Summertime

We have had such a great summer & I have been feeling guilty for getting so behind on what we've been up to. My excuse for not e-mailing pictures out to family is that I have this blog, but I haven't been keeping up on it.....so, we're going to do a little catch-up!

To start off the summer, Mikayla took swimming lessons. She learned to go under the water and swim short distances and she had a really great time. We'll have to take another course level for her to be able to swim on her own, though. Here she is with her goggles on waving to Aubrey & me.

In June, we went with the Wheat's to a carnival at the park by their house. We saw lots of interesting workers (it may be a job requirement to be missing at least 4 teeth) and got tons of cute pictures of the kids.

The 4th of July was a lot of fun, too. Kale & I took the girls to a parade--and we did fireworks that night.

(Mikayla and I decorated her scooter & Aubrey's stroller.)

Later that month we went to the American Fork Canyon for a picnic when Grandma and Grandpa Johansson & the Froebe's were in town. Mikayla & Mason searched for bears while Aubrey & Michael were quite happy to play in the dirt and rocks.

(Poor Aubrey had a run-in with my bed frame & got a nice shiner.)

What would summer be without a few trips to the Thanksgiving Point Farm & Gardens? As usual, the pony ride was the most exciting part for the kids.

Last, but not least, I took the girls to the zoo with my grandparents, aunts, cousins---& their kids. We really should go there more often--it was a lot of fun. Below is a picture of Mikayla with my cousin, Kylie. She was such an amazing help with my girls. Too bad she lives so far away--or I'd hire her every weekend!

Family Vacation

A few weeks ago we took a trip to California to visit with Papa Craig and Grandma Cori and to take the girls to Disneyland. We had such a great time being together as a family and we made so many memories. The whole vacation was wonderful---minus the 10 hour drive from Utah. Why is it that my kids don't sleep in the car?? Anyway, here are some of my favorite pictures from the week:

Just arriving at Disneyland


I love my mom!

Roasting marshmellows----Yum!

Mikayla loved playing in the water


The best part of the trip was Disneyland. The weather couldn't have been nicer and the park wasn't very crowded either! Click below to see some pictures from that day.

Mother's Day

Mikayla's sweet preschool teacher, Ms. Sherri, helped the kids put together a really cute program last week to celebrate Mother's Day. They were so adorable...I thought I'd post some pictures. I am the luckiest mom!


McKenzey, Savannah, Mikayla, Bo, Hyrum, Addie, Abbie

Surgery Day

I am so glad that this day is finally over! Everything went well this morning when Aubrey had tubes put in her ears---Hopefully this will be the end of chronic ear infections so she can get back to being healthy. She was a real trooper and even though she was hungry and tired she still managed to flirt with the doctors and nurses. I think the worst part for her was trying to wake up after being under general anesthesia, but after an hour or so she was back to her old self. She is tucked comfortably in bed now--and that's right where I'm headed too!

By the way--Thanks to everyone for your prayers and words of encouragement (I'm a baby, I know).

Aubrey's 1st Birthday!

Aubrey turned 1 last Wednesday, the 26th of March. I can't believe it has been a year already! It seems like just yesterday that my mom and I were making lap after lap around the block trying to get my labor started. Our family has been so blessed to have this sweet little addition---She is such a joy.
On Saturday we had a party with some Aunt's & Uncle's & Cousin's. Mikayla helped me decorate with a rubber ducky theme and we all had a really great time celebrating. Here are some pictures for those of you who couldn't make it. We missed you!

The best part of the day was watching her with the cake. She was in heaven!

Check out this video:

Can you tell that it's a bathtub cake??