Tomorrow is a brand new blank page....Draw something beautiful on it.
Aunt Fran and Austin, came to see the wedding. 
Here is a pic in the dressing room with the bride. There were two flower girls, so Cedar and Neveah got to throw the flower petals and look beautiful.
Maddie had her 11th birthday at Lava, it was a blast, a bunch of crazy girls. 
Yesterday we wanted to go check out a salamander pond up Mink Creek. So off we go the weather was great and no rain. Of course Pat sees a mud puddle and Oakley is in the back saying "go through it Dad!" and as fast as that Pat hits the gas and off we go, as soon as we hit the water we stop. Not surprising since it has been raining everyday for the last 15 days or so. We can't even move the Jeep is totally high centered. When Pat gets out the water goes up pat his knees. Thank goodness for cell phones. We couldn't get a signal so walked a bit and got ahold of Pat's mom and dad, and they were on their way. Cedar and I started walking back to the main road to show Grandpa and Grandma where we were and Pat and Oakley, with the help of a very nice guy on a four wheeler stayed back and tried to get out. I took pics of these butterflies on the road, Cedar and I had a beautiful walk and saw butterflies and a million ground squirrels. We ended up walking past some more campsites and a couple of guys heard about the fun in the mud and headed up on their 4 wheelers to help. Grandma and Grandpa picked up Cedar and I and by the time we got back to the Jeep the 4 wheelers had pulled it out. What a fun day.
Wednesday we all got up early and headed up to Scout Mountain. We found a really fun trail on Slate Mountain and headed up. It was such a beautiful hike, it is so amazing how green it is from all this rain. The wildflowers covered the hills. All the kids did great, it was tough going on all the rocks and pretty steep in some spots. After our hike we drove to the top of Scout and waited for the rain to come. We wanted to get wet and watched the black clowds move in. We got our wish and within 5 min it was small drops to full blown hail the size of peas. It was so great! everyone got soaked and pelted with ice. I love these kiddos so much and am so glad they will get out there and play. 
So here we are 3 weeks into our summer vacation and alot of rain, cleaning out closets and just getting caught up on crap, Yesterday I decided to stop feeling bummed out by the wet dog smell in our house and all the things on my list of things to do and just try to not worry about it and live for the moment a bit. Pat had to work so the kids and I were home. We spent the day playing Risk, Marathon and eating junk food. We took all the dogs out in the pouring rain, all of us got soaked to the bone, but it wasn't cold, it was the BEST! That warm wet feeling, because the sun came out a little after. So my house was totally wet and it was smelly and we were all happy. We will try to spend more days like this together. 
Finally a bit of sunshine, all of us felt so happy.
Don't make me go out there!
This is the run off into the creek from the road. The water just keeps coming and keeps coming.
I love you, babe!
We just returned from the hospital, Teddy Bear Clinic. What a fun time the girls had. They met so many other animals that had very strange accidents that morning. They got to xray, vaccinate, cast, heart rate checks, the stuffed animals had very good check ups and both are recovered and doing great. 
The boys designed and helped build these rubberband guns. They were pretty cool and lots of fun for them. 
Oakleys baseball season ended on Tuesday. They ended up winning 2 games this season and kind of struggled the rest, but he had a good time playing. I learned alot about baseball I didn't know and had fun, but I am so happy we get a break from it. We lived baseball the last 2 months. Yeah!!
Pat getting a bit of cuddle time with Tucker. 
Oakley is on the White Sox team and has played 5 games so far. He is doing an amazing job as a baseball player, even though he has always been a soccer player. I have had to learn all these crazy baseball rules and I think it is pretty fun to watch. The third game, Oakley earned the game ball for his awesome job as short stop, we were all pretty excited. Thursday we played in American Falls, so we ate dinner with my mom and dad and they were able to watch the game. It was fun to have them there, we didn't win but it was a fun game anyway.
I took these pictures in March and never got them on here so I just put a few together. The girls love dressing up and getting pics taken I think they are so beautiful and I love taking their pictures. It is so easy when they are all so cute anyway.
I am sitting here after getting off work at the coffee shop and thought I better write something. We have had an amazing month and a half, spring break, good weather, baseball started, we have been able to be outside alot and just alot of fun. I plan on a picture update of some of the fun things happening, but tonight I just wanted to jot down a bit. 
