Summer Fun!

I try to find opportunities to say "yes" to Corbett whenever possible. Yesterday Corbett asked me if he could put water in the sandbox with his cousins. I immediately said "no". Of course he had to try again..."can I please, mom?" So I thought what the heck, and I said "yes". Corbett was a little shocked. He checked 5 times stopping every few feet on his way outside to make sure he heard right. I really can? Anyway the mess was worth his reaction. The twins got into the mud too and I couldn't resist posting this funny picture!...

Playing in the water!

Today we had a lot of fun playing in the water.  We put up the little pool and this whale that squirts water out.  It was a lot of fun but my favorite part was Konrad's reaction.  He LOVED it!(oh yes, and he's losing his trunks!)

Ragnar 2011 - Running Behind

Last weekend Cody and I ran the Wasatch Back Relay. It was awesome! We had my sister and brothers and brother-in-law in our van. Our other van was my aunt from Mantua and some of her friends. We got up WAY too early on Friday and headed to the start line at Utah State University. The race goes from Logan to Park City. I was on leg 2 and Cody leg 6 (much harder than my leg). Each person runs 3 times with varying distances and difficulty. We had a ton of fun, laughed so hard we almost cried, made fools of ourselves, ran hard, and slept too little. Our team name was "Running Behind". We finished early Saturday morning and waited for the other van to finish their last leg while waiting for them in Park City. It took our team around 31 hours and 40 minutes. A BIG thank you to Cody's mom and dad for taking our kids! I'm sure they were as tired as we were by the time it was over but they were such good sports about it! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

One Year Pictures

It took me a while to get the twins one-year pictures because first I was waiting for their clothes to come in the mail, then they both had goopy eyes for a long time, then they kept getting bruises on their faces! So at about 13 months I took them out for pictures. Konrad was very cooperative. Kennedy was NOT! I still think we got some fun pictures though!

Sorensen Family Reunion

We headed to Idaho a few weeks back for the Sorensen Family reunion. We had it at Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen's house in Rigby. We took our tent and some of the grandkids and Cody and Grandpa slept out the first night. Corbett is still telling people stories they told that night! Grandma & Grandpa have a fun little bounce house for the kids to jump in...

The guys and kids played a little kick ball...

Konrad loved playing outside...

We had a little game of "minute to win it"...

We took Corbett to the Teton Dam Fun Run Mile. He thought it was so cool!

Uncle Kiel helped the kids fish at a pond for free fishing day...

and the kids definitely needed a bath after all the fun... (there's too many kids in this tub, too many elbows to scrub...)

Corbett sure had a lot of fun with his cousins!!! Here he is with some of them...

Moments...

I just wanted to share some fun little moments...Corbett and Kennedy have a special relationship. It's really sweet.

Corbett and Konrad have a fun relationship. They're always wrestling. Konrad wants to do everything Corbett does.

This is a sweet picture, but really I was thinking, why is he asleep and not me??

Corbett loves to dress as a super hero. He begged and begged for me to help him make this costume. SUPER COOL HUH??

Konrad's poor little eyes! He's had congestion in his eyes for a while. We almost took him to the doctor one day and then he started looking better, unfortunately it got worse again. He's almost over it now.

It's fun to watch them play together, too bad the nice play doesn't last long and the fighting starts.

Kennedy has learned how to climb into the tub...

We made a clubhouse on the deck off our room for the kids so they could have some shade. It was pretty fun...

Handsome little man...

And Kennedy once again in her drawer. She loves spending time sitting in this drawer!

Thorson Family Reunion

We had a great time at the Thorson reunion this year (also known as camping in the snow!) We always ignore the weather man, not a wise thing to do when you have two 1-year-olds and no trailer, but we still made a good camping trip out of it! My parents were nice enough to have me and the babies sleep in their trailer and keep nice and warm. Cody and Corbett slept in the tent. Corbett was SO excited for this camping trip. It was so fun to see his enthusiasm. It was a long day for him the day before we left because we had to wait for Cody to get off work before we could go. Then he asked, "are we there yet?" the entire way. He had a lot of fun playing with his cousins. My mom made a treasure hunt for the kids and he loved that too.

Kennedy with her two little girl cousins, she wasn't too happy about this picture.  Someday they'll all be friends.

Konrad liked pushing his toy around whenever it was dry enough to put him down.

Corbett helped build this teepee (if you can't tell my the dirt smeared all over him). 

Corbett throwing sticks in the river with his cousin Ryan...

Most of the campers...what a great time!