St. George

Clayton is already in St. George, he stayed in a hotel with all the HS soccer boys. We headed down yesterday. We stopped in Nephi & played at a park while Laun met with a dairy.

The kids had a great time & it was nice to break up the traveling.

When you have young kids, you kind of see the world in a new way, with fresh eyes. You seem to re-experience life with them, all over again. I’ve noticed my older kids do the same thing. They get excited to do things that are new to Sydney & Carter.

slides

swings

Sydney loved swinging!

Carter took awhile to love swinging.

monkey Marlee

I love everything she does.

Best part about hotels is the swimming pool and this is the first time Carter has been swimming since he got his cast off a month ago! Clayton is at a different hotel with the soccer team and too bad, because their pool is out of order!

love our ginger

Playing with High School boys and mainly Seniors, is intense. Clayton is pretty tired. Seeing him play, especially since he’s the only Freshman that went, was pretty awesome.

We love our #28! Marlee and Porter had fun wheeling around.

Back to the hotel, Carter zonked out, while the rest of us pigged out.

day 2

hair perfecting

lunch

twinning

The reason and highlight of our trip, seeing our boy play soccer at the varsity tournament.

Then the boys went out for sushi for Porter’s pre-birthday meal.

mom of all ages

I feel like I’m in every phase with kids still living at home…I’ve got a baby, toddler, and one in elementary school, junior high & high school! Each phase is fun & hard in different ways. I’d say the younger the kid, the more they love me. Maybe that’s why I have babies at home, so when the older kids think I’m lame, the younger ones will make me feel like I can rule the world.

Carter & Sydney are my Zumba buddies. This girl is intense, lifting & eating the weights.

You can’t really see, but clear past that gate, in that suburban, is my high school kid. He is the only freshman that got invited to go with the Varsity HS soccer team to play in the preseason tournament! Clayton is excited & nervous. And I’m so proud. He’s headed to St. George & we will meet him up there tomorrow to watch him play.

magical

Why is sleeping so magical?

8 months!!!

14 pounds of perfection…  

It’s hard to get pictures of her next to the lamb now, here’s what it really looks like:

And my favorite shot of the day:

She is sitting like a pro! She also gets on her hands & knees, rocking back & forth, scooting all over. I’m sure she’ll be crawling soon!