Jackson Hole trip

 We just got back from an amazing weekend in beautiful Jackson Hole.  We stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Deppe in their timeshare at the Teton Club.  It was in the Teton Village at the base of the huge, amazing Teton Mountains. 

We had tons of fun and the scenery was breathtaking and so gorgeous!  We spent our time hiking, hot tubbing, riding the tram to the top of the mountain, fishing, eating out, relaxing and spending time with G& G Deppe!

We took tons of pictures because it was so fabulous, so here are a few of our favorites. 

We went to church in Jackson Hole and then walked around the town for a while.  We had to get our obligatory family picture under the antler arch.  The kids loved the park, and had fun eating ice-cream and buying magnets and colored rocks from the store. 

Taylor and Lizzie had fun playing on the slides at the playground where we stayed.  Elizabeth thinks Taylor is so funny lately.  She laughs whenever he comes around, it's so cute. 

Lizzie did pretty good on the drive. She is such a sweet, mellow baby.  The only hard part was her sleeping at night. She woke up several times during the night which makes for one tired mama!  Oh well, who needs sleep, right?!

One afternoon while Isaac and Lizzie were napping we took the tram to the top of the mountain.  It was an amazing climb of 4400 feet and the elevation at the top of the mountain was 10,400.  I got a little nervous going up, because we were so high above the ground.  Taylor and Emily loved it, they had the time of their lives! 

Once we were at the top we hiked around for a while.  We took pictures, checked out the amazingly beautiful views and the kids collected rocks.  There was a little store that sold drinks etc.. and they made waffles.  So we ate waffles filled with sweet Nutella on top of the mountain.  It was unforgettable! 

I actually got a few pics. of Taylor, one with Nutella all over his face and the other he has magnetic rocks on his ears.  Such a cute boy and growing up too fast!

These pictures do not do justice to how gorgeous the mountains are.  It was SO beautiful and such a fantastic day!

The next day we went into Teton National Park and took a boat ride across Jenny Lake.  Then we hiked to the waterfall.  Later we swam in the river, ate lunch on a beach and fished for a few hours.  Everyone had a great day!
(I actually had a terrible migraine so I stayed at the room to sleep with Lizzie. I was so sad to miss such a fun day!)

We love spending time with Grandma and Grandpa Deppe.  We miss living near them and always have so much fun when we see them!  The trip was so perfect and we had a fabulous time!

We drove home late Monday night, and the sunset on the drive through Idaho was amazing!  There was perfect light on the clouds, and there was wheat fields as far as the eye could see.  It was a gorgeous drive home, until the sun went down. 

Here are a few more pics of that beautiful sunset.

It was the perfect way to end the summer.  Now off to do laundry and get back into the real world!  We have had the best summer, and I wish it would last forever.
School starts tomorrow!

End of Summer Strreet party!

We had a wild and crazy, fun party last week to celebrate the end of summer on our street!  We rented a huge bouncy slide from 10am -10pm and we played on it all day long!

The kids were in their swimming suits for almost 11 hours and they never came inside the whole day.  They used the bathroom at Grandma Shields house because she lived closer to the slide. 

During the day everyone played on the slide and ate!  We ordered pizza for lunch, made popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones etc... Then for dinner everyone on the street had a big BBQ complete with homemade ice-cream! 

The day was perfect weather, not too hot.  Even the teenagers had their time on the slide.  The best was after dinner all the kids were kicked off the slide and the adults all played on it.  It was hilarious to watch the mom's & dad's race down the slide and get soaking wet.  It was tons of fun, Danny and I went down several times each! ( too bad I didn't get any pics. of the adults, I was too busy getting wet!)

Isaac earned his "Shiver Shack" by pretty much being totally potty trained!  He is doing great, and I am so happy!

Go Natalie! I know you are thrilled about me posting this picture! HA HA!

It was such a fantastic day, everyone was exhuasted by dark, and ready for bed.  We love our neighborhood and all of our friends and neighbors.  We feel so blessed to live in such a great community! 

This has been an exhuasting week with Isaac, but it's worth it because he is finally getting potty trained! 
I decided last week, enough was enough and he HAD to get potty trained!  He threw a fit, cried, whined and acted like a baby.  He wouldn't be bribed by the usualy stickers, candy,. toys or ice cream.  Then Taylor told him he could get his own fishing pole at "Cabela's" and he got all excited! 

The only problem was for the first few days he only wanted to pee outside.  I let him a few times and then he thought the grass was his personal potty.  So with some convincing he started going inside!  He is a funny, stubborn, strong willed boy. But we sure love him! 

Right now we are taking it day by day.  Some days he does great, others not so good!  But at least he's trying. 

Here's a few of my favorite Isaac Quotes from the week:

He yells while walking out of the store and then as he was talking to Danny on the phone "I did a Pee at Costco!"

"I don't want to wear underwear, I just want to wear my shorts!"

He was playing outside and we hear "Yes, I went pee by myself again outside!"

It's been a funny, exhausting, crazy week with this boy.

