Over the 4th of July David took the girls on a river trip with my family. Sienna and I stayed behind with our two youngest because we wanted to make life a little easier for our hubbies:) so instead of staying in the heat we went up to siennas house in Orem. It was so nice to be able to play outside all day and enjoy the cool evenings at night. 

One of masons most favorite things ever... The Escalade... He is actually quite a good driver! It doesn't hold a charge for very long so we had to plug it in a lot. Mason would get impatient waiting and would constantly ask "is that thing loaded?" Meaning is it charged:) 

Mason scored this pretend knife from his cousins house. He didn't let it leave his side (or pocket really) the whole time! 

We went to a splash pad and I was amazed at how much dash loved it. He crawled all over the place letting the water spray his face and everything! 

Look at this chubby boy. That is my nickname for him... My Chubby... Love baby rolls! 
My sister kept my kids so I could go shopping at Ikea all by myself! It was wonderful. I had tried to go with them the day before and it was a nightmare (hungry, tired kids+Mom forgot snacks=unhappy kids) The kids played outside in the water and had a much more fun time then they would have shopping with me:) 

My little brother babysat the older kids so sienna and I could go shopping with his new wife Lacee. It was so fun. He made a water slide out of the slide in their backyard and it was a big hit! 

Dash is just starting the mobile phase and subsequently the "get into everything" phase. I always forget how exhausting it is to constantly be checking on where he is, what he might have in his mouth, etc. This particular day he had gotten into a pack of stickers in the office. I'm not sure how he managed to get them all over himself like this, but what you see is ALL his own doing. We got a good laugh out of it! 

My little brother got married at the end of June. It was a extremely busy and fun weekend. It's hard to believe he is all grown up!! I love spending time with family and it was so fun to see not only my immediate family but also extended family that I haven't seen for a while. I was actually good about taking a few pictures with my real camera for once so the two below are the only ones I captured from my phone (hence the poor quality) 

Maia was staying at a cousins house for the week so I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to spend some one on one time with Elsie.  I feel like she all too often gets lost in the mix of things. She is so easy going and rarely complains but I just had been feeling like she needed some time with just me. She decided she wanted to go to this little bmx bike park here. We got all loaded up to go when mason came out feeling sad because he wasn't coming. I told him he had to ask Elsie if he could come. He did and she said "well okay sure" and he was so excited. He gave her the biggest hug and said "you're the best Elsie!!" It was sweet. So it ended up being a double date;) it was so fun. The kids loved riding aroun and going down the "big hill". Mason is a champ on his strider balance bike. I am amazed at how well he has mastered it. He stands up on it, stops it with the back of his heel while standing, cruises amazingly fast and is just really a master at it!