Fun with Family

 We were able to go to Idaho falls a lot this summer and spend time with our family.  It is always so fun to see them and get to spend time with them.  They are so much fun and we love to see them all.

 I seriously have the best parents in the whole world.  They are so much fun and so willing to drop everything and go and do things with the grandkids and with us.  I am so lucky to be born into such a wonderful family!!!

 Adison loves going down the slide, swimming under water and swims like a little fish.

 Max also loves the water.  He loves the Warm water anyway…. He has always had a bath every night before his bedtime and he looks forward to it.  If he doesn't get his bath he is always a little grumpy about it.

 He is such a cute little boy.  I love his little smile.  This outfit was so funny because it was suppose to be huge on him but instead it was tight and total high waters.  He is just a big boy.

 The kids love playing at Grandpas house and I wonder why….. ha ha.  He always lets them do whatever they want, feeds them all the good stuff, and lets them play with his tractor.  Sounds like the best Grandpa ever!!!

 My dad pulled a bunch of tree's down with his big cat and then gave all the kids these little hatchets and told then they could cut the branches off.  He had to laugh when he saw that they had actually cut a whole tree with these dull little tiny hatchets.

 So my mom just got a new phone and I thought that this would be a great screen saver for her…. I am willing to bet she will not know how to take it off for a while…. ha ah

 Chris's little girl Haley is such a sweet little girl.  She is also very little.  We are all for sure that Max is already bigger than her, and for sure weighs more than she does.

 Such a sweet little dude.  He was sleeping and as soon as he heard the click from my phone he opened his eye's and gave me this sweet little smile, and then went back to sleep.  

 I love it when I get to go and spend time with my Momma.  She is so fun to go shopping with or out to lunch or just hang out with.  I am so lucky to have such a great mom and to have her as my best friend.

Wow, he is just the cutest little boy in the world.  I can not believe how in love with him I am.  I can not help but smile when I see this cute little face.  

Smiles

 This little beauty is such a sweetheart.  She is so sweet!!!  We have been so frustrated with trying to figure out what is going on with her throat and going to doctor after doctor to see if they can give us and answer of why she sounds so quite, and why she can't even talk half the time.  It has been going on now for more than three years and we still don't have any answers.  The first time we took her in they said that she had Acid reflex worse than a 90 year old man.  So we treated her for that for a year and it never went away and didn't fix the problem so we went to our Family doctor and he said that was not at all what it was.  So we went back this July and had them scope her throat.  She didn't like that at all but was so good about it.   They said that she has nogels on her vocal cords and cysts on the sided of her throat and said it was form her yelling and talking loud.   And I just had to laugh because Elizabeth is anything but loud, and she doesn't hardly yell ever.  So I said that is not it at all.  But they did also say that it was a infection that was in her throat so they need to figure out why she has the infection over and over again.   We still don't have the answer to what is going on, but we have another appointment soon and do we hope to get to the bottom of it soon.

I just love it when he gives us these smiles.  

 Adi and her besets friend Jossy!  They are in matching JACKETs and dresses.  Adison is so funny about what she wears and loves to wear dresses or swimming suits, but they have to have a jacket no matter what.  She also loves to try and tell Joslynn what to wear and have her wear what she is wearing.

Ohhhh, those cheeks!!!

 Fun swimming time with the cousins!!  We love to go to the pool at Annette's with all the family.

 Adison has been very creative with her barbie dolls lately.  She really wants them to look like mermaids and this was what she came up with.  Ryan said it was a great use for his electrical tape.

Adi has her p.j.'s but don't forget the Jacket!  Love these kids!!!!

 Adison really thinks that max needed to have a dress on.  She is so funny.  I love how much she loves her little brother.  She is always talking to him in such a cute little voice and trying to make him laugh and smile.  She also like so give him toys and wants to help feed him and take care of him.  She really is great help to me most of the time.  But for some reason she has a sensor on her about nap time.  I swear every time I am putting max down for a nap she comes in and yells to me for something….. So weird.

