The Fourth

We had a great time on the fourth of July. The kids all picked out the fireworks that they wanted to light. It was the first year that we have allowed them to light fireworks. They loved it of course. The first time Aaron did it, he got so scared that it actually lit, he ran away dropping the punk behind him!! =) Richard and I stayed up after the kids went to bed and watched more fire works. How romantic!! =)This is Richard getting ready to help the kids with the fireworks.
Alyssa chose sparkling, loud fireworks. I think that she chose those becuase there was 4 in a package. That meant she got to light all 4!
Jasmine was running around like crazy. Apparently she loved the noise. However, after a few minutes of running around she just gave up and laid down.

Rebekah set one of her smoke bombs off a little to close to her foot and the sparks flew on her. Nothing like learning the hard way! She is fine and defiantly was more careful on which way the wind is blowing! =)Aaron had to use a lot of concentration trying to light this. He didn't seem to want to actually touch the fuse and the punk together. Needless to say, it took a while to get one lit.
Richard had to help Jacob with lighting. Then Jacob would run away to get away from it. It was funny. Today we are probably going to take our bikes over to the lake and ride around it. It should be lots of fun. Hope you all had a great fourth!!

Bikes Baby!!

Yes, it is true! I finally have got pictures of us with our bikes on here. Alyssa also got her new glasses today. Apparently there was a mix up and the glasses have been there for a while. At least we have them now. She is fascinated with how much she is able to see now!! We are having a great time riding bikes. Jacob is now becoming pretty good at it. It was a perfect night to go bike riding. It was only 80 degrees!! All of you enjoy your summer!

Church Fireworks

Tonight was the night of fireworks at the church. You can see that we had a great time. There were lots of people there. It was a lot of fun. We saved some fireworks for Friday. There was a roped area where people were to light the fireworks. Jacob burnt his finger on a sparkler. I really do not like sparklers, but someone gave it to him. All in all, we didn't have anything traumatic happen, so that is always a good thing in our family! =) Delaney and Emily are the girls standing with our girls. Then there is a picture of Pam and I. We go out to the comedy club together. It is a lot of fun. I will take more pictures on Friday when we do the last of our fireworks. The kids are each going to light one. Hope you all have a wonderful fourth of July!!

New Job

This has nothing to do with my post, but it is a picture of Mt. Hood. Ahhh the good times of camping in Oregon. Memories.......

I just wanted to update everyone on my job interview. Yesterday I had my interview with the school district. Today I was offered a position in Goddard. It will be at Goddard High School and I will be a job coach/para. It is going to be great! It is the same kind of thing that I was doing at Mosaic. I will be driving the school van to take the kids to and from work. The high school is only 15 minutes from me so I am super excited. Thank you all for your prayers. Tonight we will have fireworks so I will post pictures of that tomorrow.

Garden Party

On Saturday the girls and I went to a Garden Party. Leann and her girls went too. Gideon got to stay here with Uncle Richard and the boys. So these are just a couple pictures of the girls and me before we partied down!! Okay, really we went, ate, and made stepping stones. It was a super great time. Many women from the church were there. It is great to be able to get together with everyone and just talk. This first picture is one that Aaron took of us. I think that he did pretty well, I mean our heads aren't cut off or anything!I would like to point out that I am wearing a hat. One of the ladies at church told us that we were required to wear a hat. However, after her little laughing fit, I realized that she was lying to me! She is so funny! You will notice that I have not named her, for the sake of keeping her identity safe! =) But Leann and I wore one any way. I mean, hats are just so much fun to wear. I think we were the only ones who wore one. We are trend setters!!
Hope that you all have been having a wonderful week. I have my interview at the school district on Tuesday so please keep that in your prayers. I love you all!

Crazy Tounge

I promised Leann that I would take a picture of my kids after church last night. We are having all summer bible camp on Wednesdays. So in the true fashion of VBS there must be snacks. As you can see last night was popcicles!! Yummy! Also, these are Rebekah and Aaron's glasses. They love them. Alyssa hasn't got hers in yet. Enjoy your day everyone!!

Visitors

Last night Ryan and Leann came over to the house. We had a great time. Richard has just got me a PS2 game in which you sing into microphones. So of course that was hours of entertainment for the adults. Leann graciously went downstairs and took some pics of some of the kids. Thank you Leann!!
Gideon loved Aaron's spiderman bike helmet. Sydney also liked it, it was very slobbery by the time she was done with it!! =)

Rebekah and Isabelle are always playing together. Rebekah takes very good care of the younger kids.

Ok, this is funny. As you can see Alyssa is jumping rope with her helmet on. I asked her why she was jumping rope with her helmet. She said to me "because it makes a clanging sound when it hits my head!" That is my daughter folks!!

Here of course is precious Sydney. We now have to block her in with chairs and line the rail with pillows. She is pulling up and crawling all over the place. She is a sweetie. Have a great week everyone! Rebekah, Alyssa, and Aaron are all getting glasses so I will put pictures of them and our new bikes on here next.