Just my luck...

There was a "chicken run" at the foot rodeo, and the owners of the property promised the kids that they could keep the chicken if they caught it. Of course Weston caught one. I tried to tell him that visiting rights for the chicken were almost as good as owning it. After tears and pouting (from Weston, not me) I finally convinced him that the chicken was better off with its friends at the farm than on our dinner table. (Desperate times call for desperate threats I mean measures)

T-Rex with pink cotton candy

T-Rex with blue snow-cone

Our goal was to get a blue ribbon in the race

but these ribbons look aqua to me!

Our ward "foot rodeo"

Here's Scotty getting ready for the horse race at our annual foot rodeo. We aren't in Vegas anymore! The kids have a BLAST...

Anything for a "W" (win)

Doesn't this face just strike fear into any contender? Scotty and Weston both play flag football, and they always complain that I don't let them play tackle football. Maybe next year, or the year after that, or the year after that...

Pleeeeeeeeeease mom, can I have just one more cookie?

How do you say "no" to this face? My last little guy, Jason, using every ounce of his charm to get his way.

Troy at the Jefferson Memorial... I miss being surrounded by such rich history

Cherry Blossoms in D.C...

The next generation...

Love these guys! The Browns and the Wallins

Happy Reunion!

One of my best friends and roommate from BYU, Kory Brown. Mark and Kory live in Virginia, so we went to see them while we were in D.C. Oh how I miss them! Kory made an amazing dinner and we laughed and cried about old times while Troy and Mark compared "glory days", Sam Hall, CDU, etc.! We're keeping the dream alive that we aren't all 15 years older! ha. We had FHE together with their 5 kids. Fun times. Thanks Kor and Mark!

Professor Troy at the podium in front of random students at his alma mater GW Law School

Our trip to the old hood in D.C.

T-Rex and his fellow mercenaries, I mean cousins, Tyson and Isaac... the world is a safer place

Scotty, Tyson (cousin), and T-Rex @ Red Rock Pool flexin for the ladies

Hayley holding her cousin Jaisa... someone needs a sister (but I'm done- so Hayley will have to settle for other people's kids)

What happens in Vegas doesn't necessarily stay in Vegas... it comes home with us

This is the awesome pool at the Redrock Hotel where we stayed this last week.

Scotty split his head open on the corner of a bench in our hotel room.... (we put it back together with super glue)FYI Troy was babysitting!
Jason fell on a corner of the table at Taco Bell and cut his eye open...(we bought some more super glue to glue him back together)FYI Troy was babysitting while I was in the ladies room. Luckily, as Troy explains it, Jason didn't hit the floor because the table broke his fall...
..and as we were gluing back together one of our children, Truman, decided to shave a lucky "7" on his head in honor of our trip to Vegas.....all in all, a pretty ordinary week with the kids... FYI the line for Troy to babysit your precious children starts here...

Wallin Look-alike Meter

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To tell or not to tell...

So Jason decided to use the bidet (look it up, Troy had to have one after serving a mission in Japan) to rinse his daddy's toothbrush. The question is, after all of the teasing and practical jokes my loving husband has played on me, do I tell him now or after a few uses? To be continued...

It's a toddler thing...

Jason, my 1-year old decided it's better to shower with your jammas and diaper on. It saves time. It's a toddler thing, you wouldn't understand!