"You Had A Bad Day, The Camera Don't Lie...."

Well, sometimes song lyrics say it best! We had a wonderful morning yesterday at Thanksgiving Point to celebrate our friend Landon's birthday, but our trip home which should have been 30 minutes tops, took more like 3 HOURS!!! Getting a flat tire on I-15, not fun! Parole officer who pulls over to help not being able to get the last stinkin' lug nut off, not fun! Rationing our last drops of water in our bottle, not FUN! Being gone from Alison for two feedings when I only pumped for ONE, NOT fun! Having the insurance HELPpoint people send a lock smith instead of a tow-truck after an hours wait, NOT FUN! Waiting again for the tow-truck to come, NOT FUN! Riding in a stinky, smoke smelling tow truck with no seat belts with my two boys, well...if you ask them that was tons of FUN! Anyway, I waited until today to do my venting, but yesterday was just one of those days, and the truly funny thing was that I took the pictures just so I could blog about it. Pitiful! (Oh yeah, having it all cost an arm and a leg just because the Volkswagen specific lug nuts were stripped by the guys who FIXED the car back in February when we didn't have our car for TWO WHOLE MONTHS, NOT FUN!!!!!) O.K. I obviously need to "work at a smile, and go for a ride! Cause I had a bad day!" I'll add the pictures of the GOOD part of the day in my next post about our end of Summer FUN!

Our Big Girl!

Alison is 4 months ALREADY!!!! She is such a BIG GIRL!!!! As you can see in these photos she does exactly what a 4 month old is supposed to do! She smiles and laughs a ton, she likes to sit in the high chair and saucer, she is starting to roll to her belly not just her back, and she sticks EVERYTHING in her mouth, even her THUMB! I was playing with her on the floor the other morning and Chad wanted to help her roll. He even added his blankie so she could have more room to do her thing! Oh yeah, and don't you just love that HUGE tongue?!!! She'll be able to touch her nose with that thing soon enough! Takes after me, I'm so proud!

It's Always Fun When Grandma Comes!

A few weeks ago, my Grandma Bell came for a super quick visit! This was the first time she has been to our home and the first time seeing our little Alison!

My parents happened to be up at my house for a wedding, so it was fun to get a four generation photo. (This was the best of the three that we took! Eyes closed, people looking away, etc. on the others!)

Kyle got really excited to show Grandma his world ball. She started showing the boys ALL of the places she has been! It was pretty cute!

It truly is fun when grandparents come!

Hello Zucchini!!!

Yes, the days of "what should we do with all of this zucchini" are upon us! So far we've had chocolate zucchini cake and zucchini bread, but I'm wondering if anyone out there has a favorite zucchini recipe they'd like to share? Oh yeah, we should've picked this zucchini a little sooner, but we were out of town! Made for a cute picture though!

Warm River 08'

I shouldn't be posting right now because I have a million things to do, but I need a break! I'm sitting here in my pajamas at 2:30 in the afternoon, but hey the laundry has been going since first thing this morning, my kitchen is tidy, Alison is asleep, and the boys are playing nicely together! Those things aren't always going to happen at the same time, so here I sit! We just got back from a camping trip with Jeff's family in Warm River, Idaho. I was not completely sure about camping for three nights with a baby, but she was an ANGEL!!! The boys had such a good time playing in the freezing cold water, riding bikes, floating down the river over and over again, , fishing, visiting Mesa Falls, eating treats whenever they wanted, and especially playing with cousins! We don't have a perfect life (the boys totally got into a fist fight, got their fair share of scrapes, and Alison had a crying fit right when it was our turn to make dinner), but I choose to blog about the good times because that's what we should remember! It really was a fun weekend playing with family! (Alison is crying now and the boys want something to eat, so I'm going to cut this short! Enjoy the pictures!)