Logan Bound - Again

 With addition of Tyce, our summer has been a little more low-key than we had planned on.  However, we still wanted to get out of town for just a bit to do something fun with the kids.  We decided to go to our old fall-back Logan.  We got there at dinner time and immediately went to Firehouse for dinner.  It pretty much never disappoints.  After dinner Nathan took the kids swimming at the hotel pool.  They love swimming so, so much.

 Jaren's non-fear of water makes me very fearful.  Ha ha.  Luckily Dad's there to catch him most of the time. Nathan even proclaimed that he thinks Jaren could have made it all the way across this pool he jumps so far and hard.  Here are some of his best tricks.

 After swimming we made our way to get some Aggie Ice Cream. It was most heavenly.  The evening was cool and the ice cream delicious.

 The next day we went to Bear Lake for a while to swim and have a milkshake.  The parents were quite disappointed at the "beach" area, but the kids had a ball playing in the water.  I was beginning to wonder if they'd sprouted gills they stayed in the water so long.

 Jaren didn't mind the weedy, hard sand.

The beach isn't too fun for babies.

 Jaren would run fast and fall in the water over and over again.  It scared me.  When does he not scare me though?

 Libbie is pretty fun to take pictures of lately.  Ha ha.  She makes me laugh.  The other girls make me laugh too.

Jaren and Tyce taking a rest at the hotel.  We concluded this day with dinner at Fredrico's and another dip in the pool.  The next day we got ready, ate lunch at Cafe Sabor (which we decided we didn't need to do again), and then went to Tremonton to visit Grandma and Grandpa for a bit.  All in all, I'd say our quick trip was a success.

Smiley Guy

 I kid you not, this little guy is the smiliest baby I've ever met.  I can't get enough of his dimples or his happy personality.  He makes our hearts melt almost every second of the day.  The seconds when he's not smiling, he's decided to barf.  Although sometimes he even smiles when he's puking.  We love our Tyce.  Here's some cute, updated shots.

 All in Mom's and Dad's bed

 Instead of holding Tyce, Jaren likes to lay by him.  A "fun" thing Jaren's doing now is pretending he is a baby and insisting we call him Tyce.  It's a bit frightening.  Ha ha.  He is really mostly gentle with Tyce though, and when Tyce cries, I love that Jaren reassures him and says, "Don't worry.  I'm here."  It's just so cute.

Too Old...Libbie's 12! What the!

 Our Little Libbie girl is almost as big as me! She only has a couple more inches to go before she starts to dominate me in height.  She also turned 12 this month.  Time has sure flown by.  I'm proud of the young lady she's becoming.  With the addition of Tyce she's really stepped up and helped me not be a complete failure.  She's always willing to hold Tyce or watch the other kids if I'm busy.  I wish she'd stay little forever, but at the same time I'm so excited for her future and the great times we can have together as she gets older.  We were mostly boring on her  big day.  She said she thought it sounded fun to go bowling...so we did.  Grandma and Papa were still in town, and we were glad to have them join us for the festivities.

 Jaren likes bowling.  Not too surprising.

 Mia taking a turn.

 Papa injured himself quite a bit one day while swinging Jaren so he opted to not bowl.  Instead, he was on Tyce duty.

 Birthday girl.

 Grandma must be relishing in her turkey she bowled on the first three frames.  I, on the other hand, did not close a single frame.  Ha ha.

 Libs got a lot of soccer gear for her birthday.  Here she is with her new ball.

 After gifts we headed to the backyard to play in the pool.  Libbie was is in "full pest mode".  She inherited this lovely trait from me I'm afraid (huh siblings?).  Maybe it's just the oldest sister's job.

 This picture of Claire in her goggles is just plain awesome.

Happy birthday to our beautiful, funny, smart little girl... I mean, young lady.

Mallory's Baptism!

 Time sure seems to be flying by!  We can't really believe our third little girl got baptized this month.  Mallory is quite the delight.  She's our social butterfly, always making friends.   I love that she keeps busy playing and coming up with fun things to do all on her own.  She was quite nervous to be "dunked" by Dad, but all was successful.  And she looked like a princess to boot.

 These milestones always bring tears to our eyes.  Our babies keep growing and growing. STOP IT!

 Grandma and Papa with Mallory

 Great Grandma Oyler with Mals

 Grandma Jill and Grandpa with the star of the show.