Happy 4th of July

This is a really long blog for a really long day. You might want to grab a snack and settle in if you are going to look at the whole thing. This is how our day began. Dustin took the girls to the dollar store to get supplies to decorate their bikes. We had a bunch of things planned. We had a bike parade and BBQ with the Bangerters in the morning and then we had another BBQ and fireworks that evening. So we got things going early in the morning.

We had a good time hanging out with everyone before the parade. This is Robin with her three boys. They are really cute little boys. Here is Jeana with her husband and three kids. They are really adorable kids. And let me remind you of their names, Jackson Rocket, Scotti Wasatch, and Cassy. Do you think they might be some sort of X-game participants? I think so.

This was the beginning of the bike parade. The kids all got in a line and rode their bikes around a little loop as the parents watched and clapped and cheered. It was really cute. Lilly wanted to join in as well so she followed the parade around the corner to see where they went.
Dustin ended up leading the parade, a little too over zealous you might say. JK
Lilly eventually followed them around the loop and she thought it was pretty fun, she was in the parade too.

This is the tractor parade. It was the best because let's be honest all the kids want is the candy from the parades. So Megan's husband Casey drove the tractor down the driveway and Sharon and Robin threw candy at the kids and they loved it!


This is Neil and his wife, and a couple os their boys, it's kinda a wierd picture of both of them, sorry. Then after the candy was all gone Casey gave the kids rides in the tractor up and down the driveway. They thought it was pretty cool. These are Robins boys with Josey and Maddy.

It was really hot here yesterday. It is nothing compared to Vegas but when you don't have air conditioning I think I was actually hotter than I had been in Vegas. So in between BBQ's Dustin took the girls out to the trampoline to cool them off a little and they had lots of fun.

We joined some friends of ours at a barbeque at the house behind Dustin. Their backyard opened up to this big field so the kids had lots of fun running around and playing with all the kids. Then we pulled our blankets and chairs out into the field and watched the fireworks right from there. It was pretty cool because there were literally fireworks going off all around us. I guess there is a factory in Canby that makes the big fireworks so there are a lot of licensed people. The amount of money that some of these private people must have spent on their fireworks was crazy but it was fun to watch. This is Lilly'e new favorite thing to do. She thinks it is hilarious.

This is all the kids catching the candy that was being shot in the air by.........
this potato gun!

Some of the men and kids went and played soccer out on the field. Maddy went out for a while but unfortunately for her she takes after me and Dustin and she came back bright red and overheated. Can you tell how happy she is? SO I gave her the camera and she took some pictures of the people playing soccer.

I was trying desperately to get a faily picture or a picture with all my girls but it just did not work out the entire day. SO SAD. I am excited though because we finally have a child that is not deathly afraid of the fire works. Lilly LOVED them and just kept daying "piiity" or pretty. Joselyn was STILL scared of them and Maddy acted like she was scared as well, only I think she was pretending. Loud noises just don't seem to really faze Lilly. She LOVES the Operation game that we have. She takes the little tweezers and makes it buzz over and over again, go figure.
We brought quite a few sparklers that all the kids enjoyed. Dustin was surrounded by them,

This is how our day finally ended. It was eleven 0'clock and we finally got everyone back to the van. Josey was OUT! Maddy was so tired she was practically crying in the back seat.
and Lilly........ was going strong! She was in the best mood just laughing and talking and smiling.

However within about ten minutes of the car ride home all the little girls were sound asleep. Check out Maddy in the back that is my favorite. She looks dead or something. Now unfortunately nobody slept in SO today should be a very interesting day to say the least.

MUPPETS!

Ok scratch that last blog THIS is my favorite test. I KNEW i always felt a kinship to Rowlf.

You Are Rowlf the Dog

Mellow and serious, you enjoy time alone cultivating your talents. You're a cool dog, and you always present a relaxed vibe. A talented pianist, you can play almost anything - especially songs by Beethoven. "My bark is worse than my bite, and my piano playing beats 'em both."

The Muppet Personality Test

What FInger Are You?

This happen to be my favorite test. Apparently I am the index finger? and I need to find a thumb? I wonder what Dustin is?

You Are the Index Finger

You are ambitious, driven, and capable. You aren't afraid to take responsibility for your actions - or place the blame on whoever deserves it. You are honest, free thinking, and objective. You see things in your own way - and you aren't afraid to let everyone know about it. You get along well with: The Thumb Stay away from: The Ring Finger

What Finger Are You?

7-UP

Obviously VERy bored tonight but thought that there HAS to be others out there who are having a boring night and might need some help with something to do.

You Are 7 Up

Understated and subtle, people warm up to you slowly. But once they're hooked, they can't imagine going back to anyone else! Your best soda match: Diet Coke Stay away from: Mountain Dew

What Kind of Soda Are You?

Family Home Evening

This video is rather boring really. I was trying to capture Lilly praying. She puts her hands up and talks in this little cute voice and it is really cute. Unfortunately she wasn't really feelin' it tonight except right at the beginning. I was hoping she would start again and that is why the video keeps going but no such luck. I just thought the beginning is cute when she is trying to pray with Josey.

Family Home Evening

I wanted to get a picture of Lilly's first little pony tail on the top of her head. There is not much but I got a little bit up there when she was in the bath. Dustin wanted to title this picture "Increase and Decrease". I think we all know who is who. These are just some cute pictures from Family Home Evening.

I LOVE this picture. She thinks it is so fun to stand on the couch. And I love how crazy her hair looks. It's like poking out all over the place. It cracks me up.

You just have to listen to this video because Lilly was cracking up and it was really cute. And in the end she ended up face planting into the floor and was not cracking up anymore. But it was funny while it lasted. It is a little crazy to watch , sorry about that but it just sounds so funny. And you can tell that we had just finished eating if you look at Lilly's shirt. She did have a bib on.

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The girls thought it would be fun to make beds out of the trampline boxes. They really wanted to sleep in them! I probably would have let them but they forgot about it by bedtime.

More Berry Pickin'

We drove out to Duyck's peachy-pig farm (I am not sure why the name). We had so much fun! It was an absolutely beautiful day. I don't think it could have been more than like 75 degrees tops. You know those days where it is neither hot nor cold, it is just exactly the right temperature, that was today. We picked blueberries, raspberries, and cherries and they are DELICIOUS. I have not been a huge blueberry or raspberry fan but the girls love them, however they are so expensive that I rarely buy them. I am now converted to a true berry fan. The blueberries and raspberries were SO good we could not stop eating them. We actually bought some and then went back and picked more because we were eating so many we wanted to make sure we had some for home. The cherries were also some of the best cherries Dustin and I had ever had. I think those were my favorite. Daddy brute strength and height came in handy again today for cherry picking.

I am a little scared to change Lilly next yucky diaper because she ate SO many raspberries and blueberries I am not sure what is going to come out.
Oregon has some of the most beautiful places we have ever seen. The area this farm was in was out of a movie. It is seriuosly breathtaking and Dustin and I just can't seem to get over it. Whenever we are driving around we are constantly saying, "It's so beautiful over there". I have never seen more interesting and beautiful clouds either. Check out the clouds in this picture, don't they look painted in the sky?
This was Rosko the dog and Lilly was in heaven.


Someone needs a haricut. I was putting it off until Aunt Alli came next week but now I don't think she is coming. Are you coming Alli? We need help! You are the only haridresser Josey doesn't cry for.

Lilly literally stood at this bush for like ten minutes just eating blueberry after blueberry while we continued to pick. She loved them.
Maddy was proud of her very blue blueberries she started picking.