Campout and B-Day

This last weekend was my Dad’s wards “Father and Son’s Outing,” and Nathan, Brennan, and I went with him, as well as Steven, Aaron, Joshua, and Jason (Cousins and Uncle). It was a lot of fun. The kids favorite thing to do was play with the fire. What is it about fire that keeps them so entertained while keeping adults on the edge of our seats? I remember loving fire as a kid as well but I am sure my parents would agree that I was much more careful and responsible at that age than my kids are, so I am sure they did not have any stressJ. Despite the “Flaming Marshmallows” and the “Roasted Cactus on a Stick” we survived and had a great time. My Dad enjoyed giving the grandkids rides on the four wheeler and being the camp “Chef”. We were going to have a whole roasted pig for dinner but that is a whole different story.

Some of these pictures are from Brennan’s celebrated B-Day party. We celebrated a couple of days early because I am going to be out of town on his actual B-Day. He is growing up so fast! He is potty Trained now and always reminds us that he is “growing big like dad”. What a wonderful kid! Time goes by so fast.

Natalie Graduated Pre-School!

Well I can't believe that Natalie is going to start Kindergarten in a few short months. She just graduated from her pre-school and had her program. She is such a character! The other day in church she was being a little to noisy so I took her out in the hallway and she wanted to walk around and enjoy her time out of Sacrament meeting, however I would not let her off the couch and told her while we were out of the meeting she had to sit on the couch and be reverent. She proceeded to convince me her plan was allot better but to no avail. After a few minutes of this debate she told me very dramatically and matter of fact that she was "losing her 'temperature'". I asked her to repeat what she had said to make sure I heard it right and she told me again that she was "losing her temperature." And that she had "just lost it." I couldn't stop laughing inside but did my best to not let her know I found it funny, mostly because I didn't want her to lose her "temperature" again on my account. We sure love Natalie and she is always making us laugh with the things she says and keeps us on our toes with the "Drama" she always introduces into every situation.