun spending time together!

This is Oakley and her friend Lauren. Lauren had a couple cousins there that are also Oakley's friends, so we didn't hardly see her once we got there. It is SO NICE having kids big enough to do their own thing. I didn't get a picture of it, but they have some giant leap pads with a rope net above them that the older kids can cross and Oakley pretty much lived there. She had so much fun!

This is Dallin coming out of the slide in the kiddie play area. He thought the lazy river (which again I don't have a picture of) was the place to be. He spent his day there either floating on the innertube or teasing the girls on the tubes.

Rhett and Laiklie loved both the lazy river and the kiddie play area. This is Rhett dancing to the beat of his own drum???:)

This is Laiklie clogging! I don't know what the deal was with her and clogging in the kiddie pool....maybe the way it splashed, but she did it over and over again!

We had a great time and thanks again Hollie for the invite!

Happy Fathers Day!

We took these pictures for the card the kids made for Ryan. We are so blessed to have him in our lives. It amazes me how hard he works to support us. He is so good to his kids and I truly couldn't ask for a better husband. Ryan and I are also so blessed to have "Worlds Greatest Dad's" too. HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all the wonderful men in our lives!!

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Super Busy

We have been super busy lately....hence, no new blog posts! Last Thursday we made a quick overnight trip to my sisters in Preston to help with a little home decor of the new house. Saturday Oakley was cloggin' crazy in the Jefferson Stampede Parade. Sunday we took a drive to the new ranch in Kilgore and on the way I begged and pleaded with my sweet Ryan to PLEASE LET MY KIDS PLAY AT THE SANDDUNES FOR A MINUTE!! He was super nice and let us run and jump for a few minutes He did take a "one-of-a-kind" snapshot with his phone that I was really hoping to upload to my blog, but when you are married to a farmer/rancher during the spring/summer they are home for approximately 20 min. everyday and 3-4 hours each night and uploading photos from their cell phones to their wives blog is DEFINITELY not priority!!:) Then Monday after dentist appointments we did a picnic at the park and a jont over to the zoo. The kids thought that was "greatest mom ever!" Tuesday we had extra kids most of the day so we decided....why not a few more and had some friends meet us at the park for a couple hours in the afternoon and ice cream cones afterwards to top it off. Today we have had 5 extra kids most of the day and we are dropping them off just in time to go pick up my 3 nieces and 1 nephew to keep for the rest of the week! SEE WHY NO POSTS LATELY!! If we ever slow down, I will let you know!:)

SCHOOLS OUT!!

We are SOOOO EXCITED to finally be done with school for the year! This is Rhett's preschool group. Yes, he is the only boy. We started with 2 boys, but the other one moved. He didn't seem to mind and had a great time with these 3 sweet little girls. Because it was a "Mommy Preschool" we had our turn one week every month to teach and he thought it was SO COOL to have them come to our house. I actually really liked doing preschool this way and he learned so much! He is definitely ready for Kindergarten in the Fall.
Dallin just finished 1st grade. His favorite day was the one where his teacher announced to the whole class that he had the best handwriting and so he didn't have to do the handwriting assignment that day and got to do something fun instead while the rest of the class did their work. He is a smart little dude. These skittles he won at the awards assembly....his certificate was sent home the day before.

Oakley just finished 4th grade and has had a great year. She got straight A's as always and we are so proud of her. Her teacher commented several times as to what a joy it was to have Oakley in her class. She was amazed at how well she juggles school and diabetes. We are always amazed by this sweet little girl!

With the end of the school year comes the end of babysitting our baby Jade. Jade's mom works at a school so she has summers off. We are going to miss her like crazy. Just look how much she has grown and changed over the 7 months we have had her.
When I told Rhett we were going to be finished babysitting her he cried and I got alot of "it's not fair!"

Also with the end of school this year came Memorial Day. We always try to take our kids to the cemeteries to understand why we celebrate Memorial Day. This year we made a trip on Sunday to Wilford - where we happened to run into Ryan's Romrell grandparents and then up to Ashton to see the new headstone on Ryan's grandma Hawkins grave. On Monday I took my kids with a few of their cousins to the cemetery in Idaho Falls. We always go with my parents and grandparents. I LOVE hearing all the stories they tell my kids about those we are there to see.
We also every Memorial Day attend the Annual Jacobson Picnic. It is a HUGE event now that there are so many of us. It is always SO FUN to see my cousins and their kids. My sweet aunt always has such fun games planned for the kids. This is their relay races. She had fruit and veggie teams. This was the oranges team, there was also a green beans team and a blueberries and cherries team. She had some really fun "minute to win it" games for the adults to play too.

So far we have had a GREAT first week with NO SCHOOL and we are looking forward to a summer full of fun!!