June

I have not updated my blog in over a month and that is mostly due to our computer crashing. We finally have our computer back and I have realized that June has flown by. We have been busy with family, friends, scouts, Sarah Jane's birthday, softball and so on but here is a quick recap.


SARAH JANE TURNS 3
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE GIRL!

Sarah Jane blowing out her candles!
chocolate cake with pink frosting M&M's on top... Yum!
Sarah Jane got a new bike helmet from Grandpa Randy!
Grady loves Sarah Jane's helmet... he has pretty much claimed it as his own.

FATHERS & SONS OUTING
Grady got to go with Gus and Uncle Sam.
They had a lot of fun at CJ Strike Dam.
Grady loves his BSU hat!
Camping and fishing how fun!

WALTMAN SOFTBALL TEAM
Getting ready to hit a Home Run... HA!
My brother Todd fielded the ball and threw it to me at first for an out!
Our fans are great! We are having an good season with six wins and two losses. It is so much fun playing softball with family and friends, we are having a blast coaching (most of the time)!
We have two games left in our season and then tournament!

FATHERS DAY
These kids LOVE their Dad and think he is soooo FUNNY!!
I am grateful for Gus and the kind, loving, and fun father he is!

66 QUARTS OF STRAWBERRY JAM
Mom, Valerie, and I worked like crazy and did 142 quarts of strawberry freezer jam.
We love PB&J at our house so this was time and money well spent.
As Gus says our freezer is very happy!

CELEBRATION OF FLIGHT AIRSHOW
We got to look at some awesome planes and we even saw this one fly!
We got free VIP tickets through POWER (Gus' job) and it was awesome... they got their tickets from the people that built/flew this plane. It was super cool, we got special parking and special seating where there were drinks, snacks, and a catered lunch! We had a ton of fun!
We were so glad that we had a double stroller because it was a lot of walking.
The kids loved the helicopter!
They even got to sit in it!
What a great month we have had.

I love Saturday!

The weather has been nice the last few days,
so nice in fact that it actually feels like summer!
Summer to me means...
SWINGS and PARKS

Saturday we met Grandpa Randy at our favorite park... Elm Grove Park in Boise. If you look closely at the above picture you will see Gus and his Dad playing Tennis. I love this park because it is so beautiful and because even though Gus is playing tennis I feel like we are all together because the tennis courts are so close to the swings and the toys. There are some nice paved walking trails were the kids can ride their bikes! There are a ton of huge shade trees... the trees weren't fully bloomed yet so it got a little hot but we had a lot of fun!

Carlie hanging out with Grandpa Randy in the shade.

Gus being a good dad and helping Grady to the top of the toys...
he went down the slide too but it wasn't what I would call graceful.

Grady was a dare devil climbing on everything... all of the other parents watching their own children were a little nervous watching him climb up while I was taking a picture... Funny!

Sarah Jane

Grady

Carlie

The girls had a ton of fun playing together, they also got to ride their bikes!

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Last Saturday...

We had a lot of fun riding bikes...

This is right before they went for a ride around the block...
Sarah Jane only made it to the first turn before she biffed it into a puddle.

Carlie is such a poser...

Sarah Jane just got her new-to-her big girl bike. She loves it and does well on it...
when she watches where she's going!
I love Saturday!

We Miss You Grandma!

My Mother-in-law is a wonderful woman. We live 30minutes away from her and she does so much for us. She is always willing to help us! This past month she has been in Kansas City Missouri helping take care of her Sister-in-law and beloved friend Lin who has been in the final stages of cancer and who passed away yesterday. I just wanted you to know that we have missed you and are so proud of you for your unselfish and caring nature. You are such a good example to our family and WE LOVE YOU!

Easter and misc...

Better late than never!

We had a blast on the Saturday before Easter... we had an Easter Egg hunt at the church! The kids loved finding eggs...

Grady found one and went straight for the candy inside!

It was a relatively nice day, which have been few and far between around here!

We went on a road trip a few weeks back to see some of our good friends the Christensen's and we also went to see my niece Lydia blessed and got to see Lance and Becky and their family. It was a ton of fun... we stayed one night in a hotel and got to go swimming! The kids LOVED it! Thanks for all the fun!
Sadly I didn't take any pictures... except of the kids being silly in the car.

This is my girls favorite thing to do in the morning before Grady wakes up!

They love the computer. Sarah Jane watches and Carlie plays.

Fun at Sister day...
Every week some of my sisters and I get together at my Moms and visit while our kids play ALL DAY LONG! This particular day they were playing doctor with Kaylie and Mallary (their 11yr old cousins) they had a blast... broken arms and all!

Lunch time... the girls table!

I haven't been feeling very bloggy lately... thus the random post.

Funnies

Carlie - "I don't want to be awesome. I want to be pretty!"
Sarah Jane - "Knock Knock"..."Who's there?"..."Orange"..."Orange who?"..."For me to eat!"

Can't believe I failed to mention...

Mia
This is my beautiful Grand Niece... can you believe I have three of them?
Mia lives in Kansas and I haven't met her yet but she is such a sweet little girl!