Megan's Visit

My sister, Megan came for a visit for 2 weeks this July. We had soo much fun with her here! My sister, Erin and her family came up that first weekend she was here. Annemarie was also here then too! We went to the Star Parade, went Roller Skate (where Mom fell and got a hair-line fracture in her wrist!), ate yummy food and just enjoyed spending time together.


Mom, Dad, Erin, Megan and I

8 Grand-kids all together!

All of us gathered for a picture, just before Annemarie and the Lounsbury's left. We are missing Aaron, he had to work.

With Meg just here, we did more stuff. Shopping, Starlight Mountain Theater, 2 movies, played games, a water fight with the boys, played XBox, played Dungeon Seige, relaxed and had fun together. It was great to have her here. The boys love it when she comes, we all do!

BJ's 14th B-Day

Today is BJ's 14th birthday! I can't believe it! WOW! He is growing into such an amazing young man. I am so proud of him and the choices he has made. We LOVE him sooo much.
He left last night for The Martin's Cove Pioneer Trek with the youth from church. He was soo excited to go! I know this will be an incredible experience for him and I can't wait to hear his tales! It is a bit sad to have him not home for his birthday, but I know he is where he should be!

Succor Creek

While AJ's parents were here, we went Rock Hunting. We went to Succor Creek and hiked up a VERY steep trail to a cave, where we found amazing rocks!


Me and the boys inside the mouth of the cave.

This is how high up we were! It was BEA-U-TIFUL up there.

IJ is our fearless mountain goat! I love the joy written on his face!

LJ and I

4th of July Parade

This weekend, AJ's parents came up to spend the 4th with us. We had a ton of fun!


This is the boys waiting for the Caldwell Parade to start.

AJ and his Dad. (I LOVE this one. That MAN is MINE!!)

Me and AJ's Mom.

And this is a picture, documenting BJ punching SJ! (He was hitting him for a "Cop Bop"!) Notice SJ's face!!

Family Reunion

2 weekends ago, we travelled to Lava Hot Springs for the "Sibbett" family reunion. We had soo much fun! My sister, Erin and her family were able to come, along with my parents. Here are a few pictures that Erin took.


Here is the 6 of us. This was taken in the Sunken Gardens, in Downtown Lava.

Erin and I.

Erin, Mom and I.

4 of the kids on the horse swings, in a park in Lava. DL, SJ, IJ, and SL. (The 2 middle boys are ours, and the 2 end boys are Erin's)

Cont.

Erin and I on the horse swings!

Our 8 kids together!

The Trees

We went to our favorite trees! Here are a few photos.


IJ

LJ, I love his expression!

BJ

SJ

 

 All of them in the tree!

The End

The boys finished up school on Friday. All-in-all it was a pretty good year!

This is SJ accepting his D.A.R.E. diploma from his teacher, Mrs. White. (D.A.R.E. is a drugs and alcohol program that the school puts the kids through in 5th grade. It is a really neat program.)

This is LJ with Mrs. May, his teacher, and Mrs. Denham, his teachers assistant, at his Kindergarten Graduation. I can't believe our youngest will be a 1st grader next year!

Here is IJ, getting his FREE bike! In the 3rd grade, if a student gets a 3 on their IRI (one of our state tests) and perfect attendance, they recieve a free bike!

This is IJ with one of our favorite teachers, Mrs. Calley! She is the 3rd grade teacher at TJCS and we LOVE her! (IJ was sad on Friday because he was having to move out of her class.)

We are really excited for summer. We had a busy, full summer! I am also looking forward to spending more time with the boys. Today, we learned how to play the card game, Pokemon! :)

Sun Valley

This last weekend, AJ and I headed up to Sun Valley for a little get-away! We had such an amazing time. It was really wonderful to have no schedule and to be soo carefree! It rained the day we got there and the day we left, but the day we were there all day, it was beautiful! We got to rent a tandem bike and go on a gorgeous bike ride. They have really neat bike paths and we were able to ride to an amazing bridge. We went and saw Iron Man 2 in a tiny theater! Ate at an amazing restaurant, Ketchum Grill, we HIGHLY recommend it! We did some shopping and loved exploring the town. On Sunday night we had tickets to go see Colbie Caillat in concert. She was incredible! So laid back and humble. I loved going to a concert were I knew every song! It was a wonderful weekend and I loved spending it with AJ!

A special thanks goes out to the Brickey Family and the Kingsley Family. Thank you soo much for watching our boys, this weekend would not have been possible without you! (They all had soo much fun, too!)

Life with BOYS!!

This is what I found while weeding around the rose bushes this week!