Summer Days!

I am trying to up load some other pictures but I am having a hard time. This pictures is of Cole going down the slide at swimming lessons. On fridays at swimming lessons they have what they call friday fun day. All the kids in swimming lessons get to go down the slide or dive off the diving board. They don't have lessons they just get to play around. I got a picture of Cole but never could get one of Kamden coming down the slide. She loves to go down the slide.

Friday grandma Bassett came to visit we hadn't seen her in proably 4 to 5 weeks. Kamden was sleeping on my lap and Melonie came over to me and picked her(Kamden) up to hold her. Kamden opened her eyes and gave a fun very funny face to Melanie. I don't think she recognized grandma. It took her a minute to figure out who she was. I had a V.T. BBQ. All the ladies I visit and there kids came over to swim and play and eat. The kids had a great time. They didn't want the kids to leave.

Saturday morning we had to go to Howard Amon for Kamden's last dane preformance of the dance year. We went at 8:30am it was nice out I think it was in the 70's. It has been in the 80's and will be all week. Nice weather except for swimming. Kamden had a birthday party and the whold family was invited. They have a pool with a slide and a diving board. The kids pretty much didn't leave the pool. They also had a huge bounce house. It had 3 rooms in it. They also had vollyball net set up with lines and a swing set and a trampoline. It seemed like over kill on all the toys. It was funny because they served hot dogs for everyone. Not sausage dogs just hot dogs and everyone brought a salad and they served water. I was shocked the food was done really cheap. But, we all had a really good time. We have never seen a whole family birthday party.

Sunday we ate at mom's and dad's we had BBQ beef sandwichs. Kim and all her kids plus Ishmel were all there too. It was nice to have a bigger group of family at grandma's. Cole and Ryan and Cole went to a baptism. It was some friends of Cole's from school. Can you believe Cole is getting baptized here really soon.

We started a new session of swimming lessons. I couldn't get the kids in at the same time. Cole goes at 9:30 and Kamden at 10:10. So Carter and get to set there for about an 1 1/2. It is a little to long. Because we have early lessons we don't go over to the park for lunch. The kids don't like that but I like being done earlier. Cole starts football practice tonight. This will be the first year he will play Grid Kids. He is very excited. He has decided to wait to do Tae Kwon Do. I am very nervous about him playing football. Especially with no insurance. I really hope he dosen't get hurt.

Summer Time!

Well I can't believe it has been a week since I have posted. The summer is just flying by. We have been very busy this summer. I know I have already said that but we have been.

Friday we all went and saw Nacho Libre. Cole really wanted to see it we were supose to go see it a couple of weeks ago. Kamden and Carter both sat through the movie really well. Saturday Ryan had to work so we did chores and hang out in the pool. Like mom said we had dinner at mom's. We love going there too I don't have to cook. Who wouldn't love that.

This was the last week of swimming lesson for this season. It has been in the 100's so it has been really nice for the kids to go to swimming lessons. The bad thing is Carter and I have to sit through them it is so hot. They don't do a tiny tots class any more until they are 18 months so next year. The kids had testing today and Kamden passed level one and Cole passed level 4A. Cole is so excited he has passed a level each session this summer. Kamden shocked me today she swam by herself about 15 feet or so to her teacher. She wears her lifejacket in our pool all the time. So I didn't know she could do that. She tried to do the back float or stroke and didn't make it very far. She can float but to move she doesn't do as well on.

Kamden had a tap/ballet practice Wednesday morning for the Allied Art show on Saturday. I am so glad they are having the kids preform at 9 am before it gets to hot. Although I heard on the news that by Sunday it will be in the 80's and today it was in the 100's so that is quiet a drop. We have been spending every afternoon in the pool. Ryan came home last week and said that is it we are getting a boat. He really wants a boat. I am guessing it is all the heat.

So the pictures are of swimming lessons and the other ones are of last night. We went to a penny carnival. The public pool does a carnival for the kids. I remember we use to go to a nickel carnival down by Kennewick High when we were kids.

