Trying to catch up

So a lot has happened since the last time I wrote and I seriously want to catch up....the only problem is with 5 kids the time is hard to find. :) But I am going to attempt to recapture as mush as I can and I hope it comes out ok. I'm going to start from the beginning at around spring when we decided to sell our house because of the need of a bigger one with the twins coming.

FHE at Dixie Rock

Our most amazing neighbors, the Turek Family, invited us to go to Dixie Rock with them for Family Home Evening. We love hiking and exploring....and the Turek's so we jumped on that opportunity! We attempted the Narrows (a crack in the rock), but only a few were able to actually squeeze through it. I got slightly claustrophobic and didn't even attempt to get very far. Ray and the kids snuck on through and thought it was pretty cool. There's also an old pioneer house in the rocks that we found and it was super neat. I have great admiration for the first settlers of St. George, they definitely had their work cut out for them and had to have such great faith and obedience.


It literally is just a narrow little crack in the rock. Ray was somehow able to squeeze through with the kids.


In the House in the Rock



The chimney in the House in the Rock

Rylee's 2nd Birthday

Back in March Rylee turned the terrible 2! :) And yes, she has followed the description of terrible 2 quite well. She has now developed quite an attitude and doesn't get pushed around....by anyone. That girl can hold her ground. But as usual, she got spoiled rotten.

 
 Big brothers thought a princess tent would be fun.

 
 Dad insisted that she have this cute little 4-wheeler.







 Her look doesn't express it, but she loved her Minnie Mouse cake.

New Dedication

So for my birthday back in April, Ray was such a thoughtful hubby and got me a most wonderful gift (like usual) and printed off a blog book!  It has been so fun to have the last couple of years in print and the kids love looking through the blog book as well and seeing their pictures. After seeing how fun it is to have record of the happenings with our family, Ray has requested that I keep blogging. I totally agree that it is a wonderful record, so I am vowing to try and post more regularly....especially with the arrival of the twin girls sneaking up on us rather quickly. :) So for the next while I am going to try to get caught back up on the blog as we have been very busy with lots of fun and challenging times.

Splash Park Fun

We went to the splash park a couple of weeks ago with our cousins and had a wonderful time! Next to the splash park is an adorable carousel that we of course had to ride on....a few times. :) I didn't get hardly any pictures of the kids playing in the water cause they would never hold still! But we got some cute ones of the carousel.

16 weeks pregnant and the twins are.....?

We had an ultrasound the other day and we were able to see that both babies are GIRLS!!! I am so excited about this cause Rylee will have the sister(s) that we wanted for her.....that girl is slightly spoiled. :) My due date is going to be around September 17. My "official" due date is October 1 if I was having a single pregnancy, but with twins they won't let ya go past 38 weeks and so that's around the 17th. I'm just hoping to beef these babies up as much as possible so they're not super frail or sick, I want healthy babies!!

And here is a picture I took of the belly last week at 15 weeks. And I apologize about the workout clothes, but I never think to take a picture unless it's first thing in the morning, which happens to be right as I'm going to the gym. But here's the ball(s) of fun I'm growing. :)

3 + 2 = ????

5 kids!!!

Well, 3 kids plus twins equals complete chaos to ensue in September!!! We just found out yesterday and we're super excited, but yet soooo nervous!