Summer Time!

I haven't posted any pics for a long time. I guess you could say I've been a little lazy. Here's some pictures of what we've been up to lately...

Uncle Bri put all of Grandma Shuey's beany babies in Olivia"s pack 'n play. She was in heaven!

For the 4th of July Me, Greg, Ibbs, Myken, and her kids went to Chili's, then went to Marsh's to watch fireworks. Olivia was mesmerized by the fireworks. She sang and talked the whole time she watched them.

Here's Olivia meeting Aunt Lacey's dog, Ziggy. She loved it, and Ziggy loved her. He wanted to climb all over her and eat her pony tail. It was hilarious!

Greg and I took Olivia up to Bridal Veil Falls. She loves being outside and hearing water. She just stares at it and sings!

For the 24th, Greg, Olivia, and I went and spent the whole day at Myken's! We did the big water slide, swam in the pool, and did a BBQ. It was a fun day! Greg didn't want to leave. Myken may have thought that we were gonna move right in her house! Good times!

Greg loves the water slide. He's like a little boy! He looks a little too big for it though!

Check out Zoe's soggy diaper! She looked like a little wadling duck when she walked!Olivia lounging in the pool! She loved this tube!It's been a fun summer so far! It's been nice having Greg out of school for a minute. I can't wait til December when he's finished! We've been having so much fun with Olivia. She gets more fun and funny every day! Not to sound cheesy, but, being a mom really is the greatest job ever!

The Regulators - It All Began In 2001

In the year of 2001 the Regulators were born. Today, the legend lives on!

The sad thing is, this is how our jerseys fit back in the day.

Ibby loves the new addition to her wardrobe. It actually almost fits her.

The Regulators were the best intramural basketball team to every grace the basketball courts of Orem High School. Our team consisted of some of my best friends. Jeff Carn, Jesse Ward, Greg Williams, Spencer Blackwell, Golden Thomas, Brandon Egbert, Wayne Farnsworth, Aaron Eaquinto, and Ryan Arthur.

Our coaching staff consisted of Jeff Maughan, Alex Coombs, Jeff Cowley, Andy Evans, Mike Morgan, and a bunch of other dudes who coached when they felt like it.

We should have been champs in 2001, owning the best winning record in the entire school. We were sadfully dismissed early in the playoffs. However, in 02, we had our revenge taking the championship in front of the entire school.

I wish the best to all my brethren in whatever they may be doing today!

The Regulators will forever live on in my heart!

Why So Serious?

Last night we went to see Batman! It was hands down the best movie we have ever seen. I won't go into too much detail because I would hate to spoil it for those who are still going to see it.

Heath Ledgers performance as the Joker was the best part of the whole movie. He was down right amazing and sucked you right into his character and craziness! Christian Bale as always was great as the Dark Knight. Every minute of this movie was jam packed with action and left you on the edge of your seat.

I'm done before I say too much... Just go see it if you haven't yet or if you aren't planning on seeing it till it comes out on video. I hear that IMAX is the way to watch it, so try for that if you can.

Our Latest and Greatest Adventure

Since Kels is getting lazy with the blog, I thought I would jump on this morning and let everyone know what we have been up to.

We have spent the last week on a little adventure over to Doug and Lori's house to watch over our dear Alex while her parents were on their cruise. This was an unplanned and very unexpected trip, but it couldn't have been more fun!

During our adventures, we found that we had some friends to hang out with. Our first night, we stayed up till about 2am chillin with Alex, a few of her friends, Lacey, and Bean. Bean and I mostly stayed out side playing crazy golf throwing the balls over the hedges from the upper backyard to the lower backyard. It was quite challenging, but very fun!

A few nights ago, Goldie, Chase, and the Jaxter came over to visit and hang out. It has been awhile since we have hung out with them and it was so fun! Orem to Highland is a long drive so we don't get together that often and since we were in AF, it was time to PARTY!

