New Church Clothes

If there is one thing I love buy for my kids, it is new church clothes. I think it is because when they are all clean and dressed up they look so nice and angelic... even though anyone in my ward would probably tell you the opposite :)

And try as I may, I cannot get a good picture of just Cole. He is either moving around or goofing off with his sister. Still, I love these because they show their true personalities so well.

Its a GIRL!

SURPRISE! We're expecting baby #3 Dec. 12th.

(that makes me almost 20 weeks)

I'm one of those lucky people that doesn't really get sick (although I will say I have finally experienced a little morning sickness with this one) and I carry my babies all in my back so I don't show early on. The last month has been hard to keep it a secret but we had our ultrasound today and now we're finally telling.

We let Brooke tell Matt's family that she was going to have a little sister. They were shocked! They seem to think I'm not showing at all and had no clue I am 5 months pregnant, even after seeing me in a swimming suit just last week! My family is a little more "nosy" according to Matt (I'd say observant) so they finally flat out just asked if I was pregnant so they've known for a little while now.

Everything looks great and she is healthy... now we just have to think of a name :) Suggestions are welcome anytime.

P.S. I hate pictures of myself... especially pregnant but I never took any with my other 2 and now I wish I would have so here is the first of my monthly pregnancy pictures (19 weeks)

Camping with Matt's family

Friday night we went camping with all Matt's family. The kids had tons of fun playing in the river, riding 4-wheelers, playing "no bears are out tonight," and just being together!

Brooke playing in the river

Throwing Rocks

The girls in the river

Cole thought he was one of the babies... he just plopped down to hang out

Macie and Brooke... you'd never know Macie is a whole year older

Riding the 4-Wheelers

Cole helping with firewood

Sitting by the campfire

Grandpa telling the story of Old Ephraim

Listening intently to Grandpa's story

Grandma and Grandpa with all 9 grandkids

Cole playing in the river

Bear Lake

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From Lagoon, the kids and I headed straight to Bear Lake for the rest of the week. All the girls (and Cole & Tate) stayed in a condo at Harbor Village. Sadly, I have pictures of no one but Blair and the kids. I guess thats what happens when you get old :). But, this is what we did the whole time... swim, well that and exercise. It was a fun few days just to relax and hang out.

Cole and Tate are starting to become little buddies. Cole calls him "Tot" (from his nickname Tater Tot) and constantly wanted to know what "Tot" was doing.

Lagoon

Carrie and her kids are in town for their annual summer visit so we all went to Lagoon last week. Brooke is brave and wanted to go on every ride... even the big roller coasters, which she's not tall enough for yet. Her favorites were the Dino Drop (a miniature version of the rocket) and the Dragon Roller Coaster. Cole is not like his sister. He wants to go on all the rides but if they go too fast or too high he gets scared and cries. His favorites were the swings and the cars... nice and slow. This is one of my favorite family traditions, even though our kids are getting old enough that we don't get to go on the big rides anymore.

Swimming Pool

The pool in our neighborhood finally opened July 1 and even though we're not home much the kids and I love it when we are!

These pictures were taken the weekend of July 4th. My kids have no fear of water whatsoever. Even without water wings on they will just jump in and don't care if someone is there to catch them or not. I'm still not sure if that is a good thing.
This particular day, the kids and I swam from about 12-5 and then Cole worked in the yard with Matt for a couple more hours. By the time we got him inside to shower, he dropped like a fly in less than five minutes. He didn't wake up when I undressed him and even when I picked him up to put him in the shower. He worked hard!