Newport 2011

July marked our annual Newport Beach trip with the Reynolds family!

We usually go in August, which means Teag can't make it, so we went the week of the 4th of July and were so happy to have Teag there :)

 However, we missed Jay and Steph :( 

The 4th was quite a scene with the roads blocked off and street parties all day and night. It definitely made for some good people watching! We have always stayed in the same beach house down by the fun zone, but we have clearly outgrown it, so we moved to the other end of the peninsula to two houses and were closer to the beach. Regardless of where we stay, it is the best company we could ask for and we always have the best time! 

We went to the beach nearly every day, each had a turn doing dinner, had adults night to the Crab Cooker and saw terrible movies, s'mores every night around the fire, the dot cup, family talent show, and plenty of hijinks in between!

Kenz with Jer, daddy, and Josh

McKenzie, Dallas, Eliza, and Kira

 Josh, Jake, Jer, and Scott

Nightly s'mores

Jer roasting cinnamon bears...not as good starburst :)
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The 4th

Kira, Alexa, Scott, and Eliza joined in the 4th of July parade

the little kiddos 

all the Reynolds cousins (minus my unborn and Addis in Ethiopia)

Josh and Jer...don't ask ;)

enjoying the sun

beach football
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Parents / Josh & Jer night out

Crab Cooker

Jake getting a plank in wherever he can

Reynolds family mantra

Dal and Eliza having a sleepover

Josh taking a dare gone bad

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The Dot Cup

Team Wizards

 Team T-birds
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Fishing off Newport Pier

Family Talent Show 

Teag doing pushups with the kiddos

Isaak playing the guitar

Lex and Kira singing "lean on me"

Jake and Em doing "I'm a barbie girl"

Jer, Scott, and Josh doing the "bee song"

mom and dad doing the nutcracker waltz!

Kenzie's "If you're happy and you know it" :)

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The Fun Zone

we love Ruby's

Jer, Josh, Teag, and Scott

until next year :)

scurvy pirate

grandma and grandpa reynolds came to visit last weekend and brought dallas a pretty great surprise...a pirate ship! he is slightly obsessed and now prefers to be called "captain jack" or "captain blackbeard" and referred to my mom as "matey jan" throughout her stay. keep in mind we live in small town cedar city, but matey jan was able to track down a pirate hat, sword, flag, and a treasure. he is in heaven! he can be found singing "yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me!" at any given moment and tells us he is going to stow baby away in the ship...

back to blogging

since I haven't posted in quite a while, I thought I would start again by sharing some pretty great news...

we are having a baby boy!!!

and could not be more excited...especially big brother dallas :)

he is due to arrive november 25th

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Gooooooo T-birds!!!

I just have to give a shout out to our T-BIRDS for their HUGE win tonight against (and at) UC Davis! Final score 55-24!!!

They finished 4-0 in their conference games and won the conference for the first time in history!

They also have some exciting things happening.

There will be a press conference Monday at 2 pm...

Congrats to the T-BIRDS!!!

Elder Reynolds

{I stole this awesome pic from his facebook}

Last night this cute kid found out where he will be spending the next 2 years...

DALLAS, TEXAS!!!

We are so excited for him and so proud of him!

He goes to the MTC December 1st so we will definitely be missing him at Christmas,

but he can't wait to get out there!

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{Jer, Jake, & Josh}

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we will miss Josh's fun personality and sense of humor,

and his mouth-popping skills...

and his duets with Jer...

But we can't wait for him to start his adventure in the Lone Star State :)

life!

One of these days I will get this blog caught up with all we have been up to :)

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We are in full football mode in the Whiting house...

going to watch the football guys (and daddy) at practice, traveling to games, O-line dinners, etc.

We love every minute, but mix football with everyday life, work, school, family, friends, playdates, and all the other stuff that seems to comes up, we are BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!

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And lots more to come...

* home game this weekend with some of the Whiting family coming to stay

* I think I am going to take Dallas on the charter to the N. Dakota game next week. I hadn't even thought of taking him, but the President brought his 3-yr-old to the Texas State game this past weekend and he did great. Plus, Dallas would think flying on the plane with the football guys and staying at the hotel with them was about the coolest thing ever!

