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Company Picnic

On the 25th of July, we all went to Brandon's company picnic. It was. . . ummm. . . typical. But the girls had a good time. Here are a few of the pics:

Day 5- Sunday

Whew! After all our playing, we took Sunday off to re-coop before the long drive home on Monday. But even as tired as we all were, we still spent the evening hours (after the babes were in bed) to play games. Our current favorite-- Ticket to Ride. Very fun!

Thank you, Mom and Dad for having us to visit! We had a great time. Love you all!

Day 3- The Campout

Yes, I know that I am backtracking. We did so much fun stuff it is hard to remember!

On Friday night, my dad set up a big tent and he and the big girls had a campout on the front lawn. Very cool. They first had some s'mores for dessert

then stayed up watching Sleeping Beauty and Hercules.

Didn't see them again until morning.

Day 4- The Performance

My sister Lacey has always been a performer. Even as a little girl I remember her dancing and singing and whatnot. While we were together, she decided to share some of her talents with my girls. So I whipped up some costumes and my dad provided a Karaoke machine and Lacey did makeup and hair and presto! Instant performance!

They performed a lip sync to Beyonce's "All the Single Ladies." For some reason my girls really like this song. BTW, does Lacey not look fabulous in royal blue lycra? ;0)

Day 4- The Creek

My grandparents lived on the same farm from the time that my dad was 6 months old until just recently. Since my grandmother's passing, we are trying to get them moved out of their home so that the owners can rent it out to someone else. We have so many memories from down at the ranch that we wanted to spend one more day playing there. We also needed to get started going through my grandmother's many things.

Day 3- The Hike

On Friday, decided to take a hike to Phelps Lake. The hike was about 3 miles, round trip and took us to a beautiful lake. Everyone else helped with my kiddos, so I went to town with the camera. Nothing spectacular, but I just wanted to explain my excessive number of photos. ;0)

Day 2- The Play

My sweet Dad suprised me and my sisters with tickets to see one of the plays downtown Jackson. It was something we always enjoyed doing when we were growing up. And this year was the show "Grease"! How cool is that?

Oh, and before the play, Dad took us to dinner at our favorite-- Chinatown! Yummy. . . or. . . at least it was yummy for those of us who got to eat before the dinner was cold. I guess that is what you get for taking two babies to dinner! ;0)

Day 1- The Party

Since Kendi, Kira and Jaxon all have birthdays within about a month and a half of each other, we decided to do a group b-day party. And of course, how can you leave out sweet little Kamber. So here you have it-- the balloons,

the cupcake cake, the presents

-- so fun! Thank you everyone for the fun gifts and the fun time!

Day 1- Playing with Grandma and Papa

The girls and I spent the last week with the May family in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. What fun we had! The first day we spent having fun at the house. Kira, Kamber and Kendi loved playing in the playhouse, took a dip in the "tub",

played with the dogs,

"cleaned" the front porch,

jumped on the trampoline,

did some finger painting and generally just had fun.

Happy Birthday, Little Pita

My sweet little munchkin turned 1 yesterday. . .my how time flies! And how much has happened in that year. Crazy!

We love our little Pita to death! She is spoiled by everyone in the family. Here are her statistics:

Weight: 15 pounds, 15 ounces
Length: 26.5 inches

She can now wave bu-bye, clap and shake her head no. It is hilarious to watch her do-- she kind of acts like she has some weird kink in her neck or a neck spasm or something. She isn't walking yet-- but is very close. She has the ability, she is just VERY cautious. Oh, and she also likes to stand on her head like this:

She loves to make her sisters laugh.

Her hair is getting long and it is bleach blond! And I LOVE it! If memory serves (which, often it doesn't), I believe she is my blondest. But I don't think she is going to keep her blue eyes. They already are starting to look a little grey, just like her sisters eyes did.

For her birthday, we let her eat her own cake. She of course loved it.

And made a mess.
She got some cute new jammies from Grandma Payzant- so cute! And a fun bathtub toy. Thank you, thank you!!!

Baby girl, we love you so much! You make us smile even when life is crazy.