1. the (white) and polka dot dress I bought for Kimberly
2. the new stars & (stripes) Ryan earned for his belt
3. the boys were (out & about) picking raspberries in our garden
4. the flag at the school showing our (independence)
5. (the letter L) for our pet lizard
6. the truck packed up ready for some (fun) camping
7. Kimberly out (in the sun) on her first hike in Cascade
8. the boys all (sleeping) not so comfortably on the way home from camping
9. the (stairs) in our house that I climb a million times each day
10. blast from the past listening to some good music from (1999)
11. Heath will always have his (glasses on) if he is outside
12. Cody & Luke have these (retro) pillowcases in their rooms
13. Seeing the excitement the boys have for the new Halo 4 game is (funny)
14. I (can't live without) my family the McMullen's
side note: when Heath and I were first dating, (me in Idaho him in North Carolina)
I sent him this same picture of me standing in front of this sign
15. (you on 15) heading to church with the family
16. I love to take (sips) from my frescas on hot summer days
17. the boys at swimming lessons (showing some skin)
18. Luke & Cody (in motion) practicing their swim strokes
19. me looking a little (grumpy) because I'm sick with a summer cold
20. the girls and boys on their (bikes) heading home from the pool
21. (relaxing) with friends while walking around the neighborhood yards sale
22. love listening to this song (on the radio) or on my phone
23. Ash had a little (sparkle) on her shirt
24. Cody reading yet another magazine (the letter M) and learning more facts about everything
25. Grammy & Luke were (moving it) while busy in the kitchen making their potato salad
26. So happy to have our new patio cover now in our back (yard)
27. We all (loved) spending the day with Nicole, Jim and Hailey at Roaring Springs
28. Ryan relaxing on a (hot) day out on the boat
29. With dirty camping feet like these how could it not be a (Sunday Funday)
30. Luke was one (cool) dude when he wore his swim trunks backwards to the pool on accident but didn't bother to change them once he realized it
31. Ryan gave me this (U.S.A.) five dollar bill when he wanted to buy something for the Wizards 101 game
the boys have been playing on the computer
And here is the plus more:
Our one day camping trip this past weekend was quick but a success.
We managed to have lots of fun out on the boat tubing with the boys, enjoying the warm sunshine, eating too much food and just relaxing.
After boating Ryan and Luke started up a business of selling rocks or stones like Ryan calls them. They found rocks around the campground, washed and polished them using all of my dish soap and set them out on the cooler to sell. They were selling each rock for a quarter, but you could buy two for two quarters, or three for three quarters or four for four quarters, not really a bargain but it worked out for them. Once Cody realized that their business was a success and people were actually buying rocks he decided that he wanted to be part of it too and joined in. In the end each of the boys made three dollars, not too bad. My dad can't figure out how Luke convinced him to buy five dollars worth of rocks, rocks that he already owned to begin with, what a good Papa.
A couple of weekends ago we went up past Lucky Peak to do some boating, when Ryan saw this fountain out in the water he said excitedly, "Hey guys, I think there is a whale down there in the water!"
While we waited for others to get back from boating we hung out on the little beach or tried to catch minnows in the water. Heath had a bet with the boys that the first one to catch a minnow would win a game but they didn't count on the only one to be able to do it would be their mom, so no new game!
We had so much fun at roaring springs on Friday with some of the family.
The weather was perfect, not too crowded and we laughed all day long.
Poor Heath had Cody help him put on his sunscreen and ended up being a crispy critter by the time the day was over, a lesson learned Cody doesn't apply sunscreen all that well.
Ryan was an inch too short to go on all of the big rides but I was surprised he didn't flinch at trying out this ride that drops you off into ten foot. I was a little nervous for him and told him to swim like crazy once he was in the water and that is exactly what he did. He loves to tell people now that he can swim in ten feet. Thankfully the swimming lessons have helped out a lot this year and Ryan came a long ways. He made huge improvements the last day of his swimming lessons so much that his teacher kept saying, "Ryan, Wow, have you been practicing?" When I told Ryan how good he did he told me, "Mom, I just wanted to make you so proud of me!"
That's a wrap!
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