The First Ever Tony Chandler Family Camping Trip (by ourselves)

We went on our first ever camping trip with our own little family in Kamas. It was great to have some real quality family time. And you would be amazed how you can fit 6 people, including a pack-n-play, in that little tent. We have resolved though to buy a new tent next year.

There was a smudge on my lens for this trip, so just ignore the fuzzy parts of the pitures.


We fished and had fun getting muddy in the water.






And we all felt very safe if any bears came close.



Can you see that little fishy on the end of his line?? Oh yeah! We hit it big.

Bear Lake Chandler Reunion

This year we went to Bear Lake for our Chandler Family Reunion. Kayla and Michael were working there all summer and had a fantastic place for us to camp and play. They also got us some jet skis to use while we were there too. As Jace would say....Sweet!! We had a lot of fun together, hiking up to the cave, jet skiing, and lots of eating!

All the cousins waiting for our turn to go down into the caves.



Ryan loved the caves!!



Our one family picture. This one didn't turn out so well, but at least we know we were all there.


The kids all being spoiled by Uncle Michael...again. My kids are so stinkin' spoiled by their uncles. We love you guys!


Best Buds! These two play so well together. I really wish we could be neighbors.


My little sweetheart!


Kent looks like he's cold, but the water was surprisingly warm. Kent of course had a grand ol' time in the water and mud.


Cheese!


And one more of my baby for good measure. Not that he's spoiled or anything.....


And one more. He fell asleep in the hammock. How could I not post that!


Thanks to everyone for coming and putting up with my crazy planning. We had so much fun with you all and look forward to the adventures Cindy is going to plan for us next year. And thanks to Kayla for taking all of these awesome pictures. I didn't get out my camera once. I was too busy enjoying the easiest reunion I've ever been to. This was our first without me pregnant or with a baby less than 5 months old. (oh, except last year I guess, but Ryan couldn't walk and so it was still a little tricky) Yes! Life is getting so much easier.

Wasp Bites!

On my porch in my backyard we have been invaded by wasps right outside the door. They have made some massive nest thing inside the railing of our porch. Erica was bitten a week ago on her hand when she was holding on to go down the stairs. Then she was bitten again right on her upper lip two days ago. It was the saddest thing ever. I was so mad at the wasps I wanted them all to DIE!!! Today I'm on my way to the store for some wasp spray. Ha-Ha! Revenge of a mad mother! Erica looked awful. Her face was so swollen. When Tony saw it, he suggested I take a picture and my response was NO WAY! Why would we want to remember our baby getting bitten by wasps, but the more I looked at her lip and when Erica and I had both finally calmed down and could laugh about it a little, I broke down. It really was crazy.

From This....


To This....


Poor baby! I couldn't even understand her when she talked. It was so swollen. But the next morning she was completely back to her beautiful self. Poor little thing!

Deer Creek with the Cousins

My mom, sisters, sister-in-law, and I took all of the kids to Deer Creek on Thursday. We stayed all day. I had so much fun with them all.

Cutest kid ever. I know! He's my baby and spoiled to bits. I love having a little toddler and being able to give him the attention he wants. Right now I should be having another baby if I were to be following my previous baby schedules, but I'M NOT! :)


He played in the sand the entire time with occasional trips to check the water temperature (which was never satisfactory). He even skipped his nap and never whined once. What a stud muffin. Sheesh. He is always furrowing his eyebrows in his pictures. WHY!!! Oh well. It's cute!


Another picture of my baby just because he's adorable!


Love this picture. Kent had a blast. I didn't even lose him once! Which, if you know him, was a miracle. He stayed in the water almost the whole time just floating around in that little tube. He came out a few times to play in the sand, but not for long. We were there for over 8 hours, so he was definately water logged.


Kent in his element with his cousin Kade.


Erica and Ellery. Two little bugs. Kids with goggles on always remind me of bugs! But these two are definately pretty little bugs!


