Second bunny lost this summer

AARGH! After the first bunny died of some unknown sickness, maybe pneumonia, Syd's bunny 4-h leader gave her another bunny with exact instructions of how to take care of it. It was a cute lop-ear bunny she named, Olivia. After a few weeks of taking perfect care of it, it too was found dead in her cage. Sydney is beside herself. She was so upset the first time and I was at work when it happened, so Grandma had to come down and console her. This second time, she had a friend over, so the friend and I calmed her down. She LOVES animals and it just breaks her heart. Guess we'll try another one or a kitten when she is ready again. Good thing her lamb is hanging in there and doing well! I've always told the kids that I can barely keep kids alive, I can't deal with pets, but she has been doing so well taking care of them...We'll try again when Mike builds the kids a chicken coop/bunny cage that may work better.

Sisterly Love

These two love each other and it's so good to see that even an 8 year gap doesn't separate them. I did see a litte change the other day though, when Addy came upstairs crying that Syd locked the door when her friend was over. She didn't want Addy to bug them. I know they have to grow up, but really so fast? Syd is really sweet to Addy most of the time, though. She is like her 2nd mother.

Fun with Family

Jan (Mike's sister), Kendra and my mother-in-law came for a visit last month. Jan and Family moved to Texas just as we were moving to Utah. We were wondering if they were trying to avoid us (just kidding, Jan). But they did come back to see us and we had a WONDERFUL time visiting with them while they were here. Mike's mom got to stay a whole week and the kids loved having Grandma here to visit with. She is an amazing woman!

Summer fun in the tub...HUMONGOUS BUBBLES!

When I first saw this, I laughed...they had asked to use my jetted tub and I obliged. The 3 youngest put on swim suits and went to town. I heard the laughter and came running in to find this:Then we had to mop it up- and boy- it was a mess. They are grounded from using my tub for a while...even though I was secretly still laughing.

Addy's self portraits...

Little miss Addy has figured out my i-phone and takes hundreds of photos around the house. I'll spare you the embarrassing ones of me at different and strange angles, and show you a few I didn't delete of her. She's also into taking videos.

Baseball- 2011

I love this picture of my little guy playing baseball.  He was on such a nice team this year.  He has only played a year before and his coaches were very patient and encouraging.  Thank goodness for such nice guys!  Nathan had a great time.  These pictures were taken at the tournament in Pleasant Grove at the end of the season.