Cousins make the best friends

I've been missing Chris a lot lately and this memory popped up on Facebook.  I wish I could go back in time and hang out with him again.  I can't believe it's almost been a year since he died.  I also miss my little kids, how cute are Rockwell and Wyatt?!? 

Speaking of cousins, I'm so glad my kids have cousins that are also their best friends.  Amarie and Caitlyn sure are beauty's.

Amarie came and stayed over night on Labor Day weekend.  Caitlyn was so excited to have some time with Amarie.

Bella came over on Monday and pierced Amarie's ears and then they all hung out for a while.  Caitlyn was in heaven with her two best friends. 

Hallee and Tessa have been able to play together the last few Saturdays.  They play until bed time and they still aren't ready to stop.  

Rockwell mows lawn on Saturday so it usually doesn't work out for him to come over, but one Saturday it did. I loved seeing Jonah hanging out with them.

Cait got a haircut from a friend from work and Bella went with her so they could all hang out.  That definitely made the haircut more fun! Caitlyn and Bella have both been so busy so it's been harder for them to get together, Caitlyn loves any chance she gets to hang out with Bella. 

Caitlyn is working so hard in school.  She has so much homework and so many tests with all of her college classes.  She does hours and hours of homework every day.  She also works a few days a week and ten hours on Saturday.  I'm worried it's too much and she is going to burn herself out, but she says she is up for the challenge and is handling it well.

My parents got a new car so they sold their car to Caitlyn.  She debated because it would take most of the money that she has saved up over the last year, but she decided to do it. She said she is very happy with her decision and loves her car!

She got the car this week and she is loving it, especially the air conditioning.  She loved driving the Aveo and was a good sport about not having air conditioning, but she loves this car even more! I think she loves the feeling of knowing she owns it.  We are so proud of her for working hard and saving her money.  I snapped a picture of her before she went to the hospital for her internship. She is really enjoying that.  She is assigned a nurse to go around with and she just gets right in and helps with whatever they are doing.  She works on the trauma floor, which makes me a little nervous, but she loves it. 

A few weeks ago me and Hallee met Tiff, Paul, Katie and Ben up at South Fork.  Wyatt was at a birthday party so he couldn't come.  It's been so hot.  It was over 100 degrees for 7 days in a row in September! It's finally starting to cool off, but it's still a little too hot for my taste.

Jonah got this beautiful picture one night when he was fishing at Utah Lake.

Jonah is enjoying all of the school activities.  He loves to go to the football games with his friends.  One night they had a "dad out" where they were supposed to dress like dads.

He looked pretty good, but Keith stopped him before he left and gave him his hat as the final touch. 

Wyatt stays busy with friends and break dance.  Here he is at the school picnic, we didn't even go, he just went with Dallin. 

Wyatt is a sucker for a yard sale.  Someone in our neighborhood was having one and he just kept coming home with more and more stuff.  It was really sweet that he bought me these Garth Brooks CDs because he knows I like Garth Brooks. He is always so thoughtful.

He also bought a bunch of records and used them to decorate his room.  Wyatt is always on the look out for a project or a way to change things up.

Hallee loves school and loves her dance and singing class.  She also joined the school choir so she goes to that two mornings a week.  Her choir teacher emailed us and told us they wanted Hallee to try out for a national choir.  Unfortunately it would probably cost us almost $2000 because it is in Florida and we have to cover all of our travel expenses.  I told Hallee, it's just an honor to be nominated.  She is singing a solo for her voice class next month, so I think that helped boost her confidence for that.

Hallee looks so grown up lately! She still loves to play pretend.  I love to see the fun things she comes up with.