Summer time!!!

The kids are trying to hold onto every last little bit of summer they can. This is always one of their favorite past times.

McKenely's Birthday!!!

This past weekend we celebrated McKenely's 9th birthday. She had a very good day. We all went to go see a movie, KungFu Panda, and then out to dinner. She was very excited about all the mula she received from her grandparents, a total of $30 (she is saving for a laptop:) ), and also a picture of Paris. Her favorite gift was the little green earrings she picked out when she got her ears pierced. She has not stopped thanking us. We wish that you all could have been there to celebrate with us.

A neverending story

So we are waiting for things to settle down, but it doesn't look like it will be any time soon. For those of you who may not of heard, Brent is no longer allowed to play basketball. EVER!!!! Due to the fact that he keeps ending up on the operating table. About three weeks ago Brent was playing ball with his friends and he was getting ready for a "pretty sweet" move when he realized his knee shouldn't bend sideways. He ended up tearing his ACL and cracking his meniscus. He will be going under the knife on Sept. 3rd. Since the ligament is completely destroyed he will have one donated from a cadavor, (he did request a Jamaican, cause they are so fast!!). The surgery won't be too bad, but the recovery on the other had is going to SUCK!!!! We were told that it would be a 3-4 month recovery. And for those of you who are doing the math we are moving in 1 month. SO when you figure the answer, let me know :)

Who will I marry?

The other day in the car McKenely and kaitlyn were teasing Ryan about some girls in our ward that have crushes on him. They were trying to figure out which one he would marry. After yelling at his sisters to leave him alone he turns to me and asks,"Mom, who am I going to marry? How will I find her?" to which I quickly responded,"When you get home from your mission, then I will tell you her name."

Ryan's new dew....

Ryan and I got a little bored today and decided to experiment. He wants to wear it like this on his first day of school.

I just thought this was cute, (Kylie and Kaitlyn).

What to do in the summertime?

Well, the kids were so bored, and HOT, one day that they found there own way to cool down. I was inside fighting my nemesis, the washing machine, and went to find the kids and they had found there own way of cooling off. They filled the little swimming pool and got in fully clothed. They had so much fun, but they have asked more than once to go to Aunt Mandy's house. Apparently it is more fun to swim in their pool than ours. I can't figure out why... (If you are wondering who won the battle, it was the washing machine. I always lose.)

Watching it grow!!!

So it has been a while since we have put up any pictures of our house, so when we went out a few days ago we were pleasantly surprised. The brick work on our house was totally finished. Now all we have to wait for is the inside. They will be starting the sheet rock on Tuesday. We are trying to be patient and wait. We are starting to count down the weeks:)

Kylie's perfect smile

Kylie is in serious need of a dentist....:) She loves to smile at everyone after eating ice cream sandwiches.

Our little blue house...:)

The house is coming along. The blue wrap you see is an additional wrap they do to the house in order to get that 5 star energy efficient rating. Also the roof OSB has solar board paneling on the underside which acts as a radiant barrier. It is supposed to reflect 97% of the radiant heat from the sun.....EXCITING!!!!