Sisters

I can't believe what good friends these two are becoming. Every day, of course they have the normal amount of sibling rivalry and bickering, but they truly love eachother. It is so sweet to watch them play and love one another. Megan will follow Ashley in what ever she is doing, wherever she is going. And Ashley is the best big sister I could ask for. She always looks out for Little Megan and translates for us if we aren't sure what she is saying thru the terrible tantrums we are facing right now.

This page is to celebrate sisterhood.

July 25th~

So, we celebrated the 24th of July twice. We went to the Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo on Thurs., 7/24 (from this I have no pictures because it was such a hot, chaotic and late night. We got to the rodeo around 6:45 and it was packed. The stadium holds 11,000 people and the announcer told the crowd that the sell - out crowd was over 13,000 people... how exactly is that safe??

Anyhow, the rodeo was fun (once it cooled down). It was outside and was really hot for the first few hours. Once the sun set and it cooled off, it was more bearable. We didn't get home until after 11 p.m. (on a school nite) and didn't even stay for the fireworks.

We made up for this on the following night. The Duncans invited us to their home to BBQ and to light off fireworks for the kids. Here are some pictures that I snapped

Hailey, Ashley, Megan and Tayler playing a game

Tayler, Ashley and MeganThe three amigas

Megan and Tayler (Steph's daughter) played really well. They are both 3 and are only about 2 months apart. It was fun to watch them play and giggle. We also had Hailey (Rencher's daughter) for the weekend. She, Ashley and Megan played and fought all weekend.

I think little girls sure are fun to watch play. They played Barbies, house, dishes, dress up... you name it. They have their own little conversations and are so bossy to eachother. One minute they are fighting, the next they are having a ball playing Princesses.

You can't help but loving these sweet little things...

Daddy's Bantana Girls

Hamily Fome

So, my computer has been down for about two weeks. Somehow, my six month old Dell laptop totally died. So, after a new motherboard, hard drive and optical drive (which I learned is a CD/DVD drive), I am back up and running (for now).

So, my posts are so up to date right now, but I am working on it.

Our gaggle of friends has nights where we get together and hang out for dinner, drinks and usually just sitting around and chatting. JD came up with the name of "hamily fome", versus, "family home". It is fun and has been a tradition for about the past 3/4 years. It usually happens on a whim when Jen, Jennetta and I (aka Janandafer) call one another up (or email) and asks
"what's for dinner?" It often involves the three of us saying, well, I have chicken... I have ranch dressing... I have tomatillos, let's make smothered burritos. Okay, it is not always that well - orchestrated, but you get the picture...

So, on one of our last hamily fome's, we ate and drank (of course) and played Rock Band... We made Jason bring his game. For those of you, who are like me, and had not a clue as to what this game was, it is similar to Guitar Hero. There is a drummer, guitarist, singer and bass player. You get points for playing along to various rock songs. Everyone has to be in sync with the computer or you can kill yourself off or the entire band. Needless to say, I don't have a musical bone in my body, and it showed. I stunk, but it was lots of fun.

Here are some photos of that night. Jen played drums (which are the hardest instrument) and she rocked (literally). I have to give Jen kudos ...

We also had the kids to entertain us. They played in the driveway, with sidewalk chalk and made us some wonderful chalk art.

Megan, Hailey, Jayden and Ashley

A new page...

So, I haven't scrapped a page since we moved to the new house just over 3 weeks ago. I thought it was time. These pictures were taken of the girls on Father's Day at Dan's parents house. His mom and dad have a really nice, green backyard. Since, we don't have a yard just yet... I love any yard that has anything in it besides rocks, dirt and weeds.

Missing Our Floyd ~

Since we have moved, we had to let my brother - in law, Jeff, take Floyd. We jokingly call Floyd our "step - dog". He stays with Jeff during the fall/winter months for hunting season and us during the rest of the year, a regular 6-month split. :)

Since we still have a yard to develop and are without a fence, we had to send Floyd off to Corrine to Jeff's house. The girls sure miss him. You couldn't ask for a friendlier, more loving lab. And yes, even though he is a little crazy, we still love him.

Megan has a really special fondness for him. She tells Dan and I all the time how much she misses him. It is really sweet.

We hope to have the yard and fencing in soon, but maybe not this year. So, for the time being, our sweet little Lab will be with his step-dad. haha

Father's Day 2008

For Father's Day, we had a family dinner with the Strongs. Here are some pictures of the girls playing in the back yard. Richard and Nancy have a large back yard with a creek running through it. The kids couldn't love it more...

It was a nice afternoon. We ate dinner, ate more dinner, then had dessert, the had some more dessert and enjoyed family.

Ashley and Megan posing for the camera

Cute Cute Cute

Ashley posing for Mom