happy 29th birthday tone!!! {july 12th}

wow!! 29 years! how fast that goes by! :) we had a great day of celebrating! because tone's birthday fell on a sunday this year he got a new tie for church along with other gifts! baylee was so cute to help him get all his stuff opened first thing this morning! and then off to church we went!


we had my family all over for a birthday dinner after ... thanks to everyone who helped bring food, it was a feast! we had roast, mashed potatoes, salad, rolls, and homemade ice cream and cake for dessert! it was great!

we love you tone/dad and hope you had a great, great day!!

4th of july parade and the "jo bros"!!!! {july 4th}

we absolutely try to cram every possible thing in on the 4th! it is the funnest day but a little long and by the end it feels like we've lived 3 days in one! :) we started out this morning running the 5k in kaysville ... we have been running 4 days a week to be in pretty good shape and we did pretty good! it is a really fun tradition ... there's always a huge turnout and this year we ran with april, dustin, savanah, wyatt, sarah, becca and brent {that was the fam but there were other friends there too!}



after that my mom met us with bay and bos and we went up to the breakfast where dad cooks for the whole town ... he's been in charge of this for 30 years now and does a great job!






we headed down to main street from here and got ready for the parade! the kaysville parade is the greatest and the water section is always so fun ... this is the first year in a long time that tone sat with us instead of in the parade throwing water! the kids had a blast getting soaked and getting candy, beads, toys ... they all got a ton of stuff!





{thanks april for the pics ... rip my nikon d50 and yay for getting my new camera in provo later today!}

we were able to get a little nap in and headed off to p-town for the stadium of fire! our cute friends brady and brandon got us great tickets on the field and we had a blast with a huge group of our friends there! baylee was soooo excited because among glenn beck and shedaisy was the jonas brothers! she watches their show faithfully and knows all about kevin, nick and joe ... she got an awesome red, white and blue 'jonas' shirt just for the occasion! Brandon's cute mom val had gotten a v.i.p. pass and took each of the girls up to the front row by the stage for a song! bay was in heaven and kept saying she danced on stage with the jo-bros! lol! it was a great night!

{thanks chavez fam! we love you guys!!}

happy independence day! we are truly blessed to live in a land under god!

Oquirrh Mtn Temple open house {june 30}

we've been doing alot of temple activities with our youth this year and it just worked out that this tuesday night boston got to be my date for the evening ... it was a beautiful temple and we had a great time going through it! this was boston's first temple to go through and he really liked the water fountains outside :) he was busy as normal but with the help of bishop and the girls, keeping him occupied was an easy task!

Manti Pageant {june26-27th}

we had a great time at youth conference this year! we were able to stop at the new draper temple on our way down to manti friday morning and do baptisms for the dead, which was a neat experience! we then made it down to the manti city park where our camp was all set up thanks to bishop, tone and ben :) {tone volunteered to come help us out and as it would have it they were able to get quite a bit of riding in which was fun for them too!}

here's a few pics playing games and hanging out while the boys were grilling us a great dinner!

i didn't get any pictures from the pageant itself ... i was afraid of the rain ruining my camera however ... it was so awesome and the weather ended up holding out with no rain! we had a short night and got up early to do a service project weeding and replanting bulbs at the manti temple. it was a great trip and we were all a little tired coming home ... here's what my car looked like ... lol!

thanks jess and ty for watching the kiddos too so we could go enjoy this with our youth :)

Father's Day! {june 21st}

happy father's day! anthon is the best dad to baylee and boston and we are sooooo grateful for all he does for us! he is the best to play with, wrestle with, bike with or swing on swings with :) {as you'll see!}

we went to my mom and dad's for the day for a great bbq and spent time with the whole fam! we spent alot of time on the swingset that anthon built for my parents ... go big or go home! it's huge and we can all get swinging way high and it isn't going anywhere! it's awesome! the kids of all ages love it! we had a great day and are so thankful for all the good men in our lives ... dad, papa and grandpa arlo ... we love you!!

Mom and Dad B. visit {june 17-21}

mom and dad burbidge got to come down for a little visit and brought maddy too :) it was {i'm sure} to visit us kids mostly, but it helped that tanner and taylor were getting married too!

we all went to the roy aquatic center for the day on friday ... we had a blast!! the kids loved the slides and tone took boston on the {big} slide too! we had a great day in the sun!









so, i really bombed on pics from everything else but i did get one pic from tanner's wedding reception with him, dallin, haley and lynsie ...

it was beautiful and reagan did an awesome job putting it all together!

we {love} having the family all together and this trip was as good as any other ... wish it was more frequent but it was great!

Mom's bday!! {june 9th!}

so we are starting way back in june to get me caught up here! my cute mom had a birthday again :) it's crazy how fast a year goes by! we had alot going on this day so to start the day out right, we all went to 'granny annie's' for breakfast! the kids are slightly energetic in the morning and were bouncing all over the booth! my mom is the greatest and we are so lucky to have her as our mom and nana!! love you momma!

hiatus!

so i know it's been a {LONG} time since i've gotten on here and done my blogging duty but it's been sooooo crazy around here! i'm finally getting back to some work and will be updating as fast as i can so i'm caught up again! what we've been up to you ask ?? i'll be blogging about it all soon but ... we've been on the lake, at the campground, in washington, girls camp, youth conference, celebrating birthdays, holidays, at the jo-bros concert :) {bay was really excited about that!} and trying to get work and chores done in between it all! i can't believe summer's almost over and bay will be starting pre-school and bossy will turn 2 all in a few short weeks!! time is flyin'! i hope your summer has been as fun-filled as ours ... i'll be back soon!~

A {fun} cousin filled week!

This past week we were lucky enough to have Sis come stay with us and she brought Kamdin, Logan and Presley!!! We were needing a cousin fix and it was so fun to have them! The kids played constantly and enjoyed every minute! Bay tried one night to have a sleepover in Kamdin and Logan's room but surprise! they wouldn't go to sleep so I had to make her sleep in her bed :) Luckily we had great weather {the rain came in this weekend} and they played in the sand and on the tramp non-stop! Lynsie and Luke came over to join in the fun too! It was great! My kids have been sad since all the fun has gone so we'll have to do it again soon!! Love you guys!

{crazy jumpers!}

{cute Miss Presley!!}

{the kids got bug catchers for being so good and they found all the bugs, rocks and leaves they could to stuff them full!}