Should I even try to catch up??

I can't seem to keep up on this. Life is just going too fast for me to keep up with it. I can't believe that school is going to start this week! AHH I am not ready to give up my wonderful summer. Living in Idaho you KNOW that when school starts it means the cold and the snow is going to be coming right around the corner. I don't want to have to run on my treadmil again instead of enjoying the outdoors! **sob** Well okay enough whinning.Things you have missed are pretty much our whole summer! FYI it will probably be backwards and all out of order again. I need Andrea to teach me how to edit and move around the pics and how to put music on. I will post our green canyon after this post. There is just too many things I want to include in that one!!

Daddy's work party. Every year we get together as families and have great food, chatting, swimming, tennis, volleyball and horseshoeing. The kids took the pictures for us this year. There were TONS of just pop but I found this one that at least had Lissa in it. lol

We took the family to Yellowstone! They loved it but weren't big fans of walking. I really need to get them out more. They will have plenty of practice this year since they will no longer pick them up by bus because of gas prices. What a big family!!!

This is in Mammoth springs. There is a boiling river that flows into a cold natural river and you can sit where they both meet in hot tub like water. We did come home with sand and rocks in weird places. :o)

Happy Belley!

Waiting for Old Faithful. Apparently when a earthquake happened a bit back it messed up the Faithfullness. We were told anywhere from 1:56 to 2:14 and it errupted at 2:12. We bet on when we thought it would go and I was closest at 2:11. Walking, walking, walking, walking
Smaller geysers Both of us are not looking at the camera but at ourselves on the little screen lol These next few were taken at the Grand Funk Railroad Concert that was free for Taylor Crossing by the river days??? Something like that. We watched from the balcony at Shan's work. Afterwards they showed Transformers on a large screen opposite the band set up. Man the stage looks so far away here but we really weren't that far. We were happy to have Shailee with us for 5 weeks this summer! Grand Funk Railroad Showin' Shailee our firepit and roasting some dogs. There must have been a finger smudge on the lens in Devins area.
Xavey's seventh birthday!!!! Wow! They are getting so big sooo fast. Xave will be in 1st grade this year and be gone the whole day instead of half. I am excited that the days wont be so broken up but I will miss him.
Xavey is still into Star Wars and super heros and he loves his storm trooper helmet. The present he is holding was a scooter which all the kids want and we are slowing getting one at a time. They had some free play days at a gymnastic place. The kids had a ball here. We need to go play here more!!! You will see in the pictures after this that the kids had a blast before this happend. Yes that is blood. Alissa was watching a boat launch and she backed up off the dock and fell head first onto some concret. There was so much blood and I was panicing and my cell phone was dead. I borrowed a guys cell and called Shan and took her over to him. By the time we got there the bleeding had slowed and it was drying so I took her home. Gave her a bath and checked her out and it was surprisingly a very small cut.
Playing at the green belt and watching the boats. We need to find a friend with a boat! That would just make their day to actually be on one!!
Daddy's 39th birthday. Playing video games with his kids keeps him young and happy.
Wow! Look at all those kids he has!!! Brielle has wanted to cut her hair for a while now. She doesn't like the tangles that comes with longer hair. Kayleigh and Belle deicded to get their hair cut together (by the lady who cut and permed my hair as a younin') and donate to lock of love. These are the before pics but as you know I can't seem to think backwards so my blog always comes out the opposite of what I really wanted. Playing at Rigby Lake Belle got a new room downstairs to share with Shailee and I was throwing out things from Alissa's room that Belle needed. As I was going to pick things up I discovered something. Do you see it?? Where is Ozzy? lol And NO this was NOT a set up!!! Daxton's transformer cake
Popcicles and cousins!!! THE BEST!!
Birthday lunch? Dinosauer shaped chicken nuggets of course!! Happy Fourth of July!!! Ozzy stayed with a friend of mine while we went to my Aunt's Funeral. We came back to him all excited and dressed up! Her 8 year old daughter sewed him these for all the months of the year!! Impressive!! Playing dress ups at Grammy's House. Happy Father's Day!!! An incrediblely sad day.

She was an amazing second Mom to all of us and I am so thankful I have so many wonderful memories of her. LOVE YOU AUNT LAVONNE!! HOT DOGS!!! YUM!!!! Devin's 14th Birthday!!! Next year is a Drivers license!! AAAHHH!!!!! Well, that was pretty much our summer of fun. We did a lot but it still seems way too short. Here are some fun videos of our adventures too. Enjoy and hopefully I will do better at posting now that life may slow down but I wouldn't hold my breath. :o)

Exercise

With the summer heat finally here I start seeing more of my thighs and bum in shorts and swimming suits. Last year I looked forward to this and was proud of how far I had come. This year I again want to hide away in cover ups and capri's. I am thinking of the seemingly fast fixes like Nivea's Goodbye Celullite Cream that I rub in and massage till my thighs and cheeks are a nice bright red color. I also start to look into pills like Alli or slimshots. Fully knowing that those things can't help and then I go dipping into the Hagendaz and flush away any progress made down the toilet. I know that losing the 70 pounds in 8 months was because I watched what I ate and I exercised nearly everyday! Am I doing these things?? Oh sure I am! I can remember maybe two tuesdays ago that I am pretty sure I ran outside and I sure did like watching that Hagendaz disappear last night. If I want to be happy with the way I look and be proud to play in the pool with my kids instead of sitting on the side in a cover up just watching I better get on the ball. Don't you just love that you know all the right answers?? I know exactly what I need to do and what I should be doing! Oh, I have the best excuses as to why it didn't happen today. I continue to wake up with a chip/ice cream/pop/fast food hangover going WHY WHY WHY did I do that???????? As I look at the pictures posted above you can guess which one I want to be like and now I have to forget the excuses and go break a sweat!

When I grow up....

Today while we were driving to the gym to go swimming Xave said to Brielle.

"I am sooo glad I am not a girl because I wouldn't want to have the baby."

To which Belle said.

"Well, Dad's have to get up early and work Mon-Sat and only get Sunday off (which is what Shan does) and Mom's get to sleep in and only work if they want to."

lol I love my kiddos!!! So after we got home and I was still thinking of their cuteness I asked them... What do you want to be when you grow up.

Belle "I want to work at McDonalds"

Xave "I want to be Indiana Jones"

Daxton "I want to use this gun (a toy machine gun) and be a bad guy" (OH NO :o)

Alissa "I want to be Yoda"

Have a wonderful day and enjoy your kids!! Like the song says "Your gonna miss this" which already brings tears to my eyes.

California Trip

My blog is already very messed up and backwards so why not mess it up some more! :o) There are so many things that I haven't had time to post and now I want to catch up a bit. Back in March we went to LA to visit my sister Alysha and have spring break at the ocean. We had such a great time and we can't wait to do it again! If the gas prices stay what they are I am affraid it will be when we win the lottery but here's hoping!! (I guess I would need to play the lottery to win though huh?) So here is our beach fun, Easter at the beach and our bonfire night. Of course I wanted to start with the beach pics, then the easter and end with the night time bonfire but I just can't seem to think backwards so this is how it turns out. Urg.. How come I am the only dork on the blogger???? I just don't get it!!!!!!! Plus my pics are always spaced so dang far apart and when I fix it I have a huge space at the end of my blog. I need help!!!!!

Oh my goodness!! Who would have thought that while out dancing in Nashville at the Cadillac Ranch Bar ( I had to go there because of the Cadillac Ranch song for those who know country music) that I would have loved the voice of this beauty and ask to have my pic taken with her! To my surprise I saw her on Nashville star and she is in the top twelve!! Everybody root for Shawn Mayer!!