Oh what do you do in the summer time?

Here are some the of the pictures of stuff that we have been doing this summer

Being a rock band

Picking and growing flowers.

Rocket launching.

Swimming

Scout camp..

Time just seems to go so fast when school is out. How come it doesn't seem so quick when school is in?

I LOVE THE SUMMER!!!

Bad boys bad boys whatcha gonna do?

On Thursday morning I came downstairs and noticed that there was a car sitting in front of our house. I saw that there was people sitting in the car so I assumed that they were waiting for someone. I didn't think too much about it. An hour later I noticed that they were still there. It looked like they were sleeping in the car. Another hour passed and they were still there. It was starting to make me nervous so I decided to call the police. I was a little bit nervous, but I looked up the number and called. I don't know what I thought was going to happen, but it was surprisingly easy. Ten minutes later a police car showed up. The cop took the driver out first and did all of the things that you see on TV. He made him put his hands on the hood of the car and spread his legs. The officer then patted him down. (All of this happened with me looking through a slit in the blinds and making the kids stay away from the windows.) I continued to watch as the officer did the same thing with the passenger and proceeded to administer all of the touch your nose with your finger etc. Then the officer searched the car and started pulling out stuff including a full open bottle of liquor. After about an hour and a half another adult (which turned out to be the driver's mom) came and got the kid and left. After it was all done the police officer came to the door and asked if I was the person that called. I said yes and he explained that the kids were probably sleeping it off. (Though why they parked out in the open in front of my house I don't know)

It was an exciting morning. While this was all going on the little neighbor girl came outside to see if Seth could come and out and play. She didn't make it as far as our house because when she saw the police officers she went in the house yelling that she wasn't coming down here because the police were arresting people. Her mom didn't believe her until she went to the window and saw the cops. She called me a few minutes later wondering what in the world was going on. We had to laugh because her little girl was worried that the police had come for us.

Life just has limitless experiences just waiting for us!!

4th of July

What is better than blowing things up? Nothing according to all of the little male people that live in my house. They started several nights before the 4th and continued until the very last minute of the 4th. We had friends over and lit off all of the "fun" stuff (anything that leaves the ground and then explodes) on Friday. On Saturday we went for a BBQ and smaller scale explosions to Steve's mom's house. All in all we had a busy, but great 4th.

Happy Birthday America!!!

Seth turned 4!!

So yes it was a month ago today, but I just have been behind. Seth turned 4 on June 1st. He was so excited to have his birthday and he had been telling me for months what he wanted (every commercial that came on brought on new excited shouts of MOMMY I want THAT for my birthday) He started out his birthday by going out to lunch with me and the little girl that I watch Lydia. We went to IHOP because I had a free "its your birthday" meal for him. He was so excited when the waitresses came out singing to him and gave him ice cream. He has the greatest reactions to things. He makes the excited face and will say things like "AWESOME" and "COOOOOL" and "WHOAAAA". We then took a trip to Walmart where I got him his new bike and he got to pick out yet another match box car. (Though you can't call them match box cars you must call them Hotwheels...he knows where to look to find the Hotwheels logo) When we got home and checked the mail there was a package from Aunt Tami. There was definitely a struggle trying to decide what we should do first ride our bike or open the package. That evening we had a green cake (food coloring is a wonderful thing) and ate green ice cream and opened some more presents. He was in hog heaven. It is great when they are little and it is still the simple things in life that make them happy. He told me that we all need to have more birthdays. He is also already telling people that he will have his 5 birthday next and will ride the bus. Life just keeps flying by.

On the Go

(Joseph and his 1st grade teacher)

We have been on the go since school got out on the 5th of June. I still have several posts that I want to get done, but it seems that we are always either headed somewhere or just getting back from something. It is a good feeling. I love the summer. I like having the kids home and not having any kind of schedule. I like getting up at 9:00am instead of 6:30. I like going swimming and to the movies and hanging out with friends. I have to organize my pictures and then I can post

Hannah's trip to Hershey park

Seth's Birthday

Our trip to Kings Dominion and

Some other stuff

YEAH FOR SUMMER!!!!

Memorial Day Weekend

This past weekend was a good one but emotional.  Steve's Grandmother was dying and so he decided he should take his mom to visit with her.  They left first thing on Saturday morning.  Steve was able to say goodbye and was the last person that she spoke to before she went to sleep and died peacefully in the night.  He was very thankful that he had that moment with her.  Her funeral will be this Saturday and Steve has been asked to be one of the pallbearers.  He is greatly honored.

Saturday The kids and I went to see Night at the Museum 2.  It was a lot of fun and the kids loved it.  We then went to Ryans which is a buffet restaurant.  The kids loved being able to eat whatever they wanted and everyone is always happy to have the soft serve ice cream at the end.  

Sunday-Right now Sundays are an adventure.  We are out of our normal building because it is being expanded.  We have to go to the stake center and meet with the Harpers Ferry Ward.  It is hard to try and mesh two groups of people together anyway, but then add a 40 minute drive and have it from 3-6pm it makes it even more interesting.  

Monday-Everyone was worn out from the other two days.  Todd had a concert in the morning and then the rest of the day was open.  Steve of course got up and mowed the lawn and then headed to Home Depot.  He got two new bushes to replace the ones that didn't make it through the winter.  He spent the rest of the day outside planting them with two little helpers.  They all came in filthy, but happy.  Hannah and I went and did the most dreaded of all female things (no not our annual physical) Swimsuit shopping.  We didn't find anything, but came home with cookies so not all was lost.  We then finished the day with a BBQ.  Steak and corn on the cob.  YUM!!  After a late evening of movie watching we all went to bed.  

Tuesday morning really came too early.  Only 8 days of school left.  YEAH!

Update to Girls Weekend

Hannah and I had open ended possiblities for the weekend so I left it up to her.  We have some friends who also only have one girl and three boys so we decided to get together with them.  Hannah got to pick the restaurant...soo... we ended up going to.....IHOP.  I just kind of had to laugh and remember that she is still only 10.  We then went back to our friends house and did cable on demand.  We ended up watching High School Musical 3.  It was kind of an ordinary night, but it was special because we got to spend it together.  We were still in bed when the boys came home the next morning loud, smelly, and filthy.