Life with Millie
9.15
A restful day at home. Family went to church. The under three year olds and I did not. Ben made sunday dinner. My brothers (mike, sean, brady and joel) and sister in law (megan) and niece (shaelyn) came over for dinner. Grandma and Grandpa Nettesheim stopped by. Lots of loves for Millie.
I’m to scatter brained to sit and write something meaningful so I am loading my pictures and if any comments make it on the page then GREAT…
I love these smiles. Ray is such a tease lately. Today he took Rose’s lip gloss at least 3 different times and runs and runs until she catches him and pries it out of his hand. Rose is under the sleeping bag in this one and I am sure Ray is giggling about that.
We had the opportunity to camp for Labor day but this pregnant mom was too tired to attempt it. Our kids were disappointed but they were also understanding. We still got to play with lots of cousins and we spent Sunday evening at the campground. I didn’t take any pictures but we had a good time. I missed camping but today I am not missing the camping clean up.
Matching boys! They are tired and sweaty after their 8 minute walk home.
We spent Labor Day with the Nettesheim’s. Lots of food and visiting. I love hanging out with family and letting the kids loose with their cousins. It was Great. That evening I spent some time with my sister Shannon who came down from Idaho. It’s fun to have one on one time – Shannon showed me the best foods at Taco Time since she has worked there for over 4 years now and I had never been until last night! And I made her push my 500 lb shopping cart as I grabbed dog food and detergent and diapers and snacks and anything that I might not want to run out of right when this little baby decides to be born. I had a checkup at the Dr Office today and there is nothing to report… it’s could be any day or it could be a week or more… I’m trying to let life go on …
Ray Tom enjoying Zucchini Bread at the Nettesheim Brunch – yummy.
Cute kids on Rosie’s new quilt.
Rose loves to color right now. And she loves to tell me all the things that the new baby will need. Today I had to eat the last oreo because she wanted the new baby to have it – OK. And she really needs to go to McDonald’s to show the new baby the slides. Funny Girl.
And today I took the 2 rascals to the park after taking Cali to Preschool. I didn’t want to BUT I’m glad I did. They had a blast. They were sweaty but they didn’t care. They played in the drinking fountain and threw wood chips and teased each other BUT there was no crying and no one else was there so they couldn’t disturb anyone or be shied away from the playground. I sat in the shade in the grass and dreamed about having our own yard to play in. And now I need to be done cause I should have dinner cooking and I don’t. Taco Tuesday?
the roommate crew
11th Annual Demolition Derby! We have been going to the derby every summer since before we got married. The group changes a little each year but we always try to coordinate with Ben’s 2 college roommates – it is the one thing we do to stay in touch with Sean and Larry every year and we all look forward to it.
We had a small group this year – Ben’s parents came and Emily and Schy’s family.
Lots of Family were out of town this year but we had a fun little group. We always debate how many of our kids we dare bring. We just brought the big boys again this year. Benji really enjoys it finally. Packer liked it but plugged his ears the whole time and barely made it to the end – he was afraid that the cars might hurt us or get hurt.
only brought the big boys
Packer and I sat by each other this year.
cousins
ear plugs = a happy Packer
Benji almost won the trophy this year but got beat out by 1 point!
we were all together! all of the 3 generations of Nettesheims!
Rick and Kris Nettesheim – their 6 kids with spouces – and all 28 grand kids (42 of us!)
Michelle and Udine, Pete and Amanda, Rick and Jen, Matt and Jamie, Rick and Kris, Ben and Jana, Emily and Schyleur
all 28 Netty Grand kids with Grandma and Grandpa
Ben with his siblings and parents
Happy with our family pictures but we do plan to out date the picture in less than 2 months!
We took our Nettesheim vacation over the 24th of July! We had never been to Bear Lake so we were excited to see what this place was all about. The Lake is a beautiful turquoise. The Beach was LONG and SHALLOW and seemed to go forever. The water was warm and the kids just played their hearts out all day long. It was a great vacation for us.
