Face Painting

Josh's summer work party was super fun this year and the best part was getting faces painted!  The kids loved it and wanted to keep in on for days!  Such cute kiddos and a cute daddy!

Rease's Baptism

Rease got baptized this week and we are so proud of her and the decision she made.  She has been looking forward to this for months and was so excited when the day finally came.  She is such a good girl and has thought a lot about this day and asked lots of questions.  I am so proud to be her mom and know that she made this decision on her own.  She is a great example to her younger brothers and sister.  

Before the baptism in her white clothes.  She looks great!

We were asked to find a talk and a prayer for the baptism.  I asked Rease if she would like to choose who she wanted to do that.  Right away she knew that she wanted Grammie to do a talk and Uncle Greg to say the prayer.  She also asked Aunt Hayley to lead the music.  It was a perfect meeting.  And like all Losee gatherings there were lots of little kids running around so it was short and sweet.  But when it came time for the actual baptism, the younger kids were so reverent and knelt down in front of the font to watch.  They were all so interested in what was happening and there was such a sweet spirit for those few minutes.  

After the baptism and while Rease and I were getting her ready, the primary president passed around index cards for everyone that was there to write Rease a note.  It was so fun for her to read what everyone had to say and to remember who was there for her special day.  

 And on our way out we snapped a few pictures with Rease.  She looked so beautiful in her white dress.  

 I love how she smiles for everyone else, but when it's just me and her she pulls this silly face!

 Our family on Rease's baptism day.  We are so proud of you Rease!

Kindergarten Graduation

Rhen's class had an end of year program and little graduation.  They sang a bunch of songs and all had little speaking parts.  It was a cute little program and was fun to see so many things they had learned throughout the year.

 Rhen and Mrs. Richardson.  She has been a fun teacher for Rhen this year!

This is a note that Rhen wrote her teacher before school ended.  It is so darling and I love how she writes things just like they sound.  

 Rhen and her two best little buddies Jaxton and Casen.  They are also our neighbors so these three get to hang out a lot together!

 I love this picture of her in her graduation gown - so darling!

 This is the book she made for the end of school.  Such a fun wrap up of her year at school!

Camping at Fairview

Justin and Steph go camping at Fairview every year and invited us to come along this time.  I took the kids during the week while Josh stayed home to work.  We camped in the most beautiful spot and had such a fun time!  Here are the highlights of the trip.

We went on a 4-wheeler ride and a hike to where Justin scouts out his deer and elk.  There is a spot near the bottom of a canyon that he hikes down to and has cameras and a tree stand all set.  He wanted to go check on his stuff so we all loaded onto the 4-wheelers and went for a ride.  The kids LOVED riding and could not get enough!  On the way back Keen fell asleep.  Smashed between Hayley and I he stayed straight up just fell fast asleep.

 We had a pretty good hike ahead of us once we got to the point that the 4-wheelers couldn't go any farther.  The kids did great though and we saw lots of beautiful things along the way.

 I wanted to get a picture of Beck and me, then Keen joined us, then Canyon, then Aunt Hayley!

 Beck was the best boy and just couldn't get enough playing in the dirt.  He was a mess by the end of the week!

 That's what all the boys wanted to do was just play in the dirt and get as dirty as possible.  

 Are these really my girls looking so grown up and beautiful?

We were all laughing at Keen and his funny uni-brow of dirt.  Hilarious!

 Of course we roasted marshmallows and starbursts around the fire.

 I took one of our hammocks with us and we had fun relaxing and the kids took turns tying each other up!

 The last evening we were there we tried to get some pictures of the view we had from our camp.  The pictures don't show how beautiful it was, but we had fun playing with our camera and getting some fun pictures.

Thanks to Justin and Steph for inviting us!  We had such a fun time!

When you gotta go...

My boys are not shy about going to the bathroom anytime and anywhere.  I guess that's what makes being a boy so great.  The world is your bathroom!

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the best dad around!  We sure love this man in our life and feel so lucky that he gets to be the dad of our house.  These handsome boys get their good looks from their dad thank goodness and don't they all look smashing with their matching ties?  We couldn't love anyone more!  Happy Father's Day Daddy!

Hopkinson Amazing Race

Hayley and Caleb were in charge of their family reunion this year.  They decided to do an amazing race and asked if we would be able to help.  Rease, Rhen and I were a set of volunteers and got to be at a few different stations throughout the day.  It was such a fun activity and we loved being part of it!  The girls had a blast!

Family Pictures

My friend Amber takes the most beautiful pictures and I was so glad she agreed to take on our crazy family for our pictures.  We wanted to do them at our house so she came over one afternoon and spent a couple hours with us.  The pictures turned out so great.  Here are some of my favorites.  Enjoy!