And there is also a picture of Carter and his messed up face. At swimming lessons he loves to climb up on the the car stopers. I don't know what you call them. Anyway he went and jump off and fell on his face. He didn't even use his hands to brake the fall. I have gotten lots of comments about how I beat my child up. I just love that!

These bottom two pictures are of the kids in the pj's grandma picked up for the kids while her and dad were on vacation. I was telling her a while ago how I thought it was really nice that my sister Chauntel's in-laws buy all her kids pj's. Pj's aren't something I buy usually. So mom got these really cute pj's. We couldn't get Carter to come inside to take a picture with the other two kids. He loves being out side and he always has a bat or something that can be his bat (broom stick, plastic veggies anything somewhat shaped like a bat that he can swing with). So this was the only picture we could get of him in his pj's. One morning after breakfast he had gone out side and I was ready to give the kids a bath. So I tried to get Carter to come in and he wouldn't come. So I had to pick him up and carry him in. He started to cry and scream even through the bath and up until I took him back out side to play. It was funny after the fact.

Last week a friend invited us over to swim in a pool. So there are a couple of pictures of the kids swimming. Kamden loves to go anywhere with her life vest on. She has been in swiming lesson now for a week. Today they went down the slide she went down a couple of times. She loves the water. I thought she was are fish but I think Carter is. The other day Ryan and Carter where out in the pool with other kids. Carter kept pushing Ryan away so he let go of him and he jumped into the water. He went to the bottom and then started to float up and when he got close to the top Ryan picked him up and he had been holding his breath. He loves to just go and jump in the water now float and hold his breath until you pick him up out of the water. It is a little scary he is not scared of the water at all. Kamden still swims with her mouth open. Chauntel I think it is almost better to have your kids scared of the water and to jump in when you are not looking when they can't swim. The picture of Carter at the pool crying. He is crying because Ryan put floaties on him and that made him made he didn't want floaties on. He wanted to jump in and float up. He didn't want something to keep him up in the water.

Last weekend Kamden had her big preformance of the year. They do small preformace for a couple of months but last weekend was the big show for them. Anyway she did a great job she was so cute. Next year which starts at the end of August she will be in a company tap/ballet. Which they practice longer and the preform more. She loves to get up a preform.

I feel like I have been nonstop since school has gotten out. Running from one thing to the next all the time swimming, panio, tap/ballet, dinner, friends, free movies, doctors appointment, vactions, baseball games and there is always something else.

The last week we have been looking into TiKwonDo for Cole. He is trying to decide between that and football and baseball. He has wanted to do Karate/TiKwonDo for a long time now and we told him he had to wait until he was 8. So know he can't decide what he wants to do. It will be a big comittment and he wont be able to do other things. So we will see we went to two different places this week.

Sorry I have been so bad at updating. Everytime I get on the computer to even check my email Ryan says I am always on the computer. I keep telling him I haven't been on really at all. Maybe once a week to check my email. The other reason was I was having a hard time getting the pictures up load to photomax and on to the computer. It is much easier to upload a few pictures every couple of days then once in a while and doing lots a pictures all at one time.

Well, it is summer. Summer for us is so busy. It seems to be busier than the school year and less structure. But we have been having a good time. One day the pool had to be dump out and refilled so we got the kids a slip and slid. They loved it but I don't like how it messes up the grass and kills it.

We took Kamden back to the eye doctor for her follow up visit. The doctor said the prescription is prefect that they don't have to change it. She doesn't have to be patched but runs the risk of having to be patched until she is about 7 or 8. She will have to have check ups every 6 months. Everything check out really well. What a blessing. What she has can't be corrected by surgry only by glasses. Good for us cheaper maybe not so good for her. I guess it depends on how you look at it.

