Pics from Reese's Party

Fun in the pool at Reese's birthday party. That is one full pool!the boys would run across the yard and jump in the water

(i love Cooper's pose and expression in this one)Cooper would run, but then needed help getting in the pool, but he thought he was doing it just like his big brothers
SPLASHDOWN!
You'll notice Reese is missing from some of the pics. Those boys were a little too wild for her taste



I think Ty was telling Reese "don't worry, I won't splash you" only to splash her moments later
GOOD TIMES!

Happy Birthday Reese!

Reese is 3! Reese had a princess party and it was great.Showing off her new dress up clothes the boys got for her.
Trying out her new bike


Her cake was so neat--a real castle
Roger put out Reese's little pool and of course everyone loved thatHappy Birthday Reese, We love You!


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We are going to Oklahoma to visit my grandparents and I will be without a computer for a few days. I will try to get to my uncles house to update when I can. We have some fun pictures of the kids swimming at Reese's party!

Carnival Fun

There was a carnival in Gunnison this week and everyone was very excited! We took the boys on Wednesday evening for something fun and different to do. Ty loved the race cars--he was certain he was going as fast as he had ever gone in his life!Brooks on the giant swing. I missed Evan, and Brooks is on the far left. Mike was certain Brooks would get circle sick on this but then I reminded him only daddy was a wimp on rides.
Brooks is on the left, Evan is on the right, Mike and Ty are still getting situated to slide.



Brooks and Evan are 4 cars back on the roller coaster, almost not even in the picture

Brooks triumphantly getting off the coaster
Sorry the pictures are so bad--I forgot my camera and these were all taken with my phone

The Bear Was Back

Mike called me last night to say the bear was back on the porch! We have no pictures as Mike was not at all concerned with pictures for the blog (how dare he not snap a pic)! Dixie did make a fuss this time and then did not want to go out at bedtime. Can you blame her? With the van out of the garage Mike put the trash in so as not to temp the bear further. I can't wait to see it.

Pajama Day

Today was pajama day at Little Red Schoolhouse. Brooks was looking forward to pj day for a full month. (I still don't know for sure why, but we do spend a lot of time in our jammies around here:) He even passed on a trip to Mimi and Papa's so he didn't miss pajama day. When we got to school to pick him up he was glowing, he had won the pajama award. He was about to bust waiting to show me and Evan
Good job Buddy! Way to win the pj award! (and all you had to do was stay in your pj's)

Fun at the Parade

We all really had a lot of fun at the parade. Here they are waiting patiently for it to start.
Ty got off to a slow start--he didn't do well with all the people and crowd. Some quiet time with Papa helpedIt didn't take Cooper long to figure out the candy thing





One group handed out watermelon--Brooks was most pleased
What a great way to start a really fun day!

Happy 4th of July!

Some fireworks for you.............
We have a full day planned. Parade kicks off at 11:00 and the kids can't wait. I am so excited to watch them and see how much fun they have. It is great to appreciate the little things again through your children's eyes--like a small town 4th of July.
There is a kid carnival after the parade. My dad and Mike will golf.
There is an concert at the outdoor pavilion, and then we will go to the club to watch fireworks. (I don't know what will happen to nap today)
Mike has found a place we can stretch out and make room for everyone to enjoy the show. Hope you have a great 4th and I'll update with pictures of our day when I can.