Teresa, the 4th of July, and a few odds and ends

We had Mark's cousin over a couple of weeks ago. It was a blast. She was going to school close to us. We had a blast having her over and just talking. The kids loved having her here too, and told her everything they could think of . It was fun. We only wish we could have had her over more, but she has now graduated. (congrats to her).
This is Alex holding Taylor. He is the ultimate big brother and helper. I had him hold Taylor while I was getting supper done and it was awfully quiet for a while. I came back and this is what I found, both of them alseep. (Alex had been running thru the sprinkler, hence the lack of a shirt).

This is Taylor giving a thumbs up the day Payton was born, and the day after we found out about Travis (a few days after he was born). HE's pretty excited to have 2 boy cousins to run around with when this side gets together.
The fourth of July, Mark's parents really wanted us to come down. Taylor was only a couple weeks old, but after some influence from them, we decided to come down. I only took pictures of this part of the day, unfortunately. We had a breakfast in the canyons with mark's family and then went swimming and the a bbq and fireworks done by the family. It was fun. What made it funner is that we also got to see a couple of my sibblings a couple of times. IT was a blast. I think the swimming was the kids favorite part. I'll post a couple of the pictures.

Her's Alex. He also had fins on at one point. Mark's uncle's friend invited the family over to do this. He had little lifejacket suits for all the kids. Thanks goodness because my kids just like to jump in. SCARY.
Here's Brigham jumping in with Aunt Cynthia. Lots of great family helped make it fun for the kids, since I couldn't swim.
Oh this was suppose to be last. This is something the boys have discovered to prepare for the next day. I think its pretty funny.
And here is Lissie all decked out. She also put the fins on at one point.
THen this is me chilling with my brother on the sidelines. The pictures of me were hideous, but I thought it was cute to see Taylor laying down, wiht my bro in the background.

We still have lots to post, so stay tuned. I haven't been very good at posting things, since I've been a little busy. I only got my cute nephews' births because I'm was so excited, but I have some other great things. Hopefully I'll get them up soon. Camping and a very fun visit with my sister and her husband, my brother getting engaged, but until next time.....