The Cast is Off!!!

Yesterday Rylie finally got her cast off!!!

She was a little nervous when Roy got out the saw!
She quickly realized, however, that it tickled instead of hurt!
I think she got more nervous when he started cutting and prying!
Then she saw her arm and she was all smiles!
She was happy to see that her arm is as good as new! She is very glad to be using her thumb and bending her wrist again! Now she is ready for the pool, the beach, and any other water she can stick her arm into!

Ty's Wedding

Right after school got out, we jumped in the car and made the 12 hour drive to Farmington for Ty and Jared's wedding. (Ty is our niece.) They were married in Don and Karla's yard...it was so beautiful!!!
For the first time in as long as I can remember, the whole family was together! So...here we all are!!!
Rylie and Grandma
Here I am at the reception with Kent and Dot...Shane's aunt and uncle. Even though Kent likes to give me a hard time, I really do love spending time with them!!! Rylie with her great uncle Kent...aren't they cute!!! (She really likes him!)
All Rylie wanted to do at the reception was dance with Parker! They had such a good time! Mason even got out there to "bust a move!"
We couldn't go to Farmington with out riding the ATV! Yes, Mason is driving...he's actually pretty good, although we won't let him go alone yet!

School's Out!!!

Thursday was Mason and Parker's last day of school! They were both excited for summer to come, but sad that the year was over!

Parker loved Kindergarten! He especially loved Mrs. Marshall!!!
Parker and his best buddy, Devin

Mason and Mrs. Jones

They both had a great year! Now they are looking forward to summer...lots of swimming, the beach, and of course, the Wii!!!

Happy Father's Day...a day late!

So...yesterday was Father's Day! I must say, I over achieved! I actually got up and made breakfast for my husband...at like 8:30 no less (very early for me on a Sunday)! For those of you who know me, you can pull yourselves up off the floor!

No really, yesterday we tried to make the day all about Shane! He is, after all, an amazing dad! I'm so lucky to have married someone who puts his family and especially his kids first! Not a day goes by that from the second he walks in the door from work, he takes over with the kids. He plays with them, eats dinner with them, usually bathes them, and reads them books before he puts them to bed. Then, he does what he needs to do. He even gets up with the kids at night! (Doesn't make me look too good, does it...all though I am involved in most of these things!)
The kids were very excited to give Shane his present! They got him a hammock! (Or an "attic" as Rylie calls it!) They couldn't wait for him to put it together! He also got shorts, and the baseball game we went to a few weeks ago!

Finally, a note to my dad...even though you had to call me yesterday, so that I could wish you a Happy Father's Day...I hope you know how much I love you, etc. etc. etc.!!! Sorry we live so far away!!! (Again, I'm not looking too good am I!)

Aimee is Leaving Us

Yesterday we had a little party for our friend Aimee who will be moving to Sacramento soon. Amber did such an awesome job! She is the ultimate hostess...right down to the friendship bracelets she made us all! The food was amazing and Alli took the best pictures of the event! Since we all visit each other's blogs, check out Amber and Alli's...they have captured the occasion perfectly.

I'm not going to say anything else, because honestly, I'm in denial that Aimee is actually leaving, and if I let myself even begin to think about it, I will fall apart! The End!

Rylie's Last Day of School

Tuesday was Rylie's last day of school! She was so excited for school to be out...and she still hasn't stopped rubbing it in to the boys...who aren't out for another week! Although, I'm sure she's going to start asking when she gets to go back any day now! Only one more year until she starts Kindergarten...I can't believe it!!!

Rylie with her teacher Mrs. Murillo. Rylie made a t-shirt with all of her friends hand prints on it for the last day of school! I don't know which she loves more, the shirt, or the red paint on her fingernails!

Bringing Back Things From the Past!

Earlier this week, Mason and I finished reading the fifth Harry Potter book. We finally had time to sit down and watch the movie tonight...which in my opinion was no where near as good as the book! Anyway, the boys wanted popcorn and I didn't have any microwave popcorn...so I got out the popcorn popper!

I proceeded to tell the boys that when I was a little girl, there was no such thing as microwave popcorn and that we had to use a popcorn popper if we wanted to have popcorn! I told them about how my dad used to pop us some every time we watched a movie and I even showed them the scar on my knee I got from touching the popper when I was on the counter when I was a little girl! (I even told them about how my dad put butter on the burn...and how the butter melted!)

Of course, they were absolutely amazed! They couldn't figure out how such a contraption was going to work, let alone give them popcorn! Their faces were priceless as the kernels started to pop and as the popcorn fell into the bowl!

At the end, Mason said, "I love bringing things back from the past!" Yes, I'm ancient, I know!!!