Fist pumpin'...

Our new favorite reality show is Jersey Shore... and the second season starts tonight!! Woo it's a good day :)

I want s'more...

After reminiscing all of our camping experiences these last few weekends I got a sudden urge for a s'more last night. I hope that's how you spell it because I definitely can't say it :) Anyway, a girl at work was telling me her family made them in the microwave one night so I tried... the mellow enlarged hugely after 10 seconds and didn't get the crispy outer cover, but I did get my s'more fix. And after how hot is was in our house yesterday the chocolate was even a bit soft. yum!

Summer Part 1

I can't believe summer is already half over... and the poor kids will be back in school in a month. I blame it on the crappy spring :) None the less, we have been having a fun time... mostly camping and spending our evenings outside doing anything exciting. David could clean his truck all night long and I love to water the lawn and say we spend time together!

A few snap shots up at the hills camping and this weekend... fixing fence, I walked with the boys this year and NEVER again, that's quite the hike!

My nieces did a summer bible camp this year that was a week long and at the end of the week they had a little performance and a big get together that included fun things like ices, cotton candy, jump houses, water slides, and a BBQ! They had a great time and I love watching them grow up, they definitely are adorable kids!

We had a work BBQ at a park on Sunday and that's always fun for all the girls to get together and chat... and gossip a bit :) Dave was nominated to help cook and made up some yummy burgers!

P.S. Dave pretty much broke his ankle (meaning he has a few hairline fractures, torn ligaments and probably tendons and a bone spur) the weekend we went camping over the 4th of July. Basically, I kept telling him to "man up" in my kind wife words of course, he went limping and hobbling around w/little to no complaining for 2 weeks before he stepped wrong again and demanded to go to the doctor for x-rays. Tough guy only missed a half day of work and still isn't 100%. Last year over the 4th he burnt the back of his leg on the 4-wheeler. Needless to say no more camping over the 4th of July for us!!

glitter toes...

This my friends is what amazing glitter toes look like:

(highly recommended you do this)

4th of July week-end...

What a fun and eventful weekend! There was so much controversy over the 4th of July being celebrated on the 3rd this year... local news 8 or post register didn't ask for my opinion (which I wonder why?) so I kept my thoughts to myself. I figure if you have as much money as Vandersloot and are forking it out to the community you could change national holiday's too. Either way I got to celebrate a long weekend and that I am not complaining about one bit. We were even closed on Sunday and got paid for it... doesn't get much better than that!

When our alarm clock went off at 5:00 a.m. Saturday morning. I wasn't too thrilled and especially after hearing the wind blow all night it didn't start off on a positive note. However, we made the best out of our morning getting the float ready while freezing. It turned into a decent day and I even some how managed to get a sun burn!

Sudz w/Lady Liberty and Uncle Sam

Sudz w/ the girl helpers :)

Sudz and the Dare Lion... too cool for school!

As soon as we made it through the parade, got unloaded, ate lunch, done a quick packing we were off to the "hills" where we would spend the evening riding four-wheelers, eating s'mores, talking around a camp fire, and weenie roasting. We went to a high peak at 10:00 and could see the majority of the fireworks being done around the greenbelt... so fun! This is the only picture I took it was me, David, Dad, and David's friend Enrique w/his wife Shasta and his lil bro Orlonzo... Alonzo.... Olonzo? ish :) David managed to sprain/brake/twist his ankle within the first hour we were up there simply stepping off the four wheeler... I am still hoping the swelling goes down and he can walk on it before next weekend so we don't have to cut into our savings account- that sounded harsh but it's true and I know he feels the same :)

Our adorable niece Elise turned 6 on the 4th of July so we were suppose to be home to her party by 1:00 but luckily when we showed up at 2:00 there was still lunch, cake and presents to be opened. Sometimes breakfast, chasing cows, and cleaning up takes longer than one expects.

We got her a pink Zhu Zhu pet and some jewelry... just what she wanted :)

I don't know where her cute faces come from but she is definitely a keeper!

(darion, Brooklyn, and Roz)
Then we (david and I) were back to my dads by 7:00 where we (dad, spike, me, dave, mel, the girls, darion, shayne, and amy) had pizza and lit off a few fireworks of our own even though the wind was blowing pretty hard and dad was afraid for his hay field across the street... no fires this year!

And finally Dave home relaxing with the girls, watching cartoons, resting his poor swollen purple ankle while I colored my sisters hair.

Then came Monday...

Girls Day...

@ the ZOO!!!

I have been wanting to go to the zoo for weeks now... and it has definitely been years since I've been. So on one of my days off last week that happened to be my sisters day off too, we decided to have a girls day and go to the zoo and lunch. Girls included: me, sis, Gaby, Elise, Roz, and Brook- what a fun day!!

Elise and Brooklyn watching Gaby feed the baby goat.


Rozilyn and Brooklyn

Gaby and Elise

and the somewhat creepy monkey who seemed to be a little more human then I like to think is possible!