Peanut Butter & Jelly

This song is sung by a group called Insideout Acappella. I think this is the funniest song. Jacob and Riley laugh when ever I play it, they even know all the words now. I hope you enjoy it.

Camping

We had a blast camping this last week. My sisters, Saundra and Stevie, went with us. Chris made a great swing for the boys, it could go really high. We went hiking, played in the water (that was really cold), played cards, collected firewood, played hide and go seek in the dark (way fun, Chris helped Riley find some really good spots), had our gatorade cap races in the stream, and just relaxing. Thank you Saundra and Stevie for coming and having fun with us.

The Lake

We went to the lake a couple of weeks ago, with Chris's brother, Ken and his family. We had so much fun even though it was really hot. Parker and Jordis. I was really glad that Parker didn't mind wearing his life jacket.
Jacob and Alexis.
Riley and Hayden on the tube.

Catching up

Then I was at Girl's Camp for the week. I had so much fun. Our theme was "build upon the rock", that is why we are all around the rock. We had 9 girls total from our ward and only 4 stayed in the cabin with us (the ward leaders). 3 of the girls were youth leaders, who were in different cabins and the other 2 were 4th level, who stayed in tents. We really had a blast and we ate really good food. They made homemade bread for everything. It was great and crazy.

It was Parker's Birthday on the 6th. He didn't like getting all messy, but Jacob and Riley made him. It was really funny. I can not believe that my baby is 1 years old. Time goes by way too fast.

The 4th of July was fun. We didn't do anything big. We had a couple who will be moving into our ward in a couple of weeks, come over for dinner (hamburgers). Then we went to the high school for the fireworks. Parker was not sure of them at first. he never cried, but he sure wanted to get out of there. About half way he got to the point that he would sit there and watch them.

I am really mad

I just plugged my camera into the computer to download all my pictures and it only downloaded a couple of them and then erased all of them. I think that I got all the video off but I only got 5 of the many pictures. I am so very mad right now. Technology - you can't live with it and you can't live without it.

So, swimming lessons are over. I had pictures of Jacob and Riley swimming but they are gone now. These are the only swimming pictures I got downloaded. They loved the lessons. Riley was really mad at me for signing him up for them the first couple of days. He said, "I did not ask to be signed up for this". So, I got him some goggles and he seemed to be fine after that. By the end of the 2 weeks he was going under the water and picking up toys on the bottom, jumping off the diving board and using the kick board to go all the way across the pool (long ways in a lap pool) and back. I had video of all that and it is gone too.

Jacob has always been my fish. I think he would live in the pool if I would let him. Lessons were really fun and I am so glad we did them.

Parker is now walking like a champ. That video is gone also. I will have to take some more video of him. He started last week. He is so funny because he can not keep his feet still. If we are all in the same room, he wants to be with us but he has to be walking. So he just walks back and forth, like he is pacing. Parker's first tooth finally came in. Jacob and Riley were so excited to see it but Parker does not want anyone looking in his mouth. Crazy kids.

Saturday we went riding. We had so much fun. Jacob was able to ride really well this time. Before when we went he couldn't ride very well because he did not have the balance and he would fall over a lot. Since we have been riding our bicycles ever day, Jacob's balance is soooo much better. He had so much fun that he said that he wants to do it every week. What fun!

Father's Day present

This turned out way cute. I gave the boys 2 papers so they could draw 4 pictures of things they like to do with Chris and then Parker got the last paper. Then I made the pocket folder so they could put their papers in it. I thought it looked really plain just like that, so I added the pictures all along it. I really like the way it turned out and Chris loved it. The boys did a great job on their pictures. Some of the things they drew: camping, bike riding, golfing, and swimming.

Update

We got our pool set up. The boys love it. They are in it everyday, a couple times a day. I love having the shade over it, but a couple of days ago some really bad wind came and ripped it out of the groung and busted a couple of the poles. So, we have to order some more and then we will only put it up durring the day and not leave it up. I hate the wind here. It is always windy. Oh, well. Parker had a lot of fun sitting in the pool as it was filling up. His favorite thing to do is take a bath. He always walks into the bathroom and stands at the bathtub saying "bath, bath!" It is really funny.

Jacob is done with T-ball. Hooray!!! One less thing that I have to worry about. This is a picture of Jacob and his best friend Tanner with their trophies. What fun!!!