Gone too soon

Early Monday morning, we heard some news that would change our life forever. The news that a Nephew as cousin was lost for ever. We would like to take this time to remember him for who he was. Clint loved to goof around with the kids. Even on days that it might have been hard to. He was a wonderful friend to Jim. They loved to talk guns and "shoot the bull". He will be remembered by our family for his love of the Derby and his love to hunt and collect guns. He was a wonderful dad to baby Gracie. May God bless your family, your wife and baby girl as they wait here on Earth why you finish your work in heaven. We love and Miss you Clint Robertson. The memories with you are now treasures in our hearts.

Moffat Family reunion.

Almost forgot about all the fun we had camping in July. We were able to go to Star Valley and go camping with Jim's family. It now has become a cherished trip that we are so greatful we were able to be part off. There is not many area's in the lower 48 that you can have a snow ball fight in the middle of July. The kids thought this was great. You better watch out or you might be the next hit with cool snow on a hot summer day. After taking a spill off a 4 wheeler Mason was all strapped in and ready to ride in the razor instead. There is no fashion up in the hills. Anything goes. Madison thinks so at least. Aunt (grandma) Shelia and baby Gracie. Hanging out.

July 2010

Life has been so crazy this summer. Going here or there. I must blog them altogether as there is not time to do other wise. July was a wonderful time for our family. Between camping, family reunions and Marcus' baptism and Mylee's blessing. Here are some of our happy moments. This is the new bike park in Green River. The kids had been asking for many weeks to come. They had a blast even if they left with some scrapes and a chipped elbow. Daddy even joined in on the fun. Mylee's new place she loves to hang out at is her changing table. She will smile when she is placed here. I don't know if it is the fact that she knows her diaper is going to be clean or that she loves to look out the window and at her mobile. Either way we spend hours a day here. I have even laid her on it just to pack bags for trips in her room. Many hot July afternoons have been spent in the pool. The kids have really enjoyed having such a big pool in our back yard. We were also able to help Papa celebrate his 60th birthday. Yes we put 60 candles on is cake. To all of our surprise he was able to blow them all out. Maybe we will get him at 70. To end the month of we had a wonderful time at Lagoon with some of our good friends. Madison and Karli Madison's first time on the Bat. She was so happy that she was tall enough to ride it this year. I think she was a little scared at first. She looks so small in those seats. You have to ride the Log ride. Karli, Madison, Jim, Mason and Marcus. The second Log Kassie, Treyson, Chris, Miles (you can see the back of his head) Cheslie and Zaine (SP) Mylee chilling in her stroller The only ride Mylee could ride. Almost missed this one. Train went a little faster than I thought. We have had a wonderful and great summer so far. It is hard to think that in 26 days the kids will be back in school. Let the count down begin.

Oh so tired

After a long weekend with friends and family. Many people in our house are super tired. Madison today for the first out of all of our kids. Feel asleep in the bath tub after swimming in the pool today. After 45 minutes of swimming she was in tears to come in so I put her in the tub and this is how I found her. She is now sleeping on my chair. She is one tired girl On top of all being tired. Mylee had her first round of shots. We opted to do them in 2 visits instead of one as I could not bear to have my baby get 4 shots today plus a oral one. So she had 2 and the oral one. After a rough morning and some more Tylenol she feel asleep in her swig why the kids played. I always hate these days but I know they are for the best. I just hope she sleeps tonight Here is one of her band-aids. May we all go to bed early and get a lot of sleep, as we are still catching up

Blessed weekend

This week we were able to take the time to count our blessings. We feel so blessed to be in a home that we can share with our friends and family. This weekend was one of the busiest/craziest weekends so far. We felt blessed and are proud that Marcus was excited and choose to be baptized on July 24, 2010 a day he will never forget. Then today we were able to start Mylee's journey in the church with her blessing. Our crazy weekend started Wednesday night with my good friend/adopted sister Katie and her kids showed up. We were able to play hard for the next few days. Taking a total of 8 kids and a baby to the movies, splash park and Artic Circle. The kids all played hard and slept as little as they could. They did not want to miss a minute with their good friends. We feel so lucky to have had them come up as my siblings and Jim's did not come. Chris her husband joined us Thursday night. The weekend was topped off with the arrival of Grandma Moffat (Jim's mom) and Kiley my nieces daughter. Chris with Mylee. I think he needs another baby. The younger kids watching a movie why the adults played 'idiot' and the older kids played their games. Mylee waving hi as she wants her turn to play too. Marcus' big moment The family Mylee was not too happy. I don't think she understood just yet how much this day meant to her big brother. All dressed in white, ready to be baptized by his hero, his dad. Mylee's turn Family means so much What a wonderful day. Mylee was blessing was great, I could feel the spirit so much. I feel so lucky to have a husband who is worthy to bless and baptize our kids. We were sad to see our family leave this afternoon but look forward to seeing them all again soon. The shoes all were blessed in. I wonder just how many babies have worn these shoes. More than 20. Just to think it all started with Jim's dad.

Motherhood: An Eternal Partnership with God

Motherhood: An Eternal Partnership with God

4th of July Week in review.

I must say. I would love to blog more, time is just not on my side. So I must throw all the fun in to one post. We had a wonderful past 10 days or so. The kids have been enjoying summer and all the fun activities that go along with summer. Mylee loves to do tummy time but she tends to puke a bunch so for part of tummy time we put her over the boppy. So Now she does this. She has managed to push her self over the top of the boppy. She has really strong legs. We have fingered this out in the last week. We spent the evening of the 3rd of July at my parents house to celebrate the 4th. Because the 4th was on a Sunday we thought it was better to do our little family party on Saturday. Jim and the kids had fun playing ball and Jumping on the Tramp. Of course we made hand churned ice cream. I think this year Madison was the only kid who churned. The others were to busy playing ball and such. The boys were so excited to do fireworks they worked as a team to put the stand out on the grass. Poor Marcus knows all to well how hard that stand is. Latter on in the night When we was doing sparklers he ran right into it. And one week latter he still has quite a bump on his upper thigh. They all seemed to have a fun time. Mom even made them a fun treat to go with their homemade ice cream A true flag cake. they thought it was great. each slice was it's own flag. After the fun 4th of July party we learned how sentive Mylee's skin really is. We are now double rinsing all the wash. After she broke out in a fun itchy rash all over her face. I can say it is doing better. This is one of my favorite faces Mylee makes. Second to her smiling. She is concentrating very hard on something. Most of the time when she makes this face you better watch out as she is leaving you a present in her pants. And she does not always stay in the lines. Yes it is true. Sweet Mylee is smiling. We love to see her smile. She is even making a few sounds. She is turning into the fun stage of infantcy. When they laugh and smile. I love it. She melts my heart daily. Madison learned a hard lesson on Sunday. She really wanted to have a play date, but we don't do play dates on Sunday's. It is part of how we try to keep the sabbath day holy. She cried and cried for over a hour demanding to have her friend come over and play. When she stopped crying I found her on my chair asleep. I think part of why she cried so long is because she was so very tired. We have a weekly schedule that we try to keep. With a fun thing going on almost every day. On Monday's we take a picnic lunch to a different park every week. This week we went to Edgewater the kids had a blast throwing rocks in the Green River. All in all we had a wonderful week, with ups and downs. I keep trying to tell my self how wonderful life truly is. Some days are easier than others with 5 very active and different kids.