She is learning quite well how to bite her way through things. A couple weeks ago she climbed on the counter and ripped the plastic wraps to the brownies and just started chowing down. I promise I feed her.
BriLynn likes the babyswing. You would think we would have had one before the fifth child.
A fun new swing set. The slide has been under our deck for the last four or five years. It's the slide Kevin used when he was younger. When his parents moved to Missouri they said we could have it. We finally put it to use. I wasn't expecting a whole new swing set, just a platform for the slide. I feel bad, every time they come we put them to work. The're not going to want to visit anymore. 
My Grandma Steele (my mom's mom) lives in Springville. That is where Kevin's Grandma Rhea is buried. So we stopped at the grave site. 
My Grandma Steele is 93 years old. She still lives at home. Thankfully my brother Mike is there to help out.
It's hard to see those you love get old. You can tell they are slipping away. I remember calling her in High school and talking about the Great Depression for a paper I had to write. They are so wise and have so much to share. Life seemed to be more simple when they were growing up. You baked your own bread, you milked the cows, churned the butter. I sometimes wish things were like that still. To not have so much going on that we could enjoy those simple things. Things like crocheting, knitting and making things (like cake) from scratch. In my opinion those kinds of things are a dying art.
I look up to them so much, they are wonderful parents, very loving. They built stuff in the back yard that the kids love (I'll do a post on that later) Here are some pictures of our fun in the sun! 
Of course I learned my lesson about wearing sunblock....I got fried.
It was especially nice that Kevins parents were here, because yesterday I had to take Andrew into an oral surgeon. He had two extra teeth and two baby teeth removed. This cracked me up (sorry it's sideways). Andrew used Danika's polly pocket table and chair to place a little "restaurant" for the tooth fairy. He placed a piece of cookie there. He told us "ya know how you have to pay to go to a restaurant?" 
You can't see it but one of the extra teeth they had to pull was behind his permanent tooth, the one swollen on the left.
I was shocked to see the roots on these bad boys. He is doing good now but yesterday was really rough. They gave him an IV in his right arm, missed, and then had to try it on the left. I would love to get a hold of the drug they use to put people to sleep, it's so fast! No more kids staying up late or waking up in the middle of the night ha ha just kidding.
The way goggles make kids look it makes me giggle.
BriLynn was scared to go on some of the rides, her face in this picture shows it. It was cute, she would cling to Jacob and just hug him the whole ride.
Our little mommy. Danika wen't on a lot of rides with BriLynn, she was so helpful. 
She sure knows how to pose for the camera too.
I like Jacobs mischievous grin in this picture.
Ya know you can take in more rides when your younger. Maybe it's just me but my stomach can't take a lot of the rides anymore.
Ya this is self explanatory :)
It seems Luke smiles like this in all the pictures. He cracks us up. The kids got a bit creative with their water colors.
