The newest additionS to our family!

These are my newest babies. I spent part of the day trying to pick names out for them. I went through a dog naming website and looked at HUNDREDS of names. Well, I thought about my brother and, since he is in Hawaii, I looked up Hawaiian dog names. "Thumper" ultimately had the final decision. But, I am his wife. How good of a wife would I be if I didn't know how to sway my husband's decisions to where he thought it was his own? So, we named them.............


^Meet NANI! Nani in Hawaii means "beautiful".

^Meet KALEA! Kalea in Hawaii means "bright".

Tyler & Amanda

Here are some pics of Tyler and Amanda on Saturday, July 18th. This was the day before they left. I miss you kids! I hope you are living it up! Keep in touch with us. XOXOXOXO

I'm gonna miss them

Well, Tyler and Amanda just woke me up to say their last good-byes. I know I was mad at them, but it is so hard to stay mad when you know someone is leaving and don't know when they will be back. I just wanted to say that I love them and they are going to a better place. This is a picture of where they will be staying for a while. This is the view from the back door, apparently! LUCKY DOGS! Anyway, I will post more later. I have to go back to bed. :) Tyler and Amanda, have fun, be safe, and remember that EVERY ONE OF US IS LIVING VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOU, so see the world, and send us postcards, not letters on white pieces of paper! I want lots of pics, too. We love you guys.

Used

I feel SO used right now! I wonder, sometimes, if people just look at me and go, "HEY! She is so easy to step on. Let me just keep pointing her in different directions and stepping on her until she starts to catch on. Then, we will just move onto someone else. Who cares how she will feel after we are done with her because we don't care! It won't effect us at all." I am DONE helping people in ways that will effect me. I will not share my home anymore.

OK, so I am just editing this. Stuff happens, and life isn't fair. THE END.

The Fair!

Well, the fair was in town for the weekend. It has gotten EXPENSIVE! I remember when we could go and spend $25.00 for an all day pass. It was $20 for 40 tickets and $40 for 80 tickets....etc. The big rides were 8/person and the little ones were 6/person! The games even cost a lot. It was insane! Angelica had a lot of fun though. We took her on Saturday and she went on this ball pit thing twice, the glass maze once, and played two games and won prizes! Thumper won one game and got a huge aligator for Monkey.
Thumper and I went to the fair alone on Friday. Angelica stayed with her cousin Bop for the night and Monkey stayed at home with a babysitter. We only went on three rides though. Oh, and I ran into someone I use to work with at the casino. It was way cool to see her again. We went home after that. I will post pictures in a few days.

Independence Day!

Happy Fourth of July! This was such an awesome day! We went to our friend's family bbq. There was probably over 250 people there. We went to someone's house but it looked like a park! There was a trampoline, swings, rope swings, tire swings, a merry-go-round, bikes of all sizes, horse shoes, kiddie games, and about 1/2 a mile away, there was a river! We played on all the toys first, then we took the kids down to play in the river. Bop and Burner and Becca went with us. Then, we went up and played on all the toys again. Todd joined us all for the firework, which, were AMAZING! By far the best Fourth of July that I can remember!

This is the only picture that I have. Sorry.

RIVER!

My brother's girlfriend actually talked me into getting a sitter for my kids. I normally don't like to do that unless "Thumper" and I are going on a date or something of that nature. However, I did today and she kidnapped me and took me to the Green Bridge. That's a code name for one of the rivers close by. I had a lot of fun. We tanned, talked, and cooled off with the water. I haven't done something like that in a LONG time. It was really nice. I have some color now, and I have some bonding time in with her before she leaves for Hawaii. Now, I just need to kidnap my brother sometime. I will have to try and spend time with him before he leaves too. Anyway, now I get to spend the evening with my family, eat some ice cream maybe, and watch a movie.