Look at all of the dirt that accumulates under your carpet! It is so gross!
We painted the livingroom and hallway while we were at it. Everything now looks so fresh and clean! (well besides the footprints that I didn't wipe off before I took this picture)
I love my new floors! Thanks to my wonderful husband for working so hard this weekend to make me happy! (And thus ends my endless battle with some of my carpet...now I will start obsessing about the bedroom carpets).
Brynn was tall enough to go down the straight slide. Being the daredevil she is she tried it. She wasn't that impressed with it. I don't think she has any desire to do it again!
We had dinner (Brynn's favorite Spinach Pie, and Dutch oven for those who don't like spinach pie) and cake and ice cream with Grandma and Grandpa Francis and Aunt Angie, Uncle Steve, and cousins Ryan and Emily. Aunt Anna and her family also came up the day before. It was a good weekend.
He had a tooth that grew in funny and chipped off when he was 2. The dentist put a crown on it. Well last week the crown fell off, along with most of the remaining tooth. There wasn't enough there to salvage, so the whole thing came out. The dentist offered to put in a little denture tooth for looks, but I declined. (I really don't feel like paying for a baby denture tooth!) He will look funny for a year or two, but then he will fit in with all of the other 5-6 year olds loosing their teeth. And eventually he will have a nice new tooth growing in that spot.
And even a missing tooth doesn't put any damper on that kids smile!
Back row: Gavin, Brynn, Bailey, Easton, Alayna, Naomi
Brett teaching the kids Boondoggle.
We all had to do a little skit with a handful of random items. The kids had a blast with this!
These are pictures of the kids with glow sticks at night. I kept my shutter open for a few seconds to get this cool effect. 
We also went swimming at Lava, rode bikes, played games, did some fun crafts, had awesome dutch oven, and just sat around talking, eating, and enjoying ourselves (in the dirt, with the bugs).
On the 4th the kids ride their bikes in the Ogden children's parade, which precedes the real parade. 
Later that night we went to our friends, the Cases, for homemade icecream and fireworks. (The boys kept trying to light things on fire and play sword fights with their sparklers...boys!) (Kim another thing to look forward to with boys...they are pyros!)
Gavin wanted to climb on the roof and help. I wasn't sure I was happy about this. I quickly took a picture and then went in the house. My young son on a roof was a little too much for me to handle, but I am learning to let him be a bit more independent (but that doesn't mean I have to watch!)
Brynn and Brynlee are so cute together. We think it might have something to do with them having similar names, but they have always had a special bond.
We took all the kids bowling while our husbands were on the roof. My kids have never been bowling before and it was a fun new experience.
Yesterday I met up with my sister, Gretta, and her family at Bear Lake. They are up from New Mexico for the week and it was good to see them. We had a really great day, being pulled by the boat on a tube, and playing on the beach. (Her in-laws were so good to us and took us out on their boat all day!)
I don't see my siblings very often, so it was good to hang out with them the last couple of weeks.
