Birthday Party Fun

On Saturday our last day in Fillmore we went to Birthday Parties for Saydee and Gavin. They were lots of FUN!

Here Chloe is getting all dolled upLook at these Rock Stars
My sister made tu-tu's for all the girls who came. They were so cute.And here is Saydee's Cake.
Grandma and the Girls
Gavin had a Dinosaur Party.

Here is his cake...

Look at these scary dinosaurs.

We had such a fun week in Fillmore I think we will plan to do it again next year.

Meeting Jeremy Evans

I forgot to mention this in my earlier post but on Friday while we were in Fillmore there was a Jazz clinic. The kids got to play some basketball and meet Jeremy Evans. Tanner, Tyler, and Sam all went. They had lots of fun. Jeremy seems like a really nice guy hopefully he'll be able to help the Jazz.

Our Fun Week in Flowell

So last week the kids and I spent the week in Flowell. We had lots of fun. Landon's sisters and their kids were there as well. I also had my sisters two kids most of the time, so it was pretty noisy but lots of fun.

The kids spent hours playing outside everyday. Grandpa and Grandma have a swing set and a cool dirt pile (soon to be sandbox) for them to play on. Grandpa even broke out the old water trough swimming pool so the kids were able to swim in it. Licorice would even jump in and join them. We didn't notice until it was too late that they were all being eaten alive by mosquito's-we invested in some bug spray-but they all probably have scars from scratching them off.

One day we went to the canyon and had a picnic. The kids had a great time running around and wading in the stream. Tyler even tried his hand at fishing and the kids all thought it was neat to watch the schools of fish from on top of the bridge. Tanner and Dawson of course had to swim instead of wade. They didn't think it was to cool when we headed home and I made them strip down to their undies before getting back in the vehicles. Ha!

We went swimming at the good old Fillmore City Pool two different times. (I didn't get any picts-Taryn will you send me some). We also went to story hour at the Fillmore City Library.

One Day we tried to take the kids to find the ice cube caves-we were just a little bit unprepared. (Let me just say this 10 kids in shorts and sandals walking across lava rock doesn't really work-we had to carry most of them out of there and put bandaids on all of them-luckily we had Tanner to help us out) Once again no pict of this but I think Taryn did happen to get one-so hopefully I can get that from her as well.

As we were leaving the ice caves Tanner caught this tiny baby frog. He wanted to keep it for a pet but I think it got handled way to much, because the next morning Chloe took it out for a little swim and she came back in and said "mommy this frog won't swim" poor little guy had taken his last breath.

The one quiet time of every day would be bedtime or when the kids were all engrossed in a tv show. The favorite seemed to be good Old Sponge Bob.

A quote from Tanner after we got home to my Grandma Marshall-"my Grandpa's 2nd favorite tv show is the news" her to him "what's his favorite?" him "SpongeBob, he always turns it on even when we don't ask him too" LOL Well I would be turning it on too if it could keep 8 or so kids quiet for 30 minutes or more.

Horse Ride with Dad

Over the weekend Landon took the kids on an overnight horse ride. They went with his brother and his son Dawson. Well I guess I should say he took Chloe on a horse ride and Tanner on a long walk. Tanner is very uncomfortable riding the horses, but he still wanted to go so he choose to walk instead. Here they are at camp. Can't you tell they are happy to be there. They didn't take a tent they all slept under the stars. Landon said Chloe was so excited about this.

Here are the kids relaxing after a long ride/walk.

One of the reasons for this ride was to clear the trail so it was easier to ride up on the deer-hunt. Look at all these hard workers.

Headed back home-Chloe on Frosty. You can barely see her new pink boots that Daddy bought her.

Toad

My sister Mandy caught this huge toad in her yard. The kids were so excited to see it. Chloe even got up the nerve to catch it-after that she was wondering if she could keep it for a pet. Silly Girl! My mom told her and Saydee to kiss it to see if it would turn into a prince but there was no way they were going that far.

Water Slide

This week we went to the Washington City Rec Center on Tues., Wed., and Thurs. It was fun a bunch of our friends went everyday to so the kids had lots of other kids to play with. On Tuesday I took Chloe and Brydee down the big water slide-or actually I went down and caught them at the bottom. After a couple time of that they decided they didn't need my help anymore and told me so.

Here they come out the bottom...

What Brave and Silly Girls. They did it by themselves that day about 50 times. Chloe's legs were so tired that night from climbing up the stairs so many times to go down that she was just crying for most of the night. However, good nights sleep was all it took and she was ready to go the next day.

Gentry Family Reunion

The annual Gentry Family Reunion was last weekend. It was actually pretty fun (Gasp!) if not a little but redneck. You might be a redneck if someone in the family brings a port a potty on a trailer to your Family Reunion-LOL! The kids had a blast swimming in this little pond right next to the campsite. They were even able to talk Grandma Tawnia into jumping in with them one morning.

Can't you tell she is just full of it in this picture...

It's nice to have a big brother to look up to even when he's a big tease.

We had fun and will plan on going again next year. We had to leave early but my mom said one night they did Karaoke and my Dad even sang-now that I would have liked to have seen!