We had a nice 4th of July. We tried to have some friends over but everyone seems to be busy. So we just hang out as a family. We went swimming all day and went to the park for a little bit and then back home for a BBQ, homemade ice cream and then to watch the fireworks. The kids loved them. Well Kamden liked them until about half way through and then she thought they were going to fall on her. We went to watch them at the baseball field. We sat out side the baseball staduim but she still thought they were going to rain down on her.

The last few pictures are of our trip to Omak. We went with Ryan(his work) to Omak. The kids and I had a great time. We just hang out at the park in the morning and the pool in the afternoon until Ryan got home. It was nice no cooking or cleaning or worries. I could just hang out with the kids. Ryan had to be to work each mornin at 2 so we all had to go to bed early every night. The kids did really well with going to bed and being very quite so Ryan could sleep. We were gone for almost a week. The last picture is of Carter on the car ride home. I gave him a pretzle that was white chocolate cover and had blue and red drip through the white chocolate. He had done really well with them but this one he decided to suck on and then rubbed it all over his face.

Here are the Pictures!

To long!

I tried to upload some pictures and it would let me so I will try to do another posting and post some pictures.

It has been to long since I have posted. First it was because I didn't have any pictures and then it was because there was so much to catch you up on and it was going to take awhile. So I just spent the last hour posting and it didn't save. It said I wasn't logged in so I guess I will start over. Boy the first week of summer was pretty uneventful. It rained here most of the week and was cooler. We spent most of the week just trying to get a routine down. Cole has picked up a lot more chores this summer. He has to practice piano for 30 minutes and read for 20 mins and some homework pages his teacher sent home for the summer. Then he has all his home chores. It has been taking him until about 2 in the afternoon. He doesn't complain he just spends a lot of time talking about all he has to do. Cole has a friend that lives two doors down that is a couple of years older than he is but he only lives with his dad durning the summer he is a member of the church. Cole loves it when he comes for the summer they have a good time together.

Our van broke down on Wednesday and we had to pick up a rental car. We couldn't get a very big car we ended up with a medium sized car. I hated it I don't know how you do it Chauntel. Two car seat in a car and all that bending over and then not to mention there is no room for anything else. I can truly say I love my van. The had the van for a week it is nice to have it back but it looks like we may have to take it back in. Dennis just filled the air conditioner up and it is blowing out hot air. So he is coming to look at it tomorrow. So we will see. I hope we don't have to take it in again. This is why we don't keep cars very long. We keep them for a couple of years and trade them in. This is the longest we have kept a car. It will be four years in May. We usually have a car for about 2 years. We usually don't any have to buy tires. Which we had to do on the van this last fall. I really hate having to get a car fix. I feel like you just basically set you money on fire and watch it burn. It seems like everytime you take a car in it cost you twice as much as they thought and then they never really fix the problem or something else goes wrong. O.k.

We went to Spokane with Ryan on Thursday the 15th . We had a good time the kids and I did a lot of swimming. When Ryan was done on Friday we head right home he had to work on Saturday and he worked all day. So the kids and I went out and picked up Ryan's Father's Day gift. We got him an air compressor. Then on Saturday night we had a couple of families over for a BBQ. On Sunday after church we headed back to Spokane and Ryan went to bed early he had to be up at 2 am. Not much of a Father's Day. The kids and I had a good time swimming until Ryan was off work then we head over to Manato park. Boy did that bring back some memories. The kids played on the toys and we went for a walk through the rose garden and the Japanese Garden. We tired to walk through the lilac garden but there weren't any. I don't know but I guess they are not in season?

Tuesday I went to the Church Store house. We need to catch up on our food storage since we have added two kids. I am not sure where we are going to put the rest of the food storage?

Then on Wednesday we went to the Library to pick up some books. We also got some books on tape. Kamden loves to listen to the books on tape at night before bed. I remember loving to go to the Library. I also went to a Mary Kay thing that night it was nice to get out and visit with some other women.

Thursday Ryan had a double header for Softball. The kids did really well considering there bedtime is two hours before we got home. Of course Carter fell asleep in my arms as we were walking back to the car to go home. I love kids they hang on until you are ready to leave and then you have to wake them up to put them in the car.

