The cutest load of laundry I've ever seen!!!

Wouldn't we all like to do laundry more if this is what came out the other side!!

Ben's first birthday!!

WOW time flies when your having fun!! Ben is 1!!! Ben is such a funny little thing. He loves to pound on things and carry around spoons or drum sticks and hit things with them. The other day Nate was yelling"Ben stop that you are hurting me" I said to Nate " He's just a baby he's not hurting you" I turned around to see what was happening and Ben was whacking Nate over and over with a drum stick with the biggest smile on his face.

We had Ben's party at my sister's house early because Kevin was going out of town. It was great!!! Heather made both of the cakes :) Yes ben had 2 cakes for his first birthday. The one is a sandbox cake and the other an octopus cake. Kevin even helped decorate them.


This face he's making in this picture is what Kevin and Nate do when they are concentrating. It's so funny that all 3 of them do it.
Ben loved eating his own cake. He thought he was so big. He has 5 teeth now so I guess he is getting big:)
More toys!!! Ben didn't really open any of his own presents but he sure had fun watching the other kids open them.
Yum cake. I'm so grateful for my little Benner Dennis. I don't know what I would do without this wild man.

Swim Lessons

Summer is here!!! This summer we put Nate in swimming lessons with a few of his cute friends from the ward. The lessons were everyday at 9:30 for 2 weeks. It was a little bit of a challenge getting out of the house everyday by that time but we made it. One day I did have to call Natalie to take Nate because my car wouldn't start but other than that it was great.

This was the best picture I had with all the kids in his class. Gracie, Macie, Scout, Eric and Nate. There was another little girl in his class but I didn't know her. The first day the pool was really cold and I don't think that helped Nate's excitement for the water. He kept saying "I want you mom" but his teacher(Mrs. Eggett) would have nothing to do with it. She is so great she doesn't care if the kids are screaming or crying she makes them all do whatever she asks at least once. They all love her for it.
Here is Scout and Nate doing kicks on their backs. Aren't they so cute.
Nate "swimming" with Mrs. Eggett. One of the days Mrs. Eggett noticed that Nate knew the difference between left and right and she said to him "Nathan you are such a smart boy you should come to my preschool" Nate just agreed. Then she said " I'm so glad you are in my swim class" nate's reply was "your welcome". He is such a funny little boy.



On Friday's all the kids got to pick their favorite thing to do. Nate tried to convince Mrs. Eggett that they needed to play Wii but then Mrs. Eggett changed it to favorite thing from swimming :) Two of the kids picked jumping off the diving board and that made 2 of the other kids very very very sad and Nate wasn't all that happy about it either. Then when it came around to Nate he picked that again and poor Eric and Gracie burst into tears and Nathan just said "I'll stay here" as he sat safely on the stairs.

I think overall Tator loved it and he way more confident in the water.

Father's Day

Today is Father's Day!! After our little mother's day happenings with Nate at church I was a little worried that Father's Day would be the same. Nope Nate went right up to the front and gave us a little wave and a thumbs up. He even tried to sing the words to the songs :) It was so cute (Kevin must be his favorite). Kevin is such a good dad and I'm so lucky to have him in my life. He is so good with the boys and he loves them so much. Happy Father's Day Sweets!!

Here are the questions and answers that Nate filled out in primary for Father's Day:

My Father is 3 years old.
My father likes to play wii with me.
The funniest thing I ever saw my dad do was splash in the water.
I like it when my dad plays Chuck E Cheese.
My dad's favorite food is noodles.
My dad is as strong as Mario.
If I could give my dad anything, I'd give him a flash light.
I think my dad would like to play lots of stuff.
My dad dislikes he hates knocking on peoples houses.
The thing I hear my dad say the most is Mario Sunshine.
My dad is smart! He even knows watch some shows.
When my dad wakes up he plays wii again.
I love my dad because he loves walmart.

These answers are almost the same as the ones he answered for mother's day. This kids loves loves loves Wii.

Fun Weekend

We started our weekend early by going to good ole Rock Springs to buy and trailer. We have been wanting one for a while and we found one we really liked so we went for it. Here are some pics of it. It kinda broke the first time Kevin tried to show me it but he fixed it.






On Friday we went down to Vernal to a ward thing. This lady in our ward parents have a house there. They have some awesome animals and a cute little train. Nate loved the train to say the least he road it a every time it was going. I heard he even made a death defying leap to make it just before the train took off without him. He also loved the swings. Kevin was the favorite at the swings because he would do underdogs. Thanks Michelle and family for the invite we had a blast.


Then we headed up to Flaming Gorge to go camping with the Maxwells and the Kols. It was pouring rain the first night and part of the next day. We just hung out in the trailer while Topher cooked and Kevin assisted. By the time breakfast was over (1100) the rain had stopped and it turned out to be a beautiful day. The kids fed the chipmunks and went for walks to throw rocks in the water. They had so much fun and were good most of the time. Here is a picture of Ben chilling out in the big boy chair. He was such a good baby and was happy just hanging out in his back pack most of the time. Sorry I don't have more pictures I wasn't all that good at taking them this time.

The Kols took off on Monday while I ran back to RS to pick up my moms raft and drop Ben off so we could go on the river. Rafting has been on my friend Natalie's vision board for a while now and we tried last year to go but didn't. She wasn't sure she wanted to go because of the weather but we talked her into it and it couldn't have been a better day to go. Here are the Maxwells, Macie did not want her picture taken can you tell?


Here is Jana and Nate. Jana came along for the ride. Nate and Hazel actually slept for a little bit down the river.

Nate and dad are like 2 peas in a pod. Nate loves his dad so much. He wants to do whatever he does it's so cute.


I'm going to add some more pics once I get the from my friends but for now this will have to do.

Weather is nuts

Last week we were doing this!! Yes a water balloon fight. Nathan wouldn't let me throw them at him but he loved to throw them at me.


Today this is what we found when we woke up what the heck!!!!

Moment

I'm sure that most of you moms reading this have had those moments when you fall more in love with your kids. Well the other day we were just eating dinner like normal. I'm sure I yelled at the boys more than once while cooking and eating. We were having sausage gravy and biscuits (one of nate's favorite and the first time ben had tried it). As we were trying to convince nate to eat the rest of his dinner I looked over at Ben and he had the cutest smile and I looked him and said "Hi Ben". He screamed with happiness and clapped his grubby, chubby little hands together. I just melted. He was so so so cute. At that moment I fell more in love with that crazy little man. Even when he was covered in gravy which I knew someone was going to have to clean up. That's all, I just wanted to remember that little moment.