Dawson is a hoot! And Chandler is a man?

We had just finished family prayer the other night, and Dawson says, "Group hug everyone,... Except for Dad. You can't squeeze his tummy because he just got his "gobblers" out." We were all laughing, and Eric's stomach hurt from laughing too hard. All the talk about gall bladders, and gall stones,... Dawson is so funny.

So Chandler discovered he has 3 armpit hairs. It's true... and I tell you because he is so proud, he tells everyone. The other day he says, "well I'm the "man" of the house right now." And I reminded him that dad was upstairs. Then he says "well I'm the man downstairs." Then I said, "Chandler your not even a man." Then he lifts up his right arm and points at his armpit! Not saying a word, just reminding me that he has armpit hair, and that makes him a man. I laughed so hard.

~Melissa

Happy Birthday Eric!

We love you so much! You are such an awesome Husband and Dad!

We love the salt flats!

We have never stopped here with our kids, so we thought it would be a fun
adventure. And it was.

We Love Missouri, and we posted a ton of pics to prove it!

Chandler's crayfish that he caught...cool.

Beautiful Mabel Dyal Wilkins!

Eliza, Hannah, and Makenna on a horse ride.

The almost married couple, Bradly and Irina.
They are so cute!

The cutest tractor pulls ever!

Hannah rode barefoot, and made it about 3 feet!

Hayden made it all the way to the end!

Chandler was so close to the end.

And Colton won second place in his age group!

Lovin Missouri!

Eliza Jeanne so cutie!

Aunt Debbie and Eliza so sleepy!

All the kids at Silver Dollar Ctiy in the big rockin chair!

Our adorable Hannah Dezarae!

There is still more!

Who doesn't like mini golf?

Sydnie, Grama Wilkins, and Kelsie,... so pretty!

Hayden learned a ton of gardening tips from Grandma.

Eric and Dawson enjoying the river!

We love our Missouri Family

We love games!

I love this ride Eric took,... Justin is driving. Crazy country boys!

Some of our beautiful nieces!

Nathan, Eric, Todd, and Bradly skippin rocks on the river!

Summer Fun in Missouri!

Hayden, Dawson, and Gavin...too cute!

Thanks for the fun Breanne and Lisa,... and the rest of the girls!

We love Silver Dollar City...even if we get soaked!

We love you guys,... thanks for all the fun!

10 Years and loving it!

I love Eric so much!
We spent our anniversary on the Sac River in Missouri. A bunch of family was there, and we just had such a fun and relaxing day. We each took turns, on the canoe, down the river and that was quite the adventure. I'll post more pictures of our trip later, but for now... I can't wait to see where the next 10 years take us!

Here are just a few misc. pics of this great family! My kids are awesome! Dad

You know you have too many kids when...

So we had stake conference last Sunday. Well, we were running late, and my parents had saved us seats, so Eric took us right up to the door and dropped us off so that he could go park. By "us" I mean,... me and 4 of our kids. Eliza was still asleep in her car seat, and Eric said he would just take her with him. So quite a bit of time went by because Eric had to park 1/2 mile away. And when he finally walked in and started to shuffle into our row, my mom says, "Where's the baby?" Eric turns bright red and says, "Oh!" Yep... we have reached the limit. Everyone around us is just laughing, and we are shaking our heads. And yes, Eliza was still asleep when Eric got to her. We really do love our kids. Really.

~Melissa