July

Look a my babies eye lashes!  SWOON!

We went to the splash-pad in Wellsville one afternoon.  It was a good one!  Letting them each pick a soda out of the soda machine was quite intense!

My mom needed a last minute date the the rodeo in Ogden.  I'm glad that I was able to go.  I love rodeoes....when the riders are doing well.  And the rodeo clown was hilarious!  He caught me taking his picture and was trying to hide behind the pole.

Summer of 2018 was all abou the PERLER beads!  All of my kids and the girls I babysit, Laynee & Addy, LOVED them.  I may or may not have participated in the fun as well.

For a family outing one day we drove to pineview reservoir and then flipped around and played in the Ogden River for a bit.  I'm so glad we had Caleb packin.  we were in Ogden and you just never know if you're going to need a weapon or not.  Oh....no gold here.  Luke loved helping his dad though!

My Grandma had a birthday!  The kids love to visit and try to catch Tippy.  They also love that Grandma keeps trying to shove as much sugar into them as possible.

Ashley had her gorgeous baby boy!!  Easton Gray Bodine.

 This picture of Griffen & Easton may go down in history as the cutest picture EVER.  A man child and a baby child.  The oldest and the youngest of the Anderson grand-babies.  Was Griffen ever that tiny??!!  I love babies so much!

Rylee had a month of cuteness.  We (Taylor, Rylee & I) went to sushi on evening with Angela, Griffen and Blake after seeing baby Easton.  She was a pro with the chopsticks!!  A twangy Taylor swift song came on one day and she said, "Oh no!  Not this pioneer music!"  Then one evening after visiting our families in Tremonton she wanted to try a little bit of driving.  She loved it.  Taylor said from the back, "Wow.  She's pretty good!"

My daisies were in full bloom so we tried a little science experiment.  I forgot to take an after picture...but the darker colors worked much better than the lighter ones.

 There was a lifetime movie being filmed in Brigham city.  Taylor & I were driving by and decided to take a quick picture.  It is a 100% coincidence that she happened to be wearing a scarf that day.

My babies in a box.  Not the best picture.  Not a clean house.  But it sums up my life in one picture.  Adorable and a disaster.

My bug.  Snug in a rug.

I took this crew to the pool one day.  It was a free day.  Silly Addyson got sent away from the free stuff booth (Intermountain Health Care)  She kept going back for my band-aids and chap-stick.  RJ & Caleb had fun together and I got my tan on!

Trying to teach these kids how to play checkers while we got the oil changed one day.  Lexi was bored, Caleb cried, & Luke was just happy to be there.

Lexi wanted to make her own lunch one afternoon.  It was pretty adorable.

Angela & I spotted a ROUS one day.  We flipped around to get a picture.

Summer calls for sisters & snails!

Mona had Taylor, Rylee & McKenna for a sleepover one night.  Earlier in the month she took them shoopping for material so that they could make aprons.  The are so cute!  And so are the aprons.  Mona must have a whole lot of patience!

My bug loves bugs.  New critters sure captivate her attention.  This caterpillar was no exception.

Annual Summer Camp

Camping for Casey's birthday has become one of the kids most looked forward to traditions.  Emigration canyon campground better watch out.  The Freeze's are in da house.  Campsite #18....it's a keeper!

Who would've thought I'd have a pepsi with Britney!  Cheers girl!  We attempted pizza sandwiches. DO NOT put them directly in the fire.  G R O S S.  French toast one morning was a hit though.

We were just in time to see some really pretty wild flowers!  Rylee even picked me a couple of her favorites.

Lexi & MaKayla are the cutest little partners in crime.  Their matching cowgirls boots couldn't have been cuter!

We wandered down to the group campsite area and the boys did a smidge of gold panning. The water was FREEZING!  All of the kids enjoyed exploring.  I was in mom mode crossing my fingers that no one biffed it on a slippery rock and cut their head open.

I didn't even think about it - but we should've gotten a group picture!  Shelby's family joined us this year and it was a lot of fun.  Treats, games, little walks, and chilling around the campfire.

The gold fever Freeze gang went off searching for some shiny one afternoon.

Rylee, Taylor & Kaden were in Smore heaven.  They are such a freaking mess, but so dang tasty!  The smores....not the kids.

I'm pretty sure that Luke was having the time of his life.  He loves fire.  He loves food.  He slept like an angel.  And peed outside several times.

Shayden, Tyson & Caleb found a fort.  They got it all cleaned up and put their chairs inside.  They were far enough away that they had their own space, yet close enough if their widdling skills took a turn for the worse, we could  save the day.

We left a day earlier than we had anticipated.  The horse flies were being total jerks.  We still had a great time though and can't wait to go next year!

June

Hooray for warmer weather!!  We packed up the mini van one afternoon after church and headed to Tony Grove to enjoy nature!

There was still quite a bit of snow in the shady spots!  The kids thought that was awesome and we even had a little snowball fight.

I signed the kids up for free summer bowling in Logan for the summer months.  You just had to pay for your shoe rental.  Oh. My. Goodness.  My kids are so dang emotional!  Alexa and Luke were better sports than the other three!  I managed to get pictures of Taylor & Rylee sulking away, and Caleb is getting better at accepting the fact that he isn't going to roll a perfect  ball every time - but he was still trying to hold back tears.

