Busy Bees

Want to know what we've up to lately? Here's a list of my top 10 things that have occurred in the last few weeks. Good, bad, and ugly. No holding back people. So here goes, in no apparent order.........



1. I bought some double-stuffed oreos and hid them. Reason #1) If Kyson saw them he'd cry for them non-stop and drive me nuts and #2) If Ryan saw them he'd eat them all and drive me nuts! Therefore imagine my surprise when Lexi came home from school and said "Okay, where are the oreos?" I played dumb. "What oreos?" She came over to me and held up a little crumb - yes, a crumb!- and said, "See? Can I have one?" Nothing gets past that one!



2. Kyson woke up from his nap one afternoon and Kendri and I were giving him hugs and loves when I said, "Kendri, what would we do without our little Kyson?" She didn't even miss beat. She held up one finger like something had just dawned on her and said, "Get a GPS?"



3. Kyson loves it when we water the flowers in the backyard. Mmm hmmm. He likes to slurp up the little puddles on the patio.



4. Ryan was growing his Giant Pumpkin again (Notice the key word "was"). It got stolen last week and was found with the top cut off and lying in a neighbors yard. It was probably close to 70 lbs. I have my sources looking into it for me (meaning my 12 year old neighbor). Some punk kid is going to get it......



5. Lexi and Kendri like to play the "Honey" game. Basically there is a mom and then there is her child or "honey". They like to talk with fake accents and use words like "apparently" and "fantastic". And they only call each other "honey." It can be quite entertaining to hide around the corner and spy on them :)



6. Remember the "Bump-it's" present Lexi got me for my last birthday? Well, she's been begging me to let her wear them to 1st grade. Can you imagine what the teachers would think if I let her go to school with bump-it's??? (I can't risk it. They would want to borrow them........)



7. We checked "Puff the Magic Dragon" out at the library and I read it to Kendri. It made her cry. And then she asked me to read it to her again. She cried again. Three times I read it to her and 3 times she was in tears (nearly sobbing) asking why Jackie Paper had to leave and why he never came back. My explanations didn't help. Poor Kendri.



8. Kyson likes to wear princess crowns and bracelets pushed up to his biceps. Headbands too, if he can wrestle one away from his sisters. So manly. Don't worry he offsets it by waving his nerf gun around menacingly.



9. We were in the car coming home from soccer practice when Kendri announced she knew how to get her shoes clean. And then she proceeded to lick it. Yep. Licked it.



I guess I don't have a #10 so there you go! A little taste of what goes on around here.

Summer Vacation

Here are a few more pictures of our trip. And yes, I'm still talking about my summer vacation. Since school is in full swing that is the only exciting thing I have. Unless you want my minute by minute recap of getting ready for school in the morning. Which could be exciting if you happen to walk by my door while I'm using my "outdoor voice" and hear me say something about making beds...(HURRY)......or eating breakfast....(we're runnning LATE)....,or brushing teeth in the CAR!!!!!!!!!!! Yep, could be exciting.

Anyway back to the topic at hand. We went to the Alpine slide and everyone had a great time. Pa even treated us to ice cream after our ride!

The girls eating ice cream. Mmmmm, mmmm, good!

Ryan and Lexi coming down the ride.

Here's everyone at the Lodge we stayed in. As you can see, some are relaxing and the rest of us in the back are in the middle of a mean game of "Blink"!

Pa brought home a bubble maker for the kids after their night at the Monster Derby. Most of the adults went to watch cars get scrunched except for those of us with kids. We called it an early night and were in bed before anyone even got home!

All the girls making bubbles with Pa. It was a big hit! Can't wait for next summer.....

Boating at Jordanelle

While we were in Utah we were able to go boating. Here are all the little girl cousins having a good ol' time tubing. (Brooky, Kendri, Lexi, and Abby) They had a blast on the inner tube. We told them to gives a thumbs up for faster and thumbs down for slower. Needless to say at least one of them had a thumb up the whole time! Those little dare-devils........... Here is Lexi knee boarding. This was her first time on a knee board and she did us proud! Whooo hoooooo, Lex-ay!

Brooklyn and Lexi watching Abby knee board.

And here is Kendri being the flag girl. She wasn't really into getting into the lake so when she learned she could climb into the tube without jumping into the water she was quite willing!

And where am I, you ask? Oh yes, I was there too. I have proof. I'm just not showing it. You can thank me later. You know. For saving your retinas from burning. (Unfortunately those of you who are facebook friends with my husband suffered a far more horrific fate........hmmmm. So sorry!)

Always Greener on the Other Side

This is what I came home to after our week in Utah......

I think it missed me.

Oh, all right. Our sprinklers tripped.

Wedding Bells

We just returned from a very fun filled vacation.....lots of family, activities, food. Oh, and a wedding! Here are some pics of my youngest sister, Breanna, getting married. Of course she looked beautiful. And if you look close you can find the twin bridesmaids in the background. (I know. It's every brides dream ;)

So here are Bre and Skip right after they tied the knot. If it looks like Skip is half carrying Bre it's because he prolly is. She was wearing 5 inch purple stilettos. And that ground was not solid people!

Right before the wedding. Here is Breanna with the cutest flower girls you could ask for! Kendri and Brooklyn tossed the flower petals while Lexi and Abby held the train of the dress for the walk down the aisle.

And the wedding party in all our glory! Kyson was the ring bearer. Let's just say we're lucky the rings made it to their proper places. There was a bit of confusion when the pillow went soaring to the ground three feet to the left. After that I clutched the pillow and Kyson's hand and half dragged him down the aisle. (Don't worry.....I'm sure I still pulled off the elegant bridesmaid look ;)

But I must say his cuteness totally outweighs the fact that he would rather throw all those little rocks instead of delivering the symbolic tokens.

And our little prima donnas....Lexi, Abby, Brooky and Kendri. They entertained themselves by building "rock castles". I'm actually really surprised that they didn't ruin their dresses while they were waiting for all those pictures to finish. There was definitely ample opportunity for that!

And our little family dressed to the hilt! By this time we were lucky to even get the kids to look at the camera much less to smile. They were so done taking pictures but we managed one last one.

Overall, the wedding was a success and we had a great time participating! And PS, Welcome to the family Skip!