Rainbow Pools

Ashley and I went with some of the Stones to play at Rainbow Pools. There is a cliff you can jump off of, a waterfall you can swim to and sit behind, and great streams to walk up. We had a blast! Ash found a great rock to take a picture on. It was in the middle of the stream and she made me hold on to her tight so she wouldn't fall into the water...

Ashley and Addy always have fun together. (you can see the waterfall behind them and the teeny tiny guy on the rock cliff that the "crazies" jump off of- including: Jeff, Gregg, Crystal, McKenzie, and Bailey)

We had so much fun exploring the stream that is above the waterfall. We fell in a ton of times- even with the camera (it got soaked! but it dried up and still works! Gotta love Kodak!) We tried to catch the little fish in our hands, and spent most of the time talking and giggling with each other. It was a wonderful day!

Silly Girl!

Ash and our Ginormous veggies

See we've literally got veggies coming out our ears!

Dog Park

CJ, Ash, Chu-wee, and I went to the dog park for the first time and im not sure who had more fun... the dog or the kids! Chu-wee had about 30 other dogs to sniff, race, jump on, and smell their bums but CJ and Ash found that the "Doggie Collar" sculpture made a great jungle-gym. They went up and down, around, and read the cute quotes that were on the "tags". Chu-wee was ready to go home before they were! I cant wait to go back next weekend.

Swimming with the Berrys

The Berry family came from Utah to visit. The Gary Stone Families went to the Henry's house to swim.

CJ likes jumping off the diving board into the inner tube. He thinks he's "super tricky"

Ashley is getting really good at holding her breath for a long time!

Cousins are the best!

Ashley, Auston, Lexi, Kaylee

Aidan kept giving Stetson big hugs... even when Stetson was in the water!


How can you tell I had a Chocolate Malted Crunch ice cream cone???

A Stone Family Tradition... Thrifty's Rainbow Sherbert and Chocolate Malted Crunch on a cone! mmmm.... tasty!

Holy Cow!

How did we miss this one?!?

We've got Zucchini & Squash coming out our ears!

And this is just what I pulled out of our garden today! So next time you come over... take some home with you!

1st day of school

Today was the 1st day of school for the kids.

CJ was beyond excited about starting kindergarten. We met his teacher yesterday at kindergarten orientation and got to play in his classroom for a bit and see where his "cubby" is. CJ's favorite part was the "geometric wood blocks", he made lots of different things with them. This morning (after the initial "i don't want to wake up, I'm still tired.") he got dressed for school and packed his snack and waited patiently for his sister and mom to finish getting ready. He didn't like that Ashley got to go to school before him (he is in pm kindergarten) and as he waited at my work he kept coming over to my desk and asked "it is time for my school yet???" He finally convinced me to leave for school a 1/2 hour early so he could be at school. Surprisingly we weren't the only ones to show up that early. He was all smiles as he waited in line to walk into the classroom with the other kids. I cant wait till after school to hear how his day went!

Ashley has her first male teacher this year, Mr. Delgato. She is really excited about her new class, she has cousins that have had "Mr. D." and she is happy to have him too... though she is extremely nervous about the snake he keeps in his classroom. She let her weird mom and little brother walk her to her classroom even though she already knew where it was. I controlled myself and didn't embarrass her with big hugs and kisses that her friends could see (i did all that at home before we left...) And when the bell rang she strode confidently into class. My little girl isn't little anymore!