C.L. turned 7 on May 27th. It was the last week of school and lots of chaos. Notice that he was sporting a mowhawk. Mom had a weak moment and cut it for him for the last couple of weeks of school...... I guess it is just hair, and he is so cute that he can pull off any look!
He was extremely excited because he was still in school for his birthday and got to have friends over that rode the bus home. We had a double party and celebrated with the Grandparents, The Gilchrists,and the Davisons.
The kids had begged for quite some time for an adjustable basketball hoop, so after some negotiations and them coming up with some cash Dad took them to town and they picked out one that they were quite pleased with. They weren't a lot of help assembling it, but they had a lot of excitement and wanted to try.
On June 13th we had a Cancer Aware-a-Bration day. It was a great event that our local county employees sponsored and have declared an annual event. We started the day off with a 3 mile cancer walk in the rain, then we released balloons in memory of our loved ones and then resumed a day of activities in the park. The Bloxhams were here to celebrate with us and we had a great day. I am so glad that we have such special individuals to step up and come up with a day like this. It was a great family fun day with a great purpose!
In the pictures below we had a dunk tank in the afternoon with some "Celebrity" dunkees. Travis Gilchrist, our City of Arco Councilman was one of th individuals lucky enough to get dunked. :-)
I do believe the finger pointing was at Carson who was the first one to dunk him. The photo below was quite ironic, because the sky was full of thunder and it was quite stormy. I think he felt quite powerful. :-)
I lost Darci one afternoon, and when I found her she was quite pleased with herself.
Darci turned 3 on June 26th. I don't have pictures of her birthday cake, my camera was dead, so Grandma and Grandpa took those....... Will have to get them later. She was all Tinkerbelled out! Couldn't have enought Tinkerbell, even the duplicated ones were loved!
She got a big girl bike that has proven to be a newfound freedom for Darci. I really don't think we needed her to have more freedom! I think Grandma Pearson was right when she said that now I am going to have to install a beeper on it just to keep track. The photo below shows her and her friend Sierra dressed in Tinkerbell dresses riding bikes together! Got to love Summer Fun!
I remember as a kid dressing up and decorating our bikes and riding in a 24th of July Parade! This year they celebrated with an old fashioned parade for the kids, games, wagon rides, and a great afternoon.
Darci in her dress and all........... Never slowed her down.
C.L., Spencer, Bryton, and Darci
Spencer and C.L. getting ready for a horse drawn wagon ride.
Darci getting ready for her wagon ride.
Darci loves the tube and made Bryton ride a few more times than she wanted to. She of course loves the bumps and the wild ride while Bryton would rather just skid along on the water. I do believe that Darci occasionally would jump up and down just to liven up the ride!
Darci, Bryton and Boston
Boston, C.L. and Darci in the Boat.
Honestly I had a drift of Hail at my back door! I couldn't find the snow shovel, but could have used it!
Then there was the lake! It never fails that when we get a lot of rain/snow/hail that it has to gather at the front of our Garage! When I came home and found it seeping into the Garage I decided that I better do something with our drain. Carson put a board over the opening of the drain to protect small feet of children and dog from getting hurt. However it also was preventing the 6-8 inches of standing water from going away fast enough and it was still raining! So, I took my pregnant self out in the middle of the lake in irrigation boots with a hammer to pry out the board. Thank goodness only a couple of neighbors got to witness that one!
