Good times at Grandma and Grandpa's

Andie loved taking a bath in my Mom's sink

trying to escape

Chad bonding with Pandi

So cute

Swimming in the pool

My brother Kip loves to throw the kids into the pool

Kemper, totally horizontal. I meant to flip this picture

Grandpa, swimming with all his grandkids

My baby girl

Andie, and Grandpa

Kisses from Kemp

This past week has been fun living with my parents. The kids are in heaven, and Chad and I have date nights every night pretty much, we can leave when the kids are in bed cause my parents are here. We even had Kemper's B-day party here the other day. I will post his b-day pictures soon. Even though it has been fun, Chad and I are also excited to get into our new house we will be renting for a year. I mean, a girl can't live with her parents forever! Plus they don't stock their pantry with the healthiest food ever. I gotta get away from all this temptation!:) We will be moving in the 18th, after we head to Vegas for a few days. So here are just a few pictures of some of the things we have been doing lately.

The wait is over!

So I was one of those nerds that reserved my book early, (like they would ever really run out) and was there the first day to pick up Breaking Dawn at Borders. But we all know how great the books are and I can't wait to see what is going to happen. Just from reading the book cover I am pretty sure there is going to be some serious Jacob drama. It confuses me a little that she could be so torn between two men. But it makes for great reading though!! My mom is already trying to sneak it from me when I am busy with my kids, she is reading my copy now as I am blogging! I will be catching up with her soon, for sure.

Moving out

Kemper is ready to move, Andie doesn't look so sure!
Someone find the packing tape.
All her clothes must be packed
The last fire in our sweet fire pit
We had to have marshmellows of course

Tonight is our last night in our first house. I am feeling a little sad I will admit. We have had so many great times here. This is where we started our little family. I was feeling so sentimental I insisted we had one more fire, for old time sakes. We have a canal that runs right behind our house, its been so great having no rear neighbors. Pepsi will miss the canal, for sure. I am ready to open the next chapter in our lives, but leaving is still hard. We found a great rental, wich we will have about a year while Chad builds us a house. At least that is the plan right now. Kemper and Andie were loving the boxes, okay mostly Kemper was loving the boxes! We put most of our stuff in a POD and we will live 2 weeks with my Mom and Dad until our rental house is ready to move into. I will post pics of the house soon. I can just blog from my Mom's computer. Hopefully my energetic son isn't too much for my gracefully ageing parents, whom I love very much!!

Our Anniversary

July 20th was 6 years for Chad and I. We are taking a trip to Vegas in August to celebrate. July is just way to crazy to celebrate this month. Anyway, I must say it has been an amazing 6 years. I could not ask for a greater husband. I never would have thought I'd be so happy with another person, and that my spouse would also be my best friend. The Lord has blessed us. I was really immature in my younger years, and I am just so grateful I was able to see what was right in front of me all along. So at the risk of sounding too cheesy, (probably too late) I know we have the fairytale, a realistic fairytale! Chadwick, I know you will read this and I hope you never loose sight of just how much I love you. I promise forever....remember.

Even More Camping Fun!!

We packed those kids on the 4-wheelers
Emma, Kip, and Emmersen

Emma letting Kemp listen to her i-pod

Chad in the water right by our camp

Andie was in her chair alot, she likes her snacks

Kip swimming at our favorite swimming hole

We have the best dog

Andie loved the water, and it wasn't that warm

Pepsi and her true love

Me with my kids

Kemper and Maddux

Crazy boys

My Dad pretending to get burned, the kids were hysterical

my Mom and Andie

My Mom with all 8 of her Grandkids

If you are sick of all the camping stuff just skip through this!! We had a great time with my family, Kip Fife and fam, Rick came up with Emmersen, and then my mom and dad came with Kami and Charlie the second night. It is the first time we have ever gone camping with my whole family, its hard to get everyone together on a weekend that works for everyone. It was so much fun, and we will definatly be making it a tradition every year from now on. Most of the kids piled into our trailer, and Andie did so good. We did a ton of 4-wheeling and swimmimg, and eating awesome camp food of course. We did have a run in with some crazy partiers the second night, but I don't feel like writting the whole story down. We didn't see any large meat eating animals, wich is a plus. I really needed this trip to get away from the stress of home, and finding a rental, and packing up my whole house. Uhg!! Good times, I hope we can get more trips in soon. Before you know it camping season will be over.

Boating at Lucky Peak

Okay, not the best family photo, but Chad's farmers tan is hot!

Andie and Kemp playing in the sand

Brett Gage, and my nephew Eli

Pandi

Kemp, swimming by our dock

Kemp with his cousin Jake, they loved the boat.

Andie's first time on a boat

Grandpa Bruce let Kemper drive
Pandi, and Chad on our way back

Last night some of the family took the boat out for a test drive. It has been getting fixed for what seems like forever! It was great to get out there on the water. We were planning to ski, and wake board, but we realized we didn't have a flag! It was still fun though, Andie did great for her first experience on the boat. She is gonna be loving the boat this summer. I am excited to water ski, last summer I don't think the boat would have been able to pull me, I was very Pregnant with Andie.

The 4th of July

Grandpa Fife and Kemper
Maddux Fife
Mom and Dad Fife's pool

Andie's first time on a trampoline

Cousins, Andie and Hudson

Jake and Kemper

Some of the adults watching the firework show

Kemper gave the fireworks a big thumbs up!

some neices, Bailey, Kodi, Kenzie, and Kortni

Chad helping Kemp with a roman candle

This year we had a 4th of July packed with fun. We started at my moms house for a barbeque, and swimming. Then we headed to an evening barbeque with Chads side of the family. We ate, the kids played and the adults had a game of volleyball. (not my greatest skill for sure) Then around 10pm we headed to my house for fireworks. It has sort of become a tradition, and my brother and his family comes down, we have friends come over. We light of a ton of the illegals, and its awesome. I don't know where we will be next year, hopefully the house Chad is planning to build. And hopefully we can continue the tradition wherever we end up. I love this holiday, and all it represents, I love this great country and I'm thankful I get to live here everyday.