I broke....

I did it. I finally let the dog come in.

It's to blasted hot outside to actually think she'll survive out there.

She was so happy to get inside she gave me a wink.

I can hardly breath when I go outside I can't imagine having to be out there all day every day.

We do have a kiddy pool with water and I try to put a frozen milk jug or soda jug out there for her every day but with the temperatures being as high as they are, we don't care to be outside and I'm sure she hates it too. Our backyard has NO shade what-so-ever and she was being ignored more than I like. We do spend time in the evenings out front with her since there is shade out there but that is not enough attention for a little puppy like her. I think if I can just train her to be a good inside dog, FOR THE SUMMER, then I'll feel better about it, not that I feel bad about having an outsdie dog, just when it's this hot and she's not getting the attention she needs, and she'll be more comfortable too. Maybe I'll get a kennel and kennel train her for the inside of the house...

After the first few minutes of letting her in I was regretting my decision to let her in, but I think if I can just train her to stay in the kitchen/ living room it'll be ok.

And if I can train the kids to not get her super hyper, hmmmmm, how to do that????

Any suggestions?

I think she'll be easier to train then the boys, darn it!!!

The only thing I really worry about it her jumping on the kids which is something she LOVES to do and they HATE it!! And she has recently started humping things, particularly my kids and I. What makes a dog want to do that?? I mean I kinda know but I've ha more problems with girl dogs doing that then boy dogs. Max would sit on our boys and kinda straddle them, just like Daisy does but he never humped, she had mounted Dallin standing up and humped away, maybe that is too much info but what the heck, it's kinda gross.

Funny things Dallin says:

Dallin often says some of thee funniest things and I often crack up, inside of course.

Some of the things I have actually remembered to write down are:

"This day is very interesting with this remote control car."

"Mom, I want ice with water..." as I'm going to get him a cup of ice water..."But mom I don't want the water just the ice, thanks"

"These bugs is actually no fun for me."

(He loves bugs so much) The other day Corey was spraying our tree stump for roaches and they came flying out by the dozens, very gross but Dallin kept saying I love you bugs I love you bugs, and so on. He didn't want them to die. Then later Corey and him spent some time outside catching bees in a jar, we have a bee hive in our front tree that we need to get rid of, and after catching about 15 or so bees he let them all go because we told him they would die in the jar.

"Mom, our house is a happy home!"

This one melted my heart. I'm so glad he feels like its a happy home and I hope he always does!!!

Father's Day Weekend and Camping

For Father's Day this year we went camping up in Prescott Valley.

It was s o wonderful. The weather was perfect and we had such a good time with our family.

We headed up Friday afternoon and met my whole family up there and had a blast just hanging out. We roasted marshmellows the first night and stayed up way too late. The next day we had a nice BBQ that my Grandpa and Grandma were able to come to since they live in Prescott.

The next day, Sunday, we packed up and headed out. But not before we stopped on a side road and all the "boys" meaning men/dads got out and all geared up to have a very exciting and fun paint ball war. They played for about an hour while the women and children watched from a safe distance. It was a really good weekend and I'm so glad we were able to spend it together!!!

This is a very cute picture my mother took of almost all of my boys.

Dallin

Bryant

Asher

The boys had so much fun climbing on all of the neat rocks we had right by our campsite.

Building transformer cars with Uncle Eric

Dallin was obsessed with the paint ball masks, he wanted to wear it all weekend everywhere he went. He even wore it to bed the first night.

A funny story about Dallin:

The first night we were there he slept in my parents trailer with them. He woke up in he night and went over to my dad and says:

"Papa, I was dreaming, I had a dream that I was with Jesus."

Then he went back down to his bed and fell asleep.

Then the next day he says to my mom:

"Grammy, I have a problem, I don't listen to my mom. Grammy why is it so had to listen to my mom?"

I love that kid!!!

Asher also loved the mask.

Cousins Asher and Grant

On Saturday the girls went into town and did a little browsing. We all went to a thrift store and bought Prescott Valley shirts of some sort and then we tore them up and made them funky and just had fun. Then we found the perfect hat for my dad. It was a visor that had a wig velcroed (is that how you spell that?) into the top of it to make it look like he has hair. He loved it and wore it all weekend.

Here is my silly shirt.

