Ugh-ust

Wow! What a month! And not in a good way. How come when crap happens it all happens at once? Here's what I mean. My computer crashed right in the middle of me working on 4 loans, so we had to buy a new one (although I am LOVING my new computer), our car broke down, our washer broke, our new water softener isn't working, Neil and I BOTH got pulled over on separate occasions (Neil got away with his ticket though, there's something wrong there), locked both Accord keys in the car (long story) and had to have a lock smith come out, missed ward camp out because of stupid accident (but hey our luck might be changing because it wasn't us in the accident), once we did go camping it poured rain on us all night, family pix canceled because of rain, sick kids, and I've decided to take a break (possibly permanent) from work which I have mixed feelings about.

But enough complaining. Despite all that we've actually had some good times this month. Here a few of my favorite moments.

Thanksgiving Point

He may be smiling in this picture but he was pretty scared of this bear and wasn't too happy with me for making him get on.

Me and the boys.

How do you whistle in type? Whew whoo.....???


Savannah (my niece) crawling with Korver. Korver thought this was the funniest thing.

Me and boys once again

Glad someone was able to find a nice place to sit down.

Love this picture!!!!!!



Overnighter in Heber with the in-laws :)

Still not sure how he puts up with me. He's even humoring me and giving me a smile even though it's close to midnight and the man is beat!!!!! The camera would no longer exist if roles were switched.

I love how Cole came up to be front and center in this picture.

Yay the rain stopped!!!

Our hike.... if you can call it that. More like.. our walk?? Whatever it was, it was absolutely gorgeous!

I'm pretty sure every person in this picture knows I'm taking a picture, but they all act like they don't see me. That's the Emery's for ya. I'm lucky to get any pictures of them!

SCHOOL!!!!

Cole's first day of preschool!! I don't know who was more excited me or him! And I'm not excited because he's going to be gone for a bit twice a week (although I'm definitely looking forward to that) but because I know how much he is going to LOVE it! His teacher is awesome and has so many fun things planned. He's just going to eat it all up and love every minute of it. Man time goes by fast! I can't believe he'll be 4 in December.

Bah Dah Bah Bah Baah ... I'm Loving It!

BOATING!

July was so much fun and was super packed. We had something fun planned each week. The first week we went boating with some friends (the pix are lost somewhere in cyber space) and had a blast water skiing and tubing. Cole absolutely LOVED the tube. I wish I had a picture to show you. Maybe next time.

LAGOON!

The next week we went to Lagoon. It was our first time taking Cole and he just ate it up.

Neil and his brother Austin were so nice to volunteer to go with Cole and Savannah on this ride and then Cole and Savannah decided they wanted to ride together and stuffed Neil and Austin in the seat in back of them. Haha..... (Cole's in the front seat in this picture)

Cole and his cousin Savannah. Just a side note. He did not pick the pink boat. She did.


Korver and I on the carousel. Which he absolutely loved you just can't tell from this picture. And no I don't beat my kids. I missed a spot on Korver with the sunscreen when we were boating. I'll blame it on the life jacket scrunching his face into a Shar-Pei.


Cole on the helicopter. Incase you couldn't tell.


I made the mistake of telling Cole that the bumper cars were my favorite ride as a kid so it was the ride he had to ride first and the ride he wanted to ride over and over and over again. He SERIOUSLY rode it over 20 times.


Best way to end the day. Luckily he had more clothes. :)

CAMPING

The next week for the 24th we went camping with my fam up at Payson Lakes. There was a bear that almost ruined our plans but luckily they were able to catch him and re-opened the camp ground.

My brother Brett with Cole and his cousin Rex.


Not likin the hat Mom.

Swimming!

My mom and sister-in-law Tiffany.


Awwwwwwww....... did I mention this is the newest member of our Young Men's Presidency?


Cole taking an unwanted plunge.


