The slide

I have mentioned before that Sadie loves to climb up our slide.

She never was able to go more than half way up before sliding back down.

Today as I was cleaning and packing for our vacation. Rich had called up one of his scouts to come over and play with the kids so I could get things done. The kids were having a great time playing and getting dirty. I looked out the window to check on them and saw Sadie almost to the top of the slide. I couldn't believe it!

Gilbert was at the top of the slide and Blake was behind her in case she fell.

Almost to the top.

This is wear she had the most problems, Sadie couldn't figure out how to get onto the flat floor.

She did it!!

Sadie is so fast now climbing up the slide, she can climb it up without stopping.

Cutting down the tree

Our tree in the front yard is dead and we have been wanting to cut it down for awhile, but never had the time to do it. Today our neighbor brought us an avocado tree they knew that we were wanting to plant one after we cut down our old tree. They bought it for us as a thank you for helping them out, but we really think they were so sick of looking at our dead tree.

Well the kids in the neighborhood love that tree. They climb in the tree, hang things in it, and it is the same tree Blake jumped out of and broke his arm. The kids were so sad to see Rich cut the tree down. They sat on our pouch yelling "No, No, No don't cut down our climbing tree!!!!" With every branch Rich cut off they yelled out in sadness.

Here is the tree after most of it was cut down.

Rich cutting down the tree.

Here is our yard now with the big tree gone and our little avocado tree. Hopefully in a few years we will have some yummy avocados to eat.

Logan's birthday

Tonight at family home evening we celebrated Logan's birthday.

He received lots of gifts from family members.

I decorated a dog brownie for Logan.

Our birthday boy.

Sadie 11 months

Sadie is now 11 months. I can't believe she is almost 1!!!

Sadie has finally started to throw food on the floor. It seems like my boys started this wonderful stage much earlier. I don't know what is so much fun about throwing food, but kids seem to love to do it.

Sadie loves to play outside. If the screen door is left open by one of her brothers she races to it so she can get outside.

She loves to play in the playhouse. Sadie is occasionally standing by herself without holding onto something.

She loves climbing up the slide. Sadie does about one crawl before she starts to slide back down. Sadie laughs as she slides down. Blake will also take her down the big slides at the park and she loves that.

The best part of playing outside is finding the water puddles to get all dirty in.

Benihana

We went to Benihana's for lunch today. We went as a late celebration of Rich's birthday. We had a good time, the food was great and the kids were entertained the whole time.

Father and sons

This weekend was Father and Sons so the boys went away and Sadie and I had a quiet night of shopping and movies. I gave Rich the camera and told him to take pictures for me. He took four pictures, which is pretty good for him.
Blake all bundled up. They said it was freezing up in the mountains that night.

Around the camp fire.


Here is there tent all set up, too bad they didn't use it the whole night. At 3:00 in the morning I heard the garage door open. I went down stairs to see why they were home so early. Blake started coughing really bad and ended up throwing up because of it. They came home slept for a few hours before heading back up for breakfast and packing up the stuff. It was a long night for Rich and the boys they were worn out.

Lion King

Grandma Rauch bought the whole family tickets to go see the Lion King. We left Sadie and Logan at home knowing they wouldn't be able to sit through the whole play. Before the play we went out to Red Robin for dinner with all the family.

Breckin, Brendan, Blake and Ellie before the play.

Rich, Julie and Blake. We had a great time. The play was amazing and the kids loved it and were at the edge of their seat during most of it. Thanks so much Grandma!