Catching up....

Summer was crazy busy and fun. Our computer was in the shop 4 times between July 1st and now. I am WAY behind I know. I'm going to try to play catch up in the next few days. Chronological order is NOT going to happen. :(

First Day of School

The one of them all together is way under exposed, I'm going to try to fix it but have not had a chance yet.

I love thier new uniforms! They can wear red, white or navy tops, but they all chose red for the first day. :)

Sweetening the pot.

Now there is a prize for you too!

Head on over to www.wingsofblue.blogspot.com to find out.

A Plea for help.

The past few weeks I have been playing a game called JaG to try to win a slot in a photography workshop with one of my favorite photographers. I didn't win the first round so I'm really trying to go gung ho on the second. There are just 2 spots left up for grabs. They will go to whoever earns the most points. Points are earned by having people click from my blog or fan page over to Scott Jarvie's various sites. The last round I finished 4th so I will start near the top, but there are a lot of people who really want to win this as much as I do. Please help me by checking out his photography and having as many other people do so as well. There are 3 links on each of my 2 sites so each person /computer who clicks them all could help me earn 6 points. I'm not sure yet if each person can be counted more than once each day, I'll let you know when I know.

This is Friday and Saturday ONLY

www.wingsofblue.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elko-NV/Wings-of-Blue-Photography/86989658649

For more info on the game check Scott's fan page http://www.facebook.com/JarvieDigital

4th of July at the park

If my post only had one picture this one would be it... Relaxing, family, yummy food.
But, this is me so of course there are more. :)

Kevin had knee surgery on Wednesday so by Saturday he still wasn't up to much, but he hobbled to the food table a few times and did lots of snuggling with the kids.

Grandma had a craft table set up for the kids

WATER FIGHT!!

This year ended up a little cooler than years past, so everybody ended up changing afterwards instead of just drying out. Thankfully we got it going fairly early because we ended up with about 1/2 hour of rain mid afternoon.

4th of July has turned into our unofficial family reunion each year. We had spectacular plans for an official family portrait on Friday evening, we all dressed-up and everything. I actually wore makeup! Unfortunately just as we arrived at the designated location the heavens decided to empty... along with one little boys stomach. :( We did take a snapshot on Saturday.

We are a crazy bunch!

I am not entirely sure these are my children.... Willingly playing with dogs?

The sun is starting to set and the card games are winding up.

Glow sticks make the perfect disraction between sunset and the fireworks.

More to come... Mallory's first paintball game and fireworks.
We'll see how those turned out, I'm not optimistic.

Father's Day Photo Shoot

For Father's Day this year I wanted to give Kevin a picture of all the kids with their hand prints around it. We did end up with one good one to use for that, but not good ones of each kid individually for the wall. Oh well. they are cute kids no matter what. :)

Rain in the desert

June was a very wet month for us. Several houses on our street had their basement flooded. At the top of the hill in the desert you would think we wouldn't have to worry about this, but with the sheer about of rain we had this month coupled with a VERY rainy night we woke up to about 2 inches of water on the family room floor. Thank goodness for linoleum, and the fact the kids were sleeping at the other end of the room.

Swimming Lessons

Lamoille Canyon

Working on the house

Last weekend we were in Boise. While we were there we did a little work on the house. Cleaned and dusted, changed the furnace filter, put new cabinet pulls on in the kitchen.

By we worked on the house I mean me. Kevin had to stay in Elko, George hung out with Grandpa and the big girls entertained Lily. Can you believe that gorgeous floor was under our carpet?!

What do you think of the difference?
New and shiny, hopefully still fit in with the retro feel of the house.