More 4th of July pics

4th of July party

We had a 4th of July party with a few of our friends and it was tons of fun. There was card playin', swimming, eating, jammin', dancing, and lots of talking! We love our friends! They are so much fun! We realized later that if you walk into our grass, you can see the fireworks perfectly from our backyard. Oh well, next year!

Summer party

This was a super fun birthday party we went to over the summer. They had water balloons filled with whipped cream that exploded all over the kids and a "find the gummy worm is the pudding" race. Deacon didn't want to get close to anything dirty, Bryson was about 50% into it and Weston was loving life! Thanks, Katie, for an awesome time!

Funny Deacon

So we needed a picture for his preschool class so we got the camera out. He was being so funny! He is such a silly boy. I love this kid.

1st Day of School

Bryson is going into 4th grade, Weston 2nd and Deacon Preschool! Yippee! Love them all but I'm glad to be on a schedule again!

Phx Art Museum

It's not all fun...especially for Deacon. He is the sweetest, most lovable boy ever. He is also super sensitive. He cries A LOT! If the boys are racing each other and he gets behind, he stops running and starts to cry. Of course the older boys stop running and let him win. As soon as he notices that they are going to let him win, his tears magically go away! It's strange how that works!
We went to the Art Museum with the Grovers and Pooles. We had 10 kids under the age of 9 with 3 adults. Let me just tell you that half way through our tour, we had employees following us EVERYWHERE telling us and the kids every wrong thing that we did. : "no running", "stay close to your mom", "no loud talking", "no touching", "your suppose to be calm", "you are at a museum", etc. They all had their walkie talkies updating each other as to our location. They were tag teaming us. As soon as we would leave one area, there was another employee in the next area to follow closely behind us. I know they were trying to keep the peace but they are just kids. They were very well behaved if you ask me. My boys had their hands in their pockets the whole time. Of course there was some shouts of "look at this" and "wow, it's echoey in here" and maybe a little skipping or slight jogging to catch up to their friends but come on. They are kids. How else are they suppose to see black finger painted canvases or naked lady statues? The art museum is the only way! Don't worry, I stood up for myself. I am not one of those la-di-dah mom's. Every time they said something to me or my kids, I told them " I got it." or "we're fine." I didn't even smile at them. I know....I'm such a rebel.

Deacon's Field Trip

Deacon turns 4!!

(Mom, can you believe I still have that blanket?!)


Birthday party at the zoo! Grandma and Grandpa Jones and Mike, Becky, Gabe and Malia all came to celebrate! It was a beautiful day with an awesome little boy!

Pine Wood Derby

Bryson's first Pine Wood Derby. His car didn't do terribly, it just didn't do great! Oh well, we'll know some new tricks for next year! (He got 3rd place in every race which puts him close to the bottom)

Burp cloths

Ahhh, girl stuff. I embellished some cloth diapers and made some burp cloths for a friends baby shower. I also bling-ed out some pacifiers. My friend named her baby Ruby (therefore the "R" on the jar!) I have 2 friends that are having girls within 3 weeks of each other. Babies are fun!