This was our fun art day, Natalie loves to paint. You can probably tell which one is mine. Julia had fun watching and eating cheerios. She makes this cute little monkey face that I just love.

Dallas

Marc's best friend Kyle and his family came up for a week in August and we had a blast with them. We did a day at the zoo and one at the Botanical Gardens. As you can see, they had a build your bird's nest, a cute place to wear costumes and be on a screen like you're on TV, and some other fun things. We also went and fed the Japanese fish, and they loved that. We also got to swim in the pool at their hotel and go out to dinner a couple of times. Kyle and Jill have two sons named Dallas(4) and Kyson(about 18 mo.?). Natalie and Dallas had such a good time together. Natalie says she is going to marry Dallas in the temple, where she will wear a white hat and a dress with stars and sparkles on it. When we asked her if we could come to watch, she said no, but we could come and take pictures for her if we want. We were rolling when she told us all this. Dallas said that he was going to "save the day" (like on Super Why) and marry Natalie. We aren't sure where these comments are coming from, but we are OK with this idea since Dallas is such a cute, sweet little boy. Natalie still talks about Dallas almost everyday. Sometimes when we go somewhere, she says "Are we going to Dallas' house, or are we going swimming with Dallas? or can Dallas come to the park, too mom?" I of course have to remind her that Dallas lives far away, but maybe we can go visit. We would love it if they lived close. Thanks for a fun week, I'm glad we got to know each other better!

Happy Birthday Cherise!

Cherise had a birthday party at Andy and Terica's. It was tons of fun. She did a pinata. We also play water balloon games and the m&m game. Natalie and Jadeyn were sitting on Adrian's (Nicole's friend) lap and they were laughing so hard, it was cute. Cherise got some fun things for college and had a great time. Doesn't she look so cute?

Adam in town

Adam and Gloria and Jordan came in town one weekend and we all got together. It was really fun. The last picture in of Natalie, Jadeyn, and Cortland drinking soda at the same time. The others are the family having fun playing rock band on the wii.

Julia burned her finger about a month ago. Doesn't it look so sad? She was wanting to be held while I was making dinner one day. So I picked her up and went to stir the noodles and she stuck her hand over the steam. I was surprised how bad it was just from steam. But it's completely healed now, so that's good.

Fun with Melanie in town

We had a great time with Frank, Mel, Josh, and Sam in town the end of July. We got to do lots of fun stuff. We went to the zoo where we got wrist bands to do the train, the carousel, the movie, the simulator ride, and the sea lion show. We also spent a day at the science center and the monster truck store, where they got to get in the trucks and grandpa bought them each a mini monster truck. We also made sure to hit Fitz's frozen custard and we had a water balloon fight and baseball game in the front yard at grandma and grandpa's house. The moms got to go to a session at the temple together as well. Thanks for letting us be a part of your week! We had so much fun.

Naked baby

I love naked baby pictures. Isn't she just a doll baby? I'm so blessed to have my little ones.

Welcome home Craig!

Look at these fun pictures we did right after Craig got home from his mission. Doesn't he look so grown up and handsome?