Lava Hot Springs

we went to lava for the staple family reunion,

and had another weekend of four wheeling,

food and fun!

Lexi loved the slide off the side of the house

and susie's big human elastic thingy. dad did an

extraordinary job pulling us around

and since lexi got to go for a ride, there was

no telling scott no... so raymond jumped in to help out

now she's just showing off!

everytime cody would stop lexi would

do her cute sign language for "more" and cody

would give in, what a good dad!

what the elastic was really made for, if you haven't

seen one of these, you put 4 people in them and the 2 people

across from eachother run at the same time, then the next two...

shooting the others back across until someone flies out.

It's very entertaining to watch...

Lexi loved having madi and halli there. she loves

playing with them!!

COUNTY FAIR!!

this post is a little late... but oh well! we all had fun

at the fair this year... actually i think this year was

the most fun i have ever had at the fair! it is so

much fun to watch lexi doing things now, and loving them!

All the kids anxious for the parade to start!

everyone enjoyed the popsicles

andy was so funny, after anyone would

walk up and give him candy we would all say thanks,

and as they turned away andy would squirt him...

as ashley said its cute this year, annoying next year when

he's a little older.. or as in bumpas case almost 50 years older

and still squirting people in the parade!

our cowgirl

mom's pretty sure she's had enough candy...

so lets go to grandpa to open this taffy up!

the girls went on the train ride that we were sure they

would love... clearly we were wrong in both of their cases

lexi did love the carousel though, and went on it about 6

times! and she did later go on another kid ride with madi

and actually really loved it!

she liked the shades so dad just knew she "needed" them

our little family

lexi love love loves "yaya"

the barkers

nana helping the girls sing and dance with the bandstand

and yes this year was just WILD... we got some tat's!! :)

jacque and i did anyway, lexi picked her's out and once

we were up there she wasn't so hot on the idea of the

guy touching her!
i dont think that jacque has ever seen transformers...

but she sure got a decepticon on her ankle for andy's enjoyment!!

and we finished off the fun with daddy winning

lexi a stuffed animal!

Lake Powell #1

We had another super fun week at lake powell

with the winns... the pictures dont even reflect

half the party we had going on :) and this is just the

first half, i still need to get the other half...

but it was such a blast, thank you grandma and grandpa!

our water baby constantly wanted in the "pool"

so she was fashioning this saggy diaper quite often..

how cute are those buns?!

lex always wanted on the beach, to get

muddy and wash, get muddy and wash..

over and over. Nicole helped in the getting

muddy process this time :)

so one day they had to take the houseboat to

"unload" at the poop dock and left me, lexi, ray and

nicole to guard our spot. two hours later when they came

back, without any instruction, lexi bent over and mooned

the houseboat coming in with her bare buns (somewhat

like ray is doing in this picture.) well i didn't have the camera

so tried to get her to do it again, and ray was helping her too..

i think she finds it amusing what she can get adults to do..

thats what she's thinking in this picture...

BEACH BUMS

when lexi wasn't on the beach, this was

definately a favorite, smashing her face into the door

( in hopes of getting outside)

cody and grandpa. as they said when i was taking

the picture.. "is that a camera or a studfinder?"

cute lauren is the sweetest girl. and lexi

just loved her

for some reason lex liked to trap herself under the

captains chair

Lexi helping shelley with her throwing technique.

every year has to have one storm...

briggs and lexi giving cuddles. it was funny to watch

the kids together, trying to eat and feed eachother,

do kung fu panda moves with kregg, feed fish, build

sand castles etc..

brooklyn..who believe it or not is a JUNIOR...

in high school, not college ( i know its shocking)

was lexi's buddy on the trip. she even taught lexi

sign language in minutes... quite impressive.

some of the cousins wrestling...

as you can see brady just flipped over

laurens head and she put a stop to it by saying

"brady this is getting way out of hand, and you are

playing quite to rough, if you continu acting like this

we will all have to stop!" :)

kregg said he was just helping the kids build this castle...

really it was just entertainment for him. but still

quite impressive

lexi is famous for her "i wanna dance" or

"i NEED to dance" so katie had matt put some

"dancing" music on her ipod for lexi to breakdown

to. about ten at night they turned it on, she hopped

right up on the table and entertained for about half hour.

Lexi had tears down all our faces from laughing so hard.

and grandma was her dancing partner, lexi would

copy anything grandma did. we didn't get it recorded until

the end of her dancing, so we'll have to get a copy

of the beginning and let you see before the energy

began to fade.