I bought Mary Poppins on DVD and wanted to have a girls night with my sisters, mom and Eva.  It wasn't a successful movie watching night....but I still enjoyed getting together.  The 4 girls just weren't into the movie AT ALL.

Tennis lessons for the twinsies were a total success!  They both really loved it.  I'm excited to sign them up for next summer and see them get even better!

Caleb got a hair cut.  I can't believe that 2018 was the summer of Lloyd Christmas.  He wanted longer hair, but kept saying he wanted it trimmed up so it wasn't in his eyes and touching his ears.  Well - this is what happened.

I took my little ladies for doughnuts, milk and pedicures early on summer morning.  I think I found a new summer tradition!!  They had the cutest toenails ever and they lasted for about 6 weeks!

River Heights has the coolest park in history.  Everyone had a blast!  We even got to take Laynee and Addison one day.  I love those little ladies that I get to babysit.  One is full of sweet and the other is full of sass and I love them both so much!

Boys and bugs.  It's so dang cute if it's a lady bug.

We went swimming one afternoon.  Caleb perfected a front flip off of the diving board and Luke would not stop going down the slide!  Lex was happy as could be in her tube.  And Taylor & Rylee ran into some friends from school and played with them the whole time.  

Afterwards Lexi was worn right out!  She kept nodding off and I asked her several times if she wanted to go lay down and she would just say, "But I'm not tired mom!"

Some days are just pure crazy at my house.  Doing part time day care and having neighbors that come over a lot make it a zoo.  One afternoon I was trying to get some laundry switched and we were trying to head out the door for something and Luke was just sobbing because he got hurt.  I told him to go sit on his bed until it was time to go.  He cried and cried an cried.  When I finally got a second to inspect him, he had a giant goose egg and bruise.  Mom fail.  I'm so sorry baby boy!

I quit!  After 4 years at Crystal Inn I couldn't do it anymore.  I really love working outside the home part time, but it just isn't in the cards right now.

We were a little late planting pumpkins this year, but we finally got it started.  I love Casey talking to the kids trying to teach them and how they really look like they are listening.  Ha!

So. Much. Makeup.  It's definitely one of this girls very favorite things.

 I gave Luke a color by number picture one afternoon and he nailed it!  I was seriously so surprised at how well he did!  I guess I don't give my little people enough credit!  And it is blueberries and oatmeal requested every single morning.  He loves putting his blueberries in and puts each one in individually and then stirs it up.  It's pretty dang cute.

These boys are still chasing that shiny....and Casey sent me a picture of this cute heart cactus!!

Mona wanted us to meet her in Mantua for a quick photo shoot one afternoon.  Who doesn't love all of those red poppies!  It's like a scene out of Wizard of Oz!

May

All of the 4th graders this year had to do a report on a Utah county.  We just happened to travel to Washington county for Spring Break so that is the county that Caleb decided to do his project on.

He chose to do a diorama and did AMAZING!!  He just had to have a mountain lion in there too.

He chose to do a diorama and did AMAZING!!  He just had to have a mountain lion in there too.  He has always been a very artistic boy!

Casey & I went on a double date with Angela & Jeff.  We went to midget wrestling in Logan.  It was just ok.  We left a little early and found a bar that was completely empty and played some pool and some air hockey.  That was the fun part of the night for sure!

 Shelby & Casey have a fever.  Gold fever.  I'm glad that they have found a hobby where they get to enjoy the great outdoors!

 I took my babies to The Peak for a play day.  They were adorable and ran of a whole lot of energy!

 One day at my parents house my kids tried hula hooping.  Rylee picked it up pretty quickly and Caleb was the bomb!  I've never seen anyone hula hoop so dang good!

 Playing Guess Who with my bug-a-boo!

 Oh my - on dance recital day Taylor crashed on her scooter on the way home and could NOT compose herself.  She was certain that her arm was broken.  She was crying like I have never seen!  She usually just bounces right back with a happy, "I'm OK!"  But not this time. So I called the Doctor to see if we could zoom in for an ex ray and they said yes.  So I hurried and got their hair and makeup done and we flew to the Dr's office.  It wasn't broken!!  Hooray!  We managed to make it to the recital just in time and they all danced beautifully!  And of course - their flowers from Grandma were the highlight of the evening.

My little shadow has been was so sick for several days!  It was the strangest thing.  Both his sickness...and the fact that every time I turned around he wasn't right there with me :(  It's weird that I took so many pictures too....sleeping littles (sick or healthy) are just pretty dang precious I guess.

He finally got feeling better though!!  Luke the tool man!

 Costco had a pretty sweet pool on sale when I was there one day.  It was finally warm enough to give it a try!

  My mom treated my sisters and me to pedicures for Mother's day!  We are so good lookin.

 Seriously....I love these ladies so dang much.

Caleb received an award at school!  I thought that it was just something they did for very kid - but NOPE!  He got an award for exceptional growth in math!  That makes me so happy.  Math is so dang confusing sometimes.  I'm glad that it clicked for him.  THEN - he placed third in the school pentathlon for the high jump!  I was one proud mama.  We're white...jumping isn't easiest thing.

Eva came over one afternoon and swam in the pool with the girls.  They had a blast.  Hooray for sunshine!

Mother's day flowers and notes from some of my little people!

For the kids teachers end of year gifts I made them each a personalized cross stitch.  They turned out pretty cute!  Being a teacher would be such a hard job - but probably so rewarding seeing the growth in the kids that you teach.