Haircuts - August 17 - 18, 2012

Friday - August 17, 2012
The kids were all playing in the front yard, then they came in asking if they could play in the grassy area across the street from us.  I told them that they could.  Eventually, Alissa and Parker got bored and came back home, so Brinley was over there by herself.  I don't let the kids go and play at the park on the playground by themselves, but I don't worry if they want to play in the grassy area right across the street, because it's easy for me to peak out the window and check on them regularly.  When Brinley came home, she walked up to me with a weird look on her face.  She was really embarrassed and nervous about how I would react, I'm guessing.  She looked at me and said that Shaylie gave her a hair cut.  I said, "What?" and turned to her to get a better look.  When Brinley had left to play at the park, she didn't have bangs.  When she came home, she did.  Shaylie is a 10 yr old girl that should know better!  Brinley said that Shaylie asked if she could cut Brinley's hair.  Brin told her "No", but Shaylie kept begging.  Shaylie told her that she cuts hair for people all the time.  She said that she is really good at it and her friends call her and ask her to cut their hair for them.  Finally Brinley gave in.  She didn't do too bad of a job.  It is just annoying!  I never would have dreamed that something like that would happen.  So here's Brinley's new hair style.

 Saturday - August 18, 2012
Alissa had been asking for me to cut bangs for her for a while.  Since Brinley had bangs, I decided to finally cut bangs for Alissa also.

 Our friends Ellie and Jake came over to play for a little while today.  Here are a few pictures of our fun.

Playing in the grass at the Park - August 15, 2012

Wednesday - August 15th
The kid's went over to the park to play with Ellie, Jake, and Kason.  There was a ton of grass.  They pushed it into a pile and played in it.  I was at home relaxing, when Kason's mom sent a picture of all of the kids playing in the grass.  I was so excited for an opportunity to use our new camera!

Parker and Jake had a lot of fun climbing up the soccer goal thingy and jumping off of it.  I was so scared Parker was going to break his leg.  He jumped down two times before I convinced him to stop.

Alissa Mowing the Lawn - August 14, 2012

Tuesday - August 14th
Alissa is old enough to start mowing the lawn.  Poor thing looked exhausted!  We had Alissa mow most of the front lawn, then Roger took over.  She said that she didn't mind mowing the lawn, but it was hard work.  She got way too hot and sweaty.

 The moon looked really cool tonight.

Alissa's Birthday! - August 13, 2012

Monday - August 13, 2012
Alissa was worried about having a party this year, because all of the girls around here fight with each other.  So she decided that she wanted to go to Lagoon for her birthday and not have a party.  Roger and her went to Lagoon 2 times, because of the bounce back.  They had a lot of fun.  Alissa loved it.  She went on all of the rides.  She's crazy!  She's not afraid of any of the rides.

When her birthday came, I decorated the house all big like I normally do.  It just felt wrong to not have a party.  So I invited some friends.  We invited Jake and Ellie (their new friends from this neighborhood), Erin (from the old neighborhood), and Taylor and her family (Brinley met Taylor when the kids went to Garland Elementary. We like to hang out with their family).  For her birthday party, we decorated cakes.  It was fun, messy, and a lot of work.  But, Alissa liked it a lot!

Murder Mystery Dinner Party - August 11 - 12, 2012

Saturday - August 11th
Missy threw a Murder Mystery Dinner Party.  I love murder mystery dinner parties.  They are so fun!  This one was about a wealthy man that past away.  Linda was his wife, who was very uppity and judgmental, especially to her sister.  Missy played Linda's sister.  She was a shy librarian.  Every time she said something, Linda was supposed to put her down.  Dave was the gardener.  He was an old man that lived alone, kind of like a hermit.  Kari was the daughter to the guy that died.  She was a trouble maker, who was famous for partying.  The press loved to follow her and take pictures of all the trouble she would get into.  Kristy played the role of the preacher.  She was a hypocrite.  Towards the end you find out about an affair she had.  Mikal was the son of the dead guy.  He was a very successful business man.  who talked on his phone a lot and was only concerned about his money.  I played the role of the maid.  I was supposed to be a big gossip.  I was supposed to listen in on every conversation and tell every body about the things I heard.  I'm a little bit sketchy on all the details, since it's been a while since we had the party.  I should update my blog more often, so this won't happen anymore.  In the end, we found out that the gardener was Kari and Mikal's real father.  I think Kari was the murderer.

It was a lot of fun.  when we finished, we all took turns trying on Dave's hat wig, eyebrows, and mustache.

Sunday - August 12, 2012
Roger's mom watched the kids while we went to the dinner party last night, then we slept at her house.

Pack Meet - August 9, 2012

Thursday - August 9, 2012
Parker had a pack meeting over at North Park.  A funny side note: When we lived on the North side of Tremonton, people called the elementary school, North Park, and they called the park North Park Park.  When they sent out the information about the pack meet, the card said to meet at North Park.  I assumed they meant the park.  Most people on the south side of Tremonton didn't know to call it North Park Park.  There were only a few people who ended up going to the elementary school instead of the park.  I know it's not that interesting, I just have always thought that calling it North Park Park was funny.

So, Parker had a lot of fun at the meet.  They played a lot of games and Parker enjoyed hanging out with his new friend, Jake.  Alissa and her friend, Ellie (Jake's sister) went around and were able to do the activities also.  They had fun doing that.  Brinley spent most of her time playing on the swings.  I spent most of my time running from the bees.  There were too many bees there.  I do not like bees! 

Playing with Friends - August 6 - 7, 2012

Monday - August 6, 2012
Roger's friend, Brian Reed and his daughter Delany came over to play.  Brinley loves it when Delany comes over to play.  When I went in to take pictures of the kids playing, Delany was the only one that wanted to pose for me.

Tuesday - August 7, 2012

 We babysat Braxin and Mikenna for a little while today.  I took some pictures of everyone while we were outside playing.

 Brinley dressed in a princess costume.  She had her friend, Mikenna over.  They got all dressed up like princess, grabbed their purses and said they were ready to go to the store.  The store was on the front porch.  They are so funny!

A pretty Sunset

Sunday - August 5, 2012

 Just playing with the camera.  I thought the sunset was pretty and I wanted to see how the picture would turn out with our new camera.  I love our camera!

Our lovely little family just hangin' out.

Just Chillin' - August 2, 2012

Thursday - August 2, 2012

 The day after our trip, I was tired!  I spent the day resting and recovering from the trip and the kids spent the day getting reunited with every single one of their toys.  The house was covered in toys!  It was a lot of work to clean up, but the kids had fun.  Look at Brinley and Parker's crazy chair ideas.  They are too funny!  Alissa's friend Erin came to play for a little while today.  Alissa and her had a lot of fun playing in the little swimming pool in the backyard.  I didn't take pictures of their swimming fun, but here they are relaxing after their swim.