A few months back my sister Nicole and I surprised our husbands with a paragliding trip for fathers day. Kipp has a small fear of heights ever since he was dropped into the ocean when parasailing. I thought I would help him get over his fear by doing this. Well we recently decided to schedule our "flights" and Kipp came to me with a very serious expression and told me that he could not bring himself to go. I guess his fear is a little bigger than I thought! So my little brother Ryan benefited from Kipp's fear and came with us instead. We had such a great time!
At least Shaun enjoyed his gift! Can you tell by the grin on his face?
I had a lapse in judgement earlier this year when I signed up for the Red Rock Relay. 12 people, 186 miles. It was actually a ton of fun, and since I got the easiest leg, I think I enjoyed it more than anyone on my team. It was a great adventure that I think will need to be repeated! The route was gorgeous! We were team "Incredibles"-and our team really was! We had some awesome runners that had some darn tough runs in the heat of the day-I was so proud of our team! 
After each of our three legs of the race, we were supposed to make a mark on the back of our leg to indicated that we had completed it. This after the whole race with all three of our marks!
Laura's expression explains what a lot of us were feeling like after our runs!
So after almost 3 months straight on 5 different antibiotics this summer, Colby got ear tubes. We had it done at the new Primary Children's Riverton location. Smooth at butter! I think Colby actually enjoyed himself quite a bit! Little turkey has already had another ear infection since the procedure, but we are crossing our fingers that we are in the clear (for a while anyway!)
Ayden turned three this year and told Kipp that he really wanted a Cars party and cake. He was so darn excited when his cake was finished. We had a little party at Jungle Jims Playground-which he loved. 
Ayden woke up to balloons outside his room. He was a little confused by it at first until we started singing to him. 
He of course loved opening his presents
We are doing Joy School with Ayden this year. Here is the munchkin posing, sporting his backpack-which he calls his "back-a-pack." He is loving school, and the things that they do are quite darling. The days that we have it at our house are a little crazy, but in return I get 5 weeks of sending Ayden off to others' homes for a couple of hours twice a week. I will take it! 
His darling classmates and buddies!
We signed Ayden up for soccer this fall. He did great the very first practice. After that he decided that he didn't want to be a part of it. He would tell us on the car ride to a game that he was "sicky" and couldn't play. We had a difficult time getting him onto the field-once I lured him onto the field with a ding dong. He quickly ran off when he realized that I wasn't going to give it to him. He tipped the goal over on himself, getting his head stuck in the net in the process. I think we will be waiting a little longer to sign this boy up for organized sports! 
When we ask Colby to show us his mucles, he flexes and then shakes. He cracks us up!