Girls Only!

A few weeks ago, Rachelle, Camille, me, and the kids headed up Cottonwood Canyon for a girls-only campout. (Andrew was part of this campout but kids under the age of 3 don't count.) Justin didn't think we could do it. He said he wanted to come and spy on us because he didn't think we could get the tents set up or the fire started. But we did and we had a great time! We even saw this famous Utahn at the bathrooms!

We left after naps one afternoon to Tanner's Flat in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The mountains are so beautiful. After we set up camp, Rachelle and Camille got to work on starting the fire.Rachelle had already made tin-foil dinners. You have to have tin-foil dinners if you go camping-it's a must! They always taste so much better in the mountains. Thanks, Chelle!

We didn't have tons of firewood so the time spent around the campfire at night was limited.We all slept in the same tent and got some sleep. Molly and I shared an air mattress but it wasn't as comfy as I remember it being. Probably because I was the heaviest this time (usually it's Justin) so she kept rolling in to me. Shortly after she fell asleep she tried to roll away from me but couldn't because she kept falling back into me. She started yelling out, "Mommy, I stuck!" I would have laughed if I wasn't trying to be quiet for the rest of the campers.

In the morning we had a pancake and eggs breakfast made by yours truly. Molly was completely content playing in the dirt. Gotta love the look she's sportin': pink jammies tucked into her tennis shoes, jacket over the top, and crazy morning hair. You can't tell from this picture but she had a dirt ring around her mouth from the minute we got there to the time we left!After a little play-time, we packed up and headed home.It was so much fun although I don't remember camping ever being so much work!

Swimming, swimming, and more swimming!

We've been swimming a few times in the last couple of weeks. I succeeded in taking an exorbitant amount of pictures, mostly of Molly, so I'm terribly sorry! She's just too dang cute!

The first time we went to the North Ogden Pool. Here is Molly all ready to go:She was actually pretty timid the first time. She tip-toed through the water but mostly liked sitting in the shallow part with Grandmaor Mommy.At the end of the trip, she got up the nerve to go down the frog slide.We went a week later, to the same pool, with the whole family. Molly warmed up a little more and went down this bigger, yellow slide.She also had fun pretending that the umbrella was a slide.With about 30 minutes until the pool closed, Jeff, Ali, Christopher, and I headed to the diving board. We had fun doing silly tricks into the water. The kids sat with Grandpa on the cement and cheered for us every time we jumped off. When we swam over to the side, Ben had a score for us. I think Jeff got the highest with a 100 but that was with some coaching! It was pretty funny.

Justin, Molly, and I went for Aggie Family Night at the Orem pool last week. By this time, Molly was loving the water. She went down the slide multiple times and also loved watching the buckets fill up with water and tip over.She put her head all the way under a couple of times and it didn't even bother her. And she definitely loved splashing Daddy!

Happy 4th, Happy Birthday Camille, Welcome Home Browns!

In honor of the 4th of July, Camille's birthday, and the Brown's moving home from Maryland we had a barbecue. This was the first time in over a year the whole family was together. Here we are-one big happy family!The boys grilled up a delicious dinner of which we all enjoyed.Whenever Camille and Rachelle get together, they think of silly things to do. That night it was to take a close up of everyone.After dinner and homemade ice cream (yum-yum), we had a water balloon fight. Camille and April spent a long time filling up the balloons and they were gone within minutes! Molly thought everyone was fighting which upset her-and then she got nailed in the face which made her cry harder. But she got over it.

Later we did sparklers. This was Molly's first time..she did pretty good with them except she kept wanting to hold it with two hands and the top hand always got a little too close to the sparks. She couldn't understand why we wouldn't let her do it on her own!We then moved out to the street to let off some fireworks. Here is how it progressed:

At first the boys played it safe and kept it away from the grass where the rest of us were safely watching.Then someone had the bright idea to light one on the sidewalk. It got a little to close for comfort-can you see the spark right below my foot? I also love the look on Andrew's face-that kid makes the best facial expressions!Then it was a panic to get all the kids out of the way. Molly's face is one of pure terror!But we all recovered and I got the sweetest thing from Molly-"noses" or Eskimo kisses...Love ya Molls!There's never a dull moment when you combine fireworks and Goodrich boys (and throw in a Tanner and a Brown)!

Our 4th of July!

If you couldn't tell by my blog layout...I love the 4th of July! As silly as this sounds, I never seem to be able to sleep the night before because I get so excited for it. We always head down to Plain City for the 4th because I just can't imagine missing it-if I did I would be pretty sad.

The 4th gets kicked off at about 6:00 in the morning with the Fire Department riding all over town with their sirens on. When my dad was the mayor it was the worst-I think they stopped in front of our house for at least 5 minutes yelling in the megaphone, "Mayor Moyes, Happy 4th of July!" or something like that. The sirens weren't too loud this year and Molly slept right through them. I was up waiting for them...

We first headed to the parade. Mom and Dad decorated the golf cart and rode in the parade with 4 of their 5 grandkids. Mom bought matching outfits for them-they looked so cute!Then the morning was spent at the park. Molly went down this BIG blow-up slide. Her expression is priceless!Grandma and Grandpa took her around to play all the gamesbut her favorite was squirting Grandpa with the water gun that she picked for a prize.After her nap, we all went swimmingand Erin pulled out Chloe's slip-n-slide. Molly was so careful walking on itbut Grandpa showed them how it was done!

