Parenting Tip

The surest way to get my kids to play nicely together is to ask them to do their chores.

Zion National Park

We dragged Sean all bruised and battered to Zion National Park. (Actually, he insisted that he go!)
We wanted to get a family shot, so Sean turned his best side to the camera. By the end of the day he had two black eyes and they were nearly swollen shut, but he said the park was pretty. :P

So Much for Family Pictures

Sean and my brother in law, Tyler, decided to go on a mountain biking trip during our vacation out west. I got a phone call a couple of hours after they left telling me Sean got in to a little accident, it wasn't a big deal, and I didn't need to freak out.

Oh, ok. Little accident. No big deal.
One head scan, one tetanus shot, and 8 stitches later...

Gotta Dance!

Me: "Brady, do you need to take a potty break?"
Brady: " No, but I do need to take a dance break!"

Priorities

Brady just told me that he can't clean his room anymore because he really needs to floss his teeth. Suddenly really caring about his oral hygiene?

Nauvoo #3

It has become a yearly tradition to head out to Nauvoo in the late spring/ early summer and take some family along for the ride. This year we took Kimberly and my adorable niece, Brylee!

I win!

I just won. I get to mow the lawn. Sean has to watch the whiney kids.