4th of July! Family camp out

SI love the 4th!!
It is one of my favorite holidays because we get to celebrate this wonderful country that I love and it's in the middle of summer!!!  I love the heat!

The night before the 4th Kyle picked up his cousin Monica from the airport, and we drove to Auburn the next morning EARLY!  We made it in time for a breakfast that Kyle's dads ward put on right next to his grandparents house.  It was great to see some of the people I'm getting more familiar with in Auburn.  

Right after that we went to downtown Auburn where they have a bunch of fun activities for kids, and families.  The fire department does a breakfast every year, I think that's really cool!  When we got there they had a giant water balloon catching contest going on.  Sara and Erin were playing, along with Katera and one of her friends.  

Katera and Lacie

The Whole group

Sara

Erin

Kenna and Bridger

They also do a watermelon eating contest, Kyle did not contend but here is a slice. 

Luke conked out right when we got there... don't know how he stayed asleep.  It's the first time he's ever slept in the stroller, and he got hit with water balloon and stayed asleep like a champ!

Kyle proposed to me in this very spot almost 4 years ago now, and we've never gone back.  So we walked over to the giant miner to take pictures.  

Kyle put the ring right in the miners hand there in the pan.  It was the best day ever!!

After downtown we went to Kyle's grandma's house and went swimming.  Luke LOVES the water, and we were outside for a couple of hours.  Kyle and his cousins were making up obstacle courses and messing around the whole time, while Luke and Kolvin were playing in a  kiddie pool.  

After this we went back to Sara's and hung out for a little bit, until it was time to go to Megan's house and have a little BBQ before we went to the hight school to watch fireworks.  The whole fam bam was there and it got a little crazy but it's so much fun to just get to hang out and see everyone. 

Before the fireworks we hung out at the Placer football field and a bunch more family joined to party!

Hesston, Luke, and Mason at grandma's house

Us at Placer waiting for the firework show!  We all played catch and frisbee during the wait.  

A few pics of the babies

Luke would not put those glow sticks down the entire night.

Luke, Kolvin, Hesston, Mason, and Ember

Rowan and Kenna had to join the picture party

It was a crazy busy day, but we had sooo much fun!!!

If that wasn't enough we had a big family camp out and Kyle's Aunt Shellie's house.  This has become a Sipherd family tradition, and it's so much fun!  Everybody brings tents and all sleep outside on the property.  We eat dinner, talk, and the kids...adults.. all play games until 3:00 in the morning, and then have breakfast the next day. We slept inside seeing as I'm slightly pregnant at the moment.  We also got some family pictures taken.  Good times!

Kyle was the BBQ king

The group

Some of our family photo shot.

Grandma and her grand babies

Big ol Sipherd family.  

Another good day!!!

ACN

I haven't posted anything about the amazing company that Kyle and I are so lucky to be a part of, so here it is!  We just got back from a huge international conference in LA this last weekend, and it has changed our whole way of thinking about our home based business.  Not only was it tons of fun, but we learned from the best in the business.. not just our business, but the best in any Relationship marketing business out there.  We got the chance to learn how to become millionaires from the very people who have gone out there and done it themselves!!  And these are average everyday people who have done it!   And more importantly we got to hear from the Co-founders who started this company up 20 years ago and are still going strong!  They are opening up in new countries, and providing more services for their IBO's to help other people with.  What great men we have to look up to in the company! 

It's such a simple way to do business.  I love that I don't have to sell a dang thing!  It providing services to people who already have them budgeted in, so they don't have to come up with extra money to buy anything.  It's GENIUS!!! 

We just love ACN and feel so incredibly blessed to be a part of it!  And we'll be a part of this company for the rest of our lives!! 

Our first day walking into the convention center!

Those screens are HUGE!!!

This picture is blurry but there are 6 more huge screens because there are 22,000 people in this room!  Incredible!  

The first day we were in the very very back, but the 2nd we got great seats up close to the front!

