Tenley's {Friend} B-day

On August 18th we had a few of Tenley's friends (Makayla, & Sasha) over for a mini  "Birthday party". The kids had a little picnic, ate cup cakes & ice cream & then just played for a few hours!

getting ready to blow out her candles!

The boys!

Blowing some bubbles

Sasha's turn!

Tenley loves to have friends over, & is always begging for someone to come over & play! I think she gets bored with Carter & I all day long :)  We hope you had a Fun Birthday & Birthday week- Love you tons, tons, tons!!!

Tenley's 3rd Birthday!

This cute little girl turned 3! She woke up to {mom & dads} room decorated with streamers & balloons & was so excited it was finally HER birthday!!

Morning, Birthday girl!

I made her birthday pancakes for breakfast. She doesn't really like pancakes a whole lot but I knew she would like them with sparkles & candles in them :)!

Singing Happy Birthday!

Making her cupcakes {She is not clothed a lot, sorry}

Her Princess cupcakes for her party!

That night we had her family birthday party planned for at the park! We got there, set everything up. Got a few cute pictures & then the weather turned into a windy blizzard...

Cute birthday girl!!

Best friends!

 So we moved the party to Artic Circle, she started with opening her presents!

little sass

Grandma, Dani, Birthday girl!

 Then we moved onto cupcakes & ice cream cones {thanks mom & dad}

Tenley blowing out her candles!

cake face, enjoying her ice cream cone!

Showing everyone how she jams out to her guitar {her & Carter always ask for the Sweet Home Alabama song when we are in the truck because they jam out with "their guitars"} So Tenley was so excited to finally have a real guitar to play

Then the cousins played on the play stuff for a little while, none of the kids wanted to leave... She got lots of cute new toys, slippers, underwear, clothes, you name it!

Coloring with her new Dot markers before bedtime

Family!!

Going to bed in her own big girl bed, the night of her Birthday... {that lasted only a few nights :) }

I can't believe she is already 3, those 3 years flew right by. She is a total diva, & we love every second of her! Happy 3rd Birthday princess!!!
---For her birthday present from us, we painted & made over her room {pictures to come, once it is all the way finished} She loves her zig, zag wall as she calls them. (every time we see a picture of anything chevron, she says "that's so cute mom, it's just like my wall" ...--

Horse Races

On August 10th & 11th we went over to the Horse Races in Malad. I grew up going to the horse races with my moms side of the family {my grandpa use to race} so I LOVE horse races, Justin on the other hand had never been, so this was a first for him & the kids!! {They had only seen the races like at the Lewiston rodeo} My grandpa got him hooked on doing little bets, each race & the kids loved them so much on Saturday, that we ended up going back on Sunday too!

Burning time in between races

Us with my grandma & grandpa Johnson!

Dad & Cub

Watching the horses come down the track!

Enjoying our time at the races as a family!

Brought back lots of memories from when I was a kid, & the horse racing atmosphere.. {The kids played under the bleaches, met new friends} I think we will be going to every horse race that is fairly close to home now! Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves :)

Grace Fair

On August 9th, I rode up to the Grace fair with the kiddos & Justin's parents {they had Shae & Dylan} We kind of just hung out all day, ate yummy lunch & pie, checked out all the fair animals, looked at the many booths, we even watched some teams try & pen numbered cows --then ended up letting the kids {and grandma} go on a few rides :) before we called it a day!

Shae, Cub, Ten, Dyl

lookin' at the lambs

Dylan & Tenley were so cute holding hands, waiting their turn for the ride!

Cub

Ten, Gram, Dyl on the ride, I didn't know how Tenley & Dylan would like this ride, but once they were on it & going they loved it! & wanted to go again!

Shae & Carter all grown up on the ride by themselves!

Carter trying to climb up the rope

Running thru the water!

It was such a fun day, the 4 grand kids all play so cute together & love spending time together every chance they get! Tenley fell on the gravel right as we were leaving & got a pretty good road rash on her knee, so she cried the whole way home about her "owee" hurting! Everyone was tired & worn out by the time we got back home!!

1st Day of Dance!

This little sassy pants has been waiting months for dance to start, she has been dying to have something {for her} to do... So on August 7th, she went to dance for the very first time!! She was beyond excited. She had been wearing her {dance} clothes & shoes around the house for months! She's been a dancer since about 9 months & loves to dance & be dressed up!

poser!

brotherly love

mom a bit sad my baby girl is all grown up!

moochies

ready to go, dance bag & all!

She has been going to dance for a few weeks now, & she has good weeks & bad weeks. She LOVES it once she is there & I am gone, its the dropping her off part that she isn't use to. {shes been at home with me for 3 years so I don't blame her} so we are working on it. But her teacher {Kim Hobbs} helps out tons & gives her more attention if needed. She said she knows all the taps & moves, & does fine once I am gone. So that's reassuring!!  It's so cute telling her the night before that she has dance, because she loves to set her bag out, make sure her dance shoes are in it & get her outfit & bow all ready :)! Dancing is cute for while she is little, but she's gonna be molded into a soccer player here in about a year ;)   Love you little drama dancing queen!

Fun Park!

It seems like no matter how many times our kiddos have been to the Fun Park, they are still begging grandma Buppy to go every time we go out there or are with her!

Deal or No Deal

Ten driving the car

Dac & Ten shooting baskets

4 spoiled grand kiddos!

Playing Deal or No Deal

I must say I think Deal or No Deal is the top favorite. Sometimes you win 200 tickets, sometimes you win 5 tickets but its the most exciting game there! :) Thanks for spoiling the kiddos, we enjoy every day we get to spend with you!

Camping up the Narrows!

August 3rd we went camping up the Narrows with a couple of our friends! The kids had so much fun, there was a little sand box, horse shoe area they sat & played in...We tented it once again, the kids are getting use to the tent & slept great at night. Tenley got a little moody in the day, but napping while camping is nearly impossible with her, so we just dealt with her :)

Hanging out by the fire with dad

The 3 girls sittin by the fire. Tay, Ten, Sasha

Cub & Jarrett playing.

Saturday day we all went up to the dam & let the kids swim & catch crawdads, none of them had caught crawdads before so the kids were really excited to see what they were like

Dixon & Justin with all the kiddos {Nate was being a party pooper & wouldn't get in & swim with all the kids}

the kids took turns jumping to them

Jarett & Carter

3 girls having a snack break

the boys catching craw dads

me & Cub floatin!

Saturday we decided to give floating the river a try. It was quite the adventure, we tied all of our tubes together. The guys had went into town & bought the cheap black {kid type tubes} so it was pretty comedy watching Nate & Justin try & float on those :) When we tried to stop & get out by our camp, it was a little crazy, the water was so shallow but it was like the fastest part. So it took a lot of work getting all of us to shore! We had a great time, we sure love getting together with our friends.
 {Jake & Christina made the trip over from Wyoming but only stayed Friday night, til Saturday morning, glad they could make it up though, our kids love Taylee & Tayson}