Rocky Point Father's Day 2012

 After the Disney Trip, we had a quick turn around to celebrate Father's Day at Rocky Point.  This has become our tradition (we love these kinds of traditions).  This year we got some good waves the first day. This time we stayed an extra night, and it still wasn't long enough.  The weather was PERFECT, and each time we go it becomes more enjoyable, as Sophia become more independent.     Aubrie and  Boston really enjoy jumping waves.  That's probably the highlight for them.  When the waters were calmer we enjoyed floating with our intertubes, and when the tides were low we enjoyed looking for sea life, and playing soccer and football the the sandbars.  Ben and I enjoyed massages on the beach, and we did the usual Thrifty nighttime runs!   Funny how we can get it here, but it's somehow not the same.  Just like In and Out always seems better in California.  This year we attended Church in Mexico for the first time.  It was great for the kids, and I to see the church run the same in another language, and be able to recognize the hymns even though they were in Spanish.  We couldn't undertand the talks, but Ben gave us a recap on the way home.  It was a great experience.  Later that night we had a nice Father's Day dinner, and opened gifts.  It was another successful Fathers Day, and great memories made!

Beach Beauty

Wiped Out!

Time for Church

An appropriate gift!

Boston won this for him in a claw machine!! 

The kids  favorite part of the hotel!

A Disney Trip to Look Forward To

Every since we blindsided Sophia with Tower of Terror last year, she has not been to found of Disneyland.  Everytime I announced we were taking a trip Sophia would say, "I don't want to go to Disneyland!"  What 4 year old says that?!   Well now that she turned 5 her response was, "Now that I'm five I'm going to ride all the rides now!"  And she told everyone that when she told them about Disneyland.  She was even more excited when she found out at her Dr. Appt. that she was tall enough to ride the 42 inch rides, which included the Grizzly Rapids.

Braving Tower of Terror

How does she know right where the camera is??

Grizzly Rapids victim!

Jenkins Family Reunion 2012

The next weekend , we headed to St. George for the Jenkins Family Reunion.  It was miserably hot there, and so the only thing to do was swim.   We also took a day trip with Matt and Nicole, to Zions.  I was looking forward to going there again.  The last time we went Boston was 6 months old.  We took the hike down to the trail head of the Narrows.  At one point the kids stopped in the river and had fun swimming.   We finally made our way to the trail head where they swam some more.  It was hot, and the adults found shade.   I just love it there.  It's so beautiful.  One day, when the kids are teenagers, I would love to do the entire hike.   When we got back from hiking, Matt and Nicole had a boot on their car.  They said we weren't parked in a real spot.  There wasn't a sign saying not to park there.   We had it out with the rangers.  We finally took it to the head ranger.  He said he could see our point, and we had a good case.  But our tickets were already written.  When we got to our hotel later that day, the people at the desk said that a lot of tourists were getting tickets there.  Oh well....now its a memory of Nicole and I calming the boys down and calling the park rangers "rent a cops!" 

The rest of the reunion was swiming, and playing games, a talent show... It was just too hot there to do anything outside.  I expect when I leave Arizona that no matter where I go I will get cooler temperatures! Haha.  Hoping next time it's up by Provo.  Cooler and easier for Great Grandma and Grandpa to just be able to stay at home!

SHOTS???!!!!

This summer (2012) I decided to get all the Dr. Appts. out of the way at once.  So the beginning of our Summer, after a fun Memorial Day with the Jarman's, was spent at well checks and dentist check-ups.  The kids kept asking if they need shots.   I thought the kids were all up to date on their shots, but I was wrong.  Aubrie needed a booster, which she wasn't too worried about, and Boston needed two shots, which included his Tetnis.  After Aubrie told him how that was the worst, he started getting more worried by the second.  When it was his turn to get his shots, he started to get panicked and as I was holding his hand he started to stare at me with a look of desperation that said, "MOM, Please save me?!!", and then he started to cry. That got me emotional, and when he saw me get emotional, it made him panick even worse.  When they gave him the shot he yelled out and half way through the yell he shouted, "THAT WAS AWSOME!"  and started to laugh.  Apparently it was awesome because it didn't hurt!  It gave everyone in the office a good laugh. We wish we had been recording it because it would have won us some money on AFV!   Boston never had any soreness from his tetnis shot so he really lucked out!  Guess the drama he had getting them was enough.
Here are all the stats from the kids
Aubrie 12 years
22 lb 20%
56 1/4  10%  (forecasted growth spurt in a couple of years)
Body mass 17.11  30% (gotta love the gymnastics!)

Boston 10 yrs
65 lb 20%
54 3/4  45%
15.24 20% (always my skinny boy)

Ethan  8yrs
56 lb 45%
50 1/4 45%
15.59 45% (see a trend?)

Sophia 5 yrs (I lost her sheet:( )
Her weight was in the 10th%
She was 42 1/4 inches (I remember that bc it was then we realized she could ride some new rides at Disneyland)
And her BMI  was 20%.

MY BABIES ARE GROWING UP!!!!

The Dental Appts. were a success...no Cavities.  Ethan had some sealants put on the next day, when Aubrie went for FOUR extractions to prep her for her braces that go on this month....which will be a good chunk of change!