Fathers Day

Happy Late Fathers Day to Jared! The kids and I wanted to do something fun this year so we started to collect some of his favorite things and put them in a gift basket along with the new MLB Wii game. The kids contributed ideas for the basket and they were spot on. They sure know their dad. He is the most amazing dad ever! He plays with them like he is one of them and they sure do know how special he is. I am so lucky to be married to a man like him! We love you!!!

random

So this summer so far I have been carrying my camera around and taking more random pictures of the kids. I dont take enough I decided.

My friend Serena came to visit me from Amarillo and we took the kids downtown to the Water Gardens and for smoothies. We did not end up staying long. It was 102 degrees that day with a heat index of 110 so it was SCORCHIN!!! Serena called it "Satans Lair". That is a good way to describe the heat here sometimes. SOmetimes I really miss Idaho! LOL Above is the kids just bein hot and below is Harlee chompin down. She was not hot yet. We were in Jamba Juice still.
Ella is an amateur photographer. HEr favorite past time is getting my camera and taking pictures. Below is her handywork and I thought it was cute!

Last Day of Kindergarten

On June 5th Ella had her last day of Kindergarten. I was a big dork and took a picture because I was a little sad that she was not in Kindergarten anymore. It seems like just yesterday we had her and it seemed like so far away that she would even go to school. Now, here we are in First Grade! What is this? I cant believe it!

Fort Worth Zoo

THe other day a friend of mine and I took our kids to the zoo. She has 2 boys that are my little ones age so it is a lot of fun to play. It was a beautiful day so I even let Ella play hooky and come with us.

In Texas town at the zoo they have a bucket of water that dumps over on the kids. I have never let my kids go through it because it is usually not hot enough when I go but I braved it and took my kids the other day. It was hot enough that they were completely dry an hour later and they got to cool off. I had a hard time getting them to stay still so I could get some fun shots so I just started clicking my camera.
Harlee had the most fun but I could not get any shots of her face so I threw her in the stroller when we were done and took this. Out of all 5 kids she was the most drenched.

This is Breil and his new buddies Luke and Cameron. Cameron is 4 just like Breil and they have become fast friends. He has never had a "boy" friend his age before so this is a lot of fun for him. Cameron and Breil ran a lot and I would assume their little legs were exhausted.

We tried to get pictures of all the kids together and they just would not stay put. This lady offered to take a picture of my friend and me with all of the kids but it was not happening. So this is what came of they "group" picture.

Nephi's Courage

This is BReils favorite primary song. It has gotten a little old for all of us because it has been his favorite since before he was in Primary. We recorded a video for my little brother who is on a mission and I thought I would share. He is a little showman.

Fort Worth Water Gardens

There is this cool place down at the bottom that you can run circles at the center of the falls. Breil had to be convinced to go down there and this was the only shot of him not holding his dads hand but Ella just jumped and ran. There was no fear. Harlee stayed above and watched.
This was the best shot of Breil in front. The sun was strong that day so it was hard to get pictures.

This is off to the side of the main garden. It is my favorite part because you can sit on the steps and your feet get sprayed.

Ella posing so pretty!

Harlee taking a load off. I think she thinks I am crazy or something.

A week or so ago we took the kids downtown to the Water Gardens. It is a huge place that people go here in Fort Worth. It is a really cool place and when it is hot outside it is fun to get sprayed with a little water. They just sit perfectly in the middle of downtown. This particular day they were not very crowded either. I took the camera for the day too. Jared wanted it stated that I took these pictures. I am proud of it too!

Easter 2009

Easter Sunday

Harlee has decided she will NOT sit and pose for any pictures. This has become very frustrating for Jared. He decided to sit her there anyway. We figure it still captures the moment (I guess). It was sad though. Ella is on the high end of here size and Harlee is on the small end so this was the first and probably only time they will ever be in matching dresses! Oh well. We tried!
We had a couple of egg hunts over the weekend but this was one of them. The little boy with the red hair is Aidan. He is my cousin. He and Breil have become good buddies lately. Note: Breil is 7 months older than Aido. Bman is a little dude!

Harlee did more aimless wandering than actual hunting but it was still a lot of fun! THis was also the last day she was willing to smile for the camera. Those days are long gone :(