Finally!!!

Okay, so I figured out my camera and ya, I was just an idiot. But now I have some major catching up to do.

I love this picture of Rees. I was packing up all of our food and she got into one of the boxes and found her first chocolate chip cookie. She was pretty happy about it too, like mother like daughter :)

I know Jared's parents have been home for a couple of months now but I never got to post pictures of their homecoming, so here they are. Janie was crying before she even made it down the escalator.

I love this one of Frank kissing Emma on the cheek. She missed her Grandma and Grandpa so much!Anna made a welcome home banner that we all signed, this is a picture of some of the kids holding it up waiting for them to come.

Dang!

So, I haven't posted since we got the internet hooked up because I couldn't find the cord to connect my camera to the computer. Well, Jared found the cord today and I was so excited to finally post but for some reason (probably just me being an idiot) I cannot get it to work!!! I am so frustrated! Good news though...I talked to the people we are buying our house from today and they are almost done moving out!!! Since Jared's parents got home we have been living in our old rental but, knowing we are going to have to move again soon, we left most of our stuff boxed up. If I could figure out my camera I could post a picture of our lovely pile of boxes I have to look at every day. So it is good to hear that we can start fixing up the house soon so we can move in and finally get settled. In the meantime, I will try to figure out how to post pictures. I guess for tonight I will just have to get me a big bowl of ice cream and settle down to read my book :)

Yay!!!

So, we have the internet at our house again! I am super excited but haven't found the cord to my camera to post new pictures yet. We have been pretty busy moving and going out of town, but I finally feel like I have some down time before we move again so I will have time to do some catching up. I am so glad!!!

No internet!!!!

So, we have no internet right now and I almost don't know what to do. Since Jared's parents got home and we had to move, we don't have the internet at out house and probably won't for a while because we will be moving again soon (JOY!!!). I will try to post when I can but I already have a lot of catching up to do. I can't believe how much I miss looking at everyone's blogs!!

Sally

We found a new pet on our kitchen floor the other day. It is a little hard to tell from the pictures but it was a little praying mantis. Emma got attatched right off and started calling it Sally while TJ stayed back a bit. After a while he got used to it but not enough that he would hold it. After playing for a few minutes Emma let Sally go in our garden so she could go see her family.The kids watching Sally climb up the chair, they were really nervous about it at first.

Emma wanted to keep her forever but finally decided she needed to go home.

Farmington Festival Days

I ran in my first 5K for the Festival Days this year. Jared and I ran together, he was nice enough to wait for me and not run ahead. We ran it in 27 minutes, which is pretty good for me. It was a lot of fun and I would definitely like to do it again.

Later that day we went to the park with the kids and had lots of hot dogs and snow cones while we watched a baseball game and let the kids run around. It was such a fun day!!!

At the park relaxing and eating snow cones

4th of July

My family always spends the 4th of July in Idaho, we had a lot of fun playing at the lake, floating down the river, and playing guitar hero. :)

TJ, Emma and Davis playing at the lake

It took a while before TJ would get close to the sparklers but when he did both he and Emma had a lot of fun. TJ also got freaked out by the little town's fireworks. Poor kid started crying to go to bed because he didn't like the noise. He was so sweet though, as I was putting him in bed in the trailer I asked him if he wanted me to lay by him because I was afraid he would be scared. He just smiled at me and told me I could go watch the fireworks. So cute!

TJ and Davis (Nancy's youngest) are only 3 weeks apart in age and when they get together you can pretty much count on them getting into trouble. They did some pretty funny things while we were in Idaho, here is a picture of them swimming in their clothes. They found the pool that we had put away, moved in under the pump, fugured out how to turn the pump on (which is pretty hard), and started filling up the pool.

While we were boating one day my brave little Emma went wakeboarding with Jared, she stood in between his feet on the wakeboard. It was awesome!!! Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera. I will get pictures from my sister-in-law soon and post them later.