Six Flags

Oh what fun! We went to Six Flags for part of our summer-end vacation. It was perfect with sunshine, little crowds, and lots of water!!!

Thanksgiving Point

We went to Thanksgiving Point and tried to understand and appreciate the hard work that went into the everyday life back then. I think the boys were cured of wanting to do laundry or any other kind of housework if that's how it had to be done. It was a blistering hot day, but still fun to walk through some of the houses and see how families lived. I will continue to say...I'm so glad I was born when I was because I enjoy a shower, a soft bed in a private bedroom, and makeup WAY TOO MUCH!!

Fun Pics

Can't resist those baby blue eyes!

My Scouts

The boy right in front of Braxton is his same age. The poor kid is always going to look 3+yrs. older than his actual age.

The big boys, (that's what we often refer to them as), are in scouts and have had a good experience thus far. At this particular pack mtg. they had to tell of a famous American. Each of them chose an ancestor, Grandpa Tuck because he fought in WWII and Hannah Dustin for her bravery after being captured by Indians. Grandma Ball came to listen to them report. It was very nice to have her there for this little memory.

4th of July

This was the night before @ uncle Michael's for the firework show! It was fantastic!! Uncle Nathan brought some illegals from Washington.
Just a few pyro pointers from the uncles to my two oldest.

I love small town parades...sometimes! The anticipation made for a cute picture.

Dad and princess

Follow my finger...

Backyard volleyball and BBQ @ Grandma's house!

(I was playing around with some of my settings so some of the pictures have weird exposure)

Lasagna Dinner...

My little D. is a very picky eater, but we are trying to be better about at least taking bites of what is prepared. So for Sunday dinner I made a most delicious lasagna. After much discussion and coaxing I got D. to TRY ONE BITE of his dinner. These are the pictures of the event. You can see that it was a success in attempting a bite even though there were tears and a lot of dry heaving...which I could have rolled on the floor laughing at! My favorite is the last picture. He has the greatest big blue eyes that melt my heart. This was his plea to be done and get some cudos for trying. Of course I snuggled him up and took the "hurt" away.

A Little Girl's Birthday

Yes this is the cake with her name spelled WRONG! Oh well what do you do? I even spelled it for the lady about a half a dozen times, but she still got it wrong.

Braxton teasing his sister...a couple occurance.

A sweet picture with Dad. (The little scrape on her nose happened the day before. That's what happens when you're 1.)

So much fun to get a cake with TinkerBell! This was the cake she ripped into. I'll post those pics later.

Mom and her princess!

We invited family to the park to celebrate Chloe's 1yr. birthday. There are so many of us that it is easier to gather at a park than at home. We had 8 little boys and 1 other girl cousin there for the party. We needed the park just so the boys could play Star Wars and not be shooting us with their imaginary guns. It was a perfect evening. Chloe was a cutie! I will have to download the rest of the pics later and post them. I love this little one with all my heart. She is the sunshine in our home.