Tire swing

Saturday morning before the New Harmony parade we took the kids in the quads down the the tire swing. Loved these pictures had to post.


Here's my cute little nieces...












Lauric______________ and_____________ Maley














Just for the record that's not poop, and it's not Chocolate...













Hmmmmmmmm what is that Grandma?



Hang in there till the next post.

Crushin'

Isabel love's to give kisses. Especially to little 3 year old boys. Look at that smile on his face... Ben is one of many that has been given the famous "ice cream Kiss." Oh how I love you Isabel.

Pioneer day fun

Well for pioneer day (July 24th) we decided to head down to New Harmony, and spend time with Papa, and Grandma.
Grandma hand-made costumes for Isabel, and I. Also Max had a cool costume.












Grandma was in charge of making a float for her parade. It turned out quite nice, and she even let us ride on it in the parade.
Here's me and Joe peakin' out the back.
After the parade was over, there was a huge B.B.Q., and lot's of games for the kids. There was also a pioneer costume contest. Isabel won 2nd in the children's bracket, and I won 2nd in the adult bracket. Thanks Mom for the cute costumes, and all the hard work.
Here's some of the games the kids played.

Here's Papa and Joe just chillin'
And here's Joe with Grams. He ate like 3 of these.
So I forgot to mention that the Waites (minus Taylor) came up to join us for pioneer day in N.H. We miss those guys, and haven't seen them since we moved. It was a fun visit, we did lot's of fun things. They were with us for the N.H. parade, and also the next day we were in another parade for the next town over. Good times! After the Saturday parade, we went swimming, quadding, and exploring.
Don't forget your goggles Maddie...
After a long day of events, we all settled down for some Smores. I love roasting marshmallows, and then sticking a piece of chocolate inside to melt. MMmmmmmmm. This was right outside my parents house in their "new" fire pit.
We had so much fun in N.H. with Dad and Mom. It was also really nice to see Heather and family. The trip was of course too short, but we'll be back this comming weekend. No Heather though. :(
Ode to Pioneers for another Holiday!

Home hair salon

Well here goes... Yesterday my cousin Lauren came for a visit. We wanted to show her a good time so the kids thought of some Ideas. First max thought that Lauren would love to play Bakugan's (crazy transforming ball toy thingy's) Looks like Max scored on that one, Lauren had a blast:
After Bakugan's Isabel decided to bust out her hair tools, and hook Lauren up with a sweet new hair-do. Max had to get in on the action, so I let him do my hair. Yikes.


































Awe, thank you Lauren for being a good sport! The kids had so much fun, and so did I. Smiles all around






One more hair-do that just can not be left out:

How cute! Love you bud!

Fun times

So a while ago, we went to our friend's house for dinner. It was fabulous!!! Sister Dayton made the best CafeRio knock offs ever! After a yummy dinner we played games (while tending to babies) It was good times! Here's Buffy and Joe
Kai, and Kelly Nordfelt were also in attendance
The kids played downstairs while we played upstairs. They had a really great time also. Here's my favorite picture, Miss thang
And a close second
While at dinner Buffy invited us up to Park City the following week for some swimming. She is so sweet! We of course took her up on the offer. Here's a few shots of the kids.
What better after swimming than settling in to watch a movie.

Can't leave out my little Jo-JoThanks Dayton's for inviting us to fun times.

Tile and swimming?

This weekend, after all the 4th of July festivities. My dad and I (while Reece worked, and my mom watched my kids all day), helped Donny and Sara put the tile in their kitchen (after almost 2 years of bare wood). Despite all the craziness of the floor, we "got er done."

This picture is pre-grout

So after a long weekend of fireworks, and fun. (and tile, thanks Dad) it was time for Dad and Mom to go home. Before they could go they had to have just a little more fun, so they took the kids to the pool. The whole gang was there, and we enjoyed a few hours of swimming and fun.

Here's Leah and Joe. (keep in mind that even though they appear to be the same size...Joseph is 8 months older.) Is he sucking his thumb, or is his hand stuck to his face? :) LOL
Isabel offering me some treats. Or rather just showing them to me.
catchin' some rays
cheezin' for cheetos
goof-balls
I know it wasn't the most fun to watch my kids all day long and lay tile on you weekend off. But it was very much appreciated!!! Thank you so much Dad, and Mom for all the help and love you give to my family.