I think we were also visited by Myken, Ellie, and Zoe almost every day which was awesome! We love those two little girls, even though Zoe can be down right mean to you sometimes. It was fun, we had a lot of good laughs, and we painted a lot of fingernails!

The best part of our little adventure was how much Olivia loved being surrounded by so many people who love her and smother her with attention. She started this cute little growl that she does whenever she sees Alex. I think that Alex and Olivia really bonded over the last week. As always, she loves all the attention that Ellie and Zoe gave her.

We are having a really fun summer, which is exactly what I need before going into my last semester of school this fall. It's been so great to spend so much time with my two girls and I love them so much!

Hello San Diego...

We just got back from a fabulous vacation to Solana Beach, California with my family. We had so much fun and made so many awesome memories. We stayed in a beach house that was right by the beach. We went to Sea World, Legoland, The San Diego County Fair, hung by the pool, and played on the beach. We also ate everything that we could get our hands on. A frequent comment that was heard during the vacation was, "I'm ill". This was after about every meal because we all ate way too much. But it's vacation. What do you expect?

Olivia and I with the Sea Lions

Alex and I, enough said.Olivia and Ellie. How funny is Ibby's face?

Greg, Olivia, and I at the Shamu Rocks show. Olivia loved the lights and the music. She just sang and laughed the whole time. It was so cute.
Matt wanted to sit on the front row at the Shamu show, so he brought a garbage bag and headed down while we all sat far away from where we could get wet. This picture is my favorite because he didn't know I was taking it, and he looks like the hulk as he rips his garbage bag off after the show.
Alex and I playing some mad volleyball on the beach. Good times.

This is mini land at Legoland. It's so cute. They have created all of these cool places completely out of legos. There's Las Vegas, New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco, just to name a few. Here's the girls. Mom, me, Alex, Myken, and Ellie in front of New York.
Alex and I in front of the MGM Grand in Fabulous Las Vegas.

Greg, Olivia and I on the lego camel

Here I am boogie boarding at Mission Beach. Alex made fun of my face in this picture. She said, "It's not like your cheesing it just for the picture. This is what your face looked like every time you caught a wave. You are so excited and pleased with yourself for catching a wave."

This is the hole that Greg worked so hard to dig while we were at the beach. He's still sore from digging it. Here he is with Ellie basking in his hard work.

Our little family at the beach

This is our dinner! I have never had lobster and was shocked when I saw it. It looks like it could crawl right off the plate.

Myken and I trying to balance out our eating with some P90X. We're working our butts off!

Little Easton!

On Monday, my sister Marshelle had her 4th baby. He is the cutest little boy. He weighed 9 lbs. and was 18 inches long. He's a chubby little thing. He is such a blessing. We were so worried that he was going to have heart surgery right after he was born, but after much fasting and prayer he was born healthy and strong. He doesn't need any surgery. He is perfectly normal. He is such a testament of the power of fasting and prayer. What a miracle.

Easton and his proud uncle, Greg

How cute is this little guy?

While Marsh was at the Hospital, delivering Easton, Greg and I were able to watch her kids. Ellie and Zoe came too. We had so much fun. We played baseball, crazy golf, skateboarded, watched Tarzan, and jumped on the tramp. It was a fun, but exhausting day. I have a new respect for mothers with more than one child. It is a lot of work. I thought Olivia was a handful.

Cute cousins hanging out at Marsh's house!

OUCH!!!

This just in...

I can no longer do a back handspring on the ground without causing some serious bodily harm to myself. I was at my mom's tonight and thought that I would display my mad skills by doing some tumbling moves on the grass. Greg warned that I haven't stretched out in years and was no longer as limber as I used to be but I wanted to prove him wrong! So, I whipped out a roundoff back handspring and caused some serious pain to my elbow. But, I landed it and still have my pride, although I had to ice my elbow the rest of the night.

Alex said she was gonna blog about it to make fun of me, but I beat her to it!