Friday Ryan was in charge of an elders quorum party. They had a BBQ played volleyball and waterballon softball. There were 25 families there that is a really good turn out. When we were in second ward we would get the elders quorum and maybe one or two other families. Towards the end Kamden decided to start throwing a fit and wouldn't stop so I had to take her and Carter home. It was so nice to be so embarrassed.

Saturday Cole went with his Grandpa Bassett to deliver mail in Prosser and he let him mow his lawn. He was so excited when he got home. Grandpa also got him his own set of tools. We all went to the Church Dance Festival at the Pasco High football Stadium. It was good the kids were really restless but what I saw was good. I also run into Sister Ransaum and I found out she had another baby. WOW!

Sunday we got to talk to my sister Kendall. We don't talk to her very often so that was nice to hear from her. We also had some friend over for homemade ice cream. They stayed until 11 pm Ryan had to be up at 3:30am. What a nice guy!

It was 100 today. The kids hang out in the pool most of the day. The pool as 98 degrees. So Ryan started to drain the pool today and is going to relevel it and clean it. He said it would be ready by tomorrow because it is going to be 104. I don't think the pool is going to be ready. So we bought a slip and slide. I guess summer is final here for us. It was in the 90's the week before memorial weekend. But we haven't had nice weather since then. The news said Portland broke some records today they got up to 101. They were hotter than us that is crazy.

Trying to catch you up on us!

Hey last friday was Cole's last day of school. So on Thursday he had his field day it was a Cowboy theme. It was also my last day to help out for the year. It will be nice to have all the same kids for the most part next year. He will also have the same teacher. He said he would really like to keep going to school. Ryan had another late game on Thursday he didn't get home until 10:30. This week both his games are early 6:30.

Friday I spent all day cleaning the house, mowing and clean up the yard. Cole and Ryan got home early and packed up and went to the Father Son Campout. Ryan took Carter with him. The guys say Ryan has set the record for having the youngest son on a campout. Ryan said Carter loved it but he wouldn't leave Ryan's side. They got home Saturday and they were all extremly dirty. Cole's shoes and pants looked like they were brown not blue. While the boys were off having a good time at the father son outing Kamden had a performance. Her Tap/Ballet teacher wanted them all at her studio at 5 pm to practice. Then we all went over to the Richland Highschool and were there from 7 to 8. We were asked to stay until the end which was 9 but Kamden hadn't had a nap and it was past her bedtime so we went home early. But she did a great job and had fun. They dressed them in a really cute mini mouse outfit. They do a number called Mickey Mouses Birthday.

On Saturday I was busy making baby quilts. I ran out we have so many new babies in our ward. Every once in a while I make up a few so I don't have to do that last minute. I had a baby shower on Saturday and Kamden had a birthday party. Then that night we all went and saw CARS. It was so cute. I liked it alot better then over the hedge.

Yesterday we tried to get some friends to come over for a BBQ but I guess no one wanted to eat with us.j/k So we just had a family BBQ and then had some friends over for ice cream last night. It took the ice cream 2 hours. So they were over pretty late.

Today we were all trying to get our summer schedule down. Cole is going to be very busy this summer. Today went well with the schedule we will see how it works out. Once we start going out of town I am not to sure. We are all going with Ryan out of town Wed,Thur,Friday to Spokane. We will play while he works. The kids love playing in the pool and staying in the Motel. So it should be a fun week. Kamden has her Tap/Ballet pictures in her custome. Tonight we are having the sister missionairs over. They called and said they felt like they should knock on the doors of some of our neighbors and would like to come and visit with us about who that might be. We aren't sure since we don't know any of your neighbors except the members and the neighbor right next to us. So I hope that find what they are looking for.

