4th of July Fireworks

So , finally we get a day with no smoke... just happened to be the 4th. It was wonderful all day. A nice breather (litteraly). Too bad the next day we were covered in smoke twice as bad as the previous day.

It needs to be said we had to start at about 5 o'clock because a little young man saw the fireworks on the table and just went ballistic. He was very excited to start. Once we did Daddy kept building his own fireworks and this says it all...

G'Pop and Nana didn't think we had enough fireworks. So off they went to pick up more.

Well, that just gave us a lot more time, to build... but don't worry I didn't keep taking picutres of that. I do have video of a failed atempt where the whole firework caught on fire and stayed in the same spot... but I figured w/o explaniation it was just boring.

Brenden loves fireworks. He's still asking for them. He just wasn't a fan of some of the sounds.

*yes that is a bandaid on his forehead. He learned you can't jump on a sleeping dog... but they will lick you til you pee afterwards.

Kaleigh spent most of her time hiding near the front door. But when she know the firework wouldn't make a sound she was okay to run back and enjoyed it with the family.

It was a wonderful day. However we didn't end fireworks til about 11.

I told everyone that they we'd send pictures as soon as we could. So here's the update. Every Friday we do a ward Lake Day. It's a lot of fun. We pretty much just let the kids loose over the beach as we all just plan the week/end. Technically it's a RS activity, however we still have the hubbys show up...

Brenden usually has a lot of fun. Keith's a great dad. He helps him swim. He trusts him a lot more than me. I usually just let him sit on my back as I swim. Which he loves but sometimes loses his balance.

I'd show you pictures of that but mommy's the only one who uses the camera.

Kaleigh loves to play in the sand, once in a while she'll run to the water and go ankle deep.

She prefers to do her own thing but daddy and I aren't too comfortable with that yet.

So we try to stick her with the girls. And look finally a pic of mommy.

Hiking in Susanville

Here we are just a few days ago on a little hike thru the national park.

Brenden absloutly loves the bridges. Each time we see one he runs to it screaming "look it's a bridge." (just a note it's cuter with his little italian accent)

I'll add pictures of our treks here if I can. For now we only can load one.

Brenden had a wonderful time. We did one more trek today. Passing over many bridges. He quite enjoyed them. He loves the dogs as well. Everytime we go we take all 3 of them.

Brenden does however like to be carried when he gets too hot. Today he ran up to me and said "Brenden's on fire, mommy pick up the Brenden." I love how he refers to himself in the third person. What a handsome young man. That's what's new with us.

Here he is walking with Cassie. Yes, she's a big girl. But she's sweet as can be...(to the family at least.)

Here's to wishing you are having just as much fun as we are.

internet and phone troubles

okay all! I know a lot of you have been asking to have photos emails or whatever. No I'm not ignoring you all. But I have barely any reception on my cell phone. I will get voicemails but no incoming calls. I've tried to publish new posts on here however it times out everytime I try to upload a photo. I've also been trying to send emails. However, I see them in my outbox but not my sent box. so either I have a large problem. Or I've fallen off the face of the earth. Looking around here. I just may have. There are some beautiful secnes here. We really like it. Feel free to try to call me I'll get back to you if you leave a message. Take care all.

We're Moved!

We finally got here. It's beautiful. I will post more soon...

Lint Bunnies are like Dust Bunnies only cuter

I don't know about you but I hate those nasty dust bunnies collectedall over the house. We put one of the kids blankets in the dryer (this is where a majority of our dustbunnies live) last night and went to get it out today. Well, there weren't any dust bunnies but there was a lint bunny.

This is what Keith saw as he walked up to the dryer.

So this was a bunny I didn't throw away.

Hair-CUT!

okay so yes Brenden's hair was a little hard to keep under control. All those curls and waves are hard to get thru. And Kaleigh would not let us put anything in her hair. When we fought her to she would just accept for a moment then without warning she would run off and rip it all out. Letting her hair fall in her face. So Janna (Grossnickle) gave a simple solution.