Pictures by Porter

Porter loves taking pictures! These are some of his latest ones. He wanted me to put them on the blog. :)

My trip to Utah!

I was able to go to Utah this last weekend to see Paula's new baby, Gavin. It was a lot of fun!! It was fun to play with my little nieces too and get to know them a little more, since I don't see them often.
On my way back my flight was diverted to Las Vegas due to the BAD weather in Phoenix. My flight was VERY rough and I could see lightning out of the plane's window. I got home 3 hrs later than I was supposed to!! But at least I made it home. I was worried I wouldn't.... Crazy weather!!

Sunday afternoon....

What better to do on a Sunday afternoon than jump off the table on Walmart made parachutes?! I can think of a million things but the kids thought that was IT!!! :)

Mason's Birthday Party!!!

Saturday we had Mason's friends over for her 6th birthday party. She had a blast making everything PINK and playing with her friends! We can't believe she's already 6!!!

Random weekend pictures!

We had an awesome weekend!!! Here are a few random pictures we took here and there during the weekend.

Rock Climbing

What better to start the 4th of July weekend than with some rock climbing??? We went to the Gilbert Rec center and had some fun climbing rocks!!

I scream for ice cream!! :D

After dinner Friday we got some ice cream cones from McDonalds. The kids were SO happy!! Collin can never eat his ice cream fast enough to keep up with the AZ weather!! ;)

Beautiful AZ!!

Friday night was an awesome stormy night!! As we drove home this is what the mountains looked like! We even got some rain! (if you live in AZ you know what a HUGE event that is...) And later that night it REALLY came down, and had an awesome lightning show, dust storm and more rain!! :D

All nighter

So Jace and the boys decided they were gonna stay late and play XBOX, which they usually do on holiday weekends. At 4:30 in the morning I heard some talking and went to the basement and found Jace passed out on the couch and the boys still going strong!! I couldn't believe it. I sent them to bed and when I woke up an hour later to go on my morning walk this is what Micah looked like!! I just LOVED his hair!! :D

Swimming!!

Who can go on a 4th of July without swimming?? We went swimming with our family and had a blast!! We all LOVE swimming, specially when it's 105!

FIREWORKS!!!!

Last night we went to our friends' house, the Andreasens, to watch the fireworks! It was fun! We also made homemade ice cream and Lisa made an awesome flag cake. We made strawberry cheesecake and Andreasens made oreo cookie ice cream. SOOOOO GOOOOOD!!! :)

SUMMER!!! :D

Hi everyone!! I have not updated my blog in a while! That's because we've been busy all summer with fun things to do! :)
We've been going to the new Mesquite Groves water park every week! The kids LOVE going there, and I like taking them because it's cheap! ;) We spend hours playing in the water and cooling down, although so far our AZ summer has been very mild.
We also go every Thursday to the shows at the QC library. We've had a magic show, reptile show, and story telling. They are a TON of fun!! What the kids like the most is getting a McDonalds ice cream come every time after the show. The kids are also in the library summer reading program and they've earned prizes!
We got an over the ground pool this summer so the kids spend HOURS in the back yard playing in the water!! Their friends love coming too.
Every week they go to Grandma's house for a fun day! She takes them swimming, on golf cart rides, and they play in her yard. The LOVE Grandma's days!! She's also been taking turns with the kids and takes them for their special day with Grandma and they get to sleep over at her house. How nice is that?!
I wished I had more pictures to post, but since most of our activities include water, I rather not take the camera!
Of course we LOVE our basement where we have "movie parties" with our friends and neighbors. We had one a couple of weeks ago and there were 28 people here at one point!! SO FUN!!
Here are a few of the very few pics I took this summer...
Hope you all have a wonderful and safe 4th of July! :)

Scout Camp 2009

Jace had the chance to go to scout camp for 6 days up by Flagstaff. They had a blast!!

Mason's Kindergarten Graduation :)

My little Mason graduated from kindergarten today!! We are so proud of her and she's so proud of herself!! :)

Family Camp Out!!

Last night we went camping!! Our family loves being outdoors and enjoying the weather!! :)

Back to Gilwell!! :)

Mid April into May, I had the AWESOME opportunity to go back to Wood Badge as staff. I was the ASM-Programs, which was a lot of work but very rewarding!! I had a blast and learned a ton, even as staff. We had the best and craziest staff!!! :)

District PWD

Porter raced his car in the District Pinewood Derby and he took 3rd in Tigers!!! Way to go PORTER!!!

Porter - The entrepreneur

So Porter is SO determined to have his own business. Yesterday he made "S" out of paper clips and sat on the curb waiting and waiting.... He even made his own sign. It was HOT, but he wasn't about to leave without selling "S". And HE DID!!! He actually had people buy some!!! 7 to be exact!!! Nice people around here :)