Rare moment caught on film

I picked Logan up from playing at a friend's house to find this cute little image. Todd rarely gets sweet little moments like this to cuddle with a warm baby so I had to post it.

4th of July

I must admit, Idaho Falls is a great place to celebrate the 4th. Parade in the morning, activities along the greenbelt all day, fireworks at night along the river. It was even a tad chilly this year, which I think is weird considering it's July and you should be able to fry an egg on the sidewalk. We had a great 4th, which for us just consisted of the parade and BBQ at our house. We had a perfect spot at the parade in the shade since I went and marked off a spot the night before. Yes, I was one of "those" people. But hate me or not, it was totally worth it. Anyway, we also did a last minute BBQ with anyone who was around (I only took one picture of the kids for some reason). We did not go watch fireworks this year because 1. Logan is terrified of the noise and hates them and 2. they don't start until 10:30 and that is really late for us. Some of our neighbors set off HUGE ones, so it was just like our own private viewing. Fireworks are legal here, so you can pretty much see great ones from your very own front yard. Here are some picts: Tate, Josue, Logan and Jake having some good 'ol hamburgers and hot dogs.

Logan's favorite part of the parade (he made me take the picture).

McKaylee, Elise, Logan and Tate lounging in our front row parade seats. (Blurry because some unnamed toddler likes to take pictures with my camera even though he has his own and gets finger prints on the lens.)

Buddies!

Highlights from AZ trip

The boys and I took a week trip to Kingman to visit my mom at the end of June. Here are some picture highlights of our trip. We had a great time except for our trip home--we should have arrived back in ID around 7 p.m., but due to Allegiant Air's super planning--arrived home at 1:30 A.M. Pure torture since my kids have a pretty strict bedtime of 8 p.m.


I really did not mean for this picture to be first, but yes, I sometimes let my child pee outside. It's just so easy. And Grandpa Bob would be so proud! We took some fried chicken to the Hualapai's and checked out the wildlife and climbed rocks. By far the highlight of the trip! We even saw a deer that ended up stalking us!!

Pool time!

Logan painted Nana's toes ALL BY HIMSELF! Bet ya didn't guess that...

So this is a perfect picture to describe my child. He has caught a lizard in this pot, he has ketchup on his face, his shirt is on inside out, no shoes, and happy as a clam. :)

We took a quick visit to Flag for the day and got to have lunch with some of my oldest and dearest--Stephanie and Melissa. Here we all are with all the kiddos!! Aren't they gorgeous!!