It was a 3 hour drive from our house to the home that we had rented in Idaho near the North Shore. We left Wednesday morning and stopped in Logan with Michelle and her kids. It was Pioneer Day in Utah so Logan park had a bunch of festivities going on. We watched a little of the parade, played at the park and watched a magician. Then we lunched at McDonald’s before heading to the vacation house.
kettle corn in Logan
The house we stayed at had 3 levels. It had 2 secret rooms and a huge kids bunk bed room. It had a lot of character and almost enough beds for all 35 of us. It was really close to the lake so that was great.
the front of the house
Girls getting ready for bed
We spent Thursday and Friday at the lake all day. We arrived around 10:30 and stayed until 5:ish both days. The first morning was over cast so the adults sat in chairs and wondered what the rest of the day would bring but the kids went straight to the water and sand and played. They did ask for towels and sweatshirts between playing but the sun eventually came out and we launched the boat and wave runners and had a great afternoon.
overcast but FUN
playing in the sand
Ben pulled Rose and Cali in this boat for quite a while. I think Packer and Mia took a turn as well and then Raymond went on his back so that we could get him to take a nap.
rain clouds?
sometimes we forget to change to a swim diaper – big booty
Our kids liked to ride in Grandpa’s boat but none of them would try tubing. Packer LOVED going for rides. Cali and Benji really enjoyed riding the wave runner. They actually let us go fast! Rose liked the wave runner in slow motion and I never put her on the boat.
whose turn on the boat?
Pack was to nervous to ride the wave runner but sure seems to enjoy it on dry land 🙂
The Rosie Girl! – she LOVES to play with cousins and LOVED driving.
lots of cousins!
It was fun to spend time on the beach with the kids and with family and just be out together enjoying the lake. I love days in the sun and sand and water toys are always a good idea. We were exhausted at the end of each day but it was totally worth it.
Ray and Packer enjoying the sand
Pack and Ray on top of the volcano!!
Rose taking a break in the shade
life on the beach. Over Cast Thursday was much less crowded than Sunny Friday.
Cali and cousins and their sand castle
Packer loving the shallow warm water
nap time – the only way to put him out is walking in the backpack!
We ate meals at the house. We went out for fresh raspberry shakes. We celebrated a few birthdays. I tried not to fall asleep at 8pm. We tried to get the kids to bed at a good time. We played a few games and just enjoyed being all together in the big house. We avoided any major sunburns and just had a great family vacation!
July birthdays – Sydney, Emily and Udine
we will be back
Nettesheim’s at Bear Lake 2013
We had to check out on Saturday morning. We wanted to hike to Bloomington Lake with Matt and Pete’s families but this pregnant mom wasn’t up for the 12 miles of winding roads to get to the trail. Our kids were a little bumbed so we made up for it by stopping at Chuck E Cheese on the way home!! Our kids loved it. We haven’t been in years and they had a blast. It was a good end to our weekend of FUN at Bear Lake!
crazy drivers
lack luster?? she didn’t care
Pizza Time
FRUIT NINJA!
getting our full value out of that token! Ray was afraid to ride ANY of them.
The 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th of July are a blurr. I think we went to the pool. We unpacked and did laundry and unboxed the rest of the upstairs. Packer and Raymond were a little sickly. On Friday the 12th we started our busy-busy-ness back up by picking Tracie and Cedar up! They came and stayed with us for 4 days!!
we are pregnant and we want Burgers!
We started their stay with burgers and fries at JCW’s! That night Ben and I both didn’t sleep well. I had stomach issues and Ben had a fever. So Saturday should have been a fun day but I was too sick to do anything. I laid on the couch all day. Ben pushed through and got some chores done and Tracie just chilled with my kids and helped take care of everyone. That night I stayed on the couch and everyone else met up with Joel and Megan up the canyon for some food and fire!! The kids had a blast:
yummy Cali girl
sweet Cedar
joel and pack stokin the fire
a little rain
cute kids
Ray had no fear either
Cedar owned the splash pad
all those kids are mine!
Rosie really loves to swing
Ray loves to swing
crazy almost 1 and a half year olds 🙂
every child tries to ride in this cart 🙁
a little good bye ice cream between Best Friends
And the Fish were fun to follow around
Packer was so excited to show me the Moose
how we roll when we have 15 minutes to get in the car and to the airport – orphan children
5 Happy Meals Please!
cute little determined golfer
Ray is just one of the kids now – usually tries to deny his baby status
this guy claimed a hole in one
frog hopper – Benji will ride it, Cali actually enjoys it.
