A grand adventure!

Luke and Joel went their grandparents house on the farm in Rosalia the other day....it was actually 3 days that they stayed there! They had a great time, and had many adventures, the first of which was hitting a deer on the ride up with Uncle Tom!
Here's a poor picture of the car. Also a pic of the kids and Tom :)

Other funny things this week

Here are some this and that's that I want to remember:

Zach learned how to dance this week. He will make a break into Chloe's room, turn up the volume on the radio and then bounce up and down! Chloe and I think it's the cutest thing ever. He thinks he's so cool!

Story of the month!
Luke had an injury of some sort and showed me how he put a "band-aid with Neosporin" on his foot injury. The band-aid (that I really only glanced at) looked familiar, and my mother-in-law provides us with lots of interesting band-aids, so I didn't think much of it. The next day, I injured my toe and Luke, so kindly, brought me a band-aid. I wore it all day. The next day, Luke stepped on a tack and again, got a "band-aid with Neosporin". Later, I walked in the bathroom and saw Crest White-Strips packaging all over the floor! I realized that we'ld all been using Crest Whitening Strips as band-aids! I've been laughing about it ever since!

Kids today went to Grandma and Grandpas in Rosalia. Our friend Tom was driving to Colton and said he would take them and Grandpa Bob could pick them up in Colfax. On teh way they hit a deer! Everyone was fine, and it started a big trip for the boys, off in a big adventure kind of way! Joel immediately called me and told me they hit a deer as big as a mountain with a telephone pole on top! Must have been pretty exciting! Good thing we said a prayer for safety before they left!

Story times for the week.

Here are the two story times we hit this week. We hit the Barnes and Nobles for a storytime put on by the Children's Reading Foundation (who our friend is the director of and luckily got the word out to us), and all the kids recieved free books! Next we hit Kennewick Coffee Co's storytime, with our awesome friend, and owner, Katie! What fun!!!

Here are some pics of this week. Not even close to what all we've been up to, but things I remembered to bring my camara to :)

Here is Zach "cleaning". I'm sure he is the ONLY child, in this house, who has ever attempted to clean without being asked! He loves to take the towel and whipe it all around of the floor. I'm assuming he has seen me whiping up the many cups of water, he can now pull off the table, and is mimicking me. It's pretty cute. One picture even looks like he's yelling at someone for making a mess.

The other picture is a great example of the differences between boys and girls. Luke found this bear and taped to it, a sheild (bark) and a sword (stick). Trust me, a girl would not think to do this!

No need to spend money this summer.....

...when $1 halloween costumes and free snails provide hours of entertainment!

Animal Birthday Party!

The birthday girl: Eliana :)

We attended Eliana's second b-day party this afternoon. Super fun! We were instructed to come as animals. I had two hand-me-down animal costumes already and I figured it would be simple to come up with 2 more, but then I found two more costumes yesterday at a yard sale for a buck each! They are already providing quite a bit of entertainment!
Zach, after he went through the sprinkler. Why is it that boys just can't stay away from sprinklers?
Crazy-man Joel!
Tessa as an adorable zebra!
Zach LOVED the wagon and refused to leave it. Chloe is making sure he doesn't fall out.
The boys, going for a ride ;)
Now that looks like one heck of a party!
What a crew! For some reason this won't let me move my pictures right now, or I'd put it at the top! LOVE THESE KIDS! This will definetly be my new profile pic on FB.

You know it's summer when....

You see the kids making their own pool in the backyard.
Um, I'm pretty unsure if 3 of you will fit in there??

Boys and their Dad

Here is Luke. He told us that he was going to wear this sticker untill his dad came back (while his Dad was away at Army training). It's a Liberty University on-line sticker. We had never talked to him about doing things in honor of people, but I guess this is "in honor of his dad". Holly and I thought it was hillarious! Gettin' a big Zachy smooch! I've never had a child that would rather go to their dad than me at Zach's age, but Zach is a daddy's boy! He always wants John to hold him (which I think is wonderful, becuase I'm pregnant and Zach is heavy). Plus, it's so cute!

What can I say? Like father, like son!

Fun visitors for Memorial Day

Some friends came for Memorial Day from the west side of the state. Jacob and Emily and their kiddos came and played and hung out :) Hadn't had the chance to visit with them in over a decade! I couldn't really believe it had been that long! It was alot of fun to catch up and we let the kids loose in the backyard to run wild and expend the lunchtime energy.

Acting Class Preformance

This semester (as most of you already know), we home schooled Chloe. Luckily, it's through the school Dist and so classes were offered at a hm school site. Chloe took an acting class and this was their final preformance :)
The final bow. Acting class friends.