Nice day out

Saturday we went up to the cabin.  We had a great time playing in the stream and running around.  Our Friends came up to cook hot dogs and walk around the lake.  Max was so cute and grabbed Zoe's hand. I'm glad Curtis had his phone so he could get a picture of this.

Come One Come All

 Kari found this great Idea on Pintrest.  It was so fun to have all the kids dressed up

 It was so fun.  The kids really loved to be dressed up.  The balloons where a big hit.

 Kari put a lot of work into this.  I think she has been planning this for months.

I was so proud of Kendall, he kept his elephant hat on the whole time.

 Cutest Elephant ever!

We painted a mustache on Max. He was not happy about it but once the painting was over he was happy to perform.

Isaac was our strongman.  I loved miss Emma's hat.

Such a fun time.

Keys found

None of us are sure how it happened but the keys made it into aunt Kari's purse when she was visiting in the morning.  She and I went to check out a yard sale together.  The yard sale was just across the cul-de-sac.  After she had a look she went back to watch the boys so Curtis could come take a look.
We're so happy to have them back hanging on the key rack!
Lots and lots of praying.

Camping with at home convenience

Max has been saying "tent" for the last few days.  We decided to set up the tent in the living room and have a little party in the living room.  

You can wear just a diaper when you camp at home.

You can make microwave popcorn when you camp at home.

You can sleep in your bed when you camp at home.

You can watch movies when you camp at home.

You can still go to church in the morning when you camp at home.

You still get a night bath when you camp at home.

You can blog when you camp at home.

The boys are LOVING it.

Max is signing tent in the top picture.

LOST

We have LOST our keys.  Really.
We have spent the whole day going over our house.  Curtis discovered our issue today when he needed to take a check to the bank and couldn't find the JEEP keys.
We searched the whole house before we called a locksmith.  Turns out they are not inside the jeep either.  We still don't know where they are.  We have literally searched through the trash twice.  I guess the good news is they are in the house somewhere.  Who knew we could lose them in such a small place.
Good news:  The dealership can remake a key based on it's VIN
Bad news:  The key will cost $200 and they need the car there to program the key. We would have to tow the car there.
WHERE ARE YOU KEY?

GO!

Kendall is talking!
Claire has been in town this weekend.  We ate dinner with her at my parents house tonight.  She was playing  a running game with Max ... Max surprised us with a "get you" towards Claire.  2 word sentences are a big deal.
Back to Kendall... To start the running game she would say, "ready, set"  and Kendall would say "GO!"
Big milestone.

4th of July

Every 4th of July our neighbors get together for a bbq and fireworks.  It has been named the Culdesac of fire.  Last year the whole ward showed  up for the fireworks.  Everyone brought a few fireworks and it lasted for a few hours.
This year Curtis invited his family over for a bbq in our back yard so we didn't join everyone else until it was time to do fire works.
Curtis did a few hamburgers and hot dogs.  Christie brought a bunch of chips and watermelon.  Angie made some wonderful cookies.  The kids ran around the back yard.  Max loves to play with his cousins.
Everyone had work in the morning so they didn't stay for the fireworks.
We set up on the corner of our lawn.  Curtis gets a big bowl of candy put together for everyone to share.  This gets our neighbors and friends to come to us.  We had a big set up: Curtis and I had chairs.  Max had a blanket and a chair.  Kendall was in the port-a-crib.
The fire works where a lot of fun...until...One firework fell over and was shooting fireworks out at everyone. A few people left after that.  A few minutes later they let off another one like the one that fell over the first time.  This one did  the same thing.  I grabed Kendall out of his crib at one shot past us and blew up by our tree.  At that point we took the kids inside and pulled up the blinds for them to watch from safety.  The group outside was getting smaller.  Those setting off the fire works started using bricks to pin the fireworks upright.  This worked for a while but then one exploded...not like it should.  It didn't go in the air but it did cover about a 10 feet radius.  Then they started using a bucket.
I'm not sure if they ran out of fireworks or if they decided it was not safe.  My neighbor told me we are thinking of changing the name from the Culdesac of fire to The Culdesac on fire.
Hope you all had a safe 4th of July.