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Everyday he has something new!  It just makes me smile!

Utah Arts Festival

We made a daring attempt at the Utah Arts festival this weekend!  We had a great time, with much success.  The funniest part of the whole thing is all the gear and crap we need to have for an outing!  I took a picture of it just for kicks!

Here is one view,

and here is the other!  Loads of things in order to

go out with our entourage!

There was the funnest kids section!  The kids made

these hats and got bow and arrows.

They had a place where we could play different

instruments.  The three of them chose the violin!

So fun!

AND, of coarse, there is the face painting!  Ruth was

a rose, and Hank a pokeman.

Jack was Spiderman.

What a fun day!  My hat goes off to Colin.  He is

not real keen on chaos, but manage to go the whole 

day without giving me "the look!"  For those of you 

who know us will appreciate the valiant effort.  I think 

that our next outing is sure to be doomed.  How could 

it be as smooth! 

Swimming!

We Finally got out and went swimming!  Her had a great time with our friends!

Thanks guys, we really needed that!

Jack and Max thought they were cool with their life

jackets on!

This is my little daredevil!  Colin thinks the apple

doesn't fall far from the tree.  So what?

Brotherly love!

For now these boys are crazy in LOVE!  I am tempted to say there will come a day that they may feel different.  (Maybe when she can take their toys!)  As for now, we love this bundle!

Hank is ALWAYS wanting to hold, touch, kiss,

and love on her!  SO fun!

Jack does too, but most of the time it is to copy his

big brother!

Staycation

Where do I begin?

...Well, the flu bug hit the Wright home this week!  Wow, what a whopper!  So we decided to head up to the Glen, and ride it out up there.  Instead of a big vacation, it was a little staycation!  It was for the sanity of me and my kids.  I didn't want them to go and play while they were contagious, and if they even thought about going outside the neighborhood joined.  So we took a little jaunt.  Here is what we did:

swimming, and goofing around on the lawn

Ruby and I did a lot of laying around.  

(she is really filling out!)

Ruth is crazy about Ruby, that is fun to watch.

Hank is full of life, sometimes too much life!

Jack-o!

Alpine slide

Jack loved the Alpine coaster.  You couldn't wipe 

off his silly grin.

Park City Resort is a destination for us every year.

We love the Alpine slide and the Alpine Coaster.  

This activity is summer for us.  Loved

it!

**I think that we have survived the stomach flu, but

my sanity will not survive the swine flu.  So, as for us, 

we may continue to lay low for awhile!

**Everyone think, "sanitizer and staying home if you are 

sick!!:)"

Seriously!?!?!

Seriously!  I am crazy for this little thing!!

A great Companion for Eternity!

Happy Father's day, Colin!

Since I have had Ruby I have been a little sentimental.  I am extremely sentimental about Colin this Father's Day.  When I fell head or heals in love with him I had no idea what he really was and could become!  He is an amazing father.  As I think about the birth of each of our children and how it has shaped us the thing I draw on the most is the fact that we are in this together. What a great companion I have found in him!  Thank you.

I am so grateful for the person that he is helping and pushing me to become.  I have always been a pretty happy-go-lucky type, and he think's deeply.  I am very grateful for that perspective. I think I know myself better because of him, and I know I know the Lord better because of what we have shared together.  His perspective is good for me.

There is so much that he does for me that goes unnoticed.  

This man changes diapers, wrestles, plays soccer in the backyard till he sweats, takes EVERY kid from here to Timbuktu to go swimming, coaches soccer, serves the Lord, works, 60 hour weeks, vacuums, go on late night craving runs with me, loves any bakery, dances (i don't need to say much more than that about dancing!), he is a big kid, teaches the kids, makes me breakfast in bed for Mother's day!  He is perfect!...for me!

Thanks Colin, I love you, and I love what fun and excitement you bring to my life!  Thanks for this little family and an eternity of fun!

Always a Daddy's girl!

Ode to my Daddy on Father's Day...

Although I will always be in debt to my selfless mother, their is a special place in my heart and life for my Dad.  He is one of the greatest men I know.  He is strong, funny, handsome, kind, caring, fiercely loyal, smart(sometimes too smart!), ambitious, hard-working, and all mine!  I have great memories of him as I think back through the years.  Here are some highlights:

• When I turned 16 he took me on my first date to the Mikado!
  
• My soccer coach for Lady Lightning
• He took me to instacare to get stitches, even though I begged for my mom to take me, I am glad that he was there!  (Dad, do you even remember that?)
• He bought me a car for Christmas and wrapped it in a big red bow!  Every girls dream!
• He took me on a week long trip to England, and he had to send me home all by myself!  I was 16.  He gave me a kiss on the cheek when he dropped me at the airport and the lady who was going to make sure that I got on the plane thought he was my boyfriend!!!  FUNNY!
• He drove me all over cache county to take pictures for my County report.  He bought me a cache valley cheese mug that I dropped and broke on the way out of the factory!
• He NEVER missed one game I cheered at.  That includes USU and all the traveling with the team.
• He taught me to stick to something even though it isn't what you thought it would be and it isn't fun! (Junior year soccer)

Dad, you are amazing and the reason that I am such an amazing person, LOL!  But because of you I knew EXACTLY what I wanted in a husband.  Thanks!  I LOVE YOU!

Where are you Summer?

Is anyone else wondering if you have moved to the Pacific Northwest?  Well, I am!  I want summer.  No more of this rain thing.  Here is what we have been doing in between summer thunderstorms:

Tonight we got the slip-n-slide out, and hooked 

it up to warm water from the house.  Super fun!

It was freezing, but as you can see they didn't mind.

Dress up's

We have also made every craft we can think of, TWICE!

-SO-

Rain, rain, go away and come back next spring!!!

A long tradition of Clytie Adams!

I took dance from Clytie for 12 years and now Ruth is on her way!  We had her recital last night. Everything was the same as when I was young.  The location, the dances, the magician for the girls waiting to perform!  It was a walk into my childhood!  When you have moments like that you realize how great it was to be a kid, and you want to kiss your parents for providing such a magical world!  I hope someday Ruth will be able to say the same thing about her childhood.  Thanks mom, and dad for something sooooo great!

Kate, Ruth, Ellie

They were Cowboys this year.  I have to admit I was disappointed.  Clytie usually makes them look like little ballerinas.

Hank looks sad, but he was really proud of Ruth and really cute with her!

Us girls!!! Yeah!  We love that Ruby is here!

Me, Ruby, Ruth, Chanel, my mom, and Colin's mom

Hank with "the Ladies"

Cooper and Lily came to her dress rehearsal.

My Ballerina!

Cannibalism...

I really am considering it...

Coming Home

We came home from the hospital the other night.  The kids were so excited to bring Ruby home.  We were finishing up all the "hoops" you have to jump through to get discharged, Ruby was in her car seat ready to go, I looked at Ruth and she was crying.  I asked here what was wrong and she replied, "I'm just so happy."  What a sweet little moment we had as a newly grown family.  I think she says it perfectly, "We are just so happy."

On several occasions since we have been home this weekend, I have gone into my room to find Henry laying next to Ruby just looking at her.  He is so sweet, and these kids are in love.  In his prayer on friday night he prayed that we could have "lots of adventures with Ruby."  What a great thing to pray for.  These little ones bless my life and remind me of the simple joys the Lord has given me.