Camping and other stuff

Over the weekend we went camping with my brother and his buddy's family. We had a great time and totally got rained/hailed out one day, but it was well worth it.

Brady wants everyone to see his new Spiderman bike..so here you go

Fun stuff on the 24th of July.

Family Pics

Okay, Okay...

Okay, okay...so I haven't posted in a while....so here are a few of our happenings.

We found a snake on our front lawn yesterday, that was pretty exciting as Brady and Sterling (neighbor) ran up the street screaming that it was a rattlesnake. Snakes are my phobia though, so I have been watching my back. What's with all the snakes in Harvest Hills lately anyway? Lived here for 7 years and never once saw one before this year. Chris caught it in a bucket and went up to the hills and let it go. Good thing, I may have just found a shovel...

Carter really LOVES corn on the cob, he ate two full ones tonight for dinner. It is hilarious watching him eat them!

Brady and Chris camped out in the backyard the other day. First time outside (not in the living room). Brady surprised us and made it all the way to 2 a.m. before he insisted on coming inside. Better do better than that this coming weekend when it is the real thing...

We don't go to a "BIG" pool very often, but the kids did have a blast at their cousin's birthday and her neighborhood pool. We do swim in our family sized blow up one a couple times a week. And of course, we always have popsicles after. Carter is a popsicle lover and usually has it stained on his face and running down his belly before he is done. But don't try to help him or take it away or you will feel his wrath! And yes, I am a bad mother...Carter does like Mtn. Dew. '

Brady is officially a PYRO. Chris let him light some fireworks on the fourth of July and before we knew it he was caught lighting them by himself...just like dad does...off of other fireworks! Way to go DAD!

Chris took Brady fishing with his uncle and his cousins on Saturday. Brady did a really great job and caught 3 big ones!

So I still haven't posted (nor printed for us) our new family pics. I will really get on that....goal is before Thursday, so stay tuned!

Never a Dull Moment!

WOW! What a crazy week this has been....let's see, to start off my boss got fired on Monday (that was fun...), UVU created a new "work at home" policy that makes it virutally impossible to get around, so I am now back to work (physically in the office) everyday as of Tuesday. This has created a bit of a challenge with daycare and at a very inopportune time. My mother is having her knee replaced tomorrow and I was hoping to just rearrange a lot of the days I usually worked from home to accomodate daycare for CJ for the next couple weeks....so now I am in a bit of a jam, but it will work out somehow...it always does. The new Dean was appointed and officially started on Thursday, so I have been busy with transitions.

Chris was on the verge of starting a new job, he had given his current employer his 2 weeks notice and his boss realized what an asset he was going to be losing...so the negotiating back and forth began and Chris is happily staying put, but with a much larger income :) Chris also turned 31! Wahoo! It had been such an exhausting week for the both of us that we didn't do too much. We have some great neighbors and friends who came over and shared an Cold Stone icecream cake with us...that was about the extent of it! Happy Birthday!

Saratoga Splash was also this week. It was really nice to have most of the festivities just around the corner at the park. The boys and I went over with our neighbor and her twins and had some fun in the bounce houses and got a sugar rush on Snowies! Then that night we didn't even have to leave our front porch to hear the concert and have a great view of the fireworks!

Summer Lovin'

It is definitely summer! Parade's, swimming, birthday lunches, cousins, grandparents, family pictures (I will post those later) and father's day (no pics, sorry Chris) - yep, did it all this weekend! I am exhausted, but you gotta love summer!

Balloons seem to bring on excitement, go figure.

What's this parade business anyway??

Grandma's boss...

and the grand finale'...the broken down UVU float that the student government guys insisted on pushing even after they were offered a tow! Typical UVU...low bid. What I didn't get a picture of is Ms. UVU climbing off the float and walking in her 6" stileto heels! (I can poke fun since the other half of my life is spent giving service there and I really mean SERVICE... LMAO)

SWIMMING and BRADY'S ACROBATS

A Work in Progress

I finally got all my containers planted and am looking forward to when my garden is in full bloom. Anyone that lives by me knows that I really love my yard and that I take lots of pride in it, I am excited for it to come to fruition.

Sandbox

So I always seem to forget my camera when we do cool things...like the other day when we went boating....oh well. Here are some pics of ordinary life...the kids playing in the sandbox, actually Carter's first experience. Brady has a fudge popsicle mustache/gotee...ah, the joys of summer!

Memorial Day Weekend

I have really been slacking on the blog lately...so here is an update as to what we have been doing. Over Memorial Day weekend we took the kids and some friends down to St. George. We met up with my niece, Courtney, who lives in St. George and went bowling one night. She beat everyone! We took a day trip to Vegas and did lots of other fun things like swim and hang-out. There was a bit of drama...but overall, it was a good trip!