Do You Remember When?

M E M O R I E S

This seemed like a really fun thing to do... I got it off of my sister-in-laws blog. Here's how you do it-

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.
If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Red, White, and Blue...

This picture was taken yesterday after church. I love the 4th of July, and have always enjoyed dressing my kids in red, white, and blue around the holiday. We are especially excited this year for Dustin's family to come down here. Friday we will all be heading to Laughlin to see the "Rockets Over The River"! I am so excited to do something fun and different for a change. We got some motel rooms in a little town called Searchlight, NV for after the fireworks show. It should be a fun, little adventure for all of us.

Scouts!

Dillon has been having such a great time in Cub Scouts. They have den meeting every Tuesday night at the leader's house, and then they have Pack Meeting once a month at the Stake Center. These are some pictures of Pack Meeting last Wednesday night. They do a lot of crazy stuff, like learn silly cheers, play games, and do skits. Along with this they are also learning how to do a flag ceremony, and every activity they do is to help them pass off or earn something from their books. These pictures are of them having a relay race where they have to chase paper-towels. They also made them see how many push-ups they could do. It was cracking me up to watch Dillon, because everytime he would do one, his whole upper body would rest on the ground. Then he would slowly push himself up and act like he was going to die in between each one. I think he needs to start lifting weights with his dad, hee, hee. This really has been great for Dillon though, it is good to see him being enthusiastic about something.

Play Time!

Last Wednesday our friends the Vincents invited us over

after school to play and have snacks. The kids had fun playing outside in the water and on the slip-n-slide. The Morgan kids were also there, so there were all together, 10 kids running around. It didn't take them all long to get hot, thirsty, and hungry, so we went inside and had crackers, grapes, and kool-aid. We always have such a good time at the Vincent's and Sabrina is always such a great hostess. Thanks for inviting us!

Happy Birthday to Ashley!

Saturday night a group of us got together to celebrate my good friend Ashley Bailey's birthday. We ended up having the best time! Sometimes it is good to have a girl's night out. First we went to Olive Garden for dinner, which was so dang good. I love that place just for the breadsticks and salad! Ashley does not like attention to be on her at all, but there was this waiter that was bound and determined to draw as much as he could to her. First of all, it didn't help that I brought birthday balloons that we put on the back of her chair.... but besides that, every time he would walk by, he would say or do something funny to draw attention. He even took some pictures of us, and even posed for one with Natalie and Ashley... Then he got a whole group of people that work there together to sing to her, they were all really getting into it. One guy especially was jammin... :)

After Olive Garden, we headed over to the Red Rock Casino to go Cosmic Bowling. We all had such a great time! This really is a fun and crazy group of gals... no one cared how bad I was bowling that night. I got my lowest score ever. I think it was because I was laughing the whole time. Hee, hee. Rachel made a yummy birthday cake, and Ashley blew out her candles as we sang the primary song "Happy, Happy Birthday Ashley Dear" to her. It was quite funny. What a fun night and a great break for me.... thanks for the good time girls!

The Wallace Cousins

Dustins cousin Bonnie, her husband Dave, and their 4 kids were in town for a vacation. We had the chance to spend a little time with them. First we went to the Condo that they were staying at and let the kids go swimming for a while. They had a lot of fun, and of course, did not want to get out of the pool. It was especially fun to see the newest addition to the Wallace family, cute little Kallie (I hope I spelled it right). She is such a little doll, and I loved being able to hold her. The kids all played really well together. It seemed like they were paired off perfectly, Dillon and Kaden, Ashlynn and Karlie, and Samantha and Kyler. After the swimming we all went to Ricardo's for dinner. We had gone their with them last year when they came down here, and Dave wanted to go their again. It is one of the Mexican restaurants that we have gone to quite a bit since moving down here. One of the fun things about Ricardo's is the magic trick/balloon guy that comes around. We ended up having a great time visiting, and wish that we would have had more time.

Great Harvest Bread Company

Last week on June 17th, we had the opportunity to go on a tour at Great Harvest Bread Company. It was a lot of fun for the kids. They learned got to see all of the equipment that is used to make the bread, and were able to see how it is made. They each got their own little ball of dough to shape any way they liked, and then it was baked for them. The girl that did the tour did an awesome job, she was so enthusiastic and fun with the kids. While the bread was baking she took them outside and read a story to them and gave them each a BIG chocolate chip cookie. At the end, they each got a cute little bag to take home that contained a color page, a coupon for a free loaf of bread, and some seeds to grow their own wheat grass. I love doing fun, educational things like this with my kids. Thanks to Angie Gubler in my ward for arranging this fun trip.







Of course, Samantha is the only one that would not participate in the group photo..... instead she went and hid behind a wall and pouted. :)