Bear Lake Bummer

Our first trip up to the lake this year was not as enjoyable as it usually is. We had the condo for 4 days and were very excited for a nice getaway. We got up there in the evening, cooked dinner, played on the toys for a while then off to bed we went. That's when the fun began..... Jace had a terrible night. He was up crying most of the night and we pretty much spent it on the couch. The next day we got ready and off to the toys again we went. I noticed mosquito's that morning and thought it was odd. I sprayed the kids down but it didn't help. The mosquitoes were EVERYWHERE! I have never seen mosquitoes like that in my life! Then we decided to head to the pool since the lake water temp was only in the low 50's. The kids did enjoy swimming, when we were not swatting at bugs.
That night, Jace slept a better. The other kids on the other hand and been bitten a few times and were itching. Plus I had no itch medicine. That next morning when Jace got up he was crying like he was hurt and he wouldn't let me put him down, and he was acting funny, after a good inspection found out it was his left leg that was hurting him. We couldn't touch it, he wouldn't put any weight on it, he would crawl with it funny and would cry. We didn't know what had happened so we decided to pack up and head home. While I was packing up, the kids went to the toys again and to say goodbye to their cousins. In that short time they were eaten alive by the mosquitoes. I was kind of glad we were leaving just for that reason. When we got home, we took Jace to the Doctors. They checked him out, did x-rays, and said he had a soft tissue injury and to watch him. After all was said and done, Dennin had 6 mosquito bites, Makinley had about 10 (and she is allergic so she swells up 10 times the size) She had two on her ankle and it looked like her ankle was broken. It was swollen up and bruised and she couldn't even walk on it without limping it hurt so bad. Taelor was the winner though with 25 bites. Poor girl. Needless to say my kids were miserable for the next couple of days till they recovered. It took Jace over a week and a half to be able to use his leg again. Still a mystery to us. Oh well, maybe next time will be a little better.
Here is Jace at the Park. He loves playing with the sun shade.
My kids love to swing!!

Slip N Slide!

Devin called me the other day and wanted the kids to come down and play with him on the Slip N Slide. Devin is just one big kid!! They had so much fun, and I laughed so hard at them. Dennin was a pro. He did several 360s and didn't even mean to. Just another fun day in the sun.





Yes, that is my 21 year old brother going down the slip n slide. He just about ran over Dennin. I have the best brothers ever!

Catchin up

Are you ready? You better get comfortable...I had a lot of catchin up to do, and I'm not done yet. Enjoy what we have been doing this summer, and there will be more in the coming days. Get a snack, it could take a while!

Trains, Trains, and more Trains

A few friends of mine from our ward decided to go see the Disney Train at the Union Station and invited us along. My kids were so excited. We got there and it was a mad house. I could not believe how many people were there. We went to get in line (which was amazingly long) and the lady working there told us it was about a 2 hour wait. A 2 HOUR WAIT! Are you freaking kidding me.....to see a train..... I didn't even have to wait that long to see the princess at Disneyland. We quickly decided that it was not even remotely worth standing in line with 9 kids under the age of 7 with. So we walked past the train and got our picture with the kids instead and then we went to see and play on the other trains parked at the station. They kids really didn't seem to care and had fun on the trains.

The kids loved climbing on the trains and steering them and trying to look in the windows. After we went over to the fountain and let them play in the water. The kids went home wet, tired and happy. Despite missing the main attraction we had a lot of fun on our little trip to the Union Station.

Family Pics

I forgot to add these pictures we took the night of my Grandparents anniversary to that post, so I am doing them now. All the family's took some pictures since we had everyone there.
All the Reids.
Here are Grandma and Grandpa with all their G-G Babies. 10 in all and one more coming in October. What a handful they can be!
Where it all started. My Grandma and Grandpa, my mom and her two sisters, Cheryl and Jana.

50th Anniversary

In June it was my Grandma and Grandpa Schiffman's 50th wedding anniversary. We had a nice dinner for them at my parents church. It was really nice. We had some great food, and tons of laughs. My cousin did a wonderful slide show of pictures from my Grandparents lives, many I have never seen before. My Grandparents are amazing. I just love them. They are so good to us and are so generous with their cabin and they just love their "G-G Babies" (great-grand children).

I love this picture of my two beautiful girls. I cant help it....look at them, aren't they cute!!?
Here is Devin with Jace. He is such a great uncle. We had a great time with our family. Happy 50th Anniversary Grandma and Grandpa. I hope me and my sweetheart can have such a wonderful evening with family on our 50th, as long as he isn't sick of me by then!

We made it up to the cabin for the first time this summer. As always it was a great time. My family was already up there when we went up on Saturday for the day. We will do the overnight thing when Jace is a little better sleeper. We got up there early. It was a little cool, but we didn't let that stop us from having fun. We rode the 4-wheelers and the Mule"Jenny". Don't ya love Makinleys smile! We saw lots of deer and moose.
Jace and I enjoying the sun and the fresh air. This was his first trip to the cabin. He seemed to really like it so far. He really liked looking at the moose and elk head hanging inside the cabin.
Dennin and my dad playing a little horseshoe. Dennin loves to do anything with games or sports, it just amazes me. He played for along time, and was fine playing it by himself.
Here we are doing our famous biscuts on a stick. Our favorite after dinner treat. Taelor is getting to be a pro at them, and loves that she can do them on her own now. The kids also enjoyed some smores as well. They are always a yummy, messy treat.

Grandma and Grandpa holding Jace. They are so awesome to let us use there beautiful place. We just love the cabin and cant wait for more trips up there.
Tyler is showing Dennin the water trough. This is filled with water and moose and deer come down and drink from it all the time. There is also a salt-lick (behind Ty on the stump) that the animals enjoy as well. This is just above the back porch so we can get up close to the animals. Its great.