Denney

the last days of sunshine

it looks to me like the beautiful fall days are coming to an end. ava has not had any new pictures in a while so i thought today would be a great day. and it was.....

we had our little halloween party last weekend and i think it turned out good. everyone did really good with their food idea's, which is my favorite part about this get together. believe it or not we did not really get many pictures! guess we were to busy chasing little one's around the house and helping kids with the games. cade did get a few of the food so i wanted to share.

Cade's B-day Surprise

this year for cade's birthday i wanted to do something that i normally would never do.... so i planned a vacation. i decided that a cruise would be fun. we have been to couple places in mexico and really like to go there so i booked the mexican riviera cruise. we headed down to cabo san lucas and then to ensenada. we did some snorkeling at santa maria bay in cabo and it was beautiful. the water so pretty. i have never seen such turquoise water. the trip really was great if you don't think of all the motion/morning sickness. i threw up a handful of times, but still managed to pull myself out of bed and have fun. happy birthday cade!

another month has gone [bye]

so once gain another month has passed by and i have not posted one thing! we did a lot of fun things this summer, but most recently we decided to spend a day at cowabunga bay (water park). cade's sisters and their kids came along and we had a great time swimming, going down slides, and floating the lazy river. for those who have not been, you should go. it was really fun. since summer is almost over we decided we needed to go to the zoo with all the kids. once again we packed up and headed to salt lake. the weather was great and the kids did really well considering we were there for 4 hours. we still have one more camping trip planned and maybe some boating. i am sad to see that summer is coming to an end, but that means there will be less things to do in the yard and garden and lots more time to spend together!!!!

so {BIG}

ava got a little pink potty last week. as soon as it was set up she went pee! she was so excited. since then she goes a couple of times a day. i think i will just let her get more interested in it before we really start training her. she is still kind of little. since she thinks she is so big we decided to convert her crib to the toddler bed [ without the rails] and so far she has done great. she has not got out of her bed yet. i can't believe how much she has grown up lately.

Oh no.....

camping has become one of out favorite past times this summer. we went with aaron and ashley up to the narrows to boat and jet ski. we had such a good time until..... sophie got sprayed by a skunk! i have never smelled anything so bad in my life. sophie slept outside and cade and aaron and hope decided to keep her company. sometime during the night hope must have found the spot and rolled all over in it because she smelled just as bad that next morning. the next day they both got scrubbed with tomato juice (which did not work that great, but helped).

ava went out on the tube for the first time and really liked it until her face got a little wet. i think that she is going to be a water baby. she loves to help cade drive the boat or just sit next to him and watch. we will definitely go back again, but maybe keep the dogs on a leash.

Time to Catch Up!

so it's been a while since the last update:) things have been really busy. my sister had her baby about 3 wks ago and she is a beautiful little girl. her name is brielle. there is a picture in here somewhere of her. then last week we went to lagoon (it's where fun is..) and it was fine. way too hot to walk around. kind of glad that is over with for a while. we went to the fireworks friday with natalie and tony and halle ( ava's bff). they are so funny together! they wouldn't hold still for a good picture though. then we were off to bear lake to see brannon and the family at their camp out. we had a really good time hanging out on the beach and out on the boat. sorry all the pictures are in a weird order, but i just don't have a spare second to fix them!

i can't beleive i almost forgot...... no more binky at our house. yipee

first campout of the season

summer is finally here (some days i wonder if it is here to stay) and so we decided to go camping. cade and i bought a camper from his sister, so we thought we would take her for a test! we went to hyrum dam with my sister and her kids. i think that the best part for the kids were the pine cones. they had a pine cone fight, threw pine cones in the water, and then burned a few in the fire and roasted marshmallows over them! one night was enough for me. ava ended up in our bed and i think i slept less that night than i did when she was a newborn. next time we will be sure to have her own little bed made up.