Fourth of July!

We had fun celebrating the fourth of July. We went to the fireworks in Logan with Bracken, Lindsey, Arianna, Grandpa Benton, and Brett. We watched them from Lundstrom park as has become the tradition. Ridge wandered away once and scared me to death but a nice lady was bringing him back to me but the time I went looking. He was crying and saying, "You left me at the park!" I hope the poor kid isn't traumatized. Then the next day we had a barbeque with Brittney, Branson, Brett, and his friend Sara. That night we lit off fireworks in Mom and Dad's driveway and I only burned myself once! As long as the kids got to do sparklers they could have cared less about the rest of it. It was a good day. I only wish that one of these years I will get to spend the 4th with Tyson. . . .now THAT would be fireworks!! heehee

Girl's Camp

Well I have officially survived a week at girl's camp. We went to Aspen Ridge. It is a scout camp up Cub River. It was a lot of fun. The girl's had fun teaching me all sorts of games and I took them on a snipe hunt since I forgot my bear call. We went on a 5 mile hike, rode horses, shot archery and rifles, and stayed up really late each night playing games. It was a lot of work but a blast! I even won the award for best shot at the rifle range. Tyson is very proud. It is good to be home. I love camping but it is good to get home to indoor plumbing and air conditioning. Plus the mosquitoes bit the crap out of me. I used two whole cans of spray and it didn't even slow them down! The kids had fun playing with Aubree and Brianne at Grandpa Benton's house. They have been steadily coming down off of a huge sugar high ever since I got home. I am so blessed to live close to Mom and Dad! I don't know what I would do without them.

Construction woes!

Wow will we be glad when this construction is done! Or at least moved down the street. For the last two days this has been the view from our drive way. Today we have no water, no phone, no sewer, and a huge ditch in the drive way so we have no way to leave. And they didn't even warn us! Both of our vehicles are trapped along with Grandma Lynda's van. She had to come pick us up for T-ball yesterday and I made the mistake of parking in the drive way. I was going to park across the street but they are digging over there also and they are diggin up and down both sides of my house. So my only other alternative would have been to park a street over and haul all three kids and their stuff home. Yesterday they warned us first, but not today! And what ticks me off the worst is that they are messing with the new valve Dad helped my put in yesterday. They will probably break that too. I guess I should feel lucky. They have only flooded our house once. My poor neighbors have been flooded three times! I guess this too will pass . . . .

Toddler Trouble!

I've said it before and I'm sure I will say it many more times. . ."Never turn your back on a two year old!" It is amazing how fast a toddler can make a gigantic mess! He was pretending to be a dinosaur and got into my tub of butter. Then he tried to find me so there was this trail of little butter drops and butter hand prints throughout the whole house. It was one of those moments where you are torn between freaking out and laughing your head off. I chose to laugh and made him let me take pictures for his scrapbook. I've decided that messes clean up and babies don't stay little long enough. So instead of being a stress case, I am going to enjoy my last days of having a toddler. Even if it exhausts me!

Over the Hedge!

It was another rainy day today so the kids had to entertain themselves somehow. We printed out some masks from the movie "Over the Hedge" and they pretended to be the characters. I didn't realize how much of the movie they have memorized! Scary. . .

Ode to Sody

Poor Sody has gone to the happy hunting grounds. We hope he is able to run free on all four legs now. The kids are all missing him. They loved him even though he constantly ran away from home, dug huge holes, chewed on everything, and made big messes. Cash is missing his buddy also. His leg was starting to hurt him more and more. It never healed right and he didn't use it at all. The day before he died, we took him swimming at the reservoir and he had tons of fun. He could barely walk after jumping in the water again and again. Gabe is sad but knows that he is probably having fun chasing cats in heaven.

Debit or credit?

The other day I was listening to Raygen play in her room. She was using a little cash register and pretending to be a cashier. I heard her say, "Ok will that be everything today? . . . .Your total is $10.95. . . . Is it credit or debit?. . . . .Thank you for coming in and have a nice day!" It was all I could do to contain my laughter. I never realize exactly how much my children are soaking in each day until they repeat it out of the blue. I just hope and pray that they only retain positive things. And who knows, maybe there will be customer service in Raygen's future.