{The Sun is Out & So Are We!}

Daddy's out of school and we're taking full advantage of the beautiful weather!

On Friday the kids and Dad went swimming. 

Brady wasnt thrilled about the swimming....he starts swimming classes this Tues so I hope he comes around!

Though I must say, I'd rather he be afraid of the pool then too comfortable with it....

My guys...they couldn't look more different from each other... haha.

Brady thinks he's a baby, well he still is I guess. Poor guy wasn't ready to give up his place as the baby before Shaylin arrived!

Us chillin' under the misters. Poor girl has been so sick!

Ryan jumped on the roof to get a toy...about giving me a heart attack...

The kids' summer activities start this week, Alenna is dancing and Brady is swimming. Alenna swims in July as well.

I took Alenna out on Friday and got her all her dance stuff she will need.

She's excited, she's our tiny dancer...

on another exciting note, Dusty comes home in 26 days!!!

I was putting milk back in the fridge the other day when I looked at the expiration date on it and realized Dusty will be back before the milk expires! That was an exciting feeling!

Its such a bizarre feeling, knowing that my own brother hasn't met Brady yet; it feels like Brady has been with us forever!

We miss him and are counting the days until he reunites with our family!

{Things You WON'T See On CNN...}

come see our beautiful Sonoran Desert! Oh wait...you're too busy boycotting us to see the truth...

This is on an 'illegal super - highway' from Mexico to the USA (Tucson) used by human smugglers.

This area is located in a wash, approximately 1.5 miles long, just south of Tucson, Arizona. If a flood came, all this would be washed to the river and then onto the sea!

It is estimated over 5,000 discarded backpacks are in this wash. Countless water containers, food wrappers, clothing, feces, including thousands of soiled baby diapers. And as you can see in this picture, fresh footprints leading right into it.
 
Envirnmentalists, where are you??! You scream about the whales, recycling, and throwing trash in our oceans...what do you think of this??
 
Imigrants, we WANT you here...just come in through the front door. And don't get upset when we enforce our laws, may I remind you the reason you want to come here is because we are a nation that enforces our laws, unlike the corrupt country you are fleeing.
 
And news anchors and journalists, you should be ashamed of yourselves, do your job for once!
 
Pictures courtesy of Jenn Ray
 
When we were first married we went on a hunting trip and saw this SAME thing with our eyes!

{summer's here}

On Monday we meet some friends at Tempe Splash Park! The kids had a blast! (can ya tell???)

b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l weather! Couldn't have chosen a better day!

unfortunately, my little "chunker" was much more interested in something else- chasing down the birds!

and I might add, this kid is dang fast! He a caught a couple of them!

there was another little 3 year old girl there with the exact swim suit as alenna, crazy "white-afro hair" like alenna, and blue eyes like alenna! i thought for a minute i was seeing twins! they did become fast friends...hmmm wonder why??? ;) not like they had a THING in common....

Oh buddy, why do you bring so much drama to my life??? 

While we were there, my accident prone Brady man fell and busted open his lip and toe- blood EVERYWHERE...(what is it about the mouth that gushes blood from it when split open??) He was totally fine. They of course had to fill out an entire incident report and take him to the 1st aid tent and do the whole 9 yards....I was all, "Ummm, he's a BOY. and a KID...he's gonna get hurt! Who cares, he's fine!" But they don't listen to me, I'm just the mother....

Shaylin played in the water with her brother and sister, until the big kids were kicking too much water on her. Then little Miss Diva decided she'd had it!

Ok, so another funny Alenna-ism. Alenna comes and tells me she has to pee...ugh! Of course, I'm thinking, the port-a-potty is up over this grassy hill, through these gates...I'd have to round up brady and hike over there just for her to let out three little drops...so I whisper to her, "just go in the water.." (don't judge me, they totally treat the water- little kids with full bladders playing in warm water...you do the math!) And Alenna looks at me, water dripping off her curls and says as loud as she can, "But mommy! We're NOT suppose to PEE in the WATER! Its yucky!" And all the parent's look at me like I'm Hitler or something....

Yes, Alenna you're right....now shut it!

Ah...out of the mouth of babes!

the aftermath...

{I'm A Big Boy Now!}

Brady is a big boy now! We bought him his first 'big boy' bed on Monday night! This is the kids riding his new mattress down the stairs.

there they go!

yeah so the adjustment isnt going so well. Brady is our sensitive child, he really freaks when anything changes in his life...so yeah getting use to a new bed has been challenging for him.

Ryan, annoyed with my picture taking....smile for memories honey! ;)

Lenny thinks this is her new bed, the box Braid's bed came in

Its finished!

{Just Sayin'}

Ryan got a 94% on his big final, giving him an A in class....

Block 1: done!

Great Job Babe!

{Talents & Mother's Day}

For a very long post- I know I'm so behind, thats what my life is right now...catching up!

 First off, our ward put on a Talent Show which Alenna and her sunbeam class participated in (and looked dang cute in I might add!)

 It was a cute little teddy bear dance. Alenna's a natural on stage!(she's wearing lip gloss, that's why her lips are puckered in...)

waiting for it to start...

2nd from the right....

...and of course Mother's Day!

I look royally ticked off, don't know what I'm doing here...but Brady is cute :)

Baby Counsel...

Poor CJ, broke his finger playing volleyball-ouch!

Mother's Day was great! We spoke to Dusty who will be home in 7 weeks! His Mexican accent is really thick- we'll have to tease him when he gets home ;)

{Lenny Goes On Holiday!}

We as a family were going to go to the Safford Temple open house and to make a long story short we decided we didn't have the time to. Really disappointing (for me!) but our good friends the Whipples took Alenna with them to the open house! Lenny's 1st holiday!

These pictures are from Shaun, thanks again!

this one if MY fav!

below is a clip of them driving in the car...

{Girls Driving...}