July 24th

I am so behind on posting I am just going to rush through everything, so my pictures aren't in the best condition because all will be straight out of camera which means no editing.

Every 24th my side of the family has a reunion with all of my cousins and Aunts and Uncles. It is really crazy with tons of kids, food, and fun. In the last couple of years we have turned it into a carnival theme with cotton candy and bounce houses. And of course it is not a true cousin party without playing in the "crick"(aka creek) that runs through my parents backyard. My grandparents lived next door to where my parents live now and as kids we would always play in the "crick", we are now handing the tradition down the next generation. It's so fun to see my cousins, as kids we would get together at my grandparents house just about every Sunday. Now all we see each other is on the 24th and at Christmas time. I always look forward to this day. Here are the pictures:

Family Fun

Looking for something fun for this weekend? We are headed off to this:
Family Fun Fair

Maybe we will see you there.

Also a post isn't a post without some pictures so here are some from our July 4th weekend up in Oakley.

Oakley ParadeWorking at the cabin with Grandpa, Finley stayed in the tractor for most of the time. or played with his favorite pit bull Thor. If I could I would keep this dog, he was so sweet to the kids. Finley would lay on him every chance he could (unfortunately I didn't get a picture of them together)

Oakley Rodeo (unedited) The kids loved it and couldn't take their eyes off the action. The fireworks at the end were fantastic.

The Hancock Family

I had my first official photo shoot for someone other than my family. Thanks Than and Erica for letting me take your family pictures. I will get done editing them soon :)

Chalk Art

A few weeks ago we hopped in the car and drove to Discovery Gateway, we had not been there yet and thought we would let the kids release some energy there. It was a lot of fun, Finley enjoyed playing with the balls and Peanut enjoyed all the make believe centers.At the gateway that weekend there was a chalk art festival. These artists are so talented, I couldn't believe that chalk could work like this. Here are some of the pictures
At the end there was chalk for the kids to create their own masterpieces, I think my kids are the next Picasso and Rembrandt. Finley even wrote his first letter, it was an "E".

egg drop

Peanut had an egg drop at school a couple of weeks ago. The directions were to package an uncooked egg in anything, except bubble wrap and Styrofoam, so that when it is dropped (or thrown or kicked) off the top of the school it would land without breaking. Peanut decided she wanted to use popcorn and aluminum foil. After a few test runs from the roof of our house it was ready for the school. do you think it made it?It's falling

It's falling
It's falling
It's falling
It dropped.
Now on to the unwrapping and the results.
The 6 graders were able to do all the opening and judging
ahh, the anticipation is killing her

It SURVIVED-yahoo!

YAY for Peanut!

Take a look at that trophy.

a few of my kids

I realized I didn't post any pictures of Peanut and Finley in my last post, so I had to do it. I love these.
This one is my niece she is just dancing away.

HI

I have been on a blog hiatus for a little while, but I am back and I have a lot of catching up to do so expect a lot of post in the next few days. I will start with the most recent-Fathers Day. I could not think of anything to get Cache, poor guy got a coupon book, treats, and a promise of an excellent date night. Oh yeah, and on Saturday I took him to his favorite Mexican food restaurant which we don't go to very often because I don't like it that much. For mine and Cache's Dad we gave a digital photo frame, which they both seemed to like. At the last minute my Sister decided to get all (except for the 3 that live in Germany) the grandkids together and take pictures for my Dad's frame, we rushed everyone to this amazing old mill in Pleasant Grove and spent 2 hours taking pictures of everyone. It was great practice for me and we had so much fun with everyone. Now I need to arrange the grandkids from Cache's side of the family and do the same thing.