Kid Wash

Found this in "Family Fun" magazine. It looked so fun so I made Darrin load everyone up, head over to the Home Depot to get supplies and then come home and put it together. With a little help from the dollar store we snazzed it up. The kids had a blast! Even Darrin got in on it. :)

And just for some extra fun Grandma Smith went through!

July Festivities

*Warning* Lots of pictures!

Ok, these first ones were in June :) It is amazing how fast the summer goes!

I ran a 1/2 marathon on June 25 with Natalie. It was really beautiful! I felt great and we ran the whole thing without stopping! Next up I want to do another 1/2 marathon in August but really a lot faster :) Then on to RRR in September! Weeee!

Kids running through the sprinkler.... Or not, they were all a bit chilled and too afraid to get wet. So they ran around the very most outside edge of where the water was :) it lasted oh.... 4 minutes.

Baseball... we have had a lot of games and tournaments this year, not quite as many as last year but still a lot. Haiden has done well and I really like the team he is on, lots of good boys. It has been fun watching Haiden grow and learn. I love that he is so athletic - most sports just come very naturally to him and it is nice to see him do well :) (Proud mommy!)

For the 4th of July we used to always go to the "summer cabin" in Fairview. We've

missed it the last 2 years because of a baseball tournament. This year we were able to go late Saturday and stay through Monday. We always like the parade they have down there, it just has a nice small old fashioned feel to it. Lots of people but not crazy like the 24th of July one up here. I wouldn't go to that one if you paid me! The kids had a blast getting the candy and various other prizes thrown off the floats. We all love going on 4wheeler rides and the kids like to go hiking

with Darrin. There were a lot of pretty wild flowers, Darrin saw a red fox, we all saw some deer

and lots of chipmunks and squirrels. I'm really glad we were able to go down and enjoy some family time!

This totally cracked me up. Not sure if you can read the sign or not but the sign is advertising for "So and So CHEVROLET" Yeah, he's driving a Ford Mustang.... Oops!