Ear Piercage

My tiniest has been begging for a really long time to get her ears pierced. I took her once, but the lady had a few too many piercings herself, and was a little bit scary to my little. We tried another time, but again, it was a bit too frightening, and she decided at that point to wait until she was as old as Addy (her 15 year old cousin) or married to get them done. Finally, it was just way to much, she HAD to have them pierced. So, I told her this was the last time I was taking her in. I didn't care if she did it or not, but this was it. Ironically, the girl working this time was the scariest of the three (unfortunately, I am WAY too big a cheapskate to go to the cute little girly place to get them pierced. We went for cheap, aaaaand a little scary.). Any-who, I was shocked that she jumped right up and did it, and even more shocked when her older sister did it too. My cute middle girl hasn't really been interested at all, but she did it. The oldest has had hers pierced for a while. So, all is well here, bejeweled ears are the BEST!!!

Middle Fork

The Middle Fork is such a cool river. We had such a great trip. For a fabulous recap on the trip, click here.

San Juan

Ok, I've given up entirely on trying to catch up from last summer. It's not going to happen, maybe if I start now, I can stay caught up. Life is so insane lately, I love it. We just spent the best weekend on the San Juan. It was the little girls first multi-day, as our oldest did the Middle Fork with us a few weeks back. I will post photos from that. The weather was beautiful, and of course the river was amazing and the company fabulous. It was a great way for our family to end the river season. My tiniest said the funniest thing as we were visiting Rock House, a Native American Indian ruin on the river. She said "Indians are the smartest people; Indians and Chinese people I mean." She's so cute. What a little thinker. Here are a few photos from the trip.

Breakfast

Not being a real eater myself, meals are always somewhat interesting at our house. I have two kids that are as indifferent to food as I am, and one child that very much needs a proper meal three times a day. It just goes to show that they come with their own personality. After nearly 9 years of me trying to get out of every meal of the day, my oldest still wants food! And like her father, she's somewhat offended at being offered a bowl of cereal three times a day; unlike the rest of us. So this morning (and pretty much every morning), this is how our conversation went:

Me: What do you want for breakfast girls?

#2: Oatmeal (every day, every meal, just like her mother(:)

#3: Hot cocoa (also like her mother(:)

#1: Do we have any roast beef?

Me: No

#1: Can you make me a burrito with chicken?

Me: No, seriously can't you just have cereal?

#1: I don't want cereal! Will you make me some rice and gravy?

Me: No, I'm not making you dinner for breakfast, lets keep it simple

#1: Fine, can I have Alfredo and a can of corn?

So seriously, my little chicken ate left over alfredo, and a can of corn for breakfast, and had a corn dog chaser about an hour later. I don't know where this child came from.

The Waterslide

Xanadu

Need I say more? Summer is just the BEST!

Outdoor Summer Theater

We are privileged to have such talented children around us that delight us with amazing theatrical productions. Who needs Broadway when with only two hours of rehearsal, some Barbie make-up, and a few garage sale dress-ups we can have fabulous out door theater in our very own yard!?