July 4th fun

We celebrated the 4th of July at Grant and Beth's (Brian's Dad and Stepmom). It was so much fun! One of the favorite activities for the kids was riding in the golf cart with Grandpa. Ethan and Grant even got to sit on Grandpa's lap and steer it for a while. They LOVED it!

This is one of the cute hairdo's that Melissa did for Sasha. So cute!

Everyone enjoyed playing the Wii also. It was so nice to be able to enjoy everyone's company and relax a bit. Thanks Grant and Beth!

Happy 4th Birthday Grant!

We celebrated Grant's birthday on June 30 with friends and family. It was so nice to see everyone who came. And he was so excited!

He wanted a Zelda shield cake for his birthday. I did the best that I could. I can't believe that he is 4 already. Where did the time go???

The Zoo!!!

At the end of May, we went to the Zoo. The kids had a lot of fun. We went with Jake, Angie, Kai, Alicia, Garth, and Palmer. Here are some pictures of the kids feeding the goats.

Obviously, they were pretty tired when we left.

Feeding the ducks

We fed the ducks by the river one day while Elise's parents were visiting. The kids LOVED it, as you can see from the pictures.

Brian made Sasha a wooden spoon from an apple tree. Here is a picture of her eating from it. Of couse, I got her with her eyes closed. The spoon is beautiful though. I'll have to get a better picture of it, because this picture just doesn't do it justice.

Lots of fun picking rocks!

Here are a few pictures of the kids helping us pick rocks. We were picking rocks, so we could plan grass seed. Elise's Mom and Dad came to visit and helped us. Thanks Mom and Dad!

This happened back in May, but I thought I'd just keep going, and eventually I will get to our summer pictures. You know, it would be much easier if I blogged as we got more pictures instead of letting the pictures build up. Hmmmmmm . . .

Our trip to Mesa Falls and Yellowstone

My parents came to visit from Arkansas at the end of May. While they were here, we took them to Mesa Falls and Yellowstone. That was a long day. Anyway, here are some pictures that we took.

That far off speck that you see is a bear (the one just in front of the white van).

I had to include a picture of Old Faithful!

We saw a lot of buffalo. They seemed to like the road quite a bit. It took a little while to get around them.

Here we are at the upper Mesa Falls. My mom is taking the picture.

The boys had a lot of fun. Do you see the rainbow? There was actually a double rainbow. It was pretty neat.

Catch up

Ok, so I have been horrible at blogging. I'll be playing a little bit of catch up here. Just some fun pictures since we have moved.

Here are some fun pictures of the kids helping Brian with the huge piles of dirt in our yard.

I think maybe she didn't like riding on the tractor. What do you think???

They did have a blast playing in the dirt. The piles were just too much fun!

Here are the big piles that were in our front yard.

Here are the piles that were in our back yard.

Thankfully, our piles are spread out all over the yard, we put the sprinkler system, picked most of the rocks, planted grass seed, and have been watering it since the beginning of June. The rain that we have had has taken care of most of the watering. Now that it's nice again, we're back to using the sprinkler system.

Thank you Brian for all of the work that you have done! I'll try to post more soon so I can catch up.