Summer....so far

I was going to title this "Summer Lovin'" because we have been LOVING summer. Then I decided that song titles as post titles are just too cliche....so I went for boring. Anyway, I digress, which I shouldn't because I just downloaded 260 photos off of my camera, so clearly I have no time to waste babbling and should get on with this post.

We've been seriously so busy. July is by FAR the busiest month of the entire year. My house is almost constantly a wreck because of it, but I'm having too much fun with the kids to care. We'll clean in the winter when it's too cold for anything else, right? Again, digressing....I think I drank too much diet coke. My brain is allll over the place. I have tons of pictures to share, so if you get bored, I'm sorry. I'll try and keep this a brief as possible. Let's face it, half of you just scroll through the photos without reading this rambling anyway....right, mom? :)

Here's what's taken place in the past 3 weeks:

Play dates 

Boating

Yep, she drives.

his poor cheeks barely squeeze into that vest 

Sprite ad ;) she was sooo excited to share that can with me

Tristan loved it when uncle Jed dipped him into the cold lake.

 He would looked shocked each time then say "water water, again again!" So cute.

 

Addie took a quick dip with Blake too....brrrr!

chatting with dad on the back of the boat

sacked out on the boat, motor running= baby tranquilizer.

my cute friends

Tristan took over Addie's sunglasses..whatever, he works it out.

West Haven Days/Impromptu neighborhood backyard water bash

Dalton workin' out the metro western look.

Lucy and Addie waiting for the parade (why does Addie do that in every picture? I can't see her face. ah well) The parade rocked. It was like 30 minutes and they got a sack full of candy.

 Cherry Days, you could learn a thing or two from these folks out west.

Jed and Jordan looking as cool as two dudes holding infants can.

Bouncy Stuff! I wish I could have one of these babies behind my house. I'd never have to entertain my kid again. She went through the obstacle course over and over and over.

Tristan loved it too! Just needed a little assistance.

Ash and Tristan on the BIG slide

Afterwards, we got all suited up and took the kids to the pool....and it was closed. LAME. We didn't let that get us down though. We borrowed Jordan and Laura's sprinkler and kiddie pool and the kids had a riot

Total difference between boys and girls.

Tristan in the middle of the sprinkler....

 Addie and Lucy like the water, but apparently needed umbrellas if it was going to be spraying in the air.

 such. girls.

Neighbor friend Kallie came over and joined in the fun too. It ended up being a total blast!

 Skylee's Blessing

My cute, sweet niece, Skylee was blessed last Sunday.

Isn't she so pretty? Love her.

The 4th of July 

My patriotic kids

 (wish you could see Addie's SUPER cute hair bow Laura made) 

and patriotic cupcakes

Addie's new favorite thing to do at Grammy's pool...jump onto a floatie from the side of the pool

ta-da! that's what she really said.

This may look like a public pool, or the one in our neighborhood....nope. It's just our immediate family and their kids at my mom's. We were actually missing my brother's family and a few others aren't in this shot. Imagine what this shin dig will look like 10 years from now!

Lacey and her kids...total trooper. 4 kids, all 5 and under without James there. Gold mom star, Lacey.

Bryan's noodle rainbow. He was seriously impressed with himself. Made me take this picture.

After the annual pool party, it was off to the annual BBQ/Fireworks party at the Weller's!

Tristan approving of aunt Ashley's cute star pie pops

Emmett rockin' on the horse

Me and my little family watching the fireworks 

Jed gave Addie earplugs this time, so she stayed outside :)

 Ash and Ian

Slip, slidin' summertime fun

Jed scored more dad points yesterday. He went to home depot with Addie and came home with a 50 foot long sheet of plastic painter's sheet. He hooked up a sprinkler, applied a little dish soap and the kids (and adults) were off to crazy fun town.

Addie and Lucy going down ever so daintily 

Jordan and Jed, not so much. Lol

Pretty sure they played on it for like an hour longer than the girls would have.

I took a couple of turns. I went pretty much grandma-style, as to not further injure myself. Stupid back. It's so lame. Maybe I'll share the details of my being a gimp in another post. 

This one's already pushing it on the length.

I can't end a blog post without a picture of food, right? 

(yes, I'm aware I already showed cupcakes. Hey, I left out some others during editing lol)

Happy Birthday, Gramp! We celebrated Jed's grandpa's birthday last night. 

