King George

(King George himself)

This past weekend John and I were able to go see the George Strait concert. We went with John's brother Ethan and we had a blast. Probably not as much as a blast as the 20 something year olds in front of us who were plastered but we had fun. The past few years we have gotten George Strait tickets in Vegas (he had not been to Utah since 1998 and I was at that concert too at BYU) and I have not been able to attend with John either time so Ethan has gone with John. It seems like those two have started some tradition with King George. It looked like at one point I might not be able to go to this concert either since my babysitter (My mother) left town that weekend. But lucky for us John's brother Devon and his wife Annette watched our kids for us:) Thanks Guys!! It was a lot of fun. John and I don't get out much without the kids so it was really nice to be able to enjoy each other company and listen to our fav. country music. And King George did not disappoint. He is AWESOME!!!!

(Before the concert)

(Ethan looking so dashing in his cowboy hat)

A family vacation, a wedding, 2 receptions, a temple open house and a husbandless weekend.

The past few weeks have been crazy. It all started on Memorial day weekend when we went to St. George. The next weekend we headed to Long Beach California for John's brothers wedding. We only took Coen so that was nice. I still remember when I only had Paige and I thought it was hard and now I have three and wonder what in the heck was I thinking when I thought one was hard. One is paradise. Anyway it was really nice to to be able to go to the Newport Beach temple and see Devon and Annette get married. After the wedding we went to a dinner in their honor and the food was great. Her mom had a few of her friends make some pasta dishes and they were awesome. The next day we headed back home to our other children and life was normal for a week or so. The next weekend they had a reception in Orem that was really cool. They decided to have ice cream machines and toppings for the guests. They were so good. After the wedding and receptions we thought our weekends would be a little calmer. Well that wasn't so, we both volunteered at the temple open house for our new temple the Oquirrh Mountain temple. I may be biased but it is one of the most beautiful temples. I was positioned in one of the tents where the guests come and watch a video on temples. After a few hours a huge storm came and they had to shut down the tents because they didn't feel they were safe anymore so we ran from the tents into the temple. I had an umbrella when I left the then when I reached the temple it was mangled and I was soaking wet. The Angel Moroni also was not so lucky. He got hit by lightening during the storm. It was so crazy. After my shift I came home to John and the kids and he got ready to do his shift at the temple that night. He was doing parking. His shift was definitely not as eventful as mine. He said he was positioned in a cul-de sac by the temple and didn't have to get up out of his seat the entire time. I am so grateful for this new temple in our area. South Jordan is where the temple is located and it is the ONLY city in the world that has two temples in it. I think that is so awesome. And not only that but the temple sits on a bluff and if you stand in the front of the temple and look out on a clear day you can see three other temples. That is so amazing. I can see three temples from my upstairs bedroom. We were told in training that there are many people who only see the steeple of a temple once and that is when they go to do their own work. I am so grateful that I live so close to a temple and I hope that I do not take it for granted. They are the house of the Lord and I am truly blessed to be able to live so close to one. And if I thought this weekend was going to be slower its not. John is going to be leaving bright and early Saturday morning to Long Beach again to help his sister Julie move back to Utah for the summer. I think after this weekend we should be able to get some of our projects done. Namely my mother's day present from John which was to paint our house. I am so excited for this! Even if we haven't been able to get much done on the weekends at least I can say that we were doing very important things. Attending a temple wedding, spending time with family, volunteering our time for the church and helping out family. We are truly blessed.

(Devon and Annette outside of the Newport Beach Temple)

Devon and Annette cutting their cake at the reception in Cali)

John and Coey at a park in Long Beach where we feed the ducks with Meredith, Jake, Ethan and Julie)

(Our beautiful new temple)

(The Angel Moroni after the storm hit)

St. George

Over Memorial Weekend we went down to St. George. It was a lot of fun. We spent most of our time at the swimming pool which was a lot of fun. We did a little shopping and went to the cemetery where both of our paternal grandparents are buried. We were not able to find John's grandparents but we found mine. When Paige saw that my grandpa had a picture of Mickey on it she asked shy and I told her that her grandfather use to work for Walt Disney and she was so excited about this fact that as soon as she got home she called her friend and bragged. It was pretty funny. It was nice and warm while we were there and we had a lot of fun barbecuing and relaxing.

(Paige and Johnny in front of my grandparents graves)

(Paige and Johnny at a park in St. George)

(Coen just toddling around like usual)

The thoughtful sister

Paige is such a thoughtful person at times. She likes to do little things that she thinks you will like. She always gets the Saturday and Sunday paper for John on those mornings. She helps me get Coen out of the high chair when he is done. She will help Johnny when he gets frustrated with a computer game. John always tells her when she does these little things that one day she will be a great mom and she just says " I know dad" and grins. Well, the other day Paige came into my room telling me that she had seen an advertisement on the T.V. for something she thought Johnny would love. I just said OK and didn't think much about it after that. Then the other day I was putting something away in Paige's room and found this on her desk.

She had written down all the information that I would have needed to order this bank for Johnny. I thought it was so cute. What a thoughtful sister.

Zoo Trip

A few weeks ago the kids were off track and were very bored so I called up Uncle Jared to see if he and Thor would like to come to the Zoo with us. He did want to come so we met them up there. It was a lot of fun. Paige and Johnny loved it. Coen just sat there and observed. I was glad that we got out of the house and was able to see the animals before the next round of rain storms hit.

I looked into the bedroom and what did I see..

Coen sitting with a book on his knee.

Today I was clearing up a problem with John's Father's Day gift and heard Coen upstairs just talking away. After I finished my business I went upstairs to see what he was doing and this is what I found.

(Not the best picture of what I actually saw, since I had to go downstairs to get the camera but you get the picture)

He had gotten into Johnny's bed and pulled one of Johnny's Blue's Clue's books off the shelf and was reading to himself. What a silly guy.

Coen Attempts to Sing the Alphabet

I know it sounds nothing like the alphabet but he seems to think it does and it's pretty cute. Notice the shoe? Coen has a major shoe fetish like Paige did (Remember Dana- Paige and Audrey's shoes?).He likes to put on, carry around and eat shoes.