I can't believe it, we went on a family vacation! The last one we went on was when Rex was just a one year old! Our friends the Anderson's invited us up to stay in Show Low with them over the 4
th of July weekend. On our drive up, I told Tabby there was no t.v. "NO TV!!!????!!!" she said. But lo and behold she managed to have fun without Wow Wow
Wubzy and Blue's Clues.
On one of our pit stops (i.e. Rex peeing in the bushes on the side of the road) we saw this:
Nice!
Heidi had the best idea for making these flipping cute 4
th of July hats to wear at the parade. We originally planned for the kids to make them but of course the moms were the ones sitting on the floor finishing them.
Ella was mad because she had to be restrained nearly the whole time. She kept trying to run off, of course. I used to think leashes on kids where inhumane, now I think they might be handy and practical.
The kids quickly learned that if you wave and jump around, you get candy thrown at you.
The moment Tabby realized this, she was all business. She must have got every piece of candy thrown with in a 5 mile radius. She filled her Daddy's pockets up with her loot.
Rex loved all the cowboys.
Later in the day we went to the lake nearby. The water was questionable so I didn't swim but the kids didn't mind a bit.
Tabby loved "fishing." We just tied a rubber weight to her string. There was NO WAY she was getting a hook.
The boats were a hit. With the kids anyway. Poor dads had to row all over the place. At one point, Rex dropped his oar in the water and Dale had to turn around and row all the way back to get it.
Here is Tatum and Tabby attempting to go somewhere.
The swings were so fun!
There was a big soccer field close to where we were so we just went there to see the fireworks.
By the way, here is a sequence of an attempted group picture with my kids. Why doesn't anyone want to give mom a nice picture?
Anyway, no
offense Show Low but sending ONE firework up at a time for like 45 minutes!?! Come on! We were bored to tears after the first 5!
We stayed hoping the finale would pay-off. But that was lame-o too!
Saturday morning we woke up and all was well until I cricked my neck in the shower and I became a cripple for the rest of the day. It was unbelievably painful and poor Dale had to do everything but I got myself together and toughed the rest of the trip out with my head tilted to the side.
We went for a walk and fed some of the ranch horses. Rex sat on the horse for a millisecond and then wanted off. This poor gal was way pregnant and it must have almost been her "time" because her bottom lip was quivering as though she was really uncomfortable. Mm
hmm, I know how you feel
sista! Been there a time or two!
I had no idea my hubby was so awesome at skipping rocks! Even after 7 years, I'm still learning new things! I wonder if good rock skipping has something to do with having humongous calves?
Kim and her kids had the same idea too. Rex was thrilled that Wyatt was there to play with him.
Look how high the water was! It made the slides way more fun.
Dale entertained the kids with his mad stunt skillz.
We need to get him out in to the sun more. His skin is almost the same color as his suit!
All the kids challenged Dale to a race. He won while carrying 2 kids.
Nice!
Tabby loved "fishing." We just tied a rubber weight to her string. There was NO WAY she was getting a hook.
The boats were a hit. With the kids anyway. Poor dads had to row all over the place. At one point, Rex dropped his oar in the water and Dale had to turn around and row all the way back to get it.
Here is Tatum and Tabby attempting to go somewhere.
The swings were so fun!
We stayed hoping the finale would pay-off. But that was lame-o too!
He's a lucky man!
I LOVE the striped walls! I've even thought of doing that myself somewhere in my house but I can't even imagine how bad I would mess that up! No worries, save it for the dream house...
When she was about one and a half, she had heart surgery for PDA. The surgery went great and now it was as if nothing was ever wrong.
I think she's only gotten cuter over the years
Somehow the years have gotten away from me and my tiny baby is now 5 . I decided a while ago that we would only have "friend" parties on the even numbered birthdays -it has saved me a lot of trouble and money! So this year, we had a small family party for her at my parent's house. Below is a slide show of our princess party:
Aren't these the cutest little treats you have ever seen? I thought so too. I'm helping with my friend Heather's upcoming bridal shower and I thought these Cupcake Pops from Bakerella would be the perfect treat at the shower. The looked kinda tricky to make so I decided it would be a good idea to practice before I made them for other people. Thank goodness I did! Just check out these disasters:
Not quite the same, is it? Instead of cute mini cupcakes, I got what resembled lumpy blobs on a stick. To my credit, they were pretty complicated and super messy (see the mess in the background.) I guess I just don't have the gift. BUT they did taste delicious!!! So I will be making them again, I will just form them in to cupcake balls so they look like lollipops instead of trying to make them look like cupcakes. That was where everything went wrong for me.
After a really long relationship, I've decided to call it quits with Diet Dew. The relationship was getting unhealthy. I'm really gonna miss Dew. We hung out all the time. Sometimes it was 4 times a day! I hope Dew isn't to upset about it. I have a feeling Dew was seeing other people anyway. I hope it's not awkward when I pass by Dew at the store and I act like I don't know him. It's not me, it's you.