I made a little cake for it :)

Now I'll end this post, since it's pushing 1am. Dang it, I'm struggling with getting to bed before midnight lately. It's a problem seeing as I get up two or three times a night too...I should work on that. Coming up on future posts.....Jed's birthday, more playing/swimming/boating I'm sure, and hopefully an actual update on my kids. For now, good night.

Founders Day, Father's Day, Friends, Food....basically SUMMERTIME!

Wow, that is a lot of appropriate F words :)

It really is crazy that Summer is already here, even though it feels like the past month it took forever to get here. Summer time is SO BUSY! When I realized I had 164 photos on my camera after only 5 days I thought I'd better blog a couple of those days! 

 Founders Day

 Papa Steve love the parade

Especially with all his grandkids!

Tristan and Addie...posing oh so sweetly.

Grammy Dawn and Dalton

The kids had so much fun in Grammy's kiddie pool.

Dalton and Emmett

Cute lil' buddies...they're 8 months apart, and maaybe like 8 ounces apart in weight :)

Another one of Jed's rockin' creations....

BBQ pulled pork and coleslaw over home made corn chips= best nachos ever.

Addie and Lucy running away from scary cousin Carson 

Waiting for the fireworks to start. Cute friends :)

Notice no pictures during the fireworks....we were inside. Addie has decided this year that they hurt her ears, so we watched from Steve and Dawn's front window. Still a great view!

 Father's Day

 Pretend this is a picture of Jed and his kids....I'm a lame wife and didn't take one.

Instead I took one of PB Cup Cheesecake Tarts.

Lacey and I swapping babies...cousins Skylee and Dalton

The Workman Clan.....except Jason & his family.

Just want to give a shout out to our awesome dads. I didn't take any pictures at my mom's house of the kids with Danny (I suck like that). He's an awesome stepdad and I love him dearly. My dad and Steve are great dads and grandpas to our kids. Our kids really are so lucky to have lots of people who love them around! Love you guys! Thanks for all you do!

Friends

Lori and her girls were in Utah for a few weeks and we got to hang out with them twice. 

Love seeing them! Wish they lived closer....but visits are good too :)

We've been having a lot of play dates with friends the past couple of weeks- it's one of the perks of Summer! This week has been busy again with parks, splash pad, pool day, and boating later today. Looks like I'm going to have a lot of blogging to do this Summer.

Food

Strawberry Souffle- look how high they puffed up!

They were good and fresh tasting, and even fat-free....

SO I added some chocolate to the tops 

They needed it though :)

This cake isn't just a cake, it was an inspiration! Also proof that if you combine two recipes and two chocolate-loving girls' minds, amazing things can happen.

Not even messing around....this cake is awesome. 

Well that wraps up last weekend.... I hope you're all enjoying the sunshine as much as we are!

Dalton's Blessing Day

Jed blessed Dalton on Sunday. It was a great day!

Jed said that the whole time he was saying the blessing Dalton was looking at him and smiling :) 

So sweet! This boy's smile seriously melts my heart. I just love him to pieces. Jed did a wonderful job. 

My kids sure are blessed to have such a great dad.

We didn't get great pictures, but hey it's something.

Me and my dad

My pretty mom and Dalton

(Janet took this and the next picture)

 I love my kids

4 generations of Wellers- what handsome guys!

Me and my mom and brothers (sans Jason, we missed him. He's in CA)

Grammy Dawn

We had a lot of other family and friends come and support us. We really appreciate that and felt very loved. Dalton is one lucky boy indeed. I was so happy that the weather cooperated. It was a gorgeous day, which was good since we had brunch outside afterwards. We served up some yummy crepes and toppings along with some breakfast casseroles that were a big hit. The recipes for them can be found here and here for those who asked me for them. Thanks again to everyone for your help and for the love and support. We have wonderful families!

typical Monday afternoon

4:35pm.....what are we all doing at my house? Well, here's the breakdown:

ADDIE

 MOMMY

DALTON

That about sums it up....Addie in the corner on time out (don't let the photo fool you, there was a 10 minute meltdown prior to the staying quietly in the corner.) I'm drowning out the whining coming from the corner and the desire to lock my kid in her room the rest of the day with Diet Coke. Dalton is sweetly sleeping on the couch. He definitely gets a gold star for having the best attitude today of all three of us.