 Adison Loves to dance and do her summersaults and cartwheels.  She also loves to dance and sing.  And when it is time to take a picture it is time to put your hand up and pose.

 This little boy is so loved.  His sisters can not get enough of him and same with his mom and dad.  It is so funny when we all fight to be the ones to get him out of bed or to be the first to hold him when he is sad or something.

 Max is just growing like a weed.  He is wearing 9 month to 18 month clothing as a 6 month old.  He is way of the charts on his height and is in the 90 percent on his weight.  He is such a sweet little boy.  I love that I have a boy that will lay on my shoulder and snuggle me, and give me hugs.  I love it when he is shy with other people and just puts his face into my shoulder.  He is just so so cute!  Love this little man of mine!

slacker

Seriously I am so bad at keeping up with this lately.  I don't know if it because I have five kids now or what, but I feel like I am missing so many cute things that i need to write down before I forget.  Right now in our life I feel like I wish I could just freeze everything.  I love the ages of our kids, they are all so dang cute and fun.  I LOVE having kids that are old enough to be helpful and fun to hang out with and go shopping with, and all that!  I LOVE having kids that are still so silly and fun to watch play and still yell, "he MOM watch me"  over and over.  And all of us LOVE having a sweet little baby in the house.  He is so fun to play with and make laugh and smile.  He loves his sisters and just lights up when they come in the same room.  All the kids are just so fun right now and I am really enjoying each of them.
I am going to write down a few of the things the girls have said that I loved or thought was funny before I forget, so her they are.
I was driving home with Elizabeth the other day and she said, "Mom, they should make a museum about you."  and I just laughed and said, "I don't think anyone would go to one about me.  What would it even be about?"  and she said, "It would be for being the best mom ever!"  Seriously brought tears to my eyes.  She is so sweet!
Adison is so funny right now and says some great things that I am already mad at myself because I can't remember some.  But one of them was when Ryan got mad at her and so he bonked her on the head, and she came up to me with a sad face and said, "Mom….. daddy spanked my head."
Another one about Adison that was gross and funny at the same time… she went to the bathroom and it was number 2 and when she was done she said, "wow, I just did a big log.  Mom, you should take a picture of it…."  I am wondering if she has been hanging out with my brother Brad or something…..
Another funny thing about Adison is when she don't want to do something she say's, "Ummmm no, I'm to busy"  It could be us asking her to walk or eat and she will say that.  It is so funny.
I am seriously so mad at myself for not being better about keeping up with this because I know there has been so many other funny's to write about.  But I will have to try and be better.  My kids are the best, and they keep me going, and laughing.  I feel so blessed to be their mom and at times it just feels to good to be true.  I don't know what I did to deserve them.  I am so thankful for them, and for my amazing husband.  I sometimes feel like I have just won the lottery, and I am so so so thankful for my family.  I love them all more than I ever knew you could love.

time to catch up on this

 I have been such a slacker on my blog now that I have five kids.  Time fly's and it is so hard to catch up . But I hate the feeling of missing some memories and I don't want to forget them.  So I am going to do the best I can to catch up.

 Alexis and Adi are such cute little friends.  Adi adores her big sister and Alexis has so much playing with her baby sister.  I love when they go and play dolls together and dress up, and sing and dance.  After frozen came out the two of them could do a play of the whole movie together and they were so good at it.

 Alexis is not afraid to pick up a gross bug, or a snake.  She loves to find them and play with them.

 My Girls love going to west piney for our Merrill family reunion each year.  It is so nice to have a chance to hang out and see everyone.  The girls love to go down the slide, and go exploring.  It is such a beautiful area.

 Adison is always good at making me laugh.  She is so happy and so fun.  She is always so excited about everything and such a girl.  She loves to dress up and paint her nails.  And if you notice in every single picture she loves to tilt her head and put her arms in a pose.

 Ryan decided to do the man games this year and I thought he was crazy.  It had a lot of events that were kinda crazy and I thought he was going to get himself killed…. but he had a ball, and they won first place.  He is such  a MAN!!!