Bloomington Lake

August 23rd, 2009
We went on a hike up to Bloomington Lake with Tim's family and tried to take in some awesome scenery. Unfortunately, as soon as we got there it started to sprinkle, then rain, then downpour!! By the time we got back, we were all completely soaked. We ate our picnic lunch in the Durango on the way home but still had a great time.

The kids venturing with Grandpa Denton over to the tree swing.

Josh and his cute cousin Courtney

Looking for fish

Ty Ty

Nic and Tanner

Nic - might I note his new sense of style....he loves his hair spiked.

How long does it take a little boy to get dirty?

We went on our traditional Denton camp this last weekend and had a great time.

Here are our dirty boys...

Ty and his best buddy Karson

We shot Tim's handgun and Nic & Tanner got creative with the shell casings...

All of the boys enjoyed "putting sticks in the fire" but somehow they only ended up part way into the fire???

We spent Saturday at Bear Lake enjoying the sun and washing off some of the dirt.

Do I even need to say anything about this picture?

We ate yummy food, rode 4-wheelers, played lots of games, and even had a scavenger hunt courtesy of Grandma Denton where the kids got to have lots of candy. She even gave them each a cool headlamp. The boys were filthy the entire time. I would wash their hands and faces and it took literally 4 minutes to be covered in dirt...I finally gave up the last two days we were there. We have lots of fun each year spending time with the Denton clan. I'm grateful that I married into such a great family...I love them all.

Fun in the sun...

Last week I was invited to join some friends for an excursion to Bear Lake. We had a great time...oh, and the kids did too ;) We had 26 kids there. Here are a few pics of our fun day.

Josh and Madison are little buddies. They played together the entire day.

The kids had fun sneaking chips and all sorts of goodies from the adults to feed the seagulls.

Tyler playing with his best buddy Cord. They had lots of fun!

Nic playing in the "hot tub"

Nic couldn't figure out why he had sand in his swimming shorts when he got home???

26 kids happy as can be :)

Father's Day pics

I wanted to do something for Tim this year that was inexpensive, but thoughtful. So, last minute, I was able to find a friend that would take some pics of the boys and I that I could have printed out for Tim to hang in his office. I took some of the pics and my friend Sheri Dee Rallison took some. Here's what we ended up with. We have such cute boys....

Happy Father's Day Tim, I love you!!

Bowling and baptism....

Nic, Kenadi, Ty, Bode, Josh & Lauren

The past week has been an extremely busy one. My Nieces and Nephew from Boise were up the entire week and so we did lots of fun stuff. On Friday we went bowling at the Fun Park- I don't think we've seen them since July 4th of last year so we really tried to do lots of things so the kids could catch up and spend some time with their cousins.

Nic with his Great Grandma & Grandpa Swendsen

Nic with his Great Grandma and Grandpa Denton

On Saturday, June 6th, Nic was baptized. It was a special morning for him. There were 3 other boys that were baptized too. I found out the Spanish Branch was conducting the meeting right before the baptisms took place so I was a little dissappointed that Nic would probably not be able to understand any of the the talks, songs, or prayers given. It turned out that only one of the talks was given in English the rest of the program was in Spanish. However, it was so amazing to me how I didn't know anything they were saying, and yet I could feel the spirit so strong. The meeting was amazing. I can only hope that Nic felt the same spirit because it was his special day. He looked so clean and pure in his white clothes and I was so grateful for a good husband who was willing and able to baptize our little boy. We had lots of family and friends there to support him-my Brother even came down from Boise so that was neat to me. It was a special day. We love you Nic and are proud of the special boy that you've become.

pink...really???

Now that I've had a little time to really let this all register...I had to comment and post a picture of my first little pink gift. My sweet and extremely thoughtful friend Debbie Porter cut this beautiful rose from her garden yesterday and brought it up to me. Isn't it gorgeous? It's so wierd to have something pink in my home. I keep tracing back to Wednesday when the ultrasound tech said it was a girl and still now I'm thinking, "Really? What if she made a mistake, what if it's really a boy and she just missed something?" Truth be told, on my way home from the Dr. I was alone because Tim had taken the boys in the other vehicle and the entire time I cried. I cried because I couldn't believe it, because I was so extremely excited, because I was so thankful that Heavenly Father thought that our family was ready for a little girl. We will have so much fun with her. I can hardly wait for painting toe and fingernails, watching princess movies, polly pockets and dollies and of course princess parties. Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait. Thanks everyone for all the fun comments and well wishes. I have great friends who I think are more excited than I am.

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!! :)

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Yep, we discovered our exciting news at about 3:15 this afternoon. The little one that we're expecting in October will be wearing pink :) I kept asking the ultrasound tech, "are you sure, are you sure?" I just could hardly believe it. The baby was being "modest" as the tech put it and she just wouldn't spread those little legs. Her face was squished between her arm and the side of my uterus so I didn't even get any very good pics of her little face. There is one good one that is in 3D but they didn't put the 3D ones on the disk so I can't post it. Here's a picture of the ultrasound that allegedly tells us that it's a girl??? Honestly, I don't think anyone will really be able to decifer this thing because it's still impossible for me to see (it just looks like a big blob). But the tech said there are no boy parts, only little girl parts. And my 3 little boys were extremely obvious so I guess I can trust the tech....right?????

I have tried so hard not to get my hopes up so that I wasn't disappointed but I will be honest, it's been hard not to. The boys are estatic! They've been wanting a girl and have been very vocal about it. I would just keep reminding them that we will love it if it's a boy or a girl. Tim will be such a good daddy to a little girl...I can hardly wait. So now the real fun begins. Painting walls, making blankets, bows, headbands, bracelets, tu tu's...oh, the list sounds so fun I want to just jump up and down....Yeah!!!

We can't wait for the arrival of little Alexis Marie Denton. :)

Here's a picture of her little arm and cute fingers...