Packer insisted on a surfing picture
Pirate ship was the favorite
Saturday the 20th I took it easy. We got some chores done around the house and then we got a babysitter for the evening! Ben was able to get REAL SOCCER tickets so we went and enjoyed the game. Club Seats, free food, intense match up. A perfect date in my book. And a perfect end to this post!!
soccer date
Ben’s oldest brother is the last one of his siblings that hasn’t moved their family to Utah. They just came for a summer visit so we crammed in as much fun as we could. Lots of family dinners, church together, hiking, pictures, movies and my favorite – homemade slip n slide!…
It is summer time! June Highlights: We had a great Fathers Day cause we have great Fathers! There is LOTS of construction going on all around us. One day the house shook from morning till noon and my head was pounding from it. Ben and I went to a USA world cup qualifier match against Honduras – so much fun. We also spent a day in Ogden with Ryan and Tara’s family at their new house, in their pool! We went to the strawberry days parade! My friend Brittney came to visit for an afternoon! Benji and Packer went to the PG High Soccer camp all last week. It was 2 hours a day and they really liked it. It’s the first camp we’ve done and it went well for all of us. Angelee came to visit last week and we enjoyed some Brazillian Churrasco! We had all of the Netty cousins over for Benji’s birthday party! Rick and Jen’s Family is here from Wisconsin! We did Nettesheim Family pictures. And we have spent lots of time hanging out with ALL of Ben’s fam including church together on Sunday and FHE and family soccer game this evening.
OUR WEEK
Ben left us and went to hang out with the boys at scout camp all week. The kids and I have stayed pretty busy and had lots of people check in on us. We played with cousins all day Thursday! LaNell came and checked in on Tuesday. Brady came over on Wednesday and babysat while I went to the post office and ran some errands. Ben’s parents also came on Wednesday to check on Packer. The 3 oldest got to have a sleepover with Pete and Amanda’s kids. I thought it would be therapeutic for Amanda’s brain tumor recovery! Not really but it seemed like a good night for a party and my children LOVED it. If Amanda crashes in the next day then I am to blame. I had a regular prenatal check up this morning and everything looked good with the baby. Now it is Friday afternoon and we are taking it easy, letting Raymond nap and MAYBE going to the pool when he wakes up. Benji is across the street making friends with the new boy that is 1 day older than him and the other 3 are playing with Mia and Luca! Love living by cousins!
I have all of the upstairs unpacked except for the game closet and I need to do some organizing in the boys closet. The main level just has one more box! 1. Maybe I’ll go unpack it now so that I can call it done! One kitchen counter is piled high with things to be put away but I am so close in there. The TV got installed. The drinking fountain got installed. The bathroom mirror got replaced… now i am starting on a new list… the toy room door just started sticking. The trim on the island needs some love. Anyway, like i said I have stayed busy with the house and entertaining the kids. The garage and basement are still screaming my name but those aren’t as urgent.
NOW IT IS SATURDAY and Ben is home!! Hip Hip Hooray! We did chores all morning and had a cousins water party at Grandma and Grandpa’s all afternoon. I’m exhausted, goodbye week…
Raymond and Rose love this car!
Ray Tom being a grouch
These girls want to wear princess dresses everyday! and spend their play time doing hair and makeup
Packers Skylander Organizing
front porch and popsicles
failed attempt at capturing the thursday night pizza party
5:00 at the PG pool = empty
Rose learning to slip n slide at the Grandparents house
Packer Bouncing
Cali with cousins
the newest trio – Ellie, Rose and Christian!
Grandma Nettesheim was here visiting for a few months! She stayed with Ben’s parents and we got to visit with her on a few different occasions. Ben and I were able to take her out to dinner one night. It was neat to converse with her and get her opinion on things and the update on extended family. I hope I have it all together like she does when I am 90!
Our crew with Great Grandma N.
President Monson!
While she was here in Utah she went to the tulip festival at Thanksgiving Point. Right as they were coming in the Prophet was leaving! He asked the driver to stop his cart so that he could talk to HER!