Fun in the sun in Safford

Shauna, Errin and I took the kids to safford two weeks ago to visit Tami. We celebrated her birthday with a cake, some yummy food, swimming and lots of pictures. We had a lot of fun swimming against the current they installed in their pool. It was good to see the kiddies.

Happy B-Day Momma!

We went out to lunch at a very yummy place, Ticoz, for my mom's birthday. Thank you Justin for staying at my house with all the rowdy boys and Sally so we could enjoy our lunch!

Jones was so helpful blowing out the candles! He was a crackup to watch, every time a new song came on he started dancing. He actually has some good moves and he keeps a strait face the whole time.

They weren't kidding when they said the burrito was "Grande".

"Sweet baby" loves her some pita bread!

Playing nice

There were a few pictures of Gwen and sally playing nice.

Dolly

Shauna was here for two weeks (I am very sad she is gone). We had a lot of fun with them. Her boys and my boys are getting along really well now and they were sad to part. On the other hand, Gwen wasn't sad to see Sally go. Sally is so sweet and cute, unfortunately she thought that Gwen was her dolly. She tried to carry her and drag her whenever we weren't looking. It's a good thing Gwen is a big girl because Sally couldn't hardly move her. I am sure someday they will be best friends!

The expression on Gwen's face says it all!

Go Grasshoppers!

Here are some pictures from Briant's last game as a "Grasshopper" or "Hopper" as they prefer to be called. They ended up wining every game! I wish I would have taken video of Briant running the bases, he has a very memorable run!

Jared, Matt (the assistant to the assistant coach), Dubby and Briant.

Memorial Day

We had a great Memorial Day weekend camping with some friends, despite the freezing cold weather. The kids had so much fun with their friends that we went with, and not so much fun with the neighboring children who one of them ended up shoving a fist full of mud in Briant's mouth. Don't worry, I took care of business with that little punk! Here are some of the highlights from the trip.

We set up camp....

we rode bikes....
Jasper

swung in swings....

climbed trees....

played in meadows....



caught hail in our mouths....

shot potato guns....
From the left: Briant, Gavin, Haddli, Hallie, Jasper, Hannah, Jack, Max and Wade with his back to us.
Wade

played kick ball....

cuddled.... I know, not my best angle

blew bubbles....with our shirts off

stoked the fire.... again, with our shirts off. What can I say, Torel is comfortable in his own skin

posed for pictures....

Lisa, Gwen, Garth, Dierdre and Torel

Hallie


took naps....

stuffed a lot of food in our faces....
and really enjoyed each others company. Thanks for a great trip Eagar's and Nichols. Maybe next time we will have more camping equipment so we don't have to mooch!