San Diego

We spent the last week in San Diego with Heather and Jeremy J. Heather and I drove down together with our five kids and Jeremy and Jeremy each flew out for a few days, neither one could take the full week off but it worked out really good. The drive down was pretty long but we made it there Saturday afternoon, we had rented a house on Mission Beach and it was perfect for us.

Sunday afternoon Carter and Jeremy went to a baseball game and Camryn and I went to Belmont park, which is an amusement park that was about three blocks away from where we stayed. Jeremy took pictures of the game but I don't have them yet so I will post those later.

Monday we went to LegoLand, Camryn and Carter loved it- it wasn't as good for the younger kids but it was still fun. Jeremy was with us then so he was able to take the older kids on the big fun rides while Heather and I searched the park for rides that Logan, Livvy and Cohen could go on and would enjoy.

Tuesday we spent at the beach. Where we were staying was right between Mission Bay and Mission Beach, we spent most of the time on the bay side where there weren't waves to take our kids out to sea but that day we took the boogie boards and went to the Beach side. Camryn and Carter loved it but again the little kids were not as impressed. Cohen hated the sand so he didn't really care what side we were on, he spent most of the time in the stroller. Jeremy had to leave us and come home that night :(

Wednesday we went to SeaWorld, it was just Heather and I so we decided not to do the rides that day but to wait until we had Jeremy J there too. We saw all the exhibits and watched a couple shows and headed home. That night I decided to go back with Camryn and Carter to go on the rides and watch a couple of the night shows and see the fireworks, Heather was so nice to keep Logan for me on this night, and many other times, so we could do big kid stuff.

Thursday was another day at the beach (the Bay side this time though). The kids all got totally sunburned- I know I'm a horrible mom for not putting sunscreen on them, I did for the first couple days but it just wasn't that hot so it seemed like a waste of time, oops. That night we decided to take the kids to Chucky Cheese, they of course had a ball. Jeremy J joined us this night.

Friday we went back to SeaWorld in the morning and did the things that we weren't able to the other day, then we went back and just hung out at the house that night, we also went to a park that was within walking distance of our house.

Saturday we packed up and started the long ride home. It wasn't quite as long though because Jeremy J took Cohen with him on the airplane since he's under two, thus free. We stayed in St. George for a night and came home yesterday. It was super fun and Heather, Jeremy and the kids were way fun to vacation with but we were still so happy to get back home, there's really nothing like home.

Swimming Lessons

Camryn and Carter were both in swimming lessons a couple weeks ago. Camryn did level five and Carter level two, they both did great. Camryn is definitely a better swimmer than me, she can actually do the strokes- like the butterfly and the breaststroke, and was given the best frontcrawl award for her class. Carter just loves the water, he is learning how to swim but still mostly dog paddles. They both are little water dogs and would rather be at the pool than just about anywhere.

Girls Camp

I went to Girls camp the first week of June. We were supposed to go from Tuesday through Friday but woke up Thursday morning to snow so they decided to bring everyone back and finish up camp at the stake center, minus the camping part. It was kind of sad to have it cut short but we weren't complaining since all the girls were soaking wet after a very rainy (and snowy) night. We had lots of fun, the girls are all so awesome, I seriously want to stay in that calling forever but I don't think Stacy (the President and one who does everything) will let that happen. Logan came up with me for most of it and Jeremy and the other kids joined us for one night. We took the trailor and it was very nice to have a warm bed and roof over our head.

Logan being cute for a change.

This is our skit, that's Alison Christensen and Stacy Webb dressed up like hippies- they were super funny.

This is what we woke up to Thursday morning, not as fun as it looks.

This is one of the girls named Cassidy carrying her sister out, it was super sweet, I love Cassidy.

These are a few of my favorite dads. . .

Happy father's day to all the dads in our lives. We love you all. Several are not pictured because we didn't have pictures of them and they aren't bloggers so we couldn't steal them, Matt, Mike and Grandpas we love you too.

Carter- Tagged

10 things you might not know about Carter Jeremy Redd:

1- Carter is his younger brother's hero. Everything that Carter does Logan does- or tries to do. He is an awesome big brother and is always willing to let Logan tag along- hopefully that continues.

2- Carter is an amazing reader. I don't know exactly what the scores mean but on the reading test given to all Kindergartner's he scored a 125 about half way through the year, the goal for Kindergarten is to be at 25 by the end of the year. I'm not bragging or anything. . . alright, I'm bragging.

3- Carter is hilarious. Some of my most favorite sayings are. At age 5 he asked one day "Mom, have I ever told you that shiny metal objects can only be destroyed by bountyhunters thermal detonators?" (this is a fact you need to know when playing starwars Lego that I didn't know but now I do). Also, the answer to his teacher's question during parent teacher conference at the first of the school year when asked what he wanted to accomplish this year "Oh that's easy, I want to grow a dorsel fin and some gils."

4- Carter is a great athlete. He is really starting to enjoy sports, and is really pretty good at everything he tries.

5- Carter is a POOR sport. Unfortunately he is used to being the best at everything he does so when he isn't it is not pretty. This is something we are constantly working on and trying to fix but so far, no luck. Any suggestions?

6- Carter's room is always clean- unless Logan messes it up. He is not one to be super messy and I know when he has his own room he will keep it clean.

7- Carter's best friends are his cousin Spencer and our neighbor Trek.

8- Carter is really good at Wii, he is almost a pro in boxing.

9- Carter has recently started a bad habit of spitting- ALL the time, EVERYWHERE (including in the house if he doesn't think about it). Again, something I'm trying to break and I'm not sure where he got it.

10- Carter is and always will be my little man. I can't believe that he's 6 1/2, I wish I could freeze him now and not let him grow up anymore. He is such a loving, fun kid and he has taught me a lot about having fun.

Carter Tags: Quincy, Cohen and Spencer R.

2 Yr old + chips/dip - supervision= bad idea

Need I say more??

Teeeeee-Ball

Carter just finished his last year of tee-ball :( I love watching tee-ball- I wish my kids would just stay that size. He did really good this year and finally really liked playing and is already excited for next year when he gets to play machine pitch. He was on a really fun team (thanks Kristen) with his best friend Trek and his cousin Jake.