Cute Tap/Ballet Customes

Well, I spent all morning trying to get something posted and I couldn't. Then I get on tonight to try again and what do I find Chauntel has posted. My website said they were down all day when I tried to post. What is up with that! I was going to say how I thought I was doing bad but that I felt a little better because my sisters hadn't post in a long time. But now that doesn't work I guess. I was glad to hear Chauntel got some good or maybe I should just say some news on what will be happening to Jackson. I had been wondering since her last posting. So please remember Jackson and his family in your prayers. We love you guys.

Saturday Ryan and I decided to go to the temple we went to a 7am session what a silly thing that was. That meant I was up at 4:30am and the kids were up at 5:30. So everyone was tired for the pictures I had schedule at 11am. Every year we go get the old navy 4th of july t-shirts and have family pictures taken. It took them 50 mins to get to us in to our appointmen the kids ended up being very good. The girl only got one good picture of us out of the 6 she took. Ryan said a few times that his eyes were closed and she said no they were o.k. When we went to look at the pictures sure enough his eyes were closed. Anyway I guess it was o.k. we got at least one I was hoping for more to chose from. We all got to takes napes after the pictures. Some of us took longer naps than the others. We had a BBQ and played a few games with the kids it was a great ending to a busy morning.

My kids have been rotating throwing up it started on Thursday night and I hope has ended with Cole yesterday. I had to stay home for the second week in a row. Ryan goes to Sacrament with the kids then comes home and I go back to sit with my primary class and teach. I am hoping they are all feeling better by next sunday. All though Ryan has said the last two weeks that the kids were really good for him. So maybe mom should stay home every week.j/k

Monday we went to work with Ryan he had to look at few jobs out of town. The kids did really well driving around all day. When we got home Ryan watched Kamden and took her to tap/ballet for me so I could go grocery shopping. I think that was really nice of him. He got to be with all the moms doing shoe change and trying to figure out what hair do all the girls were going to wear for fridays preformance. What a dad!

Tuesday Cole stayed home from school but I took him to his first panio lesson. I didn't want him to miss his first lesson and he didn't either. He wasn't throwing up and I had him wash his hands before he went in. I know proably not right. Last night they had the police department come out and talk to the parents of Cole's school. They have had two lock downs in the last 2 months. They went over proceedures with us and told us it will be something they will be practicing like fire drills so they become second nature to them. I don't know about you but that just seems really wrong. I am glad though that they are preparing and learning to be safer. I think it really scared Cole. Ryan had a game last night at 9pm I don't know about you but doesn't that seem to late to be playing ball when you have to get up in the morning at 3am. Glad it was him and not me.

Today as I told you I spent most of the morning trying to get a posting put up. This afternoon Ryan and I went to the Temple. We are going to try and go once a week. We will see if we can keep it up with all the busy schedules and babysitters(grandma's). Thank you mom and Melanie! It is nice to be going I hope it will get to be a routine. I love the peace and the time I get to spend with Ryan.

Custome for Tap/Ballet!

I keep thinking I am doing such a bad job of posting but my sisters are doing much worse than I am so I guess I am not so bad.j/k Anyway I haven't posted for a few days because I couldn't find our camera to upload and take pictures. The one of Carter was taken a couple of days ago. The one of Kamden was taken today.

Last Saturday Ryan and I went to the Temple at 7 am oh boy. I wasn't thinking! I had to get up at 4:40 so we could be there on time. Plus the kids were up at 5:30 so they were tired when we had our family 4th of July pictures taken. Every year we get the Old Navy t-shirts and get pictures done. Anyway that was really fun we had to wait 50 minutes to get them done the kids did well though. But the lady taking the pictures only got one good picture of all of us. I was a little disappoint this time with the pictures that there weren't some better ones to choose from. Then when we got home all us took naps we were so tired. All but I guess Cole and some of us took longer naps than others(3 hours). Then we BBQed and watched movies and played some games.