For dinner we had a barbeque-yum, yum. Thanks Mom and Dad!

Justin had to work the next day so we didn't stay for the fireworks but we were able to catch some at Pleasant Grove later that night. Happy Birthday America!

Farm Country

Grandma April took all the kids (minus Lucas) to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point. The kids had so much fun. While there they got to feed the animals,pet the animals, and ride the ponies.(Of this, Molly wasn't too sure if she had fun. She clung to me the whole time and she kept telling us when we got home, "Mommy, no ride horsey.")

Grandma packed a picnic which we ate there. Rachelle and Camille tried unsuccessfully to tie a knot in their licorice with their tongues.It was great to see Lizzy and Andrew who have been in Maryland for the last year. Lizzy kept saying to me "I didn't know Molly could talk." I guess she remembers the Molly when they left-she was only 9 months old. The kids also enjoyed dancing around in the dance hall and pretending they were in jail.Here is a picture of Grandma with 4 of her 5 grandkids.Here is a cute picture of Molly with Aunt Camille (or Auntie 'Mil or Elmo).Molly got a little fixated on one thing. Molly saw the horse poop and is still talking about it! Here was our conversation on the way home (I had Molly and Tiana in the back seat):
Molly: Mommy, horsey poop. I poop too.
After saying this over and over (seriously) for about 10 minutes, Tiana says: Megan, I don't want to hear her say that anymore.
Me, laughing to myself: I don't think she's going to stop but you can plug your ears if you don't want to hear it.
I looked back a couple of minutes later and Tiana is still plugging her ears and Molly is still talking about the horsey's poop!

Thanks Grandma April! We had a great time!

Molly likes...

...cooking with Mom....jumping on the couch....her French braids....singing.

(Don't mind the food in her mouth-we were eating dinner!)

My New Toy...

I love it!!!

Lucas Brett Goodrich

Eric and Heidi have one of the cutest little baby boys ever. Little Lucas was born on June 19th in sunny, hot Texas. He is an answer to numerous prayers and we are all so happy to have him here and healthy! What a perfect addition to their little family.

We finally got to meet him when they brought him home when he was 10 days old. (That's nothing-we still haven't met Gavin!!!) Tiana was so proud to show him off. She will be such a great big sister!Molly didn't really know what to think of little Luke at first. But once we showed her his little toes, she warmed right up to him. She thought they were so funny! I thought they were adorable...What a cute little face. We love the old man hair (more specifically the comb-over)!We love little Lucas and are so happy for Eric, Heidi, and Tiana!

Midway

A few weeks ago we were able to take a mini-vacation with the Moyes fam in beautiful Midway, Utah. Mom and Dad used their membership with Trendwest and booked two rooms for the whole family. I never knew that we were so close to so much fun! Here is what we did...

Day 1: We took the kids to a 12 years and younger fishing hole. The best part about this was seeing Ben catch 3 or 4 fish. He would jump up and down singing, "I caught a fish, I caught a fish." He was quite proud. Molly didn't catch anything.Instead she had fun feeding the ducks. I think she ate more of the bread than she threw to the ducks.She also had fun playing at the park while Ben fished.

Later that afternoon, we just toured the city of Midway a little bit. It is just a quaint little town with a Swiss influence. We went to see the Crater-we didn't swim in it because you had to be older than 5 but it looked pretty cool.That night we went swimmingand had a ping-pong tournament.

Day 2: The Goodrich's and the Walker's drove the 20 minutes into Park City to do a couple hours of shopping at the outlets-always a great place to find a deal! In order to keep Molly awake on the way back to our room, I gave her a sucker. Rather than eating it, she decided to stick it all over her face. Yes, that's my child, anyway she can think of to make a mess she does it!

The boys went golfing that afternoon while the girls relaxed and the kids napped. That night it was back to the swimming pool, something Molly couldn't get enough of.

Day 3: We drove into Park City for a full day! First stop was to the Alpine Slide. They have all sorts of things to do here. Justin and Bryce rode the zip line. I did the Alpine Slide and the Alpine Coaster. Thanks to grandma and grandpa who stayed with the kids so the adults could go and have fun. Molly rode the merry-go-round so many times. Justin taught her to say "Giddy-up!" the whole way around and she was so sad when it was time to get off.Next we drove to the Olympic Park. They had the funnest show-ski jumpers jumping into the water. I was amazed at their talent!After the show, we walked around the ski museum for a little bit.Then we headed over to the outlets again for some serious shopping. We all found some great deals but, boy, were my feet aching by the time we were finished!

But the day's not over. We drove over to Historic Park City for some pizza at Main Street Pizza and caramel apples and raspberry caramels at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. After that, we decided to call it a day! We didn't even swim that night because we were all so exhausted!

The next day was Sunday so we got up and got all ready for church. We were just coming around the corner to pull into our church when Molly throws up all over! Ewww! So we turn around to get her and the car cleaned up. I ended up making it to Primary-we had good intentions though...I guess all the junk from the weekend caught up to her, poor girl.

If you're still reading I'd just like to say A HUGE thanks to my mom and dad who planned the whole thing. Thank you, thank you, thank you. We had so much fun!!!