UBIC

Saturday morning we went to the UBIC parade - we were running low on our 4th of July parade candy so we decided that we needed to go stock up. There were more kids sitting by us saturday so we had to fight for it - so with what we ate and what was left over, it was only about 1/4 of what we got in Neola. Plus it was about 1 1/2 hours later in the day so we just about melted.

McKinley - Bryton - Grant (will the candy ever come??)

Bryton - McKinley - Jackie
(practicing their princess waves)

The fight is on.

After the parade we went home, gave Aspen a bath and jumped on the trampoline with the sprinkler under it to cool off.

We then went up to the park to eat dinner and sit on a very uncomfortable hill for 5 hours. Just a little note - (*Don't sit on the middle of a hill when you have 6 1/2 weeks left in your pregnancy - you will be sore for 2-3 days afterward). It was fun even though it was uncomfortable. We got to watch Eddie Money perform and listen to him yell that he loved Roooooooosevelt. Then we go to watch the fireworks and carry all of our sleeping children home. Thankfully Scott and Tammy were there to carry one of them home for us.

Here is a picture of all the kids sitting semi-still (almost the only time it happened all night long).
Max - Carson - Bryton - Jackson - Grant - Sophie - McKinley

Jackson - sitting still like a well mannered kid.

Jackie - drinking someone elses drink.

Jackie - dancing with someone elses shoes.

Jackie - tackling someone elses kid.

Jackie - eating someone elses popcorn.
(who does this child belong to anyway?)

I look like you hunted me.

Jackson and Grant

Our kids have yet to see any fireworks either at the park or at home because we just can't seem to keep our peepers open for them.  Do you think they played hard????

OOOOOOHHHHH!

AAAAAHHHHHH!

Wave Pool

To kick off our very busy weekend last week, we decided to take a trip to Price and go to the wave pool with Michelle and all the kids. It was interesting to see the change in the kids. I figured Grant would be a wimp and not like the waves and McKinley would be my usual die hard, but it was just the opposite. Grant only came out of the water when it was about time to go home. In fact everyone had soaking wet towels when we left and Millie said, "WOW, Grant's towel is dry." That is because he only used it to sit on while he put his shoes on.

I had the kid's life jackets on them so Grant just loved the waves. I would go out with Jackie in a life jacket and Grant and Aiden would hold on to Jackie so we would all be together and Jackie thought they were trying to get her so she would just giggle the entire time. McKinley on the other hand only came out into the water when the waves stopped. Then when the whistle would blow, warning you that the waves were coming, she would high tail it back to the chair and her towel. (WIMP!!!!)

Jackie ready to hit the waves - if mom would just put the dumb camera down.

McKinley - Freezing cold in 80+ degree weather, if she would just put a little meat on her bones she wouldn't be so cold all the time.

Grant - the die hard - slept real good on the way home!!

McKinley - the alligator

Grant got on the floatie and got swept way out in the middle of the pool (where it is still only 3 feet deep) and got stuck.  Instead of getting washed to shore, he got stuck between two waves that just kept pushing him back and forth so Aunt Chelle had to go rescue him.  She should have been on Bay Watch.  :)

Just soakin up the sun.

Aiden would get mad when the waves would stop - he was fun to watch because he would punch and karate chop the waves when they would get to him.  He cracks me up.

Alligators and Turtles

After the wave pool we went back to Michelle & Chet's house and had fudge cycles.  McKinley and Jackie show how much they enjoyed theirs.  I had to put them in the bath tub afterward.

How could you not love this face?

4th of July Fun

This month has gone by very quickly. I guess time really does fly when you are having fun. I will try to update a few other things we did this month on another day, but this is what we did on the 4th of July weekend . We went to Neola and enjoyed the festivities. On Friday we went to the BBQ dinner and to the kids rodeo. Jackie and McKinley wanted to chase bunnies and Grant wanted to chase a chicken. When Jackie was waiting to chase her bunny, someone threw about 7-8 baby kitties in the arena and they kind of freaked out and ran right to the kids to hide. Well one actually ran right between Jackie and Dads legs to hide. Then when they actually said go, Jackie wouldn't move because she was just as scared as the poor kitty. So she left empty handed (hooray!!).

When McKinley chased her bunny she ran after one bunny and when someone snagged it she stopped running and just cried.

When Grant FINALLY got his turn, he followed mom's coaching and kept running even if one chicken got picked up he kept finding a new chicken. He did a wonderful job running after all of them and came close a couple of times, now he needs to practice picking one up instead of just running after them. But needless to say, he left empty-handed as well and cried for about a half hour afterward. VERY TRAUMATIC the kids rodeo is!!

The next day we went to the Parade and hung out at Grandpa Paul and Grandma LaJean's house. Aunt Joyce was visiting from Virginia and Rick, Sarah, Jackson and Carson were out too. Grandma made a water slide out of the pump house hill and the kids had a blast. This makes me miss my mom because she used to do these kind of crazy fun things. It was a fun weekend.

McKinley - Jackson - Carson - Grant - Jackie

Candy, candy, candy - I love candy!

Grandma LaJean - McKinley's legs - Carson - Grant - Jackson