4th of July Festivities

We had a great 4th! Delvin's two little brothers, Junior & Pasia, came for a visit and are staying with us for a few weeks. We also had our friend, Jesus and his 3 daughters over - they had a great time jumping on the trampoline (anyone know where to buy the blue pads to cover the trampoline springs? Obviously ours is a disaster!)
Delvin and the boys went to Boom City (huge firework place on the reservation) again and got some great stuff. We had two that misfired, tipped over and shot out on the ground, which was quite scary, but no one injured and we had a great show! Our neighborhood was rocking as usual - we'll never leave town on the 4th - no better place than Marysville for fireworks!!!!
The 5th was Junior's 13th Birthday - we made him "The World's Ugliest Cake". It was darn ugly, but it tasted good - that's the important part! He thought it was funny too - it was a fun day as well!

Watch our Garden Grow and Grow and Grow!

Ok it's been a really long time since I posted about the garden! It was a lot of work, but we built the raised beds, filled them with good soil and planted and replanted a few things. . .it's been fun in general and we hope it proves fruitful, or would that be vegeful??? Aidan has been taking pictures so he wants to show off his photography.

Building the beds, we recycled the logs that our neighbor wanted to get rid of. They're not the prettiest looking logs in these pics, but we cleaned them up a bit and once the dried out they look a lot better! The kids really got into rolling them through the yard!
Aidan took the rest of these today! Aidan is very excited about the Tomato, even though he won't eat tomatoes! Ha ha!

Father's Day 2009

A Happy Father's Day was had at the Tapusoa's. . .a special breakfast and fun presents. . .Mason got Delvin a spotlight and Aidan built him a toolbox! He was very surprised and had a good day!

We Love a Parade!!!

Well, we only like going to the Marysville Strawberry Festival Parade!!! We go every year and it was fun as usual this year. We sat with our friends Jane & Collin Downey which made it more fun, especially since they had come out really early and saved us good seats!! It was also really fun to see several of the youth from our church playing in marching bands and on the Strawberry Festival float as a Princess. We also saw one of Aidan's school classmates in a fancy car advertising a costume shop. Here's some pics of our favorites this year!

The Princesses from the different hawaiian Islands were on horseback - their costumes were gorgeous and the flowers were breathtaking!!! They were new to our parade this year and it was such a treat to see them - so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!The Western Vigilantes are a yearly favorite!

We always love the Seafair Pirates, but the Pirates of Treasure Island have much better costumes!

She came right up to Collin and I don't know what she said, but it she was quite intense about it!
Who doesn't love clowns?We love the bagpipes!

I don't remember where this group is from, but they've come for the last few years and these things they spin are amazing - They had more last year, but still very impressive!!Mason did so much better then we thought he'd do. . .he sat on Delvin's lap the whole time, captivated by what was going on. The ending of the parade was anticlimatic, we didn't even realize it was over, once we realized it, we walked down to the end of the route where the firework display was and watched. Mason kept saying "oooo" or "oh wow" it was so funny! All in all it was a good parade and of course we'll be back next year!!!!

Mrs. Perdue's 2nd Grade Class Party!!!!

The day after the last day of school we hosted Aidan's class party at our church property on the river!!! It was a great place for a party! The kids loved the river and many of the girls loved the stage - they were making up dance performances and making everyone watch - soooo funny! The barrel swing was a big hit and someone brought a bouncy house which Mason loved!!!! It was just an overall fun time! We gave Mrs. Perdue a directors chair with her name on it for her class gift. Thanks Mrs. Perdue and all the parents and kiddos for making it such a great year!!!

The Green Kingdom

We had this really fun activity at church a few weeks ago. . .it was a Mideveil Times theme. So fun! It was set up into the 4 kingdoms, we were in the Green Kingdom. We had burger king crowns and there were different competitions for each age group - I can't remember all the names for each competition, but it was so funny - Slaying the Dragon, Relay Races for the kids, saving the Damsel in Distress (Delvin and I did that one). It was a very fun night! here's a few funny pics to show you how fun it was!

Mason's Mess

This is what happens when I forget to wash out my paint brush when I'm crafting! Oh boy!

The Wonderful World of Cub Scouts!

Wednesday was the final pack meeting before the summer is out and boy was is fun! They had a father/son cake bake. This is awesome. . .Delvin had never made a cake, so I was excited to see how this was going to turn out. Aidan decided he wanted a football cake and Delvin just had to turn it into a USC football cake! They did really well. . .they even made and tinted their own frosting. I only helped by showing them how to put the frosting into the bags for piping. They even added green grass to make it look like it was laying on a field! The did an EXCELLENT job! I was very proud!

They won the "Touchdown Award"Aidan also earned and was presented with his wolf badge! Then he crossed over into the Bear Den. Wow - how time flies!

So Much To Do, So Little Time!

Both parents working full time is rough - I don't know how people do this all the time! Every evening there's something going on, or I just come home and crash. . .etc etc. . .so I've had very little time on the computer and I think most days I don't even turn it on anymore - woah! Well - here is an update from the last month??? Wow - I think it has been that long!

Here's Delvin's interpretation of "Honey can you give Mason a quick bath?"

Aidan had his Cub Scout Raingutter Regatta. . .Delvin made frames for the raingutters so they'd be more durable from year to year . . . it was a lot of fun. . .Aidan had a hard time at first, but got the hang of it quickly and won several of his races! We spent the weekend at my moms a couple weeks ago and Delvin taught Aidan how to mow the lawn!!!!!!! Aidan thought it was awesome! He did a great job!

Deer oh Deer!

We have deer that live in the green belt behind and to the side of our property. They come into our yard when the weather warms up. Yesterday was the first day we've seen them in the yard this year. Aidan took this picture through the window. We've been working on animal sounds with Mason and when he saw the deer he started going "Mooo Moooo Moo" Ha ha - it was so funny - what sound does a deer make? We couldn't correct him because there's no sound we know of to teach him for a deer.

Watch our Garden Grow!

The peas are growing like crazy!!! - there's also beets, zucchini and cucumber sprouted!!! It's funny but I get so excited every day to check their progress!! I feel like shouting motivational cheers to them "Go little seeds, Go!" I'm a total goof - I know!