Phineas

Last Thursday, the Taylors brought us a new addition to the family. Phineas the elf came to visit. (Aiden named him). Phineas watches the kids all day and then flies to the North Pole to tell Santa how they were and comes back and lands in a different spot. Now every morning at 6:30 Aiden wakes us up to make sure Phineas came back and see where he landed. Thank you Aime, Aiden loves Phineas.

Las Vegas

Well, not having the internet sure puts a damper on your blogging. Not too much to report before our recent trip to Las Vegas anyways. It was our first road trip with the kids farther than Salt Lake. They did remarkably well. At some points I think it was longer for us than for them. It was a lovely 70 degrees and the kids took advantage of the chance to play outside. It was fun spending time with everybody and especially watching all the kids together.
At the dam I don't know which was more impressive the dam or the huge bridge they are building.

We of course had to go to Bass pro shops and see the fish while Ben enjoyed the shop. The kids also got to see Santa.
We went to the Cactus gardens and saw all the lights. Ethen could have cared less about the lights he was just interested in all the planes flying over. This was his favorite thing to do for the whole trip was to watch the planes.
On Saturday we all went to Red Rock Canyon and did some hiking. Some were more adventurous than others.

Happy Birthday Jer bear

Jeremy was always the cool one.

Now we know where Cody gets his Superhero fascination from.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

2 Weeks and Counting!

It's crunch time at the house. Everything is finally starting to come together. The painting and tiling are almost finished. The sprinklers and curbing is done. Next week they will do the cabinets, fixtures and start on the granite. We are getting very excited for it all to be finished and then we can start getting the yard in. We have been going to our new ward and Aiden is finally going to sunbeams without a fight. We can't wait to move in, there are lots of kids in the neighborhood for the boys to play with. Here are a few updated pictures of the house.
Much to Ben's dislike the boys got their Blue room! (sorry the picture is sideways)

On July 4th we had dinner and fireworks at the Haislip's. The kids played in the pool and the sprinkler and then we did a few fireworks. It went from hot enough to play in the pool to a hail and rainstorm. There was a river of water running down the street like I've never seen before. Then the storm cleared up just in time for more fireworks with the kids and the fireworks show.