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: