Summer Days

I know I have been terrible at posting but I have to blame it on Eric. He has been in Hawaii for the last 2 weeks for his Drill time and has taken our laptop with him. It is so much easier for me to upload pictures with our computer than with my moms.
Doesn't he look like a little angel here? Yeah right! He's actually a holy TERROR!! We love him though. Last night we were sitting on the porch swing and he said, "MOMMA! I spy a rainbow with my binoculars!!" He was holding up his hands as imaginary binoculars and looking at the rainbow in the horizon. Then he proceded to tell me all the other things he could see with his binoculars.
Now this is the little angel! Grandma Sharlene brought this dress back from Cancun for Neelah. Isn't is so cute!!
Here we have a rare moment where Finn is playing with Neelah. Actually, they happen often but I never catch them on camera. Neelah LOVES her big brother and he can always make her smile!

Fun in the Bath

At first, Finn didn't know how he felt about sharing the bath with his sister but he quickly decided it was fun.
He is such a good big brother. He insists on giving Neelah kisses and hugs before bedtime. He is really good at entertaining her when she is fussing.
I love this kid!! Seeing pictures like this make me forget what a MONSTER he is on days like today. Church is always a struggle...with it being right in nap time and all. But when I see my son like this....he is an ANGEL and all I want to do is kiss him forever.
This one is post-bath. Finn found a pair of Mr Potatoe Head glasses and walked around telling all of us "I see you!!"

London Bridges!

Here are the kiddies prior to getting all wet. Finn, Reagan and Felicity all posed for Ya Ya but none of the pics were perfect. Trying to get "nice" smiles from the kids at the same time is near impossible.
I started out watering the flowers but at 7pm last night it was still at least 85 degrees. Finn wanted to play London Bridges and so we did. The kids had a blast and were all soaken wet!
Then the wind started to blow so we wrapped them in towels and turned the water off.
Finn can't decide if he is cold or what.

Independance Day!

Yes, we did allow Finn to play with fire...sparklers, that is. He loved them and really surprized me with not being scared of them. We had Grandpa Rick and Grandma Sharlene along with aunt Amanda over for a little BBQ action and fireworks. After the big wedding day, a chill night was REALLY nice!
This one is a little fuzzy but it shows just how much Finn loved the sparklers!

The Burgoynes come to visit!!

Our friends from Hawaii came and stayed with us on Friday night. It was great to have their "aloha spirit" in our home again. We love Nate and Heidi and their girls. The kids played so well together, well...when Finn wasn't hogging his toys! Kezia (sorry guys, I may have spelled her name wrong :) anyway, she LOVED Maile! Finn shared his Thomas bed with his friends and didn't put up too much of a fight about having to sleep on the floor in our room. At first, it was cool to have a little bed on the floor but when he realized that he was actually going to have to sleep there, he got a little concerned. The picture above is Finn, Maile, Kezia and Ivey. Thanks guys for your friendship and fun!!
Here we all are from L to R: Kezia, Heidi, Ivey, Nate, Me, Neelah, Eric and Finn with Maile on the floor.

More Pictures #2

Poor McKinney...she didn't want to have any more pictures taken.
Here are the princesses...Riley and Neelah.
This is a shot of Neelah today. We are all recovering from the big wedding day. I know you are all going to see this post first before the post where I explained that it was April and Nate's wedding. That is the one thing I don't like about this blogger...

Wedding Pictures.

Our sleeping Angel...what a princess! Grandma Sharlene bought these darling dresses for all the little girls.
McKinney, April and Nate at the luncheon.
Finn spent most of the time at the luncheon underneath the table reading his Thomas book. It was a LONG day!
The Family
The WHOLE family!! Finn was screaming the entire time!

April and Nate's wedding!!

This picture doesn't do justice to the amount of cupcakes we made for the wedding. Alisa came up with the unique idea of having cupcakes instead of a huge wedding cake. She and I made Honey Lavendar and Citrus Rose cupcakes. She is such the chef!
The kitchen afterward...aprox 2am the day of the wedding.
Jeff and Amy and Neelah at the temple
Here is the finished product...the cupcake cake!
The big day has come and gone. July 3rd...Eric's grandpa Miland's birthday and April and Nate's anniversary. They were married in the Bountiful temple and then had a luncheon at the Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg. Everything was beautiful! Here are some of the pics.