Utah

Last weekend we decided on a last minute trip to Utah to visit Darrell's parents, and also so that the kids could play with their "Utah cousins". We left late Thursday night, thinking that all of the kids would sleep, and we would have a smooth ride. Welp, our big kids slept, and Ezra cried...and cried...and cried! He finally fell asleep at about 1:30 AM, and we arrived at our destination at 2:30 AM. The rest of the night was not restful either. So, on Friday Darrell and I were exhausted! I had gotten up with Ezra early, so Darrell let me take a nap. (So nice!) Well, in the 2 hours I slept, Ezra fell down the stairs and got a black eye, and he got a hold of Grandma's vitamin B pill and munched it down. (He proceded to vomit several times after they dug what was left of it out of his mouth.) We had a nice day with Julie and her family, swimming and eating. On Saturday, Darrell took me shopping for a bit, and the kids played with their cousins. Sunday we attended church, but I had to sit out in the foyer (is that how you spell it?) through the entire meeting because Ezra was so squirly. We did lots of visiting, and eating. (Thanks for the yummy food Grandma Ward!) The kids played so hard that they were exhausted! Ezra bonded with Grandpa Ward, as he played "horsey" with him on his knee. We got up Monday morning and headed home. This time Ezra slept! We made it home safe, tired, and a few of us have some pretty yucky colds. Here are some pics:

Tricks

Ezra is always VERY entertaining. This week I caught some of his tricks on video. He is really into fake laughing right now. So funny! He has also learned how to throw a fit. (Not so funny!) Shouldn't they be a little older for that? He is so frusterated by his limitations, and the fact that he cannot communicate what he wants. I am attempting sign language, but he is not showing much patience for it. Hmmm.

Cousin-Sitting

Last week we watched Amy's kids while they went on a date night. Our kids have a dress-up box, which our guests seem to enjoy more than our kids these days. Anyway, Austin found this crusty wig that Darrell added to the box not too long ago. Each of the kids wanted to try it on, so I thought we may as well document the occasion! The boys were pretty much done dressing up at that point, but Amiah continued to be at least 3 or 4 different princesses throughout the evening. Abryn was satisfied by our playstation, and Uncle Darrell's old motorcross videos; and Austin cut paper until I thought his hands would cramp! We had a great time!

Welp...summer is clipping along at a mighty fast pace! I can't believe we are a third of the way through July already! We had a busy last week/ weekend. We had much family here for our nephew's trip to the temple before he leaves for the Nevada, Las Vegas mission in a few weeks. We also celebrated Darrell's birthday with family. We gave him a schedule of the Boise Hawks Baseball, so we can celebrate at a later date too! He loves baseball. Then, we headed for Ontario (nicknamed the "dust bowl" by my in-laws, but I definitely conquer!), where we attended the bi-annual Dyas Family Reunion. It was Ezra's first camping trip, and considering he couldn't get down and crawl (it was so dusty, and he hates grass) he did well. I was most concerned about sleeping, but he was so exhausted that it wasn't an issue. It sure was HOT! We were dying on Saturday, and ended up getting into the air conditioned car for close to an hour to cool off and sleep a bit. We made it though, and ended the weekend with a nice lunch at Annie and Clay's with the whole family. Here are a few pics: