Family Pictures

We had some family pictures done the other day and just got them back. We had them done at the Mantua Campground. I think they turned out pretty good. Chase was pretty grumpy so I was worried that we wouldn't get any good ones. Here are some of my favorites.

And the binky is . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . G G G O O O N N N E E E
Whoopee! Finally! OK so I think it is anyway, it has only been one day but honestly it's taken forever! I kept saying that as soon as Chase turned two it would be gone. My plan was to circumcise the binky, you know cut off the tip. It worked for my sister and my sister in law. But Chase didn't care. He sucked on it anyway. It didn't phase him at all. So I cut a little more off, but he got mad for about 2 seconds and then sucked away. So then I got pretty lazy about it. He only used it go to sleep. But last weekend we went camping, and he didn't seem as into it as usual. So Tuesday night when I was at work and Tim put the kids to bed, he hid the binky and the stuffed froggy. Chase associates the two and has to sleep with them both. I guess Chase didn't say anything about them and went to bed just fine. But when he woke up in the morning, they were in his bed so I don't know if Matt gave them to him or if he found them or what. But yesterday before I put Chase down for his nap I hid the binky. When he saw his froggy he asked for the binky. I said it went bye bye. He got upset and looked under his bed and behind his bed and demanded that I find it for him, but I just kept saying it was gone and went bye-bye. Finally he went back and laid on his pillow and said very calmly, "bye bye binky" and then went to sleep. It was that easy! Last night when we put the boys to bed, he didn't even ask for it!
Whoo Hoo, let's hope this lasts!

Camping at Bear Lake

Just a warning, this post has a lot of pictures. We went camping with some friends for Memorial Day Weekend. We ended up going to Bear Lake for 3 nights. We had a ton of fun. The boys had fun running around and riding their bikes with all the other kids. It is nice to go with people that the boys can play with. Chase kept getting into water and getting his clothes soaking wet so he went through about 8 outfits in three days.

We went rock climbing in Logan Canyon on Saturday. We had never been but we had a lot of fun and want to do it some more. We went to the beach on Monday morning and flew some kites that we had. It was a little chilly and the water was really cold so I didn't think the boys would want to get in the water, but Chase got in anyway (fully clothed) and Matt got in a little too.

It was a really fun weekend and ended with my brother in law calling to see if Tim wanted to go fishing so they even got some fishing in there.

Matt rock climbing with some help from dad
kind of a dark picture, but the kids eating breakfast in the trailer

Kamron really liked his little chair

Chase dragging his kite in the lake

Matt got a few opportunities to shoot his BB gun

My boys at Bear Lake

Kamron and I by the lake

The place we went rock climbing was 3 feet from the really busy road so we tried to keep all 10 of the kids in the back of the truck

Tim made it all the way to the top

Outstanding Handwriting

Matt's school had an award ceremony today. He got an award for Outstanding handwriting. He seemed very excited about it.

Congratulations Matt!!!

Matt

I'm not sure I have ever blogged about Matt. We have had a few funny stories with him lately so I thought I would devote a whole post to him.

Yesterday Matt was riding his bike in front of our house while Tim was working on the boat. I was about to go get some pizza when I heard Matt screaming. So I put Kamron down and went to investigate. He was laying down in the neighbors driveway with his bike on top of him screaming. He had crashed and another neighbor was running over to help. Matt is a little bit of a drama queen and can work himself into hyperventilation superfast! Luckily there was no blood or I don't think we could have avoided the hyperventilation. He did scrape up his knee pretty good though. Chase came running over and said "Don't cry Matt" it was really cute. We had to threaten to get a wheelchair a couple of times to keep Matt from getting too dramatic throughout the night.

Matt has had a couple of loose teeth lately and has lost another one since this picture. He looks like a jack-o-lantern with his two lower laterals gone!
Another cute story about Matt happened at Easter. He got a basketball in his Easter basket from his Grandma Leslie. He didn't stop playing with it for days! He was so excited when he finally made his first "hoop" and would shoot hoops at recess at school instead of chasing girls like all of his friends were doing. A couple of nights later we were putting the boys to bed and he was excitedly telling Tim about shooting hoops at recess, and said "I feel like my whole world has changed!"

Pizza Hair

Chase was eating pizza and pears for lunch yesterday. I went to check on him after a bit and this is what I found.

He kept saying Pizza in my hair momma. The picture doesn't do it justice, he had pizza sauce and cheese and pear juice smashed all over his head.

Kamron turned 5 months

I'm holding him up by his leg in this picture. He can't really stand up like that :)

I know it's pretty late but I wanted to put some new pictures of Kamron on here. He turned 5 months on March 30 (Also my dad's birthday)!He is getting so big. He still hasn't rolled over yet, but he is trying really hard. He throws his whole body to the side and pulls his legs up to his chest but he hasn't figured it out yet. Though I did have a dream last night that he took his first step. Random, I have been having a lot of wierd dreams lately and no I'm not pregnant. Kam has figured out how to get ahold of his feet and sometimes even gets his toes in his mouth. He gets to take his first airplane ride next week when he goes with me to Oregon for my friends wedding.