Visit with Great-Grandparents

On Sunday morning we squeezed in a quick visit to the kids' Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Scoffield. We don't get down there to see them enough and it was fun to watch them interact with the kids. They were so excited about how long Livvy's hair has grown and how tall Wyatt is. Grandpa gave Wyatt a ride on his walker and showed him the garden while Grandma watched Livvy kick the soccer ball and tell her about Dora. They were given more than their fair share of snacks and hugs and kisses.

Five Days in Tremonton

This last Wednesday the kids and I headed to Tremonton for a fun-filled five days with family and friends. On Wednesday we got there just in time to drop the kids off to play with their cousins while we went to the temple for Shelby's cousin Abby to take out her endowments. Then on Thursday the kids got to ride the little school bus with their grandma (she's the bus driver) for her preschool run. Livvy was so excited that I thought she was going to pee her pants dancing around waiting to get on the bus. Then we spent the rest of the day playing with Brandee, Taylee, and Jocee on the tramp and in the pool. Actually- Brandee and I worked on our below-the-knees-only tan while the kids occupied themselves. There are more pictures of Livvy because she is a camera bug, while Wyatt was much more happy to live underwater in the pool. On Friday we were on our way to Dinosaur Park in Ogden when Livvy came down with the flu- so home we went for the rest of that day. That evening Grandma Wendy and I did take the kids to see 'Kung Fu Panda' which they loved. Saturday was such a busy day which started out with us heading to Logan at 6:45 am to attend Shelby's cousin Clinton's wedding and wedding breakfast. Then we put the kids and Shelby :) down for a nap while Wendy and I rode to Salt Lake for Abby's sealing with her hubby and adorable little boy Justin. Then we raced back to Tremonton for Clinton's reception. It was a crazy weekend, but was so full of fun memories. Special thanks to my sister Laramie who watched the kids while we were running around to all the different temples. It was also so fun to see Shelby's brother Steven and his friend George who came down as well.

Dairy Days Parade

Two Saturdays ago (I know I'm behind :)- we went to the Dairy Days Celebration in Wendell. Being raised as a dairyman's daughter- it's a travesty if you don't support Dairy Days. We went with most of the family (pictured below) and my friend Crystal and her three kids. The parade was too noisy for Wyatt who spent most of the parade with his ears covered (loud noises really bother him and make him uncomfortable and nervous), but his Aunt Hailey made sure that he received his fair share of candy. Livvy was a candy scavenger. There was not a piece of candy that went unnoticed and she ran so fast to be the first there to get it. Afterward we took the kids to the celebration in the park for a corn dog, an ice cream cone, and a prize.

Tour Guides

It's official! Shelby and I had our first training last night to be tour guides for the Twin Falls Temple Open House. We will be serving on July 17th and July 26th for two five hours shifts each day. We will be working in couples with one of us leading the tour and the other bringing up the stragglers to make sure the tour all stays together. It's really cool for Shelby and I because if there are any Spanish speakers then Shelby will be in the back of the tour translating for them and I'll lead the rest in English. It's really overwhelming to think that tours will start there every 5 minutes and there will be about 350 people going through the temple every hour! Reviewing all the information that they gave us is really kinda fun, but scary to think how careful we need to be with terms that we use like a second language like "brothers and sisters". Anyway- we have our first glimpse of the temple inside on Sunday where we'll get more official training inside the temple. We are just so excited that we can't stand it and are so grateful for this opportunity to serve in the open house and hopefully meet some really wonderful people.

Whee! Water Slide!

Last year at a garage sale Shelby happened to find this huge blow-up water slide for $30 and had to buy it for the kids. So funny because I never would have looked twice at it. Because of high gas prices, we are not going to the pool as often as we usually do, so we were looking for activities to keep the kids happy and me sane :). We set up the slide yesterday and hooked up the hose and let the fun slide! Wyatt loved it! He kept telling me though that he was waiting for the water to warm up. Everytime he'd go down it he'd say- "Mom- it's still not ready. I have to wait some more for the water to warm up." Hee Hee. It's gonna be a long wait Wy!

However, little Miss Livvy was not so brave. I did make her go down it once and she freaked. She did not like the cold water at all. She did really want her picture taken though, so that forced her this high on the slide long enough for her to say "Cheese" and then back down the stairs she went. She chose instead to lounge on the towels and work on her tan with me. Aaaaaahhhhh summer- finally!