Sunday Carter was sick again and Kamden got sick again on Monday. Then Cole was home yesterday throwing up. Monday the kids and I went with Ryan to work he had to look at some jobs out of town. Then Ryan was really sweet and took Kamden to Tap/Ballet (they got there customes) so I could go grocery shopping with the boys.

Tuesday I spent 4 hours making dinner for our dinner group. I made a chicken salad and cut up watermelon and cantalope. I will never make that for dinner group again to much work. There are to many things to cut up to put in the chicken salad. Cole had his first paino lesson yesterday. He was excited but then he couldn't remember what she had told him to do. So I sat with him and tried to refresh his memory. It was cute he was trying to hard to remember. Last night the police department showed up at Cole's schoool to go over an incident that happened in the neighbor that caused a lock down at the school. How would think that we live in an area that would cause this. They say we are going to see more and more of that happening.

Ryan and I are going to go to the temple agian tonight we are going to try and go every week. We will see how that works out.

Hey, it has been awhile since I have posted. I keep thinking I need to up load pictures and then I get busy. So I will try to catch you up on what we have been up too this last week. Let's see on Monday Cole and Ryan went golfing with my dad. They had a great time. Mom, Kamden, Carter and I went to lunch and went shopping. I got Cole some new tennis shoes of course he hated them so we had to take them back and get new ones. He really wanted some Vans I was hoping I could sway him away from them but I wasn't able to. We took a family walk and then went over to Ryan's parents house and had a BBQ. That is the picture on the bottom of Cole and his cousin Anthony taking Molly, grandpa's dog for a walk.

Tuesday Ryan worked until 7:30 pm. Then I headed over to the church they had a mini class on crocheting. So I can now say I know how to do a chain and a single hook I think that is how you say it. We are supose to be having more classes we are making blankets for a service project.

Wednesday was mine and Ryan's 9th Anniversary. Ryan brought me home flowers and a card. Mom and dad watch the kids so we could go see a movie. We went and saw XMEN it was good. There wasn't much time alone Ryan's phone was ringing off the hook. His Laser Screed drive is quiting Tuesday and they have had quite a few bigger jobs cancel out. So he has been busy trying to find work for now but they are going to be slammed because everything is going to come up at once.

Thursday was busy for me it is the day I go to Cole's class. I came home and put both the kids down for a nap and worked on staining the fence. That is such a big job. We have been working on it forever well it feels like it. Then I quick mowed the lawn while Ryan cleaned out the pool before it started to rain. That is what the other to two pictures are of Ryan and the kids playing football before it rained.

Today is the first day I was able to go running this week. Ryan has been going into work around 3 everyday this week. But finally today he was able to stay home a little later today. Boy it is hard to start running again after not being able to run for 4 days. I was going to finish staining the fence today but it is pooring down rain. Plus Carter is sick today. He has been throwing up this morning. The other two kids are coughing and have runny noses. I just love sick kids are they ever not sick?

Family Together!!!

Hey, lots of family pictures. My sister Bailey was in town this weekend with her son Kooper. Her husband was going to come but the flights didn't work out so she went home early. Kamden, Carter and I picked up Bailey on Friday morning. That Kooper is so cute. He is such a good baby, lucky Bailey. Friday night we did our favorite thing we picked up $5 pizza's, slurpees and movies. Ryan and I rented the first two disc of the 4th season of 24. We realized we have already seen most of the 4th season. We aren't sure where we left off. Saturday we went out to lunch at Applebee's with Bailey and Kooper. After lunch we headed over to watch Over the Hedge. The kids liked it I thought Ice Age 2 was better. Some of us went shopping for a little while after that and then we had a BBQ at Grandma's house. We had home made ice cream I love that stuff. I had to go home after that I was so tired. Ryan and Cole woke me up at 6:30 on a Sat to go running. So I had to go to bed early. After church today we headed over to my mom's to see Bailey before she left and have dinner but she was already gone. No one decided to let us know she was leaving. It was nice to see Bailey and Kooper. Cole has been sick, we have been drag him around for the last couple of days, he has been really good about it.