Hayley's 8 Part 2

Hayley had a very fun birthday party at Cherry Hill with all of the cousins. We had a cake, pinata and donut eating contest. She gots lots of fun gifts and I'm sure will always remember her 8th birthday!!

Hayley's 8 Part 1

We celebrated Hayley's birthday on the 4th because we were in Utah for her actual birthday. She gots lots of fun presents. Her favorite is her high school musical purse which she takes with her everywhere now. It had to be big enough to fit a book because she reads all day long!

Her Aunt Nicole made a cute butterfly cake. I can't believe she is 8 already. Kids grow up way too fast.

Fourth Of July

For the Fourth of July we stayed home this year. We started the day off with a breakfast and flag raising ceremony with our ward, next we walked to the parade. The kids had fun collecting candy. Then we went over the Chris' parents and had a BBQ and watched the fireworks and the boys did their own for hours of course. It was a nice relaxing holiday except for Dylan who still does not like fireworks and covered his ears the whole night. Maybe next year?

Busy Busy June!

Well we had a fun and busy June! Here is Chris with his two ties the kids made him for Father's Day. Our Primary collected ties from the ward and then the week before Father's day we let the kids decorate them however they wanted. It was a fun project!

It rained for most of the month but by the end we finally went to the spray park. Dylan loved it!

Hayley finished her season of softball. We really enjoyed the girls coach pitch league. It was much better than t-ball!

We went camping with our friends the Porters but forgot to take any pictures with them. This is Hayley having fun wrapping the potatoes for dinner.

We are so lucky to have this beautiful cabin and property in the family to enjoy. Below is Chris and the kids riding on the lawn mower. Also Chris celebrated his 30th birthday. We had lots of fun camping even though we got eatin alive by mosquitos. We can't wait to go back in August.

Memorial Day

We had lots of fun for Memorial Day this year. And the weather actually cooperated. As you can tell I really need a tan compared to my sistas!! Below is the new monument they put up in Heber to remember the Peace Treaty made by my ancestor Joseph Stacy Murdock with the Indians. It is across the street where his home was and was the place is actually happened. It is nice to see that he is not a forgotten figure of history.

The reason we went to Heber is for our annual cleaning of the graves. My cousin Elizabeth is going to BYU-Idaho right now so she came down with us. Below is my brother in law Brett with his big scary knife and gloves. We were laughing at him. But it actually worked really well.

We also got to take Hayley to Lagoon while my mom watched Dylan for us. It was so much fun and we were able to go on all of the big roller coasters all day. At first she was a little nervous and then after she went she thought it was awesome!! It was the perfect weather a little overcast and short lines.

Most of the time we just hung out and did lots and lots of swimming! Thanks to Grandpa Utah for heating the pool for us. We can't wait to come again!