Monson Family Fun

We got together for some Monson Family fun while Mitch and Libby and the boys were in town from California.

We went to Kristen's House for a swim party. The boys decided to pull the tramp close to the swimming pool and jump in. Well I mean flip into the pool. Here are a few pictures of their fun.

Sam had some very nice form.

Matt was a little big, but joined in the fun anyway!

Nate was a little daredevil just like his brother, Sam.

Camping at Smith and More House

We went camping with our friends, Turkey & Alan - their two kids, Robbie and Daxton, and Amber Dawn & Mike - their daughter Hannah.

We all had different schedules, so we just met up at our campsite. Matt and I stopped at the cemetery in Peoa to take a picture of a very interesting headstone that my friend Jeremy had shown be years before. Take a look!


We also some deer, a mom and two baby deer.

We set up camp when everyone arrived and had fun. We went on walks, played card games, went fishing, rafted in the lake, and enjoyed the rain storm. Few pictures of our fun!

Amber Dawn likes to stick out her tongue while having her picture taken so she can see if it will grow.

Daxton fell asleep while everyone was fishing...he didn't sleep very well the night before and his sister Robbie is trying to be quit.

I took Hannah and Robbie out on the raft one at a time as we only had one life jacket for them. before Matt went out fishing. Hannah is helping me row. It was really windy, but it was a good thing we were tied to the shore as we had to help to get back in.

No one was really having any luck fishing from the shore so Matt wanted to take the raft out and try his luck. Well Matt has no luck fishing when he is on the raft. One of the oars decided to fall into the lake. So he was out on the lake with only one oar with heavy winds. We had to wait for him to drift ashore. Really bad luck for him! But it was funny!

One thing that saved the kids from boredom was the hammock that Mike had put up. The kids spent hours playing on it. Here are all three together.

During the rain storm, we put Robbie and Hannah in a tent to watch a movie. They ended up falling asleep eventually and had to be woken up for dinner.

We had a lot of fun with our friends and plan to go camping next year. Hopefully it won't rain though, but since Matt and I are going it probably will.

Family for a Week

No pictures for this event. We had my niece, Arlee, for a week while her parents went to Disneyland and California for a getaway.

We got her on Sunday morning right before church. We packed her in the car and headed off church at 9am. We taught our primary lesson to our 5 & 6 year old class. The kids were pretty good and so was Arlee until Singing time and Sharing time. She got hungry so I took her out and feed her before sacrament started.

We made it through sacrament meeting, but Arlee fell asleep for 40 minutes and then did not want to take a nap after church like I planned. We spent the day at my mom's for dinner and Arlee only wanted me even with my mom/her grandma around. Made me feel like a mom! Yep that felt great!

So other highlights - Arlee slept great the first night, horrible the second night because she decided to throw her Binky on the ground. The third night, we put at least 6 Binkys in the crib with her, she slept wonderful from the rest of the nights.

I had to work, so I would take her to my mom's so she could babysit. Let me tell you I did NOT like that at all. I want to give kudos to all the working moms. It sucks to have to work and raise a family! Get them ready, send them to the sitters, pick them up, make dinner, play for like 10 seconds, and then put them to bed! Not much fun being a mom with that schedule.

We had fun with Arlee and I especially missed her saying Mama every ten seconds for something she wanted, but had no idea the right words.

Matt and I can't wait for our little one, where every he or she is!

Bear Lake

I have missed a couple of fun events that have happened in the past 3 weeks while we have been getting Matt ready for Weber State.

We went to Bear Lake with our friends, David and Kristen, and their girls, Grace and Kate.

We stopped at the outlook over Bear Lake for a bathroom break for everyone and stopped and got a picture of Matt, me, and the girls. David even teased we rented a family for the picture. We love their little girls.

Also I got a picture of a humming bird next to the bird feeder. Matt likes our sister-in-laws philosophy about animal pictures, "Why take a picture when I can see them in a book?" But I took a picture anyway.

We then help set up their campsite. No trees and lots of weeds. Not the best place for camping with little girls, but the beach made up for it. We went to the beach as soon as possible as it was hot. The girls liked the beach more than the water, but who could blame them the sand was fun to play in.


We only stayed for the day, because we had our niece, Arlee the next morning, while her parents went on vacation.

Softball Champs!!!!

So I have been playing softball with the same team for about 4 years now. Before I started playing softball, I didn't know I would like it so much.

Well this year my team, The Dirtbags, went undefeated. So we won the championship. I dragged Matt to my game, so he could take pictures and help me share in the happy moment. My mom and niece Kasiah also came to watch. It is so funny how much my niece understands about the game.

Matt took some pictures of me playing catcher, hitting, the team with our trophy, and of me and Kasiah together.

Me playing catcher. I also play 2nd base and right field too.

Getting ready to hit.

There goes the ball. (Small green thing that is a blur)


My team posing for a team picture with our trophy.

Champions T-Shirt

Me and Kasiah, who is wearing my champion t-shirt and the team trophy! Yeah, it was a lot of fun and we had some really close and good games.

Soccer

I get to play soccer every once in a while with my sister Chelsey and people that she knows. The weird thing is I love soccer and have been playing all my life, but have NO friends that play soccer. I had to wait for Chelsey to get out of high school so I could play. I had to wait 5 years actually because she is that much younger than me.

Well I got Matt to come to my game. Notice how I did not saw I got him to come watch my game. He doesn't really like organized sports. Well he brought a chair and his book. At half time, I had to remind him to take pictures of me playing and to stop reading. Now that we were on the opposite end of the field and the opposite side he was siting on, as I like to play left defender. The pictures were the best action shots.

So here are a couple of pictures. Thanks Matt for taking them!


Chelsey and I at half time.


Here is the action shot of me going after the ball.

The Last Week

Life has been a little busy for Matt and me. Well probably because I make it busy.
Matt and I have been working out together. We have been doing P90x. If you don't know what it is, it is a set of workout videos that kick you into shape. We are doing the Lean Program. You work out 6 days a week for 13 weeks. You also sweat like crazy. I mean sweat dripping off your nose. We have completed 3 weeks of the 13 weeks. 10 weeks to go and hopefully we will be able to see a difference! It makes me really hungry and I crave meat alot, which is odd as I don't like meat. Well in 10 more weeks I will let you know if it is worth it or not.

We also got our car back from being fixed. The car wouldn't go into reverse. Something that you need a car to do, so we had to get it fixed. Well $2000.00 later and the transmission is now fixed. Yeah! I won't have to wake up at 6:00am and have Matt take me to work anymore.

We also got a crib from my sister, Lyndsay, and Matt got it put up yesterday. He tried before, but some of the screws weren't long enough and he needed to fix a couple of things. So we now have a crib up. Before you ask, no prospects on adoption yet. But we are still praying, hoping, and networking as much as possible. We will be watching our niece, Arlee, for a week while her parents go on vacation. It should be interesting as I still have to work and Matt's school starts that week.

I post how it goes or doesn't go! Wish us luck!