So Tute

While we were down in Utah over the 4th, Mitch forgot his church clothes so we ran to the mall to buy him a couple of things.  We came across the cutest (or should I say tutest) dresses at JCPenny's and they were only 11 dollars. I was amazed and knew Addy would love it so we got it.

And I was totally right...she LOVED it!

4th of July Fun

For the Fourth of July we drove down to my parents house for their annual family party.  We (like most everyone!) had a BBQ with lots of family and then lit off some parachute fireworks.  These are always a favorite but for some reason this year we had a lot of duds.  

Addy thought they were a little too noisy,

but she still tried to catch them with all the others.

We only had one battle wound but he got the parachute so it was totally worth it!

Then all the kids take turns, starting with the littlest, to hit the pinata.

(sorry the picture isn't straight)

We always end with Chelsea busting the pinata open since technically we've always said it was part of her birthday celebration.

Enjoying their candy...

or a minion.

While we were waiting for it to get a little darker, we road the wiggle cars while Mitch threw snaps at us.

Jamie even brought glow necklaces and bracelets for all the kids. They were a great hit.

Then my mom persuaded Chelsea to climb into this fake firework box so she could send a picture to her man in Alaska.  I thought they should send him this picture!

The girls were so cute while we were watching the fireworks.  They were always saying "Ohhh I love that one!"  "That's my favorite cause it has pink (or purple) in it" and my favorite was "It's not too loud anymore!" Since Addy was sort of being a baby about the parachutes I was a little worried how the night would go but it turned out great.

She was even brave enough to hold her own sparkler!

And only one fell asleep.

I think we had a pretty good show this year.

Now just to clean it up!

A-Team Date Night

Let me just say once again, that I have the greatest husband ever!  All I have to say is "it's your turn to plan the next date" and he always does.  This time he got a little help from some neighbors and they let their creative juices flow.  The worst part was they are so much better at keeping secrets than us girls.  So we had no idea what to expect. We started catching on when they brought out bandana's with our 'new' names for the night.

Here we have: Triple L, Bo-Jangles, Huckleberry, Turbo, Coons, B-Bump

Then we all packed into the Jeep and road up into the hills for some target practice.

This was our target...I hit it once.

For the first time in my whole life, I actually hit the clay pigeon and not just once but three times out of six!

Mitch fooling around and trying to shoot from the hip.  We all backed up quite a bit for this.

After shooting, we went back and changed into our PJ's.  Then met back up for an outside movie of.....the "A-Team"! This was such a great date and it was so fun watching our husbands get excited about planning something for us. Can't wait till next time! 

Still laughing

This little girl is quite a nut!  I asked her to go change out of her swimming suit and back into her normal clothes.  She was whining about needing help and not wanting to do it herself.  So I told her I'd just finished washing some of her clothes so she could go pick some out of the dryer.  Well, it got quiet for awhile so I just assumed she'd gone down to her room to change.  I walk into the laundry/pantry room to get some cans for dinner and I see her inside the dryer digging around for some clothes!  She'd already thrown a few things out on the floor to wear and I think she was just looking for some undies or something.  It sure made my day and cracked me up for quite some time!

Happy Fathers Day

I did a first.  Since I am not a huge steak lover, so when I have to buy it I always get the cheap stuff (maybe that is why I've never loved it!).  Well for Fathers Day I thought it would be fun to splurge so I bought some very huge and to my surprise delicious steaks. 

This Dad totally deserved it!

Air Show

We were finally around for the Rexburg Air Show.  They use to do this show every year and we were always out of town.  Then the last couple of years they haven't had a show at all.  Needless to say I was very excited when I heard the planes out practicing and realized we were actually going to be around to see it.  Saturday late morning we headed over to a park really close to the airport so we could watch without tons of people around plus Addy could play and run around. 

It was a pretty great show but we realized they just take turns with different planes and pilots so there really isn't a big finale.  It lasts all afternoon so whenever you show up there will be a plane flying around so next year we might not go so early.

Mitch did get a little nap in.

And this little girl sure enjoyed watching the planes and that is what matters most!