Our little Nun

Livvy had been at Grandma Turner's and had gotten all wet in the hose, so she had to wear Laramie's camo Girl's Camp shirt home. Shelby decided that she shoudl wear it like this instead. She loved it. She refused to take the shirt off her head all morning. Silly girl.

SuperHero Me

Yesterday at the Wendell Swimming Pool I did what I never had to do in the five years that I worked there as a lifeguard. I had to jump in and save someone! I was sitting on the side of the baby pool watching Wyatt and Livvy when I saw a small Mexican boy get out of the little pool and run and jump "with gusto" into the big pool . I thought "He's not much bigger than Wyatt and I can't believe he doesn't need floaties or at least some help." Right then I see him not being able to get his head above water and I can see his big eyes wide with fear right under the water. I just jumped- then realized how dumb I probably looked. Oh well. He was saved- his mother, by the way, was in the snack bar eating and had no clue where her kids was-some parents frustrate me. Anyway- just funny that I never had to do it when I was paid to, but eventually it snuck up on me!

Fun with Grandma and Grandpa

Shelby's parents came down to visit us this weekend and the kids had such a blast. Grandma Wendy and Grandpa Jon wanted to take the kids to the Dead Horse Caves because the kids had told them how much fun they had. So we went exploring at the caves and this picture is of Grandma, Grandpa, and the kids at the entrance to the cave.

Then we went the the Taco Bus in town (Shelby's idea of coarse) and got tacos and went to the park for a picnic. The kids had such a blast. Here's some great pictures.

Wyatt's Pockets

This is what I cleaned out of Wyatt's coat pocket this morning while doing the laundry. A handful of licorice pieces, a few fruit snacks, and lots of change. I guess he's saving them for later. Wyatt was watching me do the wash and saw me pull this huge handful of crap out of his pockets and he said "Hey that's my snacks (with the first handful) and then Hey! That's my money to buy more snacks!" That's a one track mind for you :)

Zoo Boise

My friend Crystal and I decided to make a fun trek to the zoo in Boise. We loaded up Crystal's 3 kids and my 2 in my Suburban and headed out. The kids were so excited that they giggled and yelled the whole way there :) The zoo had a little park that we had a quick picnic and let the kids play on slides, etc. But it looked like rain, so we situated them in the wagons and strollers (above) and decided to beat the rain to the zoo.
We didn't quite make it. The rain poured on us the entire time at the zoo, but the kids didn't even notice that we were all soaking wet. They ran from one animal to the next and were so excited that they could hardly stand it.
This is all the kids at the penguin exhibit which was really fun. The water was right at their level and they could watch the penguins jump out of the water and swim right by their faces through the glass. Livvy kept reaching out the touch them :)
The zoo had all kinds of fun toys and places to pretend to be the animals, but they were all soaking wet. This is the only one that I could talk Wyatt into getting into. The kids saw a sloth bear, white snow leapards, bobcats, pythons, tigers, and the list goes on....I wish we would have taken a minute to get a picture before we got everyone back in the car because we were all soaking wet (especially me- who doesn't wear a jacket with a hood? DUMMY!), but we threw everyone back in the Suburban still happy and laughing, but all were sound asleep before we even hit the freeway. Such a fun day to kick off summer......in the freezing rain:)

Camping

This last weekend we packed up the tent (instead of the camp trailer) and headed to the Sawtooth National Forest north of our house about an hour. The first night was freezing cold, but we survived. The next day we spent the entire day on the 4-wheeler riding all over the mountains finding "perfect" locations to set Shelby's bear baits. We would drive all over the trails until we would find the right spot, and then while Shelby was setting the bait, the kids and I would amuse ourselves on the trails. We had rock throwing contests, peeing on the bushes contests (I did not participate :), learned what an echo was, played tag in the trees, and had a snowball fight. Poor Livvy fell asleep several times during the long drive. I took so many pictures that I had a hard time choosing which ones to post, so there are lots.

As we came around one corner we saw a deer, and then just feet from us, was her barely born baby. So new that it could hardly walk. It started to cry for his mother and we drove quickly away after the kids got a quick glance. This video is the replay for you, but Wyatt gets cut off because my memory card was full:

The kids in their sleeping bags on their blow-up beds in the tent:

Shelby had so much fun playing "No Bears are Out tonight" with the kids. This video is of Livvy being the "bear". She's in plain sight, but believes that she is hiding and no one can see her. Listen closely for Shelby singing "No Bears are Out tonight, Daddy shot them all last night". It's hilarious. Okay so for some dumb reason I keep gettting an error when I try to upload this video. I'll keep trying, because trust me, it's worth it.