On our way back to our car we found this crazy floor going into a nice building, the squares light up when you walk on them.. it was cool

Kyle and I were having fun jumping around on the different lights... kinda still little kids at heart. 

Again we just love this company and everything about it!!  So blessed to be a part of it! 

If you care to find out more about it here is ACN's main website: http://acninc.com

Here is my website: http://carlysipherd.acndirect.com

Here is Kyle's: http://ksipherd.acndirect.com

 The first is about the company.  Mine and Kyle's websites are where you can go and click on your state or country (We are in 23 countries), and then check out the services that we provide in your area.  Sometimes there are savings, others times it' around the same price.  But regardless it helps Kyle and I out big time to have people use the services that we provide.. Which in most cases are the same as what you already have.  Check out what BIG names we are partnered up with, and show us some love!!  

LUKE's FIRST BIRTHDAY!

 Lukes first birthday was a success! On his birthday Luke, Kyle and I went to Tahoe for a short visit to the beach.  It wasn’t the warmest day so we weren’t there for too long. His party the next day was soo much fun!  We had a BBQ out at our pool.  Not too many people were able to come because it was a Friday, but it was perfect! He got spoiled none the less.  And he is having a blast playing with all of his new toys!!

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1 year old

d luke loves peas, pancakes, applesauce, and blueberries are his FAVORITE!!

d He loves to SWIM, and take baths!

d Luke has one tooth and it was a it was a nightmare breaking through!! More any day now

d He is saying mamama and dadada on purpose.. well he more like yells them to get our attention, but it’s really cute!

d Luke walks on the back of his Lightening McQueen car.  Not really close to walking on his own yet.. I’m ok with that.

d He weighs 25 lbs and is 30.5 inches long. In the 70^th percentile.  His head is still in the 13^th. 

d Favorite toys at the moment are my chap stick, plastic Easter eggs, bouncy balls, and hot wheels cars. 

and this table can have nothing on it.  whenever something is he knocks it down right away. 

We have a healthy, happy, growing boy!!

(Speaking of healthy little boys, Kyle can now feel Soren kicking.  I’ve felt him since I was about 16 weeks, and I am now 22 weeks.)

daddy out BBQing 

2 of my siblings 

Grandma Sara

Grandma Teri took Luke swimming and he was loving it!!!

The cutest little guests. Logan, Rowan, and Eli

Kyle, Bill, And Christopher

The Stewarts came all the way down from Auburn.  We love them!!! And Melisa, we love her too!

Some of the spoils

Loving the water!

Daddy and the boy

Us in the Hot tub.  It's nice because it's so big it never really gets hot

Karly, Tonya, and I love these girls!!

Luke's birthday cake

He kinda loved it!!

Such a cute little baby!!! 

After the mess!

He kinda got in to opening his presents.. mostly Logan, Rowan, and Eli helped. 

It was hard taking the toys away to open the next one!

He loves getting pushed around in his cars!

Playing with Rowan! 

It's a boy!!

This last week we also found out for sure that we are being blessed with another baby boy!  We are so excited for Luke to have a brother that will be so close.  

I have been able to feel him move around in there since I was 16 weeks along, but I'm now feeling him a ton!  Kyle is going to be able to feel his little buy kicking around soon!  I am feeling really good, nothing to complain about during the pregnancy at all!  I'm excited to see what Soren is going to look like!  But I am not in any hurry for him to get here like I was with Luke.  So that means it's going by really fast! 

Soren Brett Sipherd

Clearly he's a boy!

Birthday weekend in Auburn

For the Sipherd family there are a ton of birthdays in June... TONS!  This last weekend we went to Auburn to celebrate Rowan's birthday, but we got to have a little celebration for Kolvin and Luke also.  

Rowan's birthday was lots of fun, with swimming and slip and sliding.  Luke love love loved the slip and slide I couldn't believe it!  Rowan looked adorable as a little princess, and it was great to just be with family.  And a big bonus Karly is visiting from Utah so we got to see her.

Princess Rowan.. I got this off of Facebook.. as you can tell!

All by himself!

The happiest baby!!

Fun day!!!