Logan

On August 21st our Logan turned five! We celebrated basically the whole weekend. On Friday we went to a fun spray park with some friends and Chels. Afterwards picked up some subway and headed to the lake for a picnic. We stayed there most of the afternoon. For dinner Logan requested pancakes, sausage, and tomatoes! We had birthday cake and opened presents. Saturday we had a friend party for him at the Lake. The family in Calgary were there as well. Thanks so much Carters - we love Sundance Lake. We had a fun hot dog lunch with birthday cake. We played games with water balloons and the kids enjoyed playing in the sand and water. What a perfect day it was!!

Logan is quite the guy! He brings us a lot of joy. He says the funniest things and just loves life. He is so friendly and is very caring and thoughtful. He is quick to give compliments and is very good with remembering details. He sure knows how to make me feel better with a quick - Mom you are the best and I sure love you. I just love you Logan - your hugs and smiles just melt me. Life just wouldn't be the same without you!! We love you.

So cute! Pretty much brand new

Always good friends

Look at that double chin!

Always happy!

What a cute superman you are!

Logan's Cake

Some of his presents

Officially five!

This one is a bit fuzzy - but I love his reaction

Sporting his new shirt!! Hmmmm.... I wonder who got it for him!

The Cardston Parade

We just had a fun weekend in Cardston! On Saturday, August 8th, was the Cardston Parade. Jeff's Grandpa was the Parade Marshall. He rode on horseback right in the front to start things off. It was pretty cool to see him! We all cheered for him as he rode by. The kids loved the parade - probably because they came home with a bag full of candy each! We might have to make this a tradition! Jeff's parents came from Utah and it was fun to see them. We had a great time visiting with family from the Malmberg side and the Romeril side. Brittney (Jeff's sister) was also in Cardston that day visiting family on her husbands side so we were able to see her. It was great to visit and see her daughter Rachel. In the evening we watched the fireworks from Uncle Brent's backyard. We stayed at Jeff's grandparents house - thanks for having us (we are a big group)! My kids loved your house. They still are talking about it! On Sunday, we went to church in Cardston then headed back home. Melanie and Clark joined us later in the evening.

Grandpa Malmberg as the Parade Marshall

Visiting Grandpa Romeril

Daycation

At the end of July Jeff took some time off work so we could have a little family vacation - well more of a daycation. We stuck close to home, mainly because that works the best for our family right now. We had fun food, a different breakfast everyday and no chores!

The first day was our camping day. We went to Sheep River Falls, in the Kananaskis. When we got there we started hiking towards the falls and then it started raining. Jeff and Chelsa turned back and headed back to the van. I really wanted to see the falls so with Jensen on my back and Chloe and Logan following me we headed on. Then it just started pouring - we had no choice we had to turn around. We decided to eat lunch in the van and see if the rain would stop. It didn't look promising. We decided as a family to say a prayer to ask if the rain would stop so we could see the falls. Right after we finished lunch we got out of the van and sure enough it stopped raining. Logan out loud, arms outstretched (in front of everyone) said "Heavenly Father answered our prayer". I couldn't help but smile - it was a pretty neat experience. We were all able to hike to the falls and enjoy the scenery.

When we got home we set up a tent in the backyard. We had hotdogs for dinner with smores for dessert. Jeff and the two older ones slept in the tent. They had a great time.





Our second day we ventured to Drumheller and went to the Tyrell Museum. We went to the top of the biggest Dinosaur in the world and then had a yummy picnic. Shortly after that we went t0 the Tyrell Museum. Another fun day!

This is a picture from inside the dinosaur's mouth.

Chloe and Logan posing in the mouth of the dinosaur.

A picture of the dinosaur we were in

In the Museum

Our third day we stuck around Calgary and went to Chuckecheese and played games. In the morning while we were getting ready, I looked outside the window to see firemen checking the fire hydrant on our lawn. Well the kids got to sit in the firetruck and look at all the equipment. It was pretty neat!

Saturday and Sunday we went to Edmonton. On Saturday we walked around West Edmonton Mall looking at everything. Later in the afternoon we checked into our hotel and played in the waterpark for the rest of the afternoon. We went to Boston pizza for dinner and then all headed back to our hotel to go to bed. Sunday morning at 9:00 we went to Church at the chapel right by the Temple. After church we had the privilage of walking around the temple. Jack Holt the Temple president was there and opened the gates for us. It was so beautiful and that really was a highlight for me. Chelsa kept pointing to Moroni saying "guy". It was pretty cute! We came back home after that.

West Edmonton Mall at the Cinema

Chelsa pointing to "guy" (Moroni)

Monday was the last day of our daycation and we joined the families in Calgary, the Utah Carters, and the Woodwards on a hike to Troll Falls. It was another nice day and always fun to be out in the mountains.

Jensen is Crawling!

I'm a bit behind in my posts, but I still want to post a video of Jensen crawling. He has been crawling since June. He never did the army crawl, he went straight from sitting to crawling. He was very cautious at first taking each move very slowly. Now he is a pro and is going everywhere in the house. It's fun to see him discover new things. He is growing up so fast. Only 20 more days until he is one. Can you believe that?

So many great memories....

The kids and I have had a great summer so far! It has been filled with things to do pretty much everyday. On those few occasional days where we have some down time they don't know what to do with themselves. Our summer started out with the Stampede Parade. Always a hit. Thanks to the Carters for getting up so early to save us a spot. The kids loved seeing all the bands, mascots, throwing money in the money truck etc. My good friend, Gillian, and her two girls met up with us and sat right behind us. Thanks to Mom and Dad for helping get all my kids there and driving me!! I couldn't have gone with out all this help.

Soon after the Stampede Parade the Hasslers and Hancocks came to visit from Utah. And then shortly after that the Woodwards came from Red Deer. Every day was filled with fun things to do!! We went to the Stampede on Kids Day - all 21 kids. Whenever we stopped to look at something everyone around wanted to know what was going on. We made quite the crowd. The cousins loved being together!

Other fun actiives that we did: hiking, swimming at the Sundance Lake (thanks to the Carters), Calaway Park, the Zoo, playing games, and having a unbirthday for all the kids.

After the kids went to bed we would often stay up late visiting and laughing. That games night was so much fun!! And of course Harry Potter was a hit!

So many great times and many great memories.

Here are some pictures.