End of July

 

Pat is here from California.  We had a fun day at my Mom's and had a cake, Rin reminded us it was still her bday month so we sang Happy Bday to her. 

 

Austin got to go to Oregon to work, he is loving working with the Calaway's this summer.  We will go pick him up next week for the Trek.  I told him it would be good to have him go a week and then we can see if he can handle leaving me for the rest of the summer to go finish up..... he has already let me know he is doing just fine..... whatever.

 

Avery and Joc were playing on the bunkbeds...... Avery came crying with blood in her mouth and said my tooth broke.  I looked at it and said oh come here and I will pull it out, its been loose for a while..... THEN I remembered she already lost her 2  front teeth and it was her PERMANENT tooth!!!!! 

 

Dr. Harker fixed it right up.

 

Megan had her bday!  :)

 

Eric got a job...... he has been working (hard labor) from 6am to 6pm.  I always go out and check on him and see if he wants to come home but he says.... if I want to save up for my motorcycle I need to get 12 hours a day.  WOW so impressed with this boy!  He is at boys camp with Othello troop right now and said "ahhh this will be a nice break from working".  

Cousins rock!

Summer is half way over!

 We are done with the wedding, done with our summer parties and now it's time to get ready for the Trek!  We are so excited!  These two angels will have to stay behind as the kids 12 and up will get to go for 4 days in the hot August sun for a 22 mile trek in pioneer clothes, can't wait!!!!!  This picture is the one I took while they were just talking and they thought I was still getting my camera ready.

 Tiny Marinda turned 15!  That sounds SO old!  She had some girls go to the movies with her and then swimming and had her new favorite cake (tres leches cake).  We made two of them to practice before the final one on her bday, I think we all gained 5 pounds in those 3 days.  YUM.  She got a cell phone and Facebook, which are just two more things we can ground her from when she talks back...... :) 

Nicki turned 22!  Some of us ladies went out for dessert to celebrate. 

My belly button hurts.

The night of the 4th of July didn't end well.  Austin was at the park with friends, after the fireworks he waited in the long line to get out of the parking lot.  One friend had to be taken out to Taylor Flats, then he came back to get Scott so they could go pick up his truck that he had left at work.  By the time they took Derek home and got into his car it was after curfew which we totally forgot about.  He fell asleep.  The officer said it was 1:15 so he got a ticket for being out too late and one for negligent driving (because he was driving when tired).  They didn't get home until 3:00 am.  I was sound asleep, had been since before Scott even went out to go with him at 12:30.  Scott took him out to work the next morning and didn't tell me about the accident until he was gone.  I can't even explain the rollercoaster of emotions.  I get to thinking about the money, the ticket, lost car, car insurance going up, the tow truck fee, him losing his license, but then none of that matters because he is okay.  THANK GOODNESS HE IS OK!  And then Im so happy that he is ok and nothing matters, but then I think of him and Marinda riding the bus in high school next year and me having to pick them up everyday because the bus doesn't run after 7th hour which they have to take because of seminary.  But Im a stay at home Mom and I can pick them up no biggie.  And all the errands he won't be able to run for me, the help with pick ups and drop offs, but none of that matters because he is ok.  ....... but we do have to deal with all this now and it's still hard.  Then I get mad, I want to be mad at Austin but I just feel guilty because he fell asleep, its not like he was texting or drinking or being silly with friends, he fell asleep and then I have guilt.  Then I get mad at Scott because it's all his fault, it has to be someones fault because Im mad but have no one to be mad at and I don't want to feel the guilt so I chose to be mad at Scott.  Sometimes I call him and tell him its all his fault and he patiently lets me get it all out and then I say, I know it's not your fault I just need someone to blame and he says.... I know it's fine, because he feels the same way and doesn't like the guilt either.  Crazy stuff this parenting is....So a wonderful messy ending to a wonderful horrible night.

 Glad we spent all that money on these things, Austin is the 3rd car that has gone over them since they put them up.

 Austin says Scott was with him when he rolled, he saw him, but Scott was in his own car. 

As the tow truck was taking his car away. 

4th of July

 

Listening to the bands at Columbia Park!  Before the fireworks.

 

Beau Stephenson was here from Utah singing in between bands!  He is so funny, the kids loved seeing him too!  He said hi to us over the microphone and the girls giggled and giggled!  

Camping!

 

The river was FREEZING, Joc fell in with Rin, Ashtyn, and Ariana.

 

Avery loved the sand and being dirty!

 

The big kids cracked me up, they moved out into the tree's and built their very own camping area, they had their own fire and at night went out (just the teens) and hung out there while us boring adults sat around our own fire.  They sounded like they were having a lot of fun!

 

The boys made a man cave and roped it off and didn't let any girls in during the first day.

 

Scott got dirty!

 

We went to the Boulder cave, it was fun to walk around the waterfall and through the dark cave!  

 

Rin and her favorite person, she has decided she doesn't like me anymore and Daddy is her new best friend....

The girls cracked me up with their glow sticks.  They were throwing them up in the air and it looked like fireworks when they were all flying! 

June Bdays in Othello

 Eric Mckenna and Kylie!

 The "big" boys.

Sweet Grandpa Yorgesen