FIRST DAY OF 4TH GRADE!!

YES YOU READ THAT CORRECT TARALYN STARTED 4TH GRADE THIS YEAR. I ALMOST CAN'T BELIEVE IT. YES THE GIRL IS SPORTING THAT GREAT BACKPACK ALL BECAUSE SHE CLEANED OUT MY TRUCK FOR ME ONE DAY IN EXCHANGE FOR A NEW BACKPACK. I WOULD THINK THAT TYPICALLY THE GIRL WOULD WANT TO WEAR SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE FIRST DAY. NOPE NOT MY GIRL, PAIR OF JEAN SHORTS SHES HAD ALL SUMMER AND AN MU TSHIRT. THAT GIRL IS BOUND AND DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A HOUSE DIVIDED IN COLLEGE SPORTS..LOL

DOWN ON THE FARM

WE SPENT THE DAY AT THE FARM LAST MONTH WHEN TIM AND TRACY WERE INTOWN. FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN TRACY AND KIDS SINCE THEY MOVED TO HAWAII. THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME RIDING HORSES, PLAYING ON SWINGSET, AND OF COURSE THE HUGE WATERSLIDE. HOW THAT WATER SLIDE HAS SURVIVED ALL THESE YEARS I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND. THERE IS NOTHING GENTLE ABOUT THE WAY THE KIDS GO DOWN THAT THING.

IN NEED OF JAWS OF LIFE

THIS IS SO FUNNY ALTHOUGH TARALYN DID NOT FIND IT SO FUNNY. BAD THING IS I ACTUALLY LEFT HER THERE STUCK IN HUNTERS LITTLE RED CAR TO GO FIND MY CAMERA. SO IF THAT MAKES ME A BAD MOM SO BE IT BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT GOING UNDOCUMENTED. IT TOOK THREE OF US TO GET HER UNSTUCK FROM THIS CAR. NEEDLESS TO SAY SHE DOESN'T GET TO CLOSE TO THE CAR ANYMORE. YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR KID IS SERIOUSLY STUCK WHEN THE TEARS BEGIN TO ROLL AND THE PURE PANIC SETS IN. THERE WERE MOMENTS WHEN I THOUGHT WE MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE TO CUT HER OUT!!!

VERY VERY SICK COMPUTER

OK SO MY COMPUTER HAS BEEN ILL..AFTER MANY TREATMENTS IT FINALLY HAS DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE WORKING WORLD...YEA ME!!! SO NOW LETS SEE IF I CAN GET CAUGHT UP ON EVERYTHING THIS BUSY FAMILY HAS BEEN UP TOO!!

PAPA'S HOUSE

I TOOK THE FOUR KIDS OUT TO PAPA'S FOR PART OF THE WEEK. WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME PLAYING AT THE PARK, RIDING BIKES, AND CLIMBING THE HAY BALES. WE ALSO WENT SWIMMING TWICE WITH EVERYONE AT TWO DIFFERENT POOLS IN ONE DAY!!! THE KIDS WERE SO GREAT AND I HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH THE FOUR OF THEM. BUMMER WE ONLY GOT TO SEE PAPA DURING THE EVENING SINCE HE HAD TO WORK. NEXT TIME WE WILL HAVE TO GO FOR A LONG WEEKEND. HUNTER HAD FUN FOLLOWING GRANDPA AROUND WHILE HE TINKERED WITH HIS MOWERS. AT ONE POINT HUNTER CAME IN AND TOLD ME GRANDPA WAS NOT LISTENING TO HIM. WHY HE THINKS HE IS IN CHARGE I HAVE NO IDEA. I HAVE WAY TO MANY PICTURES OF THE GREAT TIME WE HAD TO EVEN POST, BUT HERE ARE A FEW.

4TH OF JULY

HEATHER AND NEPHEWS ALONG WITH MY PYRO KIDS HAD A WONDERFUL TIME SETTING OFF FIREWORKS A LITTLE BEFORE THE 4TH. WHICH IS PROBABLY A GOOD THING SINCE IT RAINED ALL 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND. WE STILL MANAGED TO GET SOME OFF AT UNCLE JEREMY'S BEFORE THE RAIN. UNCLE JEREMY WAS DETERMINED AND LET ALL HIS OFF IN THE RAIN WITH A FEW DELAYS FOR BREIF HEAVY DOWNPOURS!!

Branson Vacation

I TOOK THE KIDS ON A LITTLE VACATION TO BRANSON. LESA AND HER TWO NIECES, CASSIE, HEATHER AND HER TWO NEPHEWS AND ME AND MY TWO. YES FOR THOSE COUNTING SIX KIDS AND FOUR ADULTS. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. SATURDAY WE VENTURED OFF TO SILVER DOLLAR CITY. ONLY GOT TO RIDE THREE RIDES BEFORE WE REALIZED THE RAIN WAS GOING TO WIN. SUNDAY WE SPENT THE DAY GO CARTING, BUMPER BOATS AND LITTLE CARNIVAL RIDES FOR THE LITTLE ONES. THERE OF COURSE WAS LOTS OF SWIMMING AND LOTS OF MINATURE GOLF. WHICH WAS GREAT BECAUSE OUR ROOM WAS RIGHT AROUND CORNER FROM POOL AND GOLF COURSE. I HAD TO COME BACK A DAY EARLY TO GO TO WORK BUT THE KIDS STAYED DOWN AND HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THEIR FIRST TRIP TO LAMBERT'S. TARALYN'S DREAM PEOPLE JUST THROWING ROLLS AT YOU!!