Ellie 6 months and Back to school

4 Kids

Sometimes I forget that I really have 4 kids... crazy I know how could I forget. When I get them all together like this it really sinks in. Anna wanted to take a fun picture of them all together, then we had fun taking some more. I need to take more pictures of them all they are growing so fast!! It's so hard to get them all to cooperate and look at the camera so they aren't perfect, but they are fun anyway!
 

The girls have been so much help with Ellie this summer... I'm gonna miss them being around to help out I know! They are so sweet with her. It was the last day of our summer vacation yesterday and they helped me clean the house. They are getting to be really good helpers! :) We turned on some music to help us work and they got dancing around. Anna loved to "dance" with Ellie. I need to record it, its so cute!
Ellie is almost 6 months old, and she loves her sisters!!

 

 

David is such a little character. He loves playing with his sisters too, and he's sure gonna miss them while they are at school!

 

A busy Summer

We have had a busy summer so far! It has been lots of fun though. The last two weeks we did a session of swimming lessons. Anna and Megan passed off Level 2, and they both were brave enough to go off the diving board! YEAH!! David enjoyed his preschool class, and he also passed. This year he learned to swim in our pool without his lifejacket. He gets around pretty good, swimming underwater, and loves jumping off the ladder!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also had a lot of fun with our cousins from Florida this last week. We visited the Dinosaur Museum and Splash park in vernal. Lots of fun!

Lagoon 2012

We had a fun time with our friends the Birds at Lagoon. We camped in the campground for 3 nights and had fun for 2 days at Lagoon. It was hot but we had lots of fun. Fortunetly we had a little window a/c we rigged up for the camp trailer. Our neice Tauzya came with us and she was a great help! The kids had so much fun and are already talking about doing it again next year. The first day we went to Lagoon a beach. The girls had lots of fun going down the waterslides with us. David was too short, but he sure wanted to go!

It was great to have our friends to enjoy it with, it definately made it a lot more fun! Each of the kids had a friend just about their same age. (except for Ellie our youngest and Jarom their oldest) The kid rides were a favorite for David!

All of the kids loved Rattlesnake Rapids and because it wasn't too crowded they went a few times! Daddy had fun playing the squirt gun game with them and we won this giant blue snake :) 

 

Ellie did so well. She slept most of the time in her stroller, but she stretched out on the bench and was so happy! She didn't get to go on any rides... maybe next year!

David was funny... the first ride we went on was the carosel and he freaked out!! After that he was always pretty nervous on the rides, but got more comfortable and started to like most of them. His favorites were the cars, rockets, airplanes and Rattlesnake rapids.

Megan is our brave one. She LOVED the roller coasters: Bombora and the Bat, she went on both several times, but could have gone on them again and again. She did get scared on the Spider and was mad at us for taking her on it. Next year she promises she will try Wicked. It is my new favorite ride!, I got to go a couple of times and I loved it!

Anna just doesn't like heights very much. She tried Bombora, but got really scared and decided to stick closer to the ground. Her favorite rides are: Jumping Dragon, Tilt a Whirl, Rattlesnake Rapids and the Waterslides at Lagoon a beach. 

 

Mecham Family Reunion 2012

We had a lot of fun with our Mecham Family this year. Swimming in our pool, riding bikes and scooters, making bows, and more. We went to see the new movie Brave with some of our cousins.

Aunt Angel put on a carnival for the Emily and Rylees's birthday again. The kids love it so much, they'll be looking forward to it again another year I'm sure. We also had our extended Mecham Family come to play at Six Lakes. Anna and Megan had fun getting to know Chloe, Ellie and Maddi earlier this summer and had fun seeing them again. Megan and Chloe especially got along.

The cabin and Six Lakes is so nice. The kids have a lot of fun exploring, canoeing and just playing together. Thanks Mom and Dad for a fun reunion! 

 

Ellie 4 months

Ellie is growing and doing so well. The time is flying by! She went in for her 4 month check up and weighed 13.5 lbs. She learned to roll over this month and started laughing and smiling lots more. She is starting to sleep a little better at night and moved into David's room with him. The girls and David love playing with and taking care of her so much.
 

 

So David couldn't get left out of all the fun the girls were having with their cousins. They played dress up and got into the makeup stuff. He came running out of their room so proud to show off his pretty nails! Daddy wasn't very happy ;) Anna and Megan have had such a great summer playing together. These are their own fashion statements and photographs :) It is so fun to see them enjoying being little girls! 

 

4th of July

 

 

We had a fun 4th of July celebration with our Mecham Family reunion. It was a dry year so the fireworks were banned. We still had a little fun with some snaps and sparklers, and our traditional parade. Anna and Megan have been working hard this summer to earn and save money for new bikes. They both learned to ride without training wheels this spring and their bikes were too little. They did jobs, gathered pop cans, and we had a yard sale and lemonade stand. We were so excited to go buy new bikes last week. Wayne and I even got bikes and we have all been enjoying them a lot!