Just for fun

Tyrone found this rattle snake up the street from our house.
Tyrone counted eight rattlers on the tail.
Thank goodness for guard rails on top bunks.

Birthday Weekend

Arianna wearing her birthday hat!
Mom made this minnie mouse cake for Arianna's birthday.
Cheyenne and Mary posing with the funny teeth that were in the goody bags!

All of the grandkids that were at Arianna's birthday party. The girl in the very back is Arianna's friend.

Douglas was running away from Mary when he fell and hit his face on the side of the fish tank stand. That is what happens when you run in socks on tile flooring.

No pictures

Sorry there will be no pictures of Douglas's birthday party. The good mother that I am I forgot to check my camera the day before and when I got it out to take pictures the battery was dead. He did have fun opening his gifts though.

Weekend

Saturday we celebrated Douglas's second birthday. Grandma and Grandpa Bell came up along with Cheyenne, Linda and Brandyn. Then Tyrone's brother Jake and his girlