Man it's been a while!!!!

(Emmy look like she's shaking her fist at me.... which is why I chose this picture.... i've been a BAD blogger)

Sorry.... I could come up with all sorts of excues for being such a slacker, but I know you won't accept anything so for now, all I can say is ... Sorry!

Now that that's over let's look at what I've been doing while I've procrastinated updating my blog. ( And let me tell you, as more and more things have happened it's been harder and harder to update. This is going to be a very LONG POST!!!)

OK.... at the very beginning of summer vacation I mostly just worked. And then right before Hudson got home, my parents sent me out to my brother's house in Virginia. My mom and I were babysititng for my brother and his wife when they went on their 10-year anniversary trip. It was a lot of fun and I just love being out there. It was a great way to use up the time before Hudson's return.

P.S. If you look at Becky and J.J. they are the same ages that Jon and I were when Joe and Jen were married. Crazy how time just flies.Grammy had such a good time with her little grandbabies. These two were so cute together and Dallin really latched on to my mom while his parents were away. He's just so stinkin' cute!!!

Like Father, like son, eh??? I think this is a really cute picture.... besides the fact that Joe has already taught Dallin how to put his hands down his pants. :)

It was Emily's Birthday while we were out there. It was quite a party and Emily had a pretty princess cake (which Jen made, by the way.... my sister-in-law is basically amazing)

This is my cousin Jessie. She just got married over the summer and now lives in Canada with her husband. Everyone says we look alike, but I don't know.

As you can tell from this video, Dallin sure did enjoy his part of the cake!!!! (Sorry it's sideways)


Here are some pictures of just me and the girls goofing off. They were so much fun to be around!

One night while the parents were away, we made a MASSIVE fort in thier biggest room. We took all the blankets in the house and stacked the chairs the best we could. It actually turned out really well. We watched a movie down there and a couple of us ended up spending the night in our fort! SO FUN!!!Much to Joe's dismay, Dallin got his fingernail painted. It was only one, and I promise you he was just BEGGING me to paint it! :) Plus, we painted it "BYU-Blue" so that makes it much more manly, right? And since we were painting his nails, we decided to dress him up as well.... Look.......

*Disclaimer: I was not in any way involved in the creation of what you are about to see*

Right before the my brother and sister-in-law got back from their anniversary trip we took the kids to a near-by swimming pool. It was indoor and really nice. Now like I mentioned before, Dallin does not like the water. He was like this for the first part of the experience... He was pretty afraid.

Then he warmed up a little....

.....then he went CRAZY!!!!!

Emily always just cracks me up. I think she may have a career in modeling... what do ya think?

Well, the swimming activity ended fun times of babysitting. As you can tell the kids were VERY HAPPY to see their parents.

And the end of the anniversary trip came the arrival of Grandpa and Uncle Jon. These kids are so cuddly and fun to be around.

We went into the city the next day and played around there a bit and then it was back to the house for fun and games.

We finished off the vacation with a Fourth of July celebration with FAMILY, FOOD, and ...... FIREWORKS!!!!!

Well I know this only encorporates the happenings from before Hudson got home... but I think this is a good point to turn the page. From here on out, my post's will include my new and improved, recently returned Hudson!