Birthday Party!

We had sort-of an impromptu birthday party for Eli Tonight. We had cake and as Katherine said "Good Effort"

as you can see I tried to make a bumblebee cake, well as you can also see I am not good, Eli was like well it doesn't really look like bumblebee! Thanks Eli:) So anyway, we had cake and ice cream and Eli opened up his presents and was so happy to have so many! He got Transformers of course now they can all play together without fighting right? Not so much! He was so cute and excited! All in all he had a good day he also got to go swimming with Aunt Koe that I think was the best time he had. So to all that celebrated with us Thanks for coming! And to all who gave gifts thanks so much he loved every bit of it!

Happy 7th Birthday Eli!

Well today is Eli's 7th Birthday! So I thought I would let you all see Eli as he grew up, notice how his smile hasn't changed a bit! Eli was born in the morning on July 21st 2001. He weighed 7lbs. and 10oz. and was 19 in. long. Eli was the happiest baby, great for mom, something else for dad. He loved to snuggle up to me and fall asleep, he also took his time with everything just like dad. He is now entering 2nd grade and couldn't be more excited. He loves "Transformers" and "Power Rangers" and feels like he is too big for "cars" and Buzz lightyear" (sniff sniff). He loves to swim and jump on the trampoline and play hard. He is a kind brother and my easiest kid. He loves church and learning things in school. I love you Eli you are a great kid!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

My First...

Well I just want to let everyone know I had my first Home, Family, and Personal Enrichment meeting last night! I was so stressed I thought no one would like what we were doing or they would be bored because they already knew what we were talking about and stuff like that but it wasn't bad! All the ladies seemed to learn something they already didn't know, and they all seemed to help everyone out with answers and questions it was a great night! I was so excited and happy to see so many people have a good time! Anyway, I am so tired and ready to go to bed, luckly I don't have to plan another meeting until December of course that is the very spiritual Chirstmas one so I better start planning soon. But I guess first I should start the lesson I have...GET to teach on the first week in August! Wish me luck on that!

The Fourth of July Weekend!

As a tradition Justin and I always try to head up to St. Johns (where his parents live) AZ. to celebrate the 4th of July weekend! St. Johns has a wonderful day for the 4th celebration so it is fun to go up and the rest of the family always tries to go too. On Friday morning they have their pancake breakfast in the park, this is the boy scouts annual fundraiser and I am sure they do very well! After the breakfast they have a little program where people speak and sing and pay tribute to the USA! Then it is time for lunch. Lunch is awesome because well first of all it is free and second it is meat! They feed us barbecue beef and rolls and beans, it is very good. After lunch we head down to the snow cone stand and get snow cones to cool us off, not that we really need it the weather was just wonderful. In the park after lunch and snow cones they have little races where the kids from ages 1-??? whoever wants to race goes. Emie got a half dollar for her race, she was so cute! Michelle, Eli (not pictured) and Parker also did great and got cracker jacks for participating. When we were done at the park the adults were tired so we went home and relaxed for a while before heading out to Lyman Lake for the picnic dinner and fireworks. Fireworks are just beautiful when you see them over a lake. This year they were so pretty! While we were there Devon bought some sparklers for the kids to play with while waiting for the big show to start! Karrie "the pro" burned... oops... I mean roasted marshmallows. We ate and watched the show and then headed home. All the kids were asleep when we got home so we decided to let them go to bed dirty because, well, we were going swimming the next day anyway! Saturday was fun too just a day to relax and have fun while the kids ran and played! At 5:00 we went to the public pool and swam for an hour, just enough time for the kids to get cold and be ready to leave. Karrie had the brilliant idea to bathe the kids at the pool so we wouldn't have to do it that night at the house. We ate dinner on the deck sent the kids to bed and stayed up talking till late that night. As you can see the kids were pretty worn out! Sunday was pretty uneventful the kids woke up ate breakfast then we headed out for church. It was a pleasant weekend and we all had a fun time and missed the sisters who couldn't make it! I hope all of your 4th's were as nice as mine!

So I Want to Run Away!

That is all I wanted to say!

Tagged by Jessie!

How To Play This Game of Tag:Post these rules on your blog.List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself.Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog!

3 Joys

1**My First joy is my Husband, Justin, I met him 12 or so years ago. We were married 1 or so years later and now have been married for 11 or so years! WOW! I love him he is great and loves me back. I am glad he is always there for me even though I drive him crazy!

2**My kids are another great joy, yep all four of them. I love each and every one of their personalities and their quarks. They make me smile on a daily basis and also make me crazy but what are kids supposed to do! I love them and hope they know how much I do love them!

3**My Family is another great joy, I love spending time with them and playing games and making each other laugh until we cry or shake. They mean so much to me no matter how much I would love to move to a cooler climate I would defiantly miss them so much!

3 Fears

1**My fears are pretty simple, I hate heights. Now I don’t mind climbing up to the height it is the coming down part. It gives me heart palpitations when I watch shows about when tall building are being built I can’t handle it AHH!

2**I get nervous when I drive by the High schools here in Mesa. The Jr. College I went to isn’t as big as some of the high schools here. Now it probably wouldn’t matter as bad but I know my kids have to go there someday and that makes me very nervous for them!

3**I am so scared of getting into traffic accidents. I think about it daily and I actually start picturing it and it is bad yep that is scary!

3 Goals

1**Figure something out that I would like to do when I grow up!

2**Get my kids out of the house!

3**Get through this calling without dieing!

3 current obsessions/collections

1** Well we all know that Megan is a hoarder. I love to buy supplies for scrapbooking but I never use them so I hoard them I guess that can also be a collection!

2**Another would be crap. I have a ton of it and no matter how hard I try the crap never gets smaller it always gets to be bigger and bigger. Now I hope you all know I am talking about piles of paper and useless things in my house.

3**Justin would say I have an obsession for buying DVD’s. Now I don’t think I do, but for him I will say I like to have DVD’s to watch, so I buy them!

3 random surprising facts

1**I like to have a clean house. Yep me! I never do but it is a surprising fact that I like to be clean and I try to teach my kids that hopefully it will catch on one day!

2**I leave the worlds worst answering machine messages. Ask anyone who’s gotten a message from me!

3 **Just yesterday I got 409 lines playing Tetras. Yep I love that game it is the only video game I know how to play and I love it!

Those I have tagged (in no particular order): Monica, “Mitch”, Amy, Amber, and Kandice

Hall of Flame!

So today we went to the Phoenix Hall of Flame Museum! It was fun they had a ton of fire trucks and wagons and all sorts of memorabilia, they had a section in there to honor all the fire men who have died since, well a long time ago, they had a special display for the hero's who gave there lives in the 9/11 attacks. I got choked up in that section because it is amazing the unselfishness of these brave men! We took the kids today because Channel 8 was sponsoring the day with water activities and a chance to meet Curious George! My kids (even Michelle) love Curious George. So we got there and I realized I forgot my cameras so I was reduce to use my phone to take the pictures of the kids. This first one is the kids with Curious George, Emie wasn't so happy to see him, she is getting to the stage of not liking characters in costumes! The other 2 pictures are of Eli and Parker getting to try out using a fire hose. They were spraying at a building that had holes in it they had to try to get the water in the holes. Michelle opted out of the water fun because she didn't want to get wet, I know I don't understand her either, it was like 104 degrees outside:(