Here's another picture of my pretty little princess, Erica, because you couldn't see her face behind the bug eyes. Isn't she gorgeous!


What up, yo! Jace is so easy now. I just send him off (still in a life jacket because I'm a worry wart) and let him play all day. He had a blast! He was also my personal life gaurd. He kept an eye on all of my kids that ever touched the water. He's my angel!


Jace and the cousins on Trudy's fun rafts. They kept the kids entertained the entire time and tuckered them right out I might add. I had NO problem getting them to sleep last night!

Wow! Long post! I need to stop taking so many pictures because then I want to post them all. Believe it or not, I didn't even come close.

My baby Ryan is 2!

My cute little Ryan turned 2 today. It's funny to think there was ever a time where he wasn't here. I love him to pieces and wish he could stay this age forever. I love him just like this!! Here Ryan is driving his brand new "house". He calls all cars or pretty much anything with wheels "houses" for some reason, and to him, any animal is a tweet tweet. Oooh I just love him!

Some funny things about Ryan....

He is a bully!!! Who would've thought that a 25 lb 2 year old would be the terror of the nursery. He has a problem with pushing the kids down. He's so used to playing with his rough and tumble brothers that he thinks that's just what you do. We've been working on it though. So this week Ryan walked into nursery and walked up to all of the kids and said "nice" to each one. See...isn't he cute!!

Ryan is my first child that is not terrified of dogs. Somehow all of my others are absolutely petrified of them. Now that they're older, they try not to show it, but you can tell they are because whenever they see a dog walking by they are somehow right behind me just casually walking there, or suddenly decide that they need to walk very far off of the sidewalk. But Ryan, I have a hard time trying to get him not to stick his hand right into the dogs mouths. He reaches his hands into fences to try to pet them, pulls on their tails, and begs to pet everyone dog he sees.

Ryan has a bedtime song. I give all of my kids their own song that I sing to them before I put them down to bed. His is "I Know My Father Lives". Ryan now sings it with me. I sing, "I know my father lives and loves me..." Ryan sings "tooooooo". Me "the spirit whispers this to me and tells me it is..." Ryan "toooooo" Me "and tells me it is" Ryan "toooo". Every time he says "toooo" he gives me an eskimo kiss by rubbing our noses together. Needless to say I love getting him ready for bedtime and naptime. Daddy and I fight for it at night!

Ryan is also our future wrestler. Whenever he sees anyone on the ground, he yells uh, uh, twe, GO... and does as big of a sprint as his little legs can and throws himself onto them for a body slam. Then if we start yelling "get him, get him" he'll start hitting them in the belly with his little hands. I guess this is more like UFC, but we call it wrestling. It sounds better. Now that I think of it, I'm really wondering why he's a bully. We're always so gentle and soft in our home.

There are so many cute things about Ryan that I could go on at on but lets just say he is the baby of the family and very spoiled. We'll just leave it at that. Happy Birthday to my baby Ryan!

GRASS!!!!!!!!!!

We've waited a year and finally got to put in grass. I even laid most of the sod myself (with my neighbor Lani) for Tony as a suprise early Father's Day present. We mowed it today for the first time. My kids are loving it! Me too!! Now as soon as the hydroseed grows a little longer in the back, we can have them all fenced in nice and safe. It's so exciting!

Kent Turned 4!

For Kent's birthday we went to the zoo with lots and lots of our cousins.



Then we went home and had a spiderman party.

Then we finished with Jace's baseball game. These pictures are actually from his last game, but we'll pretend they were from yesterday.

Lastly just a randon picture in the life of Carrie when I tried to get something done outside without my kids. They babysat eachother. It was a great idea. You can't see it, but that cup there used to hold apple juice. Now the apple juice is just marinating the Marshmallow Mateys so they taste better. At least the apple juice didn't follow the rest of the Marshmallow Mateys into all of the beds and couch cushions. The bunch of goofballs!