Meow!

In a older post I explained that Daddy put this little blog into a book. It is beautiful and I am re-dedicating to writing for my family. So many of you won't want to read about the daily on-goings. That is okay. I am doing this for a new audience. I hope one day the pages of our books are filled with many moments like these....
Painted faces from a birthday party.
The paint was itchy Ry Ry and you wanted me to wash off everything but the eyebrows. I don't know why you wanted to keep them?

Who is HOT?

Does 95 degrees somehow feel like 150 degrees?

Thought so....

Oh what do you do in the summer time?

We spend most of our time playing in the circle with friends until it gets too dark to see. We love our circle, even the older-ish kids will play. There is about 12 kids to play with in our circle alone.

The favorite is bike riding... Or scooters...
They also bring out the skates, soccer ball, sidewalk chalk, and Popsicles...

It make me think of growing up. Now I am one of the grown-ups sitting on the grass, chatting away with the other grown-ups.

Next year we add another blanket sitter... But, she-baby will be nine months when we play next summer. That means she will probably be eating dirt and and bugs.

Bad influence

I must be a bad influence on my son who says to us all as we are driving in the car.

"Everyone, Quiet! I am making a phone call!"

(On his Lighting McQueen play phone.)

"Everyone be Quiet"

(No one is even talking)

"QUIET PLEASE!"

(Not one person has said anything)

"QUIET!!!!!"

-Now we can't help but laugh.

Moving right along

I am surprised that I even posted this. A shot of the large-ness... I think I am swelling in places that I didn't even know you could swell in. For example; my nose, earlobes, lips, and eye lids. Yes I realize that your belly, buttocks, and chest swell but, good grief. All for a good cause. We met with cardiology at PCMC yesterday. We finally had our fetal echo done on she-baby. I didn't really feel like getting one at first. I ho-hummed, with insurance changes and seeing things look okay at our anatomy ultrasound. I suppose I thought that if we did get an echo it wouldn't change my thinking much. It meant the world to prepare with Gator but deep, way deep down, I was trying to not let it all happen again. Anyway.... I felt good about going, just extremely nervous. I had an upset tummy all morning. Finally we went and ran into so many people that I love. It was nice to be somewhere that I knew. As we began the echo I just knew it was gonna be okay. The best news, we don't have to go back for this baby, everything checked out and we are looking at a healthy heart. Now that doesn't mean that we are totally cleared, that is was they say to cover their you-know-what's... But, I feel really good about it.

She wants to snuggle so bad... I took the big couch.

He is so fun.. Trouble waiting to happen. My favorite thing he has said lately is...

"Ahhhhhh... where are my sunglasses?"
"The Sun guy is not nice to me!"

Happy Fourth!

The 4th of July is a favorite. We hit parades and have a BBQ. It will always be the holiday I look forward to for Gator because he was finally out of the hospital and we could enjoy doing something normal. The kids got a picture with the Gator from Gator Wash... Love him!!! We even hit the Richfield parade. My grandpa restored this fabulous red truck that Gator loves. We had to see him drive it in his very first parade. Wow is sure was shiny. We got tons of candy and blew kisses to all the pretty girls. The other red truck Gator is "test-driving" to see if it will fit in our garage. No such luck...

Lake Powell

Sorry kids we are not a traveling family. So opportunities like these are few and far between. However, when we do have an opportunity to enjoy time with each other away, we REALLY enjoy each other. Lake Powell was amazing and beautiful. This was the first time both daddy or I had ever been. The water was warm-ish and the red rocks are to die for. Ry tried surfing, tubing and wanted to swim all day. Gator loved going fast in the boat and digging the sand/dirt. He tried tubing with daddy but preferred to stay dry. Ry really wanted to try skiing, but we ran out of time this trip. We also had our fishing supplies and tried for about an hour but none of us caught anything. One of our favorite things about this trip, was the "adventure" we found a branch off from the lake and went in on boat as far as we could. Anchored the boat, put all the kids in the tube while the mommies and daddies pulled and pushed the tube until the water ended. Then we got out and hiked in until there wasn't any where else to go. The kids played in the cool sand and loved it. We can't wait for another trip like this.