Then after camping and all the other fun it was bound to catch up to us sometime. Cole got sick and then got me and Korver sick. The problem is that when Cole gets sick he doesn't act all that sick. He's just really whiny. He doesn't like to rest when he's sick. I mean does this look like a kid with a temperature of 102??? Ahhhhh... SLEEP! PLEASE!!!!!!


And Korver is EVERYWHERE. He has started cruising along the furniture. One of his favorite things is to sneak in my bathroom and turn the tub on. He thinks he's pretty cool.... and big.

Bah Dah Bah Bah Baaah .... I'm loving it. Summer anyway. Not McDonalds.

Good Times!

I am a TOTAL slacker lately when it comes to taking pictures! Here are a few of the 4th. I went mtn biking at Mueller Park with my oldest brother Matt. We're 10 years apart and this is the first thing we can EVER remember doing just the 2 of us. Well except for me driving him to the DMV to relinquish his license because he had too many speeding tickets and the time he almost killed me driving 100 mph just to get me to practice on time. But those don't really count.And this was MUCH more fun.

He wasn't too happy with me
when he saw the pictures.
Hehe....














Neil got hurt playing basketball so he wasn't able to come. So he took the kids to the Murray parade and then we just hung out with family and had a BBQ, played ladder golf, frisbee, and football, and watched fireworks.

We also had another camp out in our backyard



















and went fishing with my family. Brett is going to be such a good dad. If baby needs some shade he'll find a way.

The boys also got to go to the fire station and check out all the cool gear and fire trucks and fire engines.

And Korver started crawling a few weeks ago! He has since improved his skill. And my life has changed. Good luck changing this guy's diaper!

Cole was so cute the other day and made a hut out of the living room table. He then dragged Korver into it and brought him toys to play with. What a good brother!

Video of Korver eating. I don't remember Cole rubbing food all over his head!

It's About Time!

OK so I know I've been a total slacker lately in updating my blog, but I just haven't had time lately! So while I have a sec here's a glimpse at our fun Memorial Day weekend!

Of course we started out the weekend with a fire in a back yard. Both the boys LOVE the fire and didn't mind the s'mores either.

We played baseball, kickball, and shadow tag and tried to teach Cole the real rules of the games but he still insists his rules are more fun. Who needs 2 hands and why does it matter what order I run the bases. And who cares if you tag me with the ball?

And we finally upgraded our grill! We've been grilling on a camp grill that we got from our wedding for the past 5.5 yrs. That one finally fell apart so it was high time to upgrade. It's so nice to not have to squat to cook food!

And we finished planting our flowers and garden. Neil added more boxes this year to the garden (I'll have to get a better picture later) but this year we've planted asparagus, strawberries, raspberries, cucumbers, corn, zucchini, tomatoes, peas, spaghetti squash, peppers, cilantro, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, spinach, and green beans! I'm so excited!


Then on Memorial Day we went to Timpanogos Cave.

Left to right: Carrie(sister) her baby Amelia (2 mo.) her husband Matt, little boy Rex, little girl Savannah, Brett (brother) his wife Tiffany(6 mo. pregnant), and then Cole, Korver, Neil and me. My mom isn't pictured but she was a trooper in hiking up at the age of 57! I can say that cuz she never reads my blog. :)
Needless to say we were quite the crew with 3 little kids, 2 babies, 1 pregnant woman, and my mom!


Happy Birthday Brett! Although, I don't even know why I bother writing that because you never check my blog either! Apparently I don't do a blog for my family. Except for you Christy. :)



Korver hated the cave to begin with. He hated the dark. You know it's bad when the tour guide asks you if there is anything they can do to help. Translation: "Shut the heck up!!" Luckily, Korver finally fell asleep in Neil's arms.

Neil was so great. He carried Korver practically the whole way up and Cole all the way down. Cole made it up mostly by himself but he couldn't quite handle the downhill. You wouldn't know Neil is carrying anything in the picture if it weren't for Cole's 2 feet sticking straight out. Hehe..



Missed you Dad, Matt, Alicia, Christy and Jorge!

Until next time....... hopefully. :)

Oh and I know I mentioned that I was going private, and I am.... when I get time. :)