Happy Birthday Bryan!

How is it I'm married to someone so old! 33 Yikes!
Another year older and hopefully wiser. :)

The kids wrapped some of their toys for him to open and we found a box of bows they used to stick all over the house.
Kristi was so wonderful to watch the boys so I could go have lunch with Bryan and his friends from work. I made some german chocolate brownies so he could share with the office. Yummy!
Unfortunatly, Bryan's allergies were pretty bad so he wasn't able to enjoy himself as much as he should. :(
The main celebration will be when his parents come to town, so the party's not over yet.

Sea World

These first two pics are not from Sea World, but Bryan spent most of our time in CA working on his parents house which is why we were there. I didn't get a picture of the new wall, but here's the floor that Bryan put in, and he can't wait till we have one just like it.

Grandpa and Ammon :)

Now for the Sea World adventure!
We went to Dland last year so when we asked what other park we should go to Katie insisted on Sea World. We saw 4 shows, but most of the pics are from the kids play area.
I just love this one.Walrus kisses.G&G Hiner were so awesome to watch Hunter and Ammon while we took Katie and Kevin on the two rides they wanted to go on. We had to stuff Kevin's shoes with my socks to make him tall enough, and he was so glad! We went on the rapid ride first, then after all day of them asking when, we took them on the roller coaster. It has the big splash drop at the beginning and it duely scared the children, but they loved it.
just thought this was kinda funny

And so it begins...
and to our surprise it continued to grow!


Some harvest days...
(these were from the front yard)

Some things got attacked by bugs, some rodent ate most of our onions, and some carrots, and not everything looks that pretty, but most things tasted great. I think the kids favorites were the strawberries, most of which got eaten before they got to the house.
We still have a few plants alive out there but the heat is getting to be too much so we'll plant again in September.

Bryan was so great on really getting us started, cause he read Square Foot Gardening that his father gave us. It is so much fun and great to finally have success in producing food!

Picture Time

Bald is beautiful! (btw, he's just trying to move his face to the camera, not choke him)





One of my favorites from the "photo shoot"

Science Rules!

It took many tries, but we all finally got culture passes (4 in free) to the Arizona Science Center. We went on Monday the 29th, and we all had lots of fun!

Hunter "building a house"
Ammon having fun with cars. Is that a police car in his right hand?
I call it "The Sinker"
Kevin taking a shower
I'm either sucking my thumb, about to rub my eye or picking my nose. I love Hunter in the background with his mini-me Ammon.
Bryan trying to relax his mind more than Isaac and loosing.
This thing was fun.
Here's Bryan laughing cause it looks like Kevin's peeing.
I know, you're impressed right? She pulled herself all the way up!

Happy Independence Day!
We combined our 4th of July celebration with an early birthday party for my niece Lexi who turned 3 today, and the last day of leave for her daddy. We're counting down the days til you're home with us for good Isaac!
Hunter and Lexi's cheesy smiles!
Katie, Kevin and cousin Hannah enjoying the splash pad at Alta Dena park.
Ammon with his Auntie Jilly.
Two fatties enjoying their freedom to relax and eat!

I LOVE IT!!!