Alice Mia Fish

Meet the newest member of the Fish family. Alice Mia....she was born on August 8th. 6 lbs 11 oz. 18" long. Born at 4:33 a.m. Mom and baby checked into the hospital around 4:10 a.m. Baby was in a hurry to come...all summer long we have said that any day is good for the baby to come except Aug. 8th. Lisy's brother was getting married that day at 9:00 a.m. Lisy's doctor was teasing with us and said. "Well that went smooth enough, would you still like to make it to that wedding?" Alice was also born on her Great-Grandpa Bass' birthday and also the same day that Tyler's family came to Utah from South Carolina 21 years ago...on Alpine days. She is a sweet baby and the Children adore her. Alice is just over a week old and it seems strange to imagine life without her.

*Natalie is so happy to have a little sister, she is already planning matching outfits for the two of them. She also is the one who named the baby.

Fishing and Matthew's T-Ball game

Tyler has been so anxious to fish all spring. Finally he got his chance at the Schlappi "guarantee catch" pond. What a beautiful place. We took the kids and met with Tilly and Tyler and the Trunnells for a fun fishing evening. We roasted hot dogs for dinner. It was also great to see Tilly and Tyler's new house in Fairview.

Matthew is so excited to play T-Ball. He is a great player...we think he has a much better arm at throwing than his swing at bat. It's a blast watching these little kids run around the bases with helmets that are five sizes too big.

Matthew's 4th Birthday

A little post birthday celebration with the Halloween face paint. He was trying to make himself look really mean. As if he didn't get enough attention at his birthday party.

While the boys were playing with Matthew's new soccer ball, Natalie and Kennidee decided they needed some girl time. They made themselves into little Indian girls.

Landon and Matthew

Happy 4th Birthday Matthew...he loves chocolate sheet cake. He was eating birthday cake for a long time after. He wanted birthday cake for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I was gald to see it finally gone. We had a simple party this year with a small crowd--whomever, was around at the time, it was fun and Matthew is so glad to be four.

Thanksgiving Point

Savannah Bunker and Natalie...who needs swimming suits anyway!

I'm so glad I put sunscreen on Blair...twice I did, and he is still red. It could have been worse.

One of Natalie's favorite places was the Secret Garden. She loves flowers and such.

Anna, Elsie, and Natalie loved the lily pads and flowers. We even saw a frog next to a lily pad.

We had a wonderful time at The Gardens at Thanksgiving Point with the Bunkers and some of the Trunnells. The Children enjoyed it as much as the adults. We especially had a great time on the golf carts. Grandpa was giving fun rides all around the Gardens. The kids really enjoyed ending the hot day the the Children's Garden getting soaked in Noah's Ark. We lost Blair for a short while and that was no fun at all. He had helped himself into the bathroom and couldn't open the door from the inside to let himself out. He is a quiet boy who likes to wander.

On our way home from the Gardens Uncle Darren treated everyone to some yummy gigantic ice cream bars from Costco.

The van was a riot...as this picture says it all. I'm just glad I wasn't in the back. WHOA!

Some Fun Times With Thomas The Train

We had a great little train ride on Thomas. The kids thought it was the real thing, they spent the whole time walking between carts and enjoying the views from the train. They also enjoyed being with the Trunnell cousins.

Natalie and Elsie getting in some pet shop playing time while aboard the train.

We can't go anywhere without some sort of sports ball.

What cute kids. The only thing missing on our day out with Thomas was Sir Topham Hat.

Temple Time

Matthew

Blair

Natalie

We thought we would get pictures at the Temple with all the pretty tulips, there are a few tulips you can see in the back ground; however, we came a little too late in the season. Maybe next year.

Routine Visit to the Lab

At one of our weekly visits for Natalie at Primary's she picked a pair of sunglasses for her prize and Matthew and Blair shared some jacks...which they began playing in the center of the walkway, I had to coax them to play somewhere less traveled. We had to wait for the blood test results this time so we sat on the grass outside the hospital and told funny stories. I was glad I had my camera with me that day.