This weeks fun

It's been a very full week this week. I've still been staying down, but it's been tough. So many fun things. Monday was cleaning day. My Mom and Ari worked hard all day. My Mom didn't leave until 10:00pm. I felt so bad. Rhev got to spend the day at Candy Grandma's and swim with Brielle. He got his 1st major sunburn. It's actually kind of funny because it made his little bum look so white :) He's been pretty tough about it though.
After my doctors appointment Tuesday morning, Annis gave Ari a break and kept both the rest of the day. It was kind of nice. She got a break and I had somebody to keep me company. We watched a bunch of movies and I gave her a manicure, a pedicure, and did her hair.

I can't tell you just how fun it is to have another girl in the house. I can't wait for little Miss to get here so I can pamper her up :)

 Later in the Afternoon on Tuesday I had my ultrasound. I never get tired of seeing Little Miss. It's truly an  amazing thing. We took Ari with us. It was fun to share that with her. After the ultrasound we picked up the boys and took them over to Luke Grandma's for a sleep over and  we hurried home to prepare the house for my little Activity Days girls. It was our summer sleepover party. Ari and Alex were awesome and agreed to come and help do the party for me. All 11 of my girls LOVED them. It was so much fun. They did such a good job and made it so easy for me to stay down. I didn't have to worry about a thing. Before bed they all decided to play Just Dance on the Wii. Ari and Alex were both right there, getting their grove on.

You can see why all the girls loved them. It was so fun to watch. I was so grateful to them for agreeing to help it. I would have had to cancel otherwise.

Wednesday we woke up, sent the Activity Day girls home and got ready for a "Girls Day Out".  My Mom, sisters and I use to get together once a month for a Girls day, but this year things have been to busy and we haven't had a chance to do one. So Wednesday we finally went out.  I did Ari and Alex's hair and painted Alex's nails and we headed off to Kim's to meet up with the others. Mom, Kim, Jen, Brittany, Kylee, Ari, Alex and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch and then went off shopping. Don't worry I didn't do any walking. My Mom sweetly found someone in her ward who let us barrow a wheel chair so that way I wouldn't have to spend the whole time lying in the car. As embarrassing as it was to be in the wheel chair, I was still so happy to be out of the house and having a day with the girls. It was such a good day. I was totally exhausted by the time we got home, but it was totally worth it.

Thursday morning we woke up and went to the annual 4th of July community Breakfast that Annis does every year. It's a wonderful tradition and it's our favorite way to start the 4th of July. After Breakfast the boys took Rhev on a horse ride on the desert. He LOVED feeling like one of the big boys going on a horse ride. While he was gone Ari and I brought Trayvn home and all 3 of us took naps. They were much needed naps after the long day we had Wednesday.  We woke up when Rhev got back and then we headed over to  Luke Grandma's for some fun with Lori's kids. An hour later we headed over to Great-Grandma Christensen's for water fun and a pinata.  

Jumping on the tramp with a sprinkler under it is pretty dang fun!

Ari even gave it a whack a couple times.

Great-Grandma put bouncy balloons inside the pinata and the boys were way more excited about those then the candy. Poor Rhev popped his after about 30 seconds though. Grandma's grass has lots of pine needles in it and the wind blew his balloon out of his hand and onto the grass. I was proud of how he reacted though. He was really bummed, but he didn't get mad. He really tried to keep his cool. I can't believe how big he is getting.

This is what happens when Ari starts taking the pictures. I can't hide behind the camera. 

Once the pinata was over we headed back to Luke Grandma's house for swimming and a water fight. Ari decided she wanted to swim, but didn't realize just how cold the water was. It was hilarious watching her get in.

Once she was in, her and Trayvn played together forever. You can totally see why that little boy absolutely adores her. She just plays and plays with him. He bosses her, and she does what he says. She's always there to fix a boo boo and always there to tag-along. They have gain such a special relationship.

Once Alex got there, Tyce, Dillon AND Wes tried to get her in the pool. That's right, 3 grown men against 1 teenage girl. It was stinkin impressive. She put up an awesome fight. They only got her butt :)

After the water adventures, I did Ari's hair again. We've gotten a lot of ideas from Pintrest.

Once dinner got set up and we roasted hot dogs. While eating we were getting swarmed by flies. My dearest sister-in-law Brittany hilariously brought up this idea that if you put pennies in a baggy of water it would deflect the flies. I thought I was going to laugh this baby out of my stomach. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.  You can't really tell from these pictures, but we really were laughing so hard.

There she sat the rest of the evening with her bag of water pennies just to prove to Wes and the rest of us that it would work. Tyce made a comment that no flies were going around him and  Brittany said it was because he was a walking bag of pennies. She has so many wise cracks. We all laughed and laughed!

After dinner Lori and Mike provided us with a fun firework show then it was time to head home.

After a full day of play the boys were exhausted. They both fell asleep within a mile of leaving Luke Grandma's house. It was a great way to Celebrate Independence Day. I am so blessed!