Doug's Eagle Scout Court of Honor

Doug's Eagle Scout Court of Honor

So I noticed in the last post that I was supposed to do Doug's eagle court of honor so here it is. Sorry for the delay. My internet wasn't working then for a while it wouldn't upload any pics so I just threw up my hands and said forget it!

Yes this picture was taken in the chapel. Yes Barbie knew that she was not supposed to take a picture in the chapel. Yes she did it anyway. Obviously.

Doug and the proud parents. Do not blame me for the weird pictures of Dad, Mom, and Doug. I have determined that they cannot produce a normal pose if their lives depended on it.

Two out of three looking at the camera with smiles was a BIG accomplishment.

Doug received his Eagle at the same time as Hunter Prudholm and Joshua and Donald Rios. It was tons of fun!

Hunter, Donald, Josh, and Doug cutting the cake. Such excitement.

A picture of the cake prior to it being cut.

Barbie is so proud of Doug. It brought tears to her eyes.

The newly distinguished Eagle Scouts. We are all so proud of you Doug and all of your hard work to make this happen!! Love ya!!

Hooray!

So I got a new car. It is adorable and I love it. I am super excited about it. Here are some pictures...

July 4th

I know this is a little late. Sorry. We had a little BBQ for Independence day and it was fun. Here are a few pictures.

Water pinata (How the heck do you spell that?)

Epic sword fight.

Doug throwing matthew into the pool. No worries. he didnt do it.

Delicious strawberries dipped in white choclate and sprinkled with blue sugar. So patriotic!

Here is what the water pinata was like. The kids had fun. I kind of got it exploding. Doug kicked its pants a couple of times. It was quite scary. A lot of fun though. It was Michelle and Trinity's idea. Thanks you guys!

Doug had his Eagle court of honor the other day. Stef has the pictures so she will blog about it (Yep Stef I just passed the buck-Thanks!!)

Alsynn Says the Darnest Things - Part One

- "Eleanor eats the boob."

- Today we were pulling into the garage after a shopping excursion.  Aslynn knew that it was about time for her to take a nap (by the way, she never takes a nap anymore; she just quietly reads every book she owns and throws everything on the floor of her room for two hours a day) so she politely informed me, "Mom, I'm not tired."  I replied, "I figured" and we went into the house.  After a little while I told Z that it was time to take a nap.  She broke down into tears and said, "No mom!  You figured!" 

Here are some videos of our eldest daughter:

That Time of Year Again...Quilted Bear!

Here are some pictures of some cute crafts. Not sure what will be done this year, but if you want to put in an order just write a comment! Hope all is well!

Mom really liked this. It is on a wooden plate. If you guys find a wooden plate somewhere (I'm sure it's on some crafting website or something like that) Let her know. Thanks!

The little heart comes out.

I just thought this was super cute!

Cistern 2011

For those of you not in the "know" we get our water from a private well which I think is awesome, but we only had 60 gallons of water on hand at any given time. So we decided (mostly me) that it would be a good idea and investment to install a cistern, which is just a huge cement holding tank The positive is it cuts down on our electric bill, will had years of life to our new well pump, provide constant "city-like" pressure, and provides us with 2400 gallons of emergency water storage. (Yes dad I had them install an emergency switch so we just plug the generator in and it will run the cistern pump, you didn't raise no back-woods boy!)

Kim's dad digging the rather large hole for the cistern to sit in.

The place cistern, before pump, cover and dirt installed.

Lava rock staircase Kim and I worked on to add a little sexy to the yard, and for those that have visited you know our yard is screaming for SEXY!!

Kim's B-day

Kim's birthday was nice and peaceful, she turned the big 3-0!! We had a lady in the ward that had a 30th Birthday and her husband invited a ton of people and everyone brought a cake, their goal was to have 30 different cakes which we accomplished. I brought this up and Kim shot it down pretty quick. So I made chicken Enchilladas (thanks Stef) and safely purchased a pie to stay on the edible side. when you are married to a pie genius its best not to risk making one homemade.

Kim's family also came over the day before her birthday and we went out for Mexican which was great. They all went yard saling and to the Great Giveaway together. Sadly (yeah right) I had to work, wink!! Kristal and I think Erin got Kim this awesome Igloo, hoping it means more camping in our future! She also got a griddley pan thing-a-magig, some sweet socks, works pants, candy, purse, maybe some other things, my memory sucks so if you are not mentioned know you are loved!!

Kim is still going to physical therapy weekly, starting to think those guys are as worthless as chiropractors but hey it is doing some good. They suggested activities that keep her upper body in constant motion (rowing, boxing, etc.) She went with boxing so I found a good deal on a bag with gloves, wraps and speed mitts. So once I get around to hanging it all will be well in the world.....

Last but definitely not least Kim has been using one of Jared's old computers for 5+ years, he was surprised she was still using it. So she got a new one hopefully with enough do-hickies to make her happy. I am pretty sure I will be hearing that stagnant Cricuit cutting any day now....

Love you guys have a few more posts but getting lazy have to go backpacking overnight with the scouts tonight. So I will save the others for later. Have some home advances we are going to post and of course the REAL Mecham garden, trying to decide if I should do one post to show the garden start to finish or do it piece meal. LUCK!