{August Crop}

So another month with my girls!!

August was Mindi's birthday so we did a slumber party/scary movie party. Midge loves scary movies!!

We have a bag of goodies that goes around to each birthday girl and somehow things keep getting added so the birthday girl has to wear ALL of it! A crown, pig tails, glasses, beads, clock, corsage, pin etc....

Jamie trying to scare us

Wow, Steph and I are flexible

I know it's a pathetic pyramid but come on...we are OLD! I told Lisa's 18 year old daughter that Midge and I graduated in 1994...she about had a heart attack....I remember when 33 was old too but guess what?? It's NOT!

Thanks girls for another fantastic night!! Getting home at 3:00am is SOOOO worth it!

{12 years}

Today Dave and I have been married for 12 years.

I am in love with him more now than I have ever been! We have been through so many ups and downs and I wouldn't want to be on this crazy ride with anyone else.

Thank you so much for being such a hard worker and providing for our family.

Thank you for being such a wonderful husband and making me feel so unconditionally loved.

And last but not least....thank you for being such an incredible father! These boys look up to you so much and I love seeing you interact with them.

I love you baby and I can't wait to grow old and grey with you!

{First day of school}

McKay -- 6th Grade! Oh my gosh! STOP GROWING!
Miss Anderegg (soon to be Mrs. Tippits)

Garrett -- 3rd Grade This little boy still wanted to give me a kiss at the bus stop...awwww i'm going to miss when he doesn't want to do that anymore

Ms. Durfee

Wow where did summer go!? I'm so sad it's over but I'm glad to have the boys back in school so they aren't running wild while I'm at work.

The morning went pretty well. They are on "A" track which means they go earlier. The bus picks them up at 7:40am. So I woke them up the same time I did which is actually going to work out great! No more worries if they are going to miss the bus.

McKay decided he wanted to wear some shorts that were dirty....when he has his mind made up there is no changing it. SO, I did a quick wash in the sink and threw them in the dryer. Saved the day!

Our road has a new High School so there were buses driving by like crazy...the boys kept saying "There's our bus!" they were so worried about missing it that they headed out the door 15 minutes early.

{It's what fun is!}

My summer work party this year was at Lagoon. Dave was out of town and it's lame when 1 person has to ride alone on the rides, so of course I had to invite my partner in crime, Malinda! We had a blast!!

I didn't want to take my nice camera so I grabbed a couple of disposible cameras...best idea ever!!! I was able to let my kids go crazy with them without the worry of them breaking anything.

McKay and Garrett going up the hill on the big roller coaster....McKay was a little braver than last year, he rode the Wicked and loved it! He still wouldn't get on a few of them...Maybe next year!Funny story about the rocket...Garrett had never been on it before and he is my brave one so it was easy to convince him to go with us.
We get on blast off first....he had no idea what to expect..it's the one where it just shoots you up from the ground. He didn't breathe for a minute but then started laughing.

We get off and go around to the other one that takes you up to the top and then drops you. As we are riding up and up and up Garrett says "okay i'm scared" Oh the look of panic on his face was priceless! HA HA. I'm a mean mom but it cracked me up. As soon as we are done freefalling he starts screaming and laughing and couldn't believe how awesome it was. Gotta love my brave 8 year old!

Going up the big hill on the colausses

Crossies!

The boys being silly of course
Me trying to take pictures while riding the Bat

I have always wanted to do the an old time photo but never got around to it. Malinda thought it was a great idea so we made it happen! And no sexy ladies here...we are OUTLAWS!!

My work goes all out...the feed us lunch and then have us come back to the pavilion around 6:00 for dinner and prizes. The dinner was really yummy and they made sure everyone won a prize. I won $150.00 to Park City Resort.
At the end of the night the boys wanted to play games...oh how I hate these games and think they are the biggest waste of money but I liked playing them when I was a kid so I gave in.

But if you are going to play these games the best time to go is when they are about ready to close....this guy offered to let us play until we won for $16.00 and they were guranteed a big prize.

This is what we ended up with. I big monkey and a big bannana! Lovely. ha ha

What a fun day! The kids were worn out and my feet are still recovering from all the walking.

Thanks so much Malinda for coming!! It's never a dull moment with you around :)

{Roller Skating}

My boys were invited to a birthday party at classic skating...since it was family, Dave and I decided to go also.

I haven't been skating FOREVER!! Skates are so much harder than roller blades so I stuck with the roller blades.

Of course the boys picked it up quick and are now pros...Dave, well lets just say Dave has some mad skillz...he was skating backwards, forwards and sideways.

Oh and one more thing.....the day McKay asks me if he can go roller skating with his friends is the day I start to worry.
He had a girl following him all over the place...she even asked him to skate with her. Poor girl got denied HA HA. Then she started sending her friends over to tell him he was cute etc.... He is freaking 11! Thank goodness he was not having any of that and got totally embarrassed which is just fine with me.

What I want to know is....what is up with girls these days??? I would have never dared go up to a boy out of the blue and talk to him or ask him to skate with me at the age of 11.

SHEESH!

It just reminded me to keep a short leash on my kids as long as I can and I hope that other parents do the same thing!

{Where is our trampoline?}

Me and the kids got home from Lagoon about 10:30pm on Thursday night. Soon after, I got a knock on our door, it was the neighbor letting us know that we don't have a trampoline anymore. The wind picked it up, blew it over one fence...our trampoline hit their trampoline and took both of them over the other side of the fence.

I just kind of laughed and thought that we would go over and get it and put it back together.....oh I was dead wrong!

The next morning this is what I went over and saw

In this next picture you will see our neighbors house and fence....The house behind that (you can just see the corner of the roof) yep that's our house. I can't believe our trampoline went flying that far!!

So needless to say we did NOT put the trampoline back together...it was a mangled bent mess. The boys are very sad, they spent at least 2 or 3 hours a day on that thing. I guess we are in the market for a new tramp.

{Girls Night}

I had purchased Kenny Chesney tickets a few months ago and planned on Dave and the boys going with me but Dave decided the sand dunes with the boys would be more fun so of course I called a couple of the girls to go with me!!

It was Harmony's birthday so I gave her a ticket, and Midge and Madge are always up for a good time! Just read the bathroom walls! HA HA. Just Kidding!

We went and ate dinner and then headed to the concert. I was so sad that Sugarland cancelled because her voice wasn't doing well!

It was so dang hot and thank goodness the seats were in the shade

We had a blast talking, laughing, dancing and people watching!