Crazy Busy!

Man, the last few weeks have seemed to be so busy. We keep waiting for it to slow down, but it hasnt yet. I'm behind on my blog so bear with me as this is pretty much my journal so I want these pictures for me. Sorry such a long one!

Kaylee had her R.A.D. Kids graduation... she had to poke this guy in the eyes and escape the padded officer who was trying to kid nap her. She was she and embarassed, but she did good. She kicked the officer pretty hard in the shins to free her, then ran to safety.

All padded up

A week or so ago we took a little family vacation to the big sin city.... Las Vegas. We had fun just chillin as a family. Probably not my favorite place to go.. actually I dont really care if I ever go there again. Atleast with kids :) We just hope our kids were still too young to understand the billboards and advertisements :) We Would go walk the main strip during the day, then head back to the hotel to swim. Thats all the kids wanted to do anyway. Here are the girls at Ceasars Palace

When we got there they didnt have any non smoking rooms so they upgraded us to a suite, and man it was huge... probably as big as our house. The kids were in heaven. If only we could have stayed there. But they moved us to a normal room the next night.

Overlooking the strip

swimming

We did escape the craziness of the strip and head up to visit the temple. It was so pretty. We just walked around the grounds and let the kids play on the grass.

oops... I didnt realize I already did this one.

On our way home we stopped in St. George for a few hours and hiked around. There is a super fun place to hike that kinda sits up on the hill overlooking the town and it is way fun to hike around on and rock climb as you can see dave still thinking hes young... oh wait he is!

And dont worry... Hes teaching Caden :)

Arent they cute?

When we came to this same place a few yrs ago, I got a picture of the girls in this same hole.. They fit a lot better back then.

The Determination of the little feller!! He would almost keep right up with his sisters.

A Little help would be nice.... But dont worry he did it all himself.

Professional splunker in the making..

The best of pals!

Kaylee had her birthday on Saturday.. she turned 6 yrs old. She was lucky enough to have 3 parties. One at grandma snyders and she wanted a garden cake. So we made her a garden cake. They her birthday was a crazy day, but we did squeze in a four wheeler ride and open her presents on the ride. Thats all she wanted to do. Then had a little BBQ that night anhe got lots of Super cute clothes and a slip n slide and some water toys and her new pink scooter. She wont take it outside because it gets the wheels dirty then she has to wash them :) she had a fun day. Then on sunday we had a little get together at Grandma Smiths and she wanted a bee cake.. so dave and her made a super cute bee cake. For the BBQ on her b day my mom made some yummy cupcakes with oreos and worms coming out.. which fits her perfectly!

So, the reason we were so busy on her B day is because we had to go to SLC to get some honey bees... Yes, we now have a bee hive in our back yard. Call us crazy, I know!! We went in on some with my sister Krista and her husband and then Dave loved them so much the next week he went to work finding bees and builing this little house to disquise them :) We got the house done just in time (Thanks to those who helped)

Here we all are building our courage to put the bees in the hive..

Dave litterally dumping about 7,500 bees in the hive. I think hes actually smiling :)

Kaylee holing one. She loves them!

This is the queen bee. she comes in this little cage and we plug the hole with the marshmallow and put her in with the rest of the bees. Then she starts eating from the inside and the other bees from the outside to free her. That gives them time to get to know eachother so they dont kill her. Pretty interesting!

On Sunday my mom pulled up the the house and couldnt help but laugh when she looked in the back yard and saw dave sitting in our little bench with it turned backward to the yard facing the little outhouse with his feet kicked up reading his scriptures. He could sit out there all day and watch them. They are pretty amazing! Other people driving by would probably think he was in trouble and in time out or something :) Well, Kaylee was out there with him and she was holding them walking around and of course she was bare foot and happened to step on one and we had our first bee sting. She cried for a minute, but then was fine and thought that was pretty cool. She still loves them and likes to hold them on her finger. Crazy Girl!

Then on monday, Caden came in kind of whining pointing at his finger so I looked and there was a stinger in there. His problem is he loves them and isnt old enough to be afaid of them and well he likes to squish them between his fingers... Which leads to a bee sting. Really, thats the only time they sting is when you smash them. The other day I had 7 kids over playing in the backyard all day, and not a single sting.. So hopefully we will stay that lucky!!! Wish us luck with our new adventure!!!