It said Prescott Valley Chain Gang

Family Picture at Lynx Lake.

Exciting News...

For all of you who may not know yet...

(which probably isn't many)

But these 3 little men in my life are all going to be

BIG BROTHER's

(x-1, x-2, & x-3)

It's still a bit crazy for me to believe.

But we are so excited to have another little baby to love and adore!!!

Folding the laundry...

Something I don't really mind doing but it just takes me FOREVER to get started on it. My couch had been swallowed up by my huge mound of laundry for a week and I thought it was about time I do something about it so we could have more seating space in our small living room.

I started in on the pile and my little Bryant wanted to help.

Now when it comes to folding laundry I have a certain way I like it done. Not hard but just the way I fold clothes. You know it's kinda weird when someone tries to help you and it looks so weird or it won't fit in your drawer the way they folded it, it's just "my" way. I don't usually even let Corey help me fold cause he doesn't usually do it right. Anyways...

Bryant wanted to help and I naturally would say No mommy is going to do this alone, but I thought well if he wants to why not let him so I tried to teach him how to do it "my" way.

It turned out to be a really great thing for all of us. Dallin joined in and helped and Corey showed them how to fold towels (not my way, but I was in a good mood and they looked ok) After a while Dallin gave up and went on his way, making a castle in the unfolded clothes and Bryant stuck with it til the end. But by the end things were getting pretty interesting looking. Oh well he enjoyed it and had a good time and who knows maybe he'll become a awesome little laundry folder some day and be a huge helper!!!!

Hot, Hot,Hot!!!

Yes summer is here and it is hot!!!

We have started the crappy time of use thing again, well we never really stopped using it, it just changes for the summer time and it SUCKS!!!

My house is so dang hot!!! I hate it!!!!

I am sweating and I'm not even doing anything.

If you have been to my house recently and want to tell me that it doesn't feel that bad, that is because I turn the air down when i have people over because I don't want to make them suffer like I do on a regular basis and I want you to come back and visit again.

I have splurged lately and turned the air down to 83 degrees and it feels ok for the most part.

On another note but not that different of a note, I have to figure out something to do this summer with my kids.

They are going crazy and therefore so am I. It doesn't help that Corey works nights and that means I have to keep kids either quiet during the day or I have to get them out of the house. Today we tried to go to the park but as soon as we got there Dallin said it was to hot and we left to go home where he said he could be cooler, haha.

I am a HUGE slacker and didn't get my kids signed up for swim lessons and I assume that it is a little to late to do so, I was also told that I was to late to do so.

I am thinking of trying to arrange pool play dates with people I know have pools so maybe I can try and teach my kids to swim.

I feel like everyone I know has their whole summer planned out and has things to do everyday an they are all so organized and plan things, what's wrong with me? Why do I slack when it comes to things like that, I'm not a planning kind of person and I don't think I ever have been. I will be surprised if my kids ever get signed up to go to school. It's not like I have a whole lot of other things to do.

Our weekend...

last weekend that is.

My mom and I, along with my three sons headed up to the white mountains for my cousins wedding reception.

It was a beautiful reception, I loved everything about it. I was in charge of making the cake.

I was a bit worried about it cause the winds were terrible but it turned out ok.

You will notice in some of the pictures how things are knocked over or dirty, that was the winds fault.

Dallin was the ring boy in the ring ceremony and he loved every second of it. He was so excited to get to be apart of the action and to have a job to do, and he was pretty cute to!!!

The happy couple

This is where they exchange rings. She had purchased these amazing vintage doors, so cute, the whole theme was old vintage and elegant so so so awesome I loved all of it!!!

Lots of different center pieces. They were all so cute!!

I wanted to steal everything and take it home with me to decorate my house.

The fun photo bench station with fun dress ups to go with it!!

The cake.

Notice the dirt, yummy!!!

The dessert station. It was adorable, inside the cabinet were jars of candy that you could take and eat so fun!! And I like that they were kinda hidden so my boys didn't get into them to much.

The cupcakes and other treats.

This was the gift table. So cute! If I ever have a daughter... oh man...

The bride and her sisters. Dallin had to sneak in too.

Mommy and her boys.

The boys

I love this picture of Asher, I called to him and this is how he turned to look at me.

Asher's personal photo shoot.

Night picture

We all had a great time and really enjoyed the party!!!