Fishing For Family Night

Well this past Monday Curt called and had the idea to go fishing for Family Night. We all agreed because it sounded like fun. Obviously we had forgotten the last time we went when it took the grand total of maybe five WHOLE minutes before we heard the words, "I'm bored." So we packed some sandwiches and drove up past Morgan to a place called Lost Creek where Curt had gone fishing with some friends from work. They even caught some fish. So we thought it would be quite different this time. Well we got there and fished for a couple of hours without having a single nibble (by a fish that is). Shelby caught a crawdad but it got away but it was neat to see. We also lost about 7 or 8 hooks from snags at the bottom of the reservoir. It was quite an adventure.

During our time there Curt decided to try a slightly different spot and accidentally slipped and his foot went in the mud. It was hard for us not to burst out with laughter until he started joking about it. Then we all thought it was funny! At the end after having no luck we decided that if there were fish around we would scare them away by throwing rocks in the water which is what Carson was dying to do the whole time we were there. So everybody threw rocks in the water and Curt proved he really does have Herculean strength by throwing in the biggest rocks and making the biggest splashes. The kids laughed so hard especially when they were splashed as well.

We left there about 9:30pm and the kids fell asleep on the way home (thank goodness because it was a school night and I was worried about having to get them up in the morning!) It was a lot of fun even though we didn't catch anything and surprising to the two of us Kaylee asked if we could go back the next night and do it all again.

I've Always Wanted To Be A Princess!

I found this quiz on a friend's blog and I am Cinderella. This is what it says about me:


You Are Cinderella!

Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don't. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you're still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your time; your dream will come true.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

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Kaylee's Hawaii Day!

Okay, one last post for today. I have to post this because it is one of the funniest things I have ever seen and it makes me laugh just thinking about it. Last Thursday Kaylee spent the day with Grandma Nye and baby Tre. They were out on the patio and Grandma said they were having a "Hawaii Day". Kaylee was in her swimming suit and they were pretending they were in Hawaii. So anyway, Grandma tells Kaylee to do the hula and she recorded it. This is her version of the hula--notice what she does with her cup. That's the funny part...at least to me and the more you watch it the funnier it gets!

Pioneer Day 2008

On Thursday July 24th, Pioneer Day, we had a great day at Grandma Nye's house. She borrowed some blow up water slides from Aunt Lynette and the kids had a riot on them! We had lunch and the kids played all day. We were going to play pioneer games but we couldn't get the kids out of the water long enough to play them. We also made homemade ice cream and enjoyed the day as a family. It was great fun had by all! Unfortunately we didn't stay up to watch fireworks because it was a school night and the girls had to get up for school but I really don't think they were upset about that because they were all plain tuckered out from playing in the water and sun ALL DAY LONG!

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First Day of School!

On Monday July 21st Shelby and Kaylee got to go back to school. Shelby started the 5th grade and Kaylee started 1st grade. As you can see it was a rainy day and the girls were upset because we put their hair up in curlers and they didn't want the rain to ruin their curls but they got through it since it didn't rain for very long.

Shelby was a little nervous because she heard that her teacher was a little strict and she is coming from probably the best 4th grade teacher on the planet, Mr. Martinez. We had to have a little talk with her about not judging people by what other people say about them and to wait and see what she thinks of her. I told her about my 1st grade teacher who everybody told me was the meanest in the WHOLE WORLD and she ended up being one of my favorite teachers in all grade school! So now that it's been a week she likes her teacher and is happy to be back in school.

Kaylee was excited about going to school because she would get to stay all day just like Shelby. She was nervous though because she didn't know how to do lunch in the lunchroom. We told her not to worry about it and that there would be people there to help her and all those in 1st grade because nobody would know what to do. Shelby also talked to her about and what they had to do. She loves 1st grade and her teacher as well.

The Week Before School Starts!

Okay...I know that I am not on top of keeping you all posted with everything that we do but that is because I work all the time on the computer and then I don't really want to sit here and do some more. So I decided that I would do this first before I started my work for the day.

In the last week we have done some pretty fun stuff since it was the week before school started for Shelby (5th grade) and Kaylee (1st grade). They were excited but nervous and Kaylee I think moreso since she now stays there all day and gets to eat lunch and have three whole recesses! Carson was wondering why he didn't get to start school and we had to explain that his pre-school will start after Labor Day.

So last Tuesday, July 15th we went with Grandma Nye to This is the Place Monument Park. It was our first time there and I have to say it was very fun.

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Then on Friday we went again with Grandma Nye swimming at Brian and Dana's pool. Thanks for letting us use that, by the way! We had a ton of fun!

Dumb Hornets!

So this week Carson has had quite the adventure. On Tuesday afternoon he came in the house after being outside just sobbing. Kaylee was with him and said that he had just got stung (or bit, whatever the nasty buggers do) by a hornet behind his ear. So we were looking and sure enough there was the little red bite. So we stuck ice on it and cuddled him until it was feeling better. I went out later that day to try to find where the hornet nest was so that we could get rid of them and I could not find a nest by where he got bit. So we sprayed all the nests that we could find that night at 10:30pm and while doing that Curt got bit by one. Now I have always read that they are docile in the early morning and at night but the ones are our house are out to prove everybody wrong on that point. So yesterday the kids were out running in the sprinklers and again the girls bring Carson in just screaming and sobbing again. They said that he had gotten bit on his lip. I was looking at him and couldn't see a bite but went to get ice anyway. On my way back to him I looked at his chest and there was a bite on his chest. I asked him if that's where he got bit and he said, "No, on my lip!" So he had two bites. We got two things of ice for him to put on the bites and waited for him to calm down. I got him a drink of lemonade and when he went to suck it out of the straw I looked at his lip and this is what I saw.

Can you believe it? I immediately called the doctor to see if there was anything I could do even though I pretty well knew that there was nothing but ice and Benadryl and that's exactly what they told me. But they did say to watch him because the more a person gets stung the more they can develop an allergic reaction. I didn't know that. I always thought that the more you are exposed to something the less likely you would be allergic to that but I guess insects are not the same. So that's his little adventure and we still have no idea where the hornets are coming from by where he got stung. It's our little mystery that we hope to solve soon!