Fourth of July

Barbie, Chad, Collin, and Connor drove over 10 hours to see us over the weekend. We had a really good time with them! We went swimming with the kids, ate lots of yummy food, celebrated Ty and Barbie's birthday (7/3), and went to our little town's cute Independence Day celebration. Here are some pics:

(I won't mention their age, but Ty is a few years older;). We ate chocolate cake with blue AND pink sprinkles.We played lots and lots of Rockband, too! (We let them win)

Kade's First Independence Day!

Don't worry...I'm NOT trying to make him a girl, but he would be so pretty. j/k They threw tons of these necklaces along with candy at the parade. I wish I had more pics of the cute little town parade, but Barbie has it on her camera (since I forgot mine). The fireworks show was one of the biggest I have seen, with 3 grand finales...that was a nice surprise!

Moved in

Happy to be settled!

We are moved in! There are a few more things to do but we are pretty much settled. Here are some things we have been up to since my last post (forever ago).

-Brock and Trey are in a summer program twice a week to get them ready for school again

-Kade is "Military" crawling

-Ty made it back safely from Mexico

-I am just having fun decorating the house and getting ready for company this evening! Oh-and I can't wait to see my sis and her new baby girl when she arrives at the end of this month!!!

Here are some pics of the house:

Play room

Breakfast Nook (before)

(After)

(chairs are now painted black...Candi, do you like this better? I said I would post it for ya:)

Entryway

Stairs

Whoo hoo! Stairs!

Father's Day

Father's Day was nice. We made Ty his favorite cake (chocolate with chocolate chips and chocolate frosting!) He is such a good daddy and our sons love him sooooo much!

Sweet Reunion

I think the happiest thing since Christmas was when we found Trey's bear! The movers packed it since I left it out on his bed by accident. He was very pleased to see his lil' sleep buddy again!

My funny one

This picture kills me! I'm thinkin'...blue slurpee?

It seems that every family has that one funny kid. Well, Trey is ours! He is pretty dry about it but when he says or does anything funny it is all his idea. He is almost 3 and already we can see his sense of humor. Here are some photos he took of himself...or maybe Brock took them.

I didn't even know they were on my camera until I uploaded them onto my computer today. Love you sweetie!

Dance Party

So today was kind of a restful one since we have been go- go -go for the past 2 days. Plus I was too lazy to get out of my pj's until...well I won't even tell ya that part. Anyway, the boys wanted to have a dancing party and show off their mad skills. I wanted you to see that Kade is sitting up! YAY!

Bad news and...good news!

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2 things that don't belong together!

So, Trey is a pretty quiet, independent kid. When he goes into the other room, it is usually to play...sometimes by himself. Well, today I wasn't sure where he was so I thought I would look for him and he was in my room...nail polish in hand. Nail polish on the carpet, on the wall, in the bathroom, on the toilet, on his clothes, his hands...you get the picture! I told him to go to his room. I knew that if I didn't tell him right away I might start to cry right then and there. I may even raise my voice a little...who am I kidding?! I would have raised my voice a LOT. But when I asked him why he did it he said, "I was painting". It is true-the nail polish is paint. I "paint" my nails, he paints the wall. Makes sense...for a kid I guess. Everything came out except most of it in the carpet...any suggestions?! I am calling a carpet cleaner tomorrow.

Good news! We have a contract on a house in Prattville! We are sad it is in a different ward but I have already made my friends PROMISE they will still be our friends even if we move there. :) I bribed them and black-mailed them into that promise because that is the kind of friend I am! Really, though...we are ready and getting excited! I found this pic online (why is it still online Mr. Seller of the house?! Hmm?).

Since Brock starts school in the fall, our options in the "good" school district were limited in Montgomery, so we had to buy in Prattville. We have come to peace with our decision and hope Prattville is ready for 3 crazy boys. Ready or not, here we come!

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Since 2006, I have been creating greeting cards/announcements. Well, I love doing blog design, as well as digital scrapbooking so I made my Announceit! blog into a 3-in-1 site to accomodate different products. "FLEUR DESIGNS" is a strictly digital design site where you will find:

-Blog backgrounds/headers (custom also available)

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-Greeting cards and announcements

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