We went swimming with Mono and her girls and Aunt Natalie last week.  Elizabeth and Ali have the same swimming suit!  It's so cute on their chubby little bodies!

They are both growing so quickly!  I love to see the changes in these babies.  They are grabbing toys, rollilng all over, using their voice more, and Ali even eats a little solid food.

If only we could get them to sleep better at night, then the bags under my eyes would go away! 

We love you baby girls!

More summer fun

I LOVE that smile!  Elizabeth is in the best stage right now!  ( not including her horrible night time sleeping habits!) But during the daylight hours, she is such a sweet girl! 
She loves to be outside, and is always observing everything around her.  She loves being in her saucer, or rolling around on a blanket on the grass.  We go for lots of walks around the neigborhood, because her older brother is always riding his balance bike and needs to be supervised while crossing the street. 

This is a typical Lizzie face, covered in barf .  We call her "Barf Face" a lot lately, because she is constantly throwing up or drooling.  But it can't cover up her huge tootheless grin!
Oh, hot I love to kiss those chubby cheeks.

We went to the Gateway fountains one day this week.  We met some friends and Grandma Shields, Mono, Becca, Natalie & Turner.   We also brought our good friends Ryan & Zach, the kids had so much fun! 
Here are the few pictures I took.

They all played in the fountains and got soaking wet, then they would dry out on the cement and then do it all over again. 
It was a blast!

I am in denial that school is starting soon.  I really wish it could be summer forever. 
I am especially going to miss my little Emily!  She is such a sweet girl and my best helper with Lizzie.  She gives the best hugs all day long, and she lets her little naughty brother play with her and friends nearly everyday!  We are going to miss her when she starts Kindergarten!

Boating Day

We spent a warm, sunny Saturday boating at Jordanelle.  It was tons of fun and everyone had a great day!
Lizzie wore her life jacket without too much complaining!  She looked so cute sitting on the boat with the wind blowing her hair. 

Isaac was captain of the boat, and thought it was awesome to steer and help Danny drive the boat. 

We dragged the kids around on the tube, until they were begging to get back in the boat. Then we swam, at lunch and did a little fishing.  The water was so cold, but felt refreshing after a little while.

G & G Shields joined us in the afternoon with Colton and Natalie.  We really appreciate them letting us borrow their boat.

It was the perferct way to spend a Saturday.

August already!

We went to Danny's company summer BBQ this week.  It was at his bosses beautiful home, we had dinner, played in the huge backyard, and swam in the pool.  The kids were happy because our friends and neighbors, the Reed's were there too.

This is Isaac's girlfirend, Jessie. 
She is one of our babysitters, and Isaac is obsessed with her. He thinks she is so great!  Whenever he sees her he runs to her and gives her huge hug, and won't leave her side. He got mad at the party, because I wouldn't let him go with Jessie to the bathroom! 

While at the party Isaac kept talking about the "mansion".  It was a huge house, and he would ask "Mom, can I got in the mansion?"  It was pretty funny to Danny's boss!

Emily & Sophie swam, while Lizzie slept in her stroller.

Taylor, Logan and Dallas swam and jumped on the tramp. 
Look how skinny Taylor is, he is tall and lean!  His feet grew so much this summer, he skipped 2 sizes, and went straight to a size 5!  I can't keep up with his growing!  I have to cinch up his pants because they are so big around the waist, he needs some fat on his bones. 

Lizzie had an up close look at this cute little dog.  She liked it and started petting the fur. 

Isaac was inseperable from Annie & Jessie all night.  It was a fun party, yummy food,  a gorgeous home and nice way to spend an evening. 

More summer fun!

We spent some time in Midway this week with aunt Monica and her girls. We crashed the Bauman party and all went to Midway with our kids for some fun. There were 15 kids total, including 4 baby girls. It was a a wild, crazy fun time and everyone had a blast!  

We spent lots of time playing games, and playing at the playground. We went fishing, sat in the hot tub, watched a movie, ate lots of food and had tons of fun! It would have been perfect if Lizzie would have slept better, she was awake a lot of the night, and so was I! We went home tired and happy.

Thanks for inviting us Mono, we appreciate it!

Elizabeth is months old now!  She is the still the cutest girl in the world, and we all love her so much! 
At 5 months she eats 6-7 times a day.  She still wakes up 1-2 times in the night, or more when we are away from home!  She loves to suck on her fingers, hands, and toes.  She is starting to like toys, and really smiles when her older brothers and sister talk to her .  Taylor can get her to laugh really loud when he sings and tells her jokes. 

We all love kissing her fat cheeks, and rubbing her fat thighs!

We went swimming with our cousins this week, and it was so much fun!  Taylor, Emily & Isaac love their cousins.  They all had fun swimming and it felt good to cool off on a hot summer day. 

We had our ward Ice Cream Social this week.  It was a great party complete with home made ice cream and lots of treats.  The SLC Fire Dept. came and sprayed all the kids with their hose.  The kids had so much fun getting completely drenched in all the water. 

Taylor and his friends wore their swimming suits and they were loving all the water. 

It was the perfect ward party!


We are loving our summer fun, and wishing it would last forever!