I love the games that my kids invent. They are so stinking clever. All the pillows and blankets in the whole house on the couch.  Then a mattress on the floor as a jumping mat. Run, run , run and flop on pillow mountain. I love it!

Hanging out with my Dad and sister at the Jubilee of trees. It really put us in the Christmas mood.

Not sure what Jude is doing but he spent about 1/2 an hour just hanging out inside a laundry bin.

~*~Happy Halloween 2013~*~

Carving punpkins with the fam!

I have been wanting my teeth whitened for years!!! I finally did it and I was so glad I did. But in my excitment I forgot to take before and after pictures. Drat. Just trust me when I say they were dazzling!

Fun times at the farm fair.

3 years old! My baby doll is 3 years old. When I asked Alice what type of birthday party she wanted she said "pink Party" so that is what she got. I hid pink heart all over the park that the kids had to find, and could then turn in for a pink glittery bouncing ball. Then I gave each of the kids some pink silly string and we had a pink attack! Finally we did cupcake decorating. Happy birthday my darling!

Hanging out with one of my Besties in Zion. Just beautiful.

The kids were desperate to get out of the house and Derek had a test he had to take at Dixie so I suggested we all go to the university together and just have an outing. So we gave ourselves a campus tour and the kids ended up having a GREAT time. There are fountains, stairs, statues, ramps, and other things all over the place. We even found a "free take one" shelf of VHSs. I let the kids take one, they of course had no idea what they were holding but they were excited anyway.

Aren't our kids amazing. Cute wonderful adorable little munchkins. For certain. Totes adorbes!

Derek is such a nice husband. I was playing a game with the kids and I got a ball stuck on the roof. The kids were feeling really sad and I figured that maybe we could spray it off the roof with water. Derek was taller so he volunteered to spray it off and all the good my idea was for was to get Derek soaked.The idea didn't work at all.  Meanwhile he is holding the hose, getting soaking wet, and I am just laughing at him. If he had taken the hose and sprayed me down I would totally deserve it. Eventually Derek and I got the ball of the roof by throwing rocks at it. Yeah...we cool.

We spent a Saturday volunteering cleaning up our local river. It was a lot of fun while also being really helpful to our community. According to the news we were able to be a part of 750 pounds of clean up. Way to give back Olivers!

We used the funds from the yard sale to buy the kids bikes. It has been so over due, they are the only kids in the neighborhood missing wheels but not anymore.  They are so excited to be able to have their bikes and ride up and down the road. Poor Alice fell on her face within 30 seconds, but she was so good and hopped right back on the bike and kept having fun. 

Duckies!

Making pine cone bird feeders with the kiddos. 

GERONIMO!!!!!!

I love to dejunkify the house! And no better way then a yard sale. And I was so proud of my family to be willing to let go of so many things. The car was so full I am pretty sure it was illegal to drive. But drive it we did over to Ashley's house where we did a bang up job of making money. (sorry no pictures of the yard sale)

Some people handle the heat a little different then others and Derek has a car with no air conditioning, and this summer has been one of the hottest on record. Some of the days are getting up into the 120s. Well on this day I am trying to beat the heat and have a pool set up in the back yard. I hear Derek's car pull up and the next thing I see is Derek in the pool with the kids. The kids love their daddy and were so excited to be playing in the pool with him.

Painting boys vs girls. If you look at their plates at the beginning, they both have a beautiful rainbow of colors. As the painting continues Alice's palet is still just about the same as I had made it. And then there is Jude's, a big old pinky brown swirly mess.  Order vs Chaos. Yup.

Trying to escape the heat, hanging out at the mall, finding fun where we can.