Easter 2010

This Easter the kids found their easter baskets and colored eggs in the morning. They seem so grown up to me and they are both dressed like it is 20 degrees outside. (I am pretty sure it was about 78 though.) It was a great morning followed by a great general conference. After conference we stuck with a Jacobs family tradition and rolled our eggs down a hill for egg races. My camera died so I don't have pictures of that... but Kalli's egg held up the longest and Daddy won most of the distance awards. B had fun running up and down the hill and every PRcan that watched us do this thought we were crazy!! It was a perfect day to celebrate with our litle family.

I Know What We Did This Summer...

The kids were so excited to be in the states by all their family and friends. It was hard to have Ben in Pittsburgh for 7 weeks but we stayed busy and the time went buy much faster thanks to all the activities we were able to do.

The kids love olives. And who hasn't put olives on their fingers and eaten them off?

June was so cold! I didn't pack any pants and I had to end up buying a pare because all it did was rain for a month! This is what B wanted to wear while watching TV at Grandma's. He said that his head was "really cold." He has definitely acclimated to the Caribbean.

Kalli is our thrill seeker. She always wants to ride the biggest and fastest ride at any carnival or theme park. So she found this opportunity to ride the ferris wheel at the Riverton Town Days with Abuelo and Tayah.

We were very happy to visit with the Moons a few times while we were in Utah. They took Kalli and Bronsen over night while I was in Pittsburgh. Aren't they great? But this is Mylee, Kalli and Tyler (He is practicing to be a male model:)) at this great "cowboy park" in West Jordan. We really miss them in PR...

The kids were ready for business at the 4th of July parade. We always have squirt guns and the kids and the parade people love it!

This is my dad who got hit with silly string. The clown was retaliating after being Super Soaked. (That is a sucker stick in his mouth. It was a tobacco free parade.)

We went to a movie at the park night and watched the princess bride. They had a costume contest and different activities related to the movie, "The Princess Bride." So Cortanie, never missing a chance to dress up, helped get Kalli, B. and Jamie ready for the fun! I think Corky is the perfect "man in black."

This is what Ben did this summer. But is was worth it because he passed!

We took the kids to the Murray Arts in the Park summer musical, "Beauty and the Beast". They both loved it and Kalli got to meet Belle. She is her favorite!

This summer was all about hanging out with cousins and friends. It was so nice to see all of you and we miss you so much. It was nice to have all the grandkids together, on both sides, and see how much each child has grown. I mean Kelsey is almost 14! I can't believe how big my nieces are. They make me feel old... But anyway, we made some "Monkey Cupcakes and every kid thought it was fun and the turned out pretty cute.
This is Kalli and Bronsen with Great Grandma and Grandpa Barton at their B & B in Kanab, Utah. We stopped by there on our way to Arizona to visit the Brownings.

We went swimming at the new water park in Draper and the kids had a blast. Tayah and Heber are also getting so big! And it was fun to have tw0 new additions to the Yost side of the family with Kori and Lauren. Bronsen couldn't get enough of those babies. He tells me that he wants a baby sister:)

We were so luck to go to Bear Lake the last week we were there. I was beautiful and very cold. The water may be the color of the Caribbean, but it's not even close to the same temperature! But Ben and I both wake boarded anyway...

This was my first time to wakeboard and I go up right away... I was so happy and I felt so youthful out there behind the boat, until the next day when I was soar from head to toe!

This is all of my family at the 24th of July parade. It is crazy because I think about how the six of us, my parents and siblings, use to go every year and now look at us! There are a lot of us. We were so much fun that even the missionaries hung out with us there:)

But over all it was a great summer. We were there for 6 weeks and had a ton of fun with everyone. Now you have to all visit us here...

Ahhhh....

The beach , with my husband, on Tuesday at 2 pm.

I LOVE third year!!!