Cast Off

Carter got his Cast of in the end of July. I still can't believe what a trooper he was about the whole thing. The techs just told him to stand there and he did.

I was more affraid of the saw then Carter was. I was surprised that the blade doesn't actually spin around. It vibrates and then she would kind of wiggle it and it cut right through.

Buzz Lightyears wing is as good as new. If you ask him which arm was broken, he can't remember.

Pictures by Carter

I guess Carter got a hold of my camera. He does this every so often, and I think it's funny what he takes pictures of.

These are his Kung Zuu Pets.

Church Fork

Breakfast up the canyon. Another one of Grandma Joys traditions.

Days of 47 Float Preview

I think I take more pictures in the month of July than the whole rest of the year. I LOVE July! I love our traditions for both the 4th and the 24th. It's a month full of memories of my Grandma Joy and the patriotism she taught me to have for this beautiful country we live in.

Every year we love to go to the float preview and see the floats up close, before they hit the streets. We vote for our favorite ones and then watch during the parade to see what awards each of our favorites won. It is interesting to see that each kid picks something different and at the parade they remember whose float is whose. One of the favorites this year was this one with hundreds of glittered crickets. They were mesmerizing.

They love to get their faces painted. The boys usually all pick the same thing, but Bennett branched out this year and to my disgust he picked a snack. Sorry, Ava. Maybe next year you can have a beautiful butterfly.

Ahhh! Don't eat me! This float won the Childrens Choice award. It was from How to Train your Dragon. I think our kids might have helped this one win.

Paul McCartney

I can't believe I almost didn't go to this concert. Hands down the best show I have ever been to and now I can say I saw one of The Beatles in concert. I went with my mom, dad and sister, Jana. I would have died of embarassment to have been seen with my parents at a concert when I was younger. This time around I think my parents were the ones that were embarassed. Jana and I sang our hearts out and danced and screamed the whole time. My dad kept rolling his eyes and putting his head down. Ha ha dad, we're cool. I promise.

Jana is such a ball baby! When Paul came out on stage, she started crying.

The Party

Ava got ready for the party by putting on a little Christmas and a little Halloween. The boys were so excited to wear their Halloween shirts. I felt bad putting them in them because it was so hot, but they didn't care.

When each friend arrived the received a bag. In the bag was either and red and white lei for team Christmas or an

orange and black lei for team Halloween. They then decorated their trick or treat bags.

We played hula hoop ring toss and tried to catch Jack Skellington.

Nightmare Before 5th Birthday

This year Bennett wanted a nightmare before christmas birthday. He told me that he wanted this because then he could have a little Halloween, a little Christmas and a little Birthday all in one. When your birthday is in June, it's kind of a hard one to pull off. This is what we did.

We started by pulling out a little of our Christmas and Halloween decorations.

A Christmas tradition of our is to play pass the present on Christmas eve. So we got presents and wrapped them in Christmas wrap for a game of Pass the Present.

I found a soccer ball pinata and turned it in to Jack Skellington.

We had a graveyard of Jack Skellington balloons. We used hula hoops and played a ring toss game.