I know it's been 4 months since I last worked on this thingy, but I have good reason...We were livin and lovin life, baby! So much happened this summer 
We started it off with a family trip to the Lagoon!
That was just WAY too much fun to handle and Max finally collapsed right there on a bench. Daniel and Spencer were finally big enough to go on the real rides and were overwhelmed with giggles and fear. It was great to see. The kids can only take so much, though, and they went home with Grandma (love her) so Chad and I could tear the rest of that park UP! And that we did, right up until the power went out. Totally sucked, but happy ending: we got free return passes so we did it all again a few weeks later!
That was just WAY too much fun to handle and Max finally collapsed right there on a bench. Daniel and Spencer were finally big enough to go on the real rides and were overwhelmed with giggles and fear. It was great to see. The kids can only take so much, though, and they went home with Grandma (love her) so Chad and I could tear the rest of that park UP! And that we did, right up until the power went out. Totally sucked, but happy ending: we got free return passes so we did it all again a few weeks later!
The boys gave me these mother statues for Mothers Day this year. While I was cleaning this summer, I noticed that my statues had been collected from around the house and arranged like this to show our entire family surrounded by Christ in the background. No one will confess to moving things around but I'm willing to be that Spencer is the culprit. If it were Daniel, he would have fashioned underwear out of something and put it on one of our heads...Needless to say, I have kept my statues arranged like this to remind me of our eternal family and the constant presence of the Lord in our lives. I know He is watching over us, protecting us, and guiding us towards becoming an eternal family. I love Spencer and his strong spirit. He never forgets what is most important. I only hope I can take the time to pay attention to his little clues.
Max had the mixed blessing of getting tubes in his ears and his adnoids taken out in July. You can see how much he liked that.
Although, you can't hold this kid down for long! The next day, he was playing at the Pineview Dam beach and boating with Aunt Teya! 
Here's cousin Troy and Adam modeling the beautiful mermaid tails I made for them.
And here's Daniel being eaten by a huge crocodile!!AAAAHHHH!!!
And me- skiing! If only...
I could get on...
The dang ski!
Maybe I'll just stick with the knee board:)
The boys had a ball too! They jumped/rolled/fell off a sand cliff which entertained them for a long time and showed me what a bunch of drama queens I have.
Here's Max's attempt at being as big as his brothers...falls a tad short.
Here's what it looks like on video for all of you who do not get the privilege of being around boys all the time and therefore cannot picture in your imaginations what the heck I'm talking about. Love you all and feel free to borrow a few of mine whenever you need a jumpstart to your creativity or need a good laugh.
