Meet Oakley Jade Sherman

Born : September 25, 2011
Weight: 5lbs 2 oz.
Height: 17.5 in

Happy Birthday Oakley!

Summer T-ball

Ryker got to play t-ball this summer. It was so hilarious and fun to watch little 3-5yr olds play. Whenever the ball was hit they would all run after it an wrestle for the ball.

This is Ryker hitting the ballThis is the dog pile. Every time the ball was hit all the boys piled on top to get it. Ryker loved this part of the game.

Friend Get together

So we went up to Idaho and all my friends from high school (except for a few) were able to get together. It was so fun to catch up and see each other! I am so grateful for the awesome friendships that I have with these girls and the many memories we made together.
IN picture: Shantel, Kristina, Kayla , me
So, Im posting these pictures and I know that the girls aren't going to be very happy but its their own fault because I asked them to hold still and let me take a good picture but they wouldn't so........

24th of July Celebration

For the 24th I took the kids to the parade. It was the first time that I have ever been to the 24th parade. It was totally amazing! The floats were spectacular and the kids had a blast. Then we went to liberty park with our Swain train friends and watched the fireworks. It was fun!
We took light up sticks and played with them before the fireworks started. The kids really like playing with them. Below is Sadie, Annalise, Kayla and Ryker, waiting in anticipation for the fireworks.
The fireworks were awesome! Todd got a picture of one as you can see behind me.

Here is the Swain Train family.

I love this picutre because Todd is so focused on spinning the glowstick you can see it on his face.

Here is just one of the many beautiful floats they had at the parade. They were seriously amazing I have never seen floats so elegant and well thought out!

This was our sitting spot for the parade. I have a funny story behind this.. when we got to the parade we picked out a spot of grass that was empty. Well this huge Tongan lady came up to me and got in my face and was yelling at me saying you cannot sit here we stayed up and slept over night to have all of this grass right here and you can't sit here! Then she said she had tons of family coming and they needed the spot where we were at. After she was done talking to me there was fire and smoke coming from her nostrils.....Well, I didn't move. I stayed there the whole parade and her family never came. But she glared me down the whole time.

Harris Reunion July 18-23

So every year my Mother's family has a reunion . We go camping for a week. This year we got to go for the full week! It was a blast! Todd wasn't able to come during the week because he had to work so that was a bummer but he came on the weekend and we went motorbiking, hiking, played cards, and ate lots of yummy food.

Mieley and Sadie on the 4 wheeler. Everytime you started up the 4wheeler all of the kids (20) would come running towards the bike and want a ride. It was pretty funny.


Ryker loved to play in the dirt and rocks. He started a rock collection which was a lot of fun for him.


So all of the kids decided to put on a talent show for the adults. There was a stage there. They practiced and then when it was time they invited all the adults and charged them 10 dollars each to come. Of course we didn't give them that much but they made some money. In fact Mieley my niece had a bucket and was collecting the money while the kids were performing and then she took off with the money before the show was over. Smart girl. So the above picture is Ryker breaking sticks this was his talent. Below is Daeson doing cartwheels over logs. Pretty talented!

Sadie held this pose for like the whole talent show! It was so funny! She like didnt move.

At the beginning of the show Sadie screamed "Ladies and gentlemen!" and she held her hands up high ,. Then she repeated it over and over for like 15 minutes. She really liked being in the spotlight.
There was lots of gymnasstics you can see here Tevan, Sadie and Brooke all performing.

This was another one of Daesons tricks. He balanced a rock on his head while balancing on a fence. Pretty impressive!And this is Tora striking a pose. She did a lot of modeling that was her talent. it was funny.

And this was the audience

And this is Sadie sayimg "Ladies and Gentlemen again" and below is Sadie and Tora practicing for the show!
Ryker made a lot of mud balls there. It was one of his favorite things to do. Also all the kids made a river out of mud.


So there is a very funny story behind this picture. I was down at the campsite and Tora and Sadie were yelling MOM, MOM, come help! So I went up to see what was going on and Tora was like help Sadie, help Sadie.. So I looked and.......
Her pants were stuck on a nail and she couldn't move. . I laughed so hard.


This kids had lots and lots of water fights. It was fun except for for the adults because the only water supply came from a pump and it was really hard to pump and for every pump you did you only got like a tablespoon of water..



We roasted lots of marshmallows and ate lots of hot dogs... the kids loved that too!

Grammy gave them glow sticks at night they all had fun with that too,


And Grandpa took Ryker on a long motorbike ride. He felt really big and special.

6th Anniversary

Todd and I celebrated our 6th anniversary on July 15th. We had an awesome time. Todd took me out to eat and then he suprised me with a brand new camera!!! So we went and got the kids and took them to temple square so that I could practice with my new camera. Side note--- I love Todd like crazy! It has been the best 6yrs of my life and I am so grateful to married to him!