One Big Fat Blog!

Things have been a little crazy busy... so here is a big fat blog of most of the stuff we've been up to lately and all my tons of pictures, enjoy!:)


1. Karen, Sarah, and I had a fun girls night out, to celebrate a certain book release :) We are such dorks but we can't help it!

2. Spent the next few nights up reading and also made a lot phone calls asking "Where are you now?"

3. My mom and dad came home to visit for a few weeks! I love having them back even if it's just for a month.

4. The really big news is Ava got her cast off!!!! Yeaaah!!! We celebrated by going swimming the next day with some good friends of ours!

5. On one of my morning jogs I rescued 3 kittens from a dumpster! (How random is that!)

6. Went to a graduation party for Turner. Jackie went all out with a fountain drink machine, a snow cone machine, and what's a party without an ice cream machine... the kids loved it!

7. Ate at the Mayan restaurant for Laura's birthday. Luke and Ava love that place! Except for the "mans with feathers on his head" he's a little scary!

8. We actually made it to the Zoo! So fun! We finally got to see the "Ghost of the Bayou" he is a cool albino alligator.

9. Ate some Chinese food with the Barker Cousins. Ava and Luke loooove eating Chinese food and riding the crazy Chinese bucking horse.

10. Celebrated Grandpa Rice Kings 50th Birthday with a way good BBQ! He got a sweet speedo to wear on their cruise they were leaving for the next day. It was pretty funny!

11. Mowed the lawn. (I better throw that in since I'm putting in just about every other detail of our month.:))

12. The kids and I went up to the Carter Creek Cabins with my family. We love it so much up there. Luke did a little fishing with Papa John on the canoe and got to sleep on bunk beds and stay up late with his cousins! We had so much fun...thanks Grandma Patsies and Papa John!

13. Our way good friends from Wyoming came down to visit us! We did our usual eat at our favorite restaurant "All of these Gardens" and went swimming at their hotel. We even made it to the Temple and had a BBQ at our house. We love when they come to visit!

14. Then Todd and Elizabeth drove out to our house for dinner along with our usual Sunday dinner clan. It was fun!

15. We celebrated Sarah's birthday early so my parents could be there, they left Friday:(. It was fun to spend a little more time altogether.

16. The other day we went to Salem Pond to swim with Grandma Barker and Emmy. The kids had a really fun time. Ava always has a good time if it is something that involves swimming and getting really dirty and Luke loved building some pretty cool sandcastles.

I love the times we all get to spend together, mixed in with the craziness of summer, it's so perfect...or at least it is when you actually get to sit back and relax to think about all the good times you've had.