A Sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa's!

Our Memorial weekend was not too exciting. Everyone worked except Ty and he spent the day vegging after his hectic last week. We did have fun when Eric and Brittney called and asked us to babysit Ashtyn overnight Sunday. WE love having our girls stay over. Ashtyn is growing like a weed. She is now about 7 and a half months old and 16 lbs. She is sporting a new bottom tooth...her first. She also has learned to pull herself up into a standing position. Grandma's Germany houses which sit on the table in the living room will probably not be there much longer as they will need to be moved. Anyway, Ashtyn came over about 8:18 Sunday night. She had a yummy dinner of baby food squash and applesauce. Then Grandma put her in her carebear pj's. Ashtyn loves playing with her grandpa just like Emma. Ashtyn reminds us of a little teapot. She just gets so filled with excitement she just shakes with it then when the excitment gets to be too much she squeals. Grandpa has nicknamed her "Bell" short for decibelle. Ashtyn loves to yell and she does it very well. If she wasn't so cute doing it we might not appreciate it so much but she is absolutely adorable. She finally went down at 10:45pm. Grandma thought she was down for the night. No such luck. She was up at 3am for a bottle and then at 6:30am for good. Grandma had forgotten how tiring getting up in the night with little ones was. Still we wouldn't change having Ashtyn stay over for anything. Monday morning Ashtyn helped Grandma make sure all of the tiny bunnies were still in their house. The new batches are about two weeks old, they have their eyes open and they like to wander out the door of their houses. Ashtyn had a great time playing with the fuzzy balls of fur before putting them back to bed. (on a side note we sold our first bath of seven bunnies so we are now down to only 16 rabbits). Eric and Brittney came to pick her up at about 9:15 after which grandma took a nap. I sure love my grandbabies and can hardly wait for our new one due in Sept. Dave and Brit have decided on Alli for our new granddaughter's name. Being a grandma is the best thing ever.

The First Days of Summer...

Where to begin???? First let me start with last Saturday. Dave, Brit and Emma came to Cache Valley for a visit. Dave and Mike went for an awesome bike ride up around Porcupine Reservoir. They had a blast. Dave and Mike both were walking alittle slower when they returned home, but they assured us they had a good time. After the guys were done doing their thing, we all (Mike, I, Crystal, Tyler, Dave, Brit and Emma) loaded up and headed to Willow Park for some fun fishing in this cute little pond they have for kids 14 and under. Even though Em was skunked she didn't seem to care. She had fun just hanging with her mampa and the rest of us. Following the fishing we took a walk through the park and saw all kinds of birds and turtles. Emma loved the turtles. It continually amazes me how smart Emma is. We all had a blast. Then yesterday Mike and I, Brandon and Crystal, Mathew, Dave, Brit and Emma went to the Aquarium in Sandy! It was great. Crystal admitted she was afraid the aquarium was going to be lame but she ended up being pleasently surprised. Mathew loved the touch pool and the sharks. I think Em's favorite was the sharks as well. She would stand next to glass and make growling noises when the sharks swam by. Great Grandma Scriver and a few of the cousins made a short appearance and then had to take off for swimming lessons. WHen things started to wined down I mentions food to Emma and she was off. She was literally shooing her parents out the door so she could "eat eat" "pizza, pizza". She ran out the doors headed to the car but not before giving the touch pool a hug and kiss and telling the sharks "bye bye". From there we headed to Chucky Cheese. We had a blast! Emma loved the carousel! I think she rode it at least 10 times! We were all exhausted but a good time was definately had by all. While we missed Eric, Brittney, Ashtyn, and Tyler, it was a blast spending the day with family. I love them all so much!

A little about us

We are the Scrivers. Mike and me have been married for 24 yrs. We have 6 wonderful children and 2 1/2 sweet grandbabies (all girls). Brandon is our oldest. He is 24 and loves computers and karate. Brittney is married to dave and they have a little girl named Emma (2) and are expecting another little girl in September. They love any outdoor recreation. Eric is married to Brittney. They are the parents of sweet little Ashtyn (7 months) and 3 dogs. They love movies and video games. Tyler is 19. He stays busy with school, work and cleaning his truck. He is starting an EMT class and is very excited about it. Crystal is 17 and a crazy one. Hehe. We sure enjoy her vegetarian lifestyle and her everchanging hair color. Mathew is 7, he loves pok-e-mon and getting into trouble. He has two speeds mach 10 and sleep. Oh yes, can't forget our "farm". We have 1 dog, 3 cats, 3 lizards, 2 ducks, and 23 bunnies. Yes you read right, 23! They are for sale. Our family may be crazy, but its a fun one full of love.