Picnic for the 24th of July

We decided to drive up the canyon for a picnic for the 24th of July. Two picnics in one month! The kids didn't complain one bit - they just found water as quick as they could and proceeded to get play, and get wet!

I think this is some kind of dance she's doing, but the boys seem to be ignoring her. It's probably better that way

Aunt JB will give her a hug though - she's a bit of a sucker for a cute face making strange dancing moves (maybe that's only if the strange dancer is her 4 year old niece)

Jason does not look to excited to get tossed in the river.
I'm not sure why not...

Hi Mr Man!

Jason loves his aunt!

JB with her two favorite boys!

Look how cute they are!

Shelly is trying not to laugh

I'm not sure why she would be laughing...

Grandma and Grandpa

They're cute together - just don't tell them.

More playing in the river - this time tossing rocks

Splash!

Yes Shelly, you can throw rocks too

Or, you can fall in the water - either one works...

Fun in the Pool

It's been a warm summer, and the pool is always a welcome distraction to warm weather - especially to the kids who will play in water even if it's 50 outside. This is one of many days enjoyed in the pool so far this summer, and I suspect there will still be many more wet days in these kids future.

I think that's Shelly under there

And Ethan under that one

I'm pretty sure that's Jason... :)
He loves that hose! We have a hard time getting him to leave it turned off - ever

Ethan emerges!


Filling up the water gun for revenge on an older cousin's attack

Hero Camp 2009 - Feel the Joy

I realize I'm a year behind, but Costco reminded me that I was about to lose the photos, so I saved them and decided to put them up. Shelly had a lot of fun at Hero Camp, and still talks about her Hero Camp Book with all of the crafts she made there.

Group shot of all the kids who went

Shelly petting the sheep.

Shelly is the one on the far left - they're shepherds.

Cheese?

They were supposed to sit on the balloons and pop them...

Her small group - Merry Munchkins

More Merry Munchkins

Happy 7-11 Birthday Emily!!

Aunt Becca made a Slurpee cake in honor of Emily's birthday being 7-11. All of my siblings went over to her house for dinner on her birthday (a Sunday tradition) and we went out to the back yard for dessert.

Emily with her Slurpee cake




She got to eat the 'Slurpee' part.

It's too bad she doesn't like cake...

'Let's see how much I can lick off the plate...'

Mmmm... Frosting....

She was a mess, but I'm sure she didn't mind!


After the fun at Becca's house, we waited a few days to have a party with Grandma and Grandpa. She had tons of sugar this week!!

I want some!!

Umm.... Cake.....

She got to dig into the whole thing!

Just like her. Holding the silverware with one hand, and eating with her other

She's pretending like she wants to share, but we all know better

Of course, we eventually took most of it away from her so we could have some too. Poor thing was left with only a HUGE slice... :)

Is she toasting someone?

Presents from Grandma

I'm not sure why she didn't get her shirt back on, but it would seem as if she didn't

Before and After of Shelly's Hair

Found some before and after pictures of Shelly's hair on Grandma's camera. She's a handy one to have around at picture time.

Here's the before length. When she's not crouched over and when you can actually see the back, it's about an inch or two from her pants line. Super painful to brush, and really hard to keep from looking like a rats nest. On the rare days when it did look good, it was cute, but it was a lot of effort to keep up. It was time to go.


Into a pony tail, and off it comes.

Short hair!

Shelly sporting the scissors! She's not excited or anything...

Of course, since I am an incredibly un-professional hair cutter, it needed a bit of fixing...
The pony tail was at least 1/2 inch longer on one side than the other. I blame the scissors. They were about 1 step up from kids safety scissors.

It's a shame she's not excited ;)

Shelly Hair Cut & Emily Walks - Pictures & Video

Aunt JB and Grandma trying to get Emily to walk again for the camera. She was done. All further tries to get her to walk ended up with her sitting down as soon as we let go.

Shelly with her newly cut hair.


Shelly was WAY excited to have her hair cut. She went around singing 'I have cutted hair' for quite a while. It was kinda cute!