Finally Having Fun

Hallelujah I no longer work every weekend! I got a new job and now only work one weekend a month, and it has already been so awesome. For example yesterday we went boating with Sam and Stacia (Ben's brother and his brother's lovely wife) to Utah Lake. Afterwards we hung out with the kids for a little while in shallow water and set up our chairs in the water.

I feel as if a Jimmy Buffet song would be appropriate with this picture.

As usual, Riley is very safety conscious and wears the life jacket that is now too small for him. And Malia knows how to work the camera with her bikini pose.


Riley's tip for fun in the water: Grab a handful of rocks..........


...............and toss them!


Check out Malia's water logged diaper. I couldn't find any swim diapers at Walmart (what????) so she looked like she had a lot of junk in her trunk, and in the front! I like big butts and I cannot lie........

Surfing! It was definately exhilirating and frightening and I'm told my facial expressions conveyed both emotions quite well. I fell many times, and used so many under utilized muscles that today I feel like I could use a wheelchair.

I love this picture! I think Ben intentionally flexed his arm for the picture. Not bad :)

Ben was pretty good at surfing!

These little dimpled hands are going to be so missed someday when she's all grown up :(

It was a PERFECT day to be on the Lake. Utah Lake always creeps me out a little though. It's shallow, and I always wonder if there are dead people stuck at the bottom not far from my feet. I know that is so disgusting to even think. But apparently my bishop waterski'd over a big dead bloated cow in Utah Lake. That only adds to my disgust. Anyways, I think this pic of Ben and Malia is cute!

Riley has his moments where he is comparable to a PMS-ing teenage girl, but MOST of the time he is my sweet little angel who does things like brush Malia's teeth, and he coaches her all the way through it. "Okay Malia, now let's do your cheezers. Okay now stick out your tongue, like this."

Project Basement: framing.....check

everything else.....hopefully before the kids are grown

Above is the built in shelves/entertainment center. The basement is going to be so wonderful, and I must say Ben has really impressed me with his know how, and determination to find out how to do all this! I think I will keep Ben :)

We had a neighborhood friends BBQ recently and it was SO MUCH FUN! I thought I would be stressed the whole time but I really enjoyed talking with everyone and the kids all had fun running around the yard. The weather was perfect. It's hard to see, but in the back corner of our yard we are growing vegetables and amazingly they are doing well! Next year I think I will plant less, because it's looking like a jungle. I planted everything too close together.

We love our kids so much! I was just telling Ben this morning that both our kids are so funny right now. Malia, because she is at a funny age, and Riley because he THINKS he is so funny :)