* Francis family and my parents coming to the next home game

* HALLOWEEN!

* Dal's first trip to Disneyland once football season is over

* CHRISTMAS is going to be here before we know it...ahhh!

* AND planning for my trip to Ethiopia to pick up my new niece! My parents will go on the first trip when they have their court date, then 6 weeks later Lisa and I will go with Kim & Steve to bring her home!!! They don't have their referral yet, so we don't know exactly when we will be going, but it will most likely be sometime between January and June 2011.

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Fun stuff and fun times! I am so glad I have such great people to enjoy it all with. Life is Good :)

just had to share...

The other day Dallas and I were playing trains when out of the blue he came over and gave me a kiss on the cheek and said, "that's for being cute mom!"

How did I get so lucky?!?!

This boy absolutely melts my heart!

Teag's baby

this is Teag's new pride and joy...

I have been hearing about Traeger Smoker's

(and how bad Teag needs/wants one) for a few years now.

Teag's friend Dylan in Boise has one and we borrowed it a few Thanksgiving's ago and had THE BEST turkey I have ever had! Teag hasn't stopped talking about the Traeger and finally gave in and got one for himself.

Needless to say, there has been A LOT of meat purchased and smoked at our house since he picked up this bad boy...

everything from ribs to brisket, pork shoulders to steaks, and more.

And I don't really eat meat...good thing we know a few big guys that can eat a lot!

I tried telling him that if he really wanted one he had to get the pig...he didn't go for it :(

Newport 2010

our CHAMPION!

just had to give a shout out to my cute dad...

last Saturday he won the

Willow Creek Senior Club Championship!

This is the second time he has won it and we are so proud of him!

He is almost as good of golfer as he is a dad and grandpa :)

(which is saying a lot because he is an incredible golfer!)

Good thing he had all 3 of his daughters in town,

we made him get a picture by the scoreboard and celebrated afterward with one of his favorite's - banana meringue pie.

Nice work dad! We love you!

O-Line Breakfast

Training camp started last Sunday, so Saturday morning we had the offensive line

over for breakfast. Dallas was beyond excited that the "football guys" were coming to his house!

We had quite the spread...just to give you an idea of the amount of food:

12 loaves of french bread for stuffed french toast

10 dozen eggs...yes 10!

8 loaves of Great Harvest apple crumble bread

8 cartons each of strawberries and blueberries

8 bunches of bananas
2 ENORMOUS smoked pork shoulders

4 gallons of milk

4 gallons of OJ
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We wanted to give the guys some good food before they have to eat dorm food for 2 weeks!

Schauerhammer, Steve and Brock

Gavin, Russ, Greg, Big D andBrandon

Brock, Schauerhammer and Tony

Trevor playing with Dallas.

Dallas is getting pretty good at knowing all the guys names,

but it is by far the FUNNIEST thing to hear him say 'Schauerhammer'!!!

Teag is a total slave-driver so he had Russ on the elliptical after breakfast ;)

Brandon and Greg

Steve, Big D and Gavin

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These guys are all so great and they are all so cute to Dallas! We are so excited for football season and can't wait for the first game in just a few weeks. Hopefully all the hard work pays off and the T-birds have a winning season!

Whiting Reunion

King's Birthday!

Our little buddy Kingston turned 2 a few weeks back and had such a fun jungle party!

King is Dallie's little friend whose dad is Coach Walterscheid and mom is my friend Shauna.

There were tons of kids and tons of fun things to do...

pin the tail on the lion


Dallas and Owen Petersen playing in the bounce house and being silly with Coach Fernandez


The birthday boy with his daddy and Dallas

Dal didn't have a swimsuit but he couldn't resist hopping in!

Justin and Zesty hanging the pinata

Dallie's turn to take a whack at the monkey pinata

Dal had to be right in on the action of opening presents...

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Thanks for inviting us to your fun party King!