Eight is Enough

Here are all 8 kids with their families!! Can we say sore cheeks lol!!

Cathedral Rock

Here are some pics of our hike... It was so much fun and a great workout!!

Family Night

We rotate who is in charge of family night and last night was Haylee. She had us take turns reading a story from the Friend then Jacob and Joey put on a skit.. Joey was a thief and Jacob was on patrol with his K9 ;)
We all got a kick out of it especially JJ, he ran and tackled Joey when he was down and the dog was "biting" his neck!
JJ had to pose holding one of the props.. what a nerd lol!!

Stratton Family Reunion

Over the 4th weekend Kristi and Eric planned a family reunion before Grandma and Grandpa leave. It was amazing to see everyone! Out of 25 grand kids, only 1 was missing. Casey is in Brazil on a mission.
Kristi had the whole weekend planned and it was FUN!

We all met at Fazoli's on Friday for lunch then headed to Old Nevada and the petting zoo.

On Sat we had swimming and pizza for lunch with yummo homemade ice cream then we headed to Aliante for awesome fireworks.

On Sunday we met at Mt. Charleston for a BBQ and a hike. Not just a piece of cake hike either! It was 2 hours, 1000 ft elevation change to the top of Cathedral Rock.
Lori had the greatest idea of bringing playdoh and beads for the kids..
I didn't bring my camera to everything but when I get more pics from everyone else I'll post.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this an awesome weekend!!

Big Helper

Brian was changing the brakes on his work truck the other day and JJ was so cute! He didn't leave his side, lol! Brian would undo the lugs and JJ would finish either unscrewing them or putting them back on, and he would refill the water bottle when it got low. It was so cute I wish I had my camera sooner. The concentration on his face was priceless!

Virgin River

We are officially Utards!! We went swimming in the Virgin River lol! We drive by this almost every day and we laugh at people down there in the freezing water...yea....
The kids asked to play in the water and Brian had a better idea so we headed down there and the water was about 85 degrees!!!
We found frogs and rocks and then the kids got hosed off when we got home ;)

Hhmmmmm

How do you explain to a 3 year old that dresses and lip gloss are for girls only??
Do you think he'll kill me later for posting this? ;)

Joey found him like this and ran and got my camera...
He's so darn cute as a boy or girl lol!