OuT oN ThE WaTeR

Here is Dax out on the tube-he is alone because not all of us like to go as fast as he does. I will say that I have done more tubing this week then I have done in the last 5 years combined. I think that this is the only time that he is riding with out holding his thumb up to go faster.

Avery & myself out on the tube. Avery likes to stand up and ride the waves this way. This is my kind of ride!!

Dax always has asmile after his turn behind the boat!! You just have to love this kid! He is such a trooper. He is such a big helper on the boat this year!

Brian & Avery drivin' the boat! Brian looks so tuff in this picture!!

Dax & Avery riding or really showing us some moves in the tube! Smiles again!

Dax skiing!!! We had to be inventive with getting him up. We have always had a beach and more hands to get the kids up on the skiis and now we only have Brian & I. I am driving the boat and Brian has to hold the end of the rope in the boat. So we tried to have Dax just deep water start but his little chicken legs had a hard time holding the skiis straight. I understand his pain! So Brian held his skiis straight off the back of the platform and got him up and then let him out slowly. So he is up again and with another smile. Now he has a new goal - to be able to get out of the water by himself.

Here is the crowd on the tube!! What a good lookin' bunch!!!

I LOVE this girl!! She wants to be her daddy and this is a good start!

Trace Loves the Boat!! The morning after we brought the boat home, he woke up and ran right to the garage opened the door and said "Helloooo Gorgeous!!" I thanked him for saying such a nice thing to me and he quickly said, "Not you mom, do you see that boat?" Duh, what was I thinking! He had spent more time in the boat than any of us because he doesn't care if it is in the water or not. The garage is almost as good. A boat is a boat!

OuR NeW ToY!!!

We FINALLY got a boat!!! Brian has wanted a boat for years and it now we have one! It hasn't easy or alot of fun (unless you like roller coasters)! I say this because this isn't the first boat that we found to get but the stars were all aligned and it finally happened! We could not be happier with the boat that we ended up with. It already has been a good family time.
This is the 3rd time that we took the boat out but the first time that I remembered to get a picture of us with the boat. Well, this is an almost picture of the boat, good thing we double up on pictures. The first two times to the lake, Brian had such an itch to get the boat into the water that we get it in super fast and then it is dark when we pull out of the water. So the 3rd time was the charm to get a picture of us with the boat.

See what I mean......everyone is sooooo happy!

This is the best spot on the boat for our three captains!! They are always perched right up here in the front with big grins!

Avery is pointing out the best spot for the day!

A WeLcOmE SoNg FoR GrAdUaTiOn!

Well we know who wore the pants in the preschool room!!

GrAdUaTiOn SoNgS

Here are some of the songs that Avery sang for the program at Graduation. Tooo cute!

PrEsChOoL GrAdUaTiOn

Yesterday was Avery's Preschool Graduation. I have LOVED Avery's teacher this year so we are sooo sad that it went so fast. But lucky for us, Avery gets another year with Mrs. Jodi and of course Oscar.
Avery making the big walk!

Mrs. Jodi talked about each of the children and the kids came up with expressive words about themselves and Avery came up with giggly!! So true, Avery always has a smile and giggle.

Avery with Mrs. Jodi and Oscar. Oscar is a seeing eye dog that Jodi is training and the kids just LOVE him. He sits in class with them while they are singing songs and is very protective of the kids. When they get done with school each day he leads them out and makes sure that none of the kids go in the road and are safe with their parent. What a great experience preschool was this year! We are so excited that Avery & Trace are in her preschool next year.

FieLd DaY

Only in Arizona is this a part of field day at school....picking up marbles with your toes and putting them in a bucket! This is a sign of a real champion!!
This event looks a little dangerous to me!!

The 3-legged race! Of course Dax wanted Ainsley to be his partner but what can I say-they WON!!

When I saw this I am sure that I had the same feeling my poor mom had every time I was involved in a sporting event, for that I am sorry. In his defence, he was supposed to be doing this, I never was!!

I did learn that Dax some some moves with the Hula Hoop!! In the 10 minutes that they did this he only dropped it once, he must be his fathers son!! haha

FisHiN' FuN

On Memorial Day we were all about water fun. It was a hot day so we met up at the pool. Then the kids decided that they wanted to fish in the pond so Bret got out his fishing gear and was willing to please.

Dax-the mighty fisherman!! I think he stood there long enough to get a picture and then was off. He must get his fishing patience from his dad!!


I think was really going to have a shot at catching a fish in this stocked pond. Dax has already made it to to the rocks to play.

Well, now we know that there are really fish in there. Great catch Bret! What a lunker!

Brian is still standing there.....Trace and Cole will be his sidekicks for a while. Still no fish.

Wow! Cambri caught one too!! Great job! Well these were the only catches today so Brian's streak lives on! We still love ya!

Swimmin' with the kids is better anyway!! What a super day! We love it when dad has a day off of work!

tHiS BiTeS!!!!

So this is the morning after!!!! WOW - THAT BITES!!! I had the thought before we all slept out on the tramp that we should spray with bug spray but I think I have seen 1 mosquito since we moved here, so I decided not to go and find the OFF. Well the poor faces of the children!!! They woke up with smiles and the.....chicken pox? No, they were almost eaten alive by the bugs! I was absolutely sick. I only have a picture of poor Trace but don't worry Avery's face looked the same. Dax didn't have so many on his face but had one on his ear that made him look like Dumbo. They all looked terrible!!!! Brian & I that slept right next to them did not even have one bite on us!?! I guess the silver lining of this is that before we fell asleep the kids wanted to sleep on the tramp with us every night all summer and now not so much.

OuR BaCkYaRd CaMpOuT!

Over the weekend Brian decided that we were going to have a backyard camp out, so he made the fire and I found the blankets! The kids were so excited that even mom and dad were in it for an all nighter! We all were going to sleep under the stars on the trampoline!

This is our wimpy little fire. We only had two logs left from our last fire and we didn't want to go buy 2 more gold plated logs at the store! What a rip off it is to buy some firewood here!!
I think that Trace is a little concerned about the fire!
Here are the troops all nestled in their beds! We had almost every blanket we own on the tramp, which if you know me...that's alot of blankets!!!
I was telling the kids to pretend that they were asleep so I didn't have to stay awake to get a picture of everyone sleeping...Trace just couldn't do it. The pressure of a straight face!
There we go he had to turn over if he was going to play the part! So we all slept outside and Brian and I decided that it was much more comfortable out there when you are little. I am also very sad to say that B and I got a little chilly in the night and the next morning we found out that the low for the night was 70 degrees. Oh my, that is sad!!! I am sure that kids had all of the blankets!

a HaRd DaY's WoRk!

Another hard day at the pool with our cousins Gabbi & Cambri! We are going to have a great summer!
We are pooped and we need to work on our tans!!!