The Mud Monster

Isaac has discovered that there are not too many things more fun than rubbing mud all over yourself. He had the best time digging and painting his face. When it was time to get cleaned up he wanted to jump in the pool. When I told him he would have to get sprayed by the hose first-he was not thrilled. So the second picture is of him after he was washed off. Luckily he is such a nice boy that when he cries it only lasts about 15 seconds-then he was off doing frog jumps into the pool. What a fun kid!

Ally is so funny. Today I found her playing a video game with these funny 3D glasses. I'm surprised she even let me take a picture of her since she is always so concerned about looking out of the ordinary, but she let me and just kept on playing her video game.

Morning Smoothie

Austin loves having his morning smoothie with his mom.

Like Father, Like Son

Isaac loves to do whatever his dad does. He was beyond excited when he got to put shaving cream on his face when his dad was shaving.

Powdered Sugar Accident

The other day I was making a cake...well, as you can see, we had a little accident. Poor Ally was standing in the wrong place. Not too worry-my eyebrows and eyelashes reappeared after I washed my face.

MOM! I found something!!

On Saturday morning I was laying in bed. I didn't even realize that Isaac had gotten up before me until I heard, "Mom, I found something!" being yelled from the hallway. I instantly heard his little feet running as fast as they could toward our bedroom. I looked over to see Isaac holding 2 Peter Pan toys that I bought for him to save for Christmas. Apparently my stash was not as discreet as it needed to be. His cute little face was priceless!! He could not believe his luck-it was almost like magic. He then held up a bag and said, "Ally, there is something for you too!". Of course he had also seen the bag of Ariel dolls I had gotten Ally with the same plan in mind. So I guess you could say we had Christmas in July. It was a fun day!!!

We think it is pretty dang COOL!!

This is a picture of the message board at the front of Phoenix Baptist Hospital. It lists all of the doctors names on it. Of course the one we are most proud of is, J. Manwaring, DO. It is so fun to see!!

And the Monsoons begin!!

We were at Costco today when the wind all of a sudden really picked up. We were laughing so hard as we were walking to our car watching all of the shopping carts ram into cars, setting off their car alarms. When we got to our car we started unloading all of the kids. We had already put Ally and Austin in their seats when we noticed about 3 carts heading straight for our car. We ran to wherever we could to stop them from causing any damage. The next thing we hear was a faint cry in the distance. I looked up and Isaac was completely gone from where I had left him. I looked around and saw the cart he was sitting in being carried across the parking lot by the wind-almost like it was being pushed by a ghost. It was so hilarious, even though he was terrified. We rescued him and after he got calmed down he said, "I was like Buzz Lightyear flying through the air." We died laughing all over again. I had to add this picture of him in his Buzz costume from Halloween.

YUMMM!!!!

We gave Austin his first ice cream cone from Dairy Queen. As you can imagine-HE LOVED IT!! It was so hilarious because we actually gave it to him in his car seat (I still can't believe I did that!) and I had to take it out of his hand to get him out. I guarantee you have never seen a fit quite like this. But as you can see it quickly ended as we gave it back to him in his highchair.-Meanwhile mom spent about 20 minutes cleaning the car seat!

And of course...fireworks!

Arizona may not have any 4th of July parades, but they do have GREAT fireworks. Our kids all loved them-it was a fun day!

4th of July Fun!

Since the big wedding was only the day before th 4th and we were still exhausted-we mostly just hung out by the pool and relaxed. Nicholas and Ashley, their 2 girls and Rachel'sl Dad all stayed through the 4th. We're not sure exactly how hot it actually got, but the forcast said it would be 116!! And it definately felt that hot!!

Ally was in heaven!

Ally absolutely loved every second of the wedding. She wanted to follow Jess around the entire day. She especially loved getting her picture taken with her. Even after the photographer was done taking pictures, Ally insisted on making up her own poses to get more pictures taken. Her excitement was ubrupted for a short while when she didn't catch the bouquet, but Jess ended up giving her the "real" bouquet. It was the highlight of her night.

She was so precious falling asleep in the car holding flowers and still wearing her dress. What a day!

SHE DID IT!

On July 3rd Rachel's sister Jessica married Bradley Smith. It was the perfect wedding for the perfect couple. I over heard people saying that they have never seen a more beautiful couple and that they looked like they should be in a wedding magazine-we couldn't agree more. Not only do they look great but they also fit together in every way. We love him so much and are so glad he is in our family.