Busy, Busy Week

The past week and a half have been super busy and super crazy. Two Saturdays ago was the 24th of July parade in St. Anthony. My Grandma Hill was one of the Grand Marshalls, so all of the Hill clan attended to see her in the parade. Afterwards we went over to her house for lunch and it will be the last year that we do it at her house, so there were alot of memories involved. It was a great time and the kids had a lot of fun.

It was so hot watching the parade that we used umbrellas for a little shade.

Grandma Hill waving to us as Grand Marshall.

Last Monday night for FHE the girls requested that we go to the carosel and the spray park. It was so much fun. Night is the time to go. There are hardly any kids, the temperature isn't as scorching hot and you can actually find a bench to sit on. Paige loved the red slide and kept going down it. Kayla loved the red and yellow slide. They had the best time. We even let the boys put their feet in the jets. Aiden and Collin liked it, but Brock hated it. That really suprised me, because Brock absolutely loves his baths.

Aiden loving the jet.

Collin got a little wet.

Tuesday was the girls last day of gymnastics. I signed both of them up through the City Rec Program this summer and they both had the best time. They had so much fun that I think we are going to keep them both in gymnastics. After I got home, I was bombarded with Aiden throwing up. Paige had had the 24 hour bug the week before and I thought we slid by without anyone else getting it. Boy was I wrong. Aiden started Tuesday afternoon. I woke up in the middle of the night with Collin throwing up. You guessed it, Wednesday morning Brock was throwing up. Three babies with the flu is a little more fun than I can handle. We survived though and it really was over for each of them within about 24 hours.

Paige doing a hand stand and then on the balance beam.

Kayla on the balance beam.

Thursday we had been planning on going to Yellowstone for the day. I didn't know if we would still be able to go, but we chanced it, hoping no one would get sick along the way. We had such a fun time. We started at the Grizzly Discovery Center and saw the bears and wolves. That was fun. Then we headed into the park. We saw a bald eagle, elk, deer, geese, buffalo and a pelican. Paige was really into looking for the animals. She made sure we got pictures of everything. We even got to see Old Faithful. It was a full day and we were all tired. On our way home through Island Park, we finally say a moose. It was the only animal we had missed in the park, so we were excited.

Paige, Collin, Brock, Kayla and Aiden at the Grizzly Discovery Center.
Kayla and Paige getting a picture with a sleeping wolf.

The boys after eating a bottle. They thought standing up in the back of the car was pretty neat.

The boys waiting for Old Faithful to go off.

Friday after lunch me and the girls rode down to Utah with my mom. I dropped the girls off at Grandma and Grandpa Nielson's house for a week and then I headed into Salt Lake with my mom and sister for a fun little weekend getaway. I was in dire need of a little break and Matt said he would take care of the boys. It was so nice. We did a lot of shopping and got a pedicure. It was so relaxing. We have decided to make it an annual thing. Matt got along great with the boys and everyone survived. I kept calling him to make sure everything was alright and finally he told me to quit calling him. So I didn't call him again. I figured if he needed something he would call. Thanks Matt for taking care of the boys so I could have some much needed R & R.

My house is extremely quiet. It is going to be a very quiet week. The boys seem a little lost without their sisters around. They continue to keep me very busy. Aiden and Brock are both crawling now, so they are constantly stealing toys from each other and getting into everything. Brock loves to pull himself up to everything. Collin just sits and watches. He is starting to think about crawling, but he hasn't got it figured out yet.

Brock pulls himself up to this toy constantly. He can't get enough.

Sorry for such a long post, but I had to document all the things that have been going on.