Pioneer Day

Our neighbors got together to light fireworks on Pioneer Day! It was a lot of fun to hang out with everyone. I love living in a great neighborhood with lots of friendly people. Evan's first sparkler.

He's not so sure what to think.

Ryan thinks sparklers are pretty fun though.

Ryan

Colin was teaching the kids how to do the party poppers.

They had a lot of fun with those and made a pretty big mess too!

Ryan with a ribbon from the party poppers.

The adults hanging out.

The kids playing.

Sweety Sydney

The kids each took a turn throwing smoke bombs down the driveway.

Benji

Rylee

Sammi

Savannah (oops, cut her off there)

Savannah helping Ryan

Ryan

Sydney

Rylee

Colin

Evan

Rylee and Jacob

Evan and Rylee

Savannah and Evan

Ryan

Evan, Savannah, Colin

This is the whole crowd watching the finale, a firework called the "chunky monkey". It was huge and lasted a nice long time.

Thanks for inviting us Steph, and thank you everyone else for coming and having a good time with us. It was a great night.

Evan Quotes 2010

Just a reminder that there is a "Ryan Quotes 2010 on the side bar". I've recently updated it with his daily hilarity. You'll have to check it out, and check back frequently. Now that I'm a SAHM, I'm sure I'll be posting more of their quotes.


Evan has been talking like crazy lately and he says some of the FUNNIEST things, so here are some of his quotes too.

Bunga Bay- Cowabunga bay (Evan can see this water park from many different places on our daily route. Whenever he does, he shouts out, Bunga Bay!)

Gwama (grandma)
Pumpah (grandpa)

This July we took a trip to California. I was with the boys 24/7 so I took notes on some of the really funny things Evan said.

Cowfunga - (California)
One night right as Evan was falling asleep he said, "Grandma Beva put salt and pepper on my eggs, it taste good."

We were at a family reunion and Evan was telling everyone, when asked, that his name was Evan Dean. The kids thought he'd said, Evandee so we did sort of call him that as a new nickname. At the babysitters, he's often referred to as Bevan.

Me gonna spank you bare swat em
Ootahs- (Utah)

07/12/10
Mommy: What do you want for dinner?
Evan: A fruit snack, Mommy.

Pop a sicle (Popsicle)

Me Not!

It doesn't matter!

It's not my fault!

Cowabunga Bay

the Destroyer

Evan has a nickname at our house. It's "the Destroyer". I don't think I need to explain why we call him this, it seems pretty obvious. His big brother was often up to some of the same tricks as a toddler, and if you don't believe that one, I'll refer you to this post.

The other day I decided to have a fun day with the kids. For some reason, Evan was in a particularly destructive mood. In the morning before swimming lessons, he got into a brand new bottle of shaving cream and did a little art on his clothes and the kitchen floor. I got that mess cleaned up, went to swimming lessons, came home and fed the kids lunch, and took them to the pool. When we came home the boys wanted a snack so I gave them some cheez-its and Evan made a mess in my bedroom and in the basement. I made him vacuum them up and while I was finishing up that mess, he was busy getting started on another.

Some of you may know that I'm addicted to peanut butter. I love the stuff, I eat it on all sorts of yummy things. My favorite is peanut butter and apples. I think there was a post about that too. Some women love chocolate, my passion is peanut butter. It goes pretty well with chocolate, but I'd prefer it if I had to choose between the two. So much in fact, that I should probably cut it off my diet too. I've started posting with a friend on a weight loss blog, if you want to check that out too. But I digress, Anyhow, I'd made the mistake of leaving the top off of the peanut butter while I was cleaning up the cheez-its and here comes Evan. Covered from head to foot in peanut butter. I panicked! I screamed, I yelled, I grabbed my camera and starting taking photos. Then, I went upstairs to assess the damage and my phone was sitting there, so I took another picture thinking I could post it to face book. Then, I had an even more brilliant idea, take a video. So I did and this thing is so priceless it could be the next YouTube sensation all-a "charlie bit my finger". Ha ha!
Anyway, if you're not on face book (what, are you living under a rock or something) and haven't seen this yet, you'll HAVE to check it out!

Swimming Lessons '10

I'm going to attempt this post again. If it fails, I'll probably try again. I apologize to those of you who have this on RSS becuase I know I've already published twice, I'm trying to get it right but seem to be having issues with the spell checker. I'll just apologize for any spelling mistakes.

Ryan and his buddies had swimming lessons this week. It was a lot of fun for them and I was glad to have something to do each day to keep us occupied.
Overall I think the lessons went really well and Ryan is getting much more comfortable in the water. Ryan and Curen waiting for their class to start.

The three amigos! Can you tell how much they love each other?

Ryan, Curen, and Maycee

Evan. He's too young for lessons and there, unfortunately, wasn't any mom and tot class so he was out on the grass with Tonya and I in the blistering heat. He was a really good sport about it.

Most of the time.

Curen on a back float.

Ryan loves the water!

Curen is a total fish and is really getting more comfortable in the water. He's doing so well.

Ryan on a back float.

I bought a two pack of goggles at the begining of the summer for $1 at "the only store I'm allowed to shop at" and I'd never imagined how well Ryan would like them and use them.

Maycee on a back float.

This was Kylee's first year in swimming lessons and she really loved it!

Curen jumped off the diving board.

Maycee's turn.

Ryan's ready for his turn.

Yea!

Kylee went too.

Perfect form!

Curen going for a second jump.

Yahoo!
Curen & Ryan in the deep end.
Post-class cheer
We love diving boards!
Ryan loves swimming lessons!