Treasure

Its always fun to find Chamberlains treasures after doing his laundry,

and its always nice to get a tip.

fun

We have been spoiled all week!

Shelbie, Hudson and Baby Lex were here.

We had so much fun.

We spent as much time together as we could, even if that meant helping her watchplay with the Beardall kids, which were a bunch of fun.

 These guys Chamberlain and Hudson are only 9 months apart.

These babies Siri and Lex are 5 months apart.

 We played and played and played and had fun fun fun.

We did so many fun things that I can't remember everything we did.

I do remember how we went to Trafalga and mini golfed and watched the kids ride the super fast go karts.

They left on a jet plane today and on the way to say goodbye Chamberlain had tears welling in his eyes and every time I asked if he was crying his eyes would get real big and he would tilt his forehead forward and say nnnoo.  He wanted so bad to go to the airport and wave goodbye to him.

Then I told him we would see Hudson soon and this time we would stay at his house and that's when he told me that we needed a fast car, a super fast car. I asked him just what kind of fast car do we need and he said 

a big cement truck. 

waiting in line for the super fast go karts with the Beardall kids,

Cambri, Logan, Faith, Hudson Chamberlain, Shelbie and Josh

dare

We found a cricket today.

I dared any of the three kiddos playing at my house to pick it up.

Of course no one would, then I decided to SWEETEN the deal with "Americas Favorite Cookie".

{Double stuffed!}

Chamberlain as you can see pulled through! 

I was so proud of him for picking up this cricket.

Crazy to be proud of cricket picking, I know. 

He was scared at first especially when it jumped off his finger the first time, then he tried it again and realized it was harmless.

 

He was the only one who would pick it up or even touch it.  

Chamberlain, Gunnar, and Faith

 

Such a sweet reward.

the dress

 We took pictures today after church of Siri in her dress

made from old flour sacks.

 I love those chubby cheeks!

The photo above was taken by Chamberlain.

After, we drove to Bountiful to visit with Chris, Lesa and the girls one last time before they head to Poland.

what we did today.

We spent the day with these guys. 

We went swimming and watched Kelli Jo rock in her soccer game. 

She is so tough she plays on an all boy team.

Grandma and Grandpa Burgess are in town for meetings and we got to spend the day with them as well.

Chamberlain is going to be so sad when these girls and Uncle Dave have to leave for the winter.

We have LOVED every minute we got/get to spend with them this summer.

 

things that make me happy

This picture

Driving down University Ave. and seeing the fall leaves drifting about

there is something very exciting about the fall.

Finding Chamberlains toys in very particular arrangements (always by color) all throughout the house

my sleeping baby Siri

Sparkling Ice 

 and this little number that I found on a blog that I cant remember

Its not everyday I see my sisters name and on top of that so fancy like.

Birthday BoY

Chamberlain's only request for his 4th birthday was to ride horses in Kanab.

So we did just that ... and more!

Thanks to my fabulous mother she planned a fun day at East Zion and we had a ton of fun!

We road horses, and ATV's, flew on a zip-line, swam in a lovely warm pool and played miniature golf!

I think the proudest moment for Josh and I was at the top of the zip-line Chamberlain was getting nervous and wasn't too sure he wanted to go. 

Thanks to some coaxing from our awesome guide Courtney he mustard up the courage and jumped.

He loved it! 

He even inspired Hudson to give a try.

If they could have, they would have zipped lined all day.

We spent the whole day at East Zion Ponderosa. All 11 of us had fun from my dainty Uncle mike from the hard to please teenage Sage college boy Tanner, to the up for anything grandparents and of course the young parents.

Lots of fun memories from Hudsons firs horse ride to Chamberlain riding on his own. 

It was certainly a birthday to remember.

We cant wait to go again.

It was awesome. 

On Sunday his actual day we went to Ali's farewell,

 had a family dinner with a blue dinosaur cake and presents.

It was a fun 4th birthday.

Chamberlain has told me several times today how much he loves his birthday. 

We loved it too.

Happy Birthday Son!