Fishing for Crawdads

Of course one of my favorite nights at Flaming Gorge is when we get Huckleberry ice cream and go crawdad fishing. Even though I opted for double fudge brownie ice cream instead of huckleberry it was still a great night. We wait until it gets dark tie some chicken drumsticks to a string and we start catching them. Last year we cooked them but this year we camped and I wasn't about to set up a whole crawdad eating production. It really is pathetic how much fun I have doing this!

Getting the kids all sugared up for fishing


Disclaimer: I was camping and the bathrooms didn't have mirrors, thats why my hair is so cute!


Grandpa Smith was trying to intimidate the crawdads so they would just jump in the bucket! LOL

Incubus Concert

Adam and I got last minute free tickets to the Incubus concert last Thursday night. We had a great time. The music was awesome, I have always likes their music, and whenever I hear them I think of the good ol days living in Idaho, so their music brings back good memories for me. Of course there isn't a lot to take pictures of except ourselves and the band, and no matter how much I zoomed in the pictures still looked like blurry lights.

My funny little guy

Bradley constantly is cracking me up. From the way he talks to how everything just seems to be so hard and soooo much work. He is just a funny kid. He loves to dance, sing (his new song that he made up is called nemo...its about nemo and it goes a little like this...nemo, neeeemmmmmooo, neemo, nemo, nneeemmmooooo, and on and on and on..) Anyway his new thing is to dress up in outfits like these. Should I worry?

This is Bradley at maycies last dance recital he seriously could not sit still, he was dancing to the music the whole time.

Partys and Ponys

Happy Birthday Leiden! We had a great time at Leidens birthday party this weekend. They had a pony themed party complete with REAL ponies. My kids talked about it for days before and were so excited. For some reason I think Maycie thought they were going to be in their house because she kept asking me if the ponies were going to jump around the house....anyway here are some fun pictures from the party.

Summer Fun

We have been spending a lot of time at the water park lately. It is so close and so much fun. The kids ask to go there EVERY day and in an effort to prevent major sun damage to their skin we only go one or two days a week. Maycie and Grayson both love the water slide, Bradley prefers to spray people with a water feature that they have. Dana and James are visiting from Maryland so they have been coming with us.

Fathers Day

Thank you to Adam for being such a great Dad! Even though the things he teaches the kids are questionable sometimes (peeing off the deck, farting, burping, and watching ghost shows) he really is a great dad. We love you SO much Dad, we hope you had a great day! I posted the picture that made Adam look the worst since he wouldn't take my picture taking seriously...this will teach him huh.

Maycie's Big Day

The calm before the storm

Maycie's Birthday Friends

Leiden, Addison, Maycie and Sarah

Princess Maycie


So after finding out that everyone who warned me was right, I have to say I have had a LONG DAY! When people tell you that you are crazy for inviting 12 four and five year old to a party you probably ought to worry. I wasn't worried I thought we could have a tea party, do some crafts, eat some cake and open some presents...right..next time we will have 3 or 4 friends come over and that will be perfect!!! Along with a fun party Maycie also had her Dance recital today. Maycie loves to perform and did a great job. I really am so proud all of her hard work, I hope that she continues to love dancing!

Its Party time

So what are you to do when you go to Michaels to get a cake pan and your daughter pulls down the castle cake set and says "oh mommy this is the one I want"? I really thought it would take some time but I didn't think 8 hours. Maycie is really excited for her party tommorow we will see how it goes, at least I got the cake done...

Bangs

Oh yeah...today I got bangs...they are already driving me crazy, what was I thinking????

I feel so boring

So my digital camera has officially pooped out. It used to turn on and let me take a few pictures but it won't even turn on now. I am so bummed...how do you keep up a blog with no pictures! Hopefully I can find a good deal soon on a new camera but I have to decide if I am going to get a nice one or just pick up a cheapo at Wal-mart. We will see... So lately nothing super exciting has gone on. Grayson went shooting with Adam last week and brought home a pet cricket. I am a huge fan of pet crickets, they are no maintenance and they only live for a few days, they can't take them out of the container or it will jump away, he sleeps with the container every night and constantly carries it around. I am not sure if the thing is even alive! Maycie is growing more and more excited daily for her princess party next week. I found the cake I am going to make, it is probably a little over board but she really wants it. I will defiantly post pictures when I finish it. Bradley is growing up so fast, man that boy just cracks me up...