Orchard Days

Can I just say that I have never done a children's parade before, after that said, Albie wanted to go and she wanted to decorate all of their bikes for it. Look really close in the picutres, Albie's has a few crape paper strings hanging from her bike; Garrett's spiderman fourwheeler has crape paper wrapped around the handles; and Haylie's wagon was the firt one done so it has a few more strings hanging on it. The parade lasted two blocks long, but the kids ( I should say Albie) loved it!

Albie wanted to dress up in her cheerleader costume for the ride!

Since Albie was a cheerleader Garrett wanted to be a football player, but he didn't want to wear his helmet so who really knew what he was dressed up as. We had charged the battery to the fourwheeler the night before, but when it came time for the parade it really wouldn't work so Garrett hopped in the wagon with Haylie.

We rode the two blocks and then had popcycles at the park. Thanks to the five people who sat along the parade route to cheer on the kids in the parade!

Tuttle Campout

Sorry, I don't know how to post a lot of pictures in the order that I want them; anyways, this is Grandpa and Scott helping with all the fish that we caught! Thanks, the kids loved it!

Jill is always the creative one and she brought stuff to tie-dye shirts for the kids, they loved it. It was so much fun to see th edifferent creations that you can make; not two shirts looked the same. Way fun Jill, thank you so much!!

The finished product! Aren't the shirts so cute!!

I think the kids favorite part was riding the rino and the fourwheelers! I know that every second Garrett was trying to get someone to take him for a ride on the "Blue" fourwheeler. Albie and mom loved the rino. Haylie would take her naps when you would take her for a ride, and Mark I think wants to get one for himself.

The annual Tuttle campout this year was in Fairview, it was so much fun. All but one of my dad's siblings were there, everyone in our family except Kellie and Tracey, and then my cousin Eric and his kids were there. We had a lot of fun. I think the best part is the food, you can't beat dutch oven food, thanks dad and brothers! We started off without Mark, I was braving tent camping with the three kids, Mark was gone to Idaho for the week for work. On Friday afternoon we were getting ready to tie-dye shirts and Mark showed up out of the middle of nowhere. What a surprise!!! We were so excited!

We went fishing the first morning and the fish were biting good! Rainbow sparkle powerbait was the best. As soon as the kids were put their poles in the water a fish would be caught. We kept grandpa busy loading the poles! I think every kid caught at least one fish!

When it was Garrett's turn he decided he didn't want to reel it in, mom got to help him!

When it was Albie's turn to reel her's in she said it was too hard, so mom stepped in again to help reel it in, you would have thought the the fish in this lake were huge by the way they tugged on the poles, but when you brought them out of the water they were little minnos. Still, so much fun for the kids!

Even Haylie was able to reel in a fish with the help of Ashlee, thanks! Haylie loved every part of fishing, she even wanted to touch her squirmy fish after she caught it, that was the cutest thing ever, she touched it then jumped back, so cute!!

The successful day of fishing couldn't of been possible without the help of Grandpa and Uncle Scott! Thank you so much, too bad the second day of fishing we didn't catch a thing!!

Great Scenery at the Golf Coarse

The Golf pro at work, he's the best thing to look at.

We ran into a few friends at the coarse. We saw about 5 deer. The kids thought that was just so cool to see all the deer.

This was my favorite scenery. Out of the middle of nowhere we see this little boy peeing, Where are his parents!!?? (Like father like son, I didn't think I should post the picture of Mark doing this.)

Family Night

The kids have been asking Mark to take them golfing for the longest time and he agreed to take them if we all went for family night. The kids had a blast and they had the best teacher. Mark was so good with them, he was teaching them how to stand, how to hold their clubs, we all had a great time.

Here is Albie showing off her great putting. With Mark being so into golf he got the kids their own clubs. Albie's, of coarse, are pink!

Garrett didn't quite get the hand of holding the clubs the right way, but he sure had a great time. We couldn't find Garrett's clubs, so yes, he is using Albie's pink clubs. He didn't want to use "girl" clubs, but if he wanted to play he had to use them, so he got off his "boys can't use girl stuff" kick and played with the pink golf clubs.

Haylie loved the scenery. She rode in the cart with mom and just loved being outdoors.

Here is me and Haylie watching from the golf cart. I did hit on th efirst hole, bu tmy first hit my ball got lost in the trees and Mark didn't bring any more balls so I was out of luck. It was still so much fun spending time with the family enjoyin gthe outdoors.

Swimming Lessons

The kids had swimming lessons for the past two weeks, they started at the old Payson pool and then got to finish at the new Payson pool. The kids loved it. Albie is the best little swimmer, she now can swim a little bit by herself. I am so proud of her!
Here she is doing her back float!

Here is Garrett doing "motorboat", it was his favorite.

Haylie was just so happy to go to the pool everyday for two weeks. She only tried diving in the pool twice!

Albie's Birthday Bash

With Albie's birthday being on the 4th of July she has always had a fun water party and BBQ for her birthday party. She had a friend water party on the 3rd and then the annual family party on the 4th. I can't believe she is 6 already. Time flies by, she'll be grown up before I know it.

We got a couple of pools out and put the slip and slide on the hill and the kids entertain themselves. It is the easiest party to plan, the kids just play.

It was a perfect day, the weather was nice and it was overcast so the sun wasn't baking us all day. It came out every now and then, but for the most part it was perfect. We had burgers and salads and was perfect. The only thing we missed this year was the firework show at the end. Happy birthday Albie, we love you!!!

Stadium of Fire

It was Albie's birthday and we had tickets to the Stadium of fire so we took her cousins Mailee and Necia with us. We had amazing seats, thanks Katie, we were in the North endzone on the third row from the field. They were great seats.

When they were bringing part of the flag on the field it came down the north endzone that we were sitting and the kids had a blast helping bring it onto the field. It was pretty amazing to watch!
The coolest part was watching the skydivers come in. They flew right over our heads and when they were landing it looked like they were going to land right on us. It was amazing!

I think the highlight of the evening was watching Miley Cyrus on stage. We weren't that close to the stage but we had binoculars to get a good look at her. The kids were standing on the bleachers cheering, my favorite was Mailee who would scream, "Miley Cyrus, I love you!!!!" She just kept saying that over and over again. It was so cute! She mostly sang her new songs which the kids had never heard before, but they didn't care they were up dancing to all of it. Then came the fireworks. They were great!! We left a little early so we could beat the rush and we could watch the fireworks from the walk to the car. Overall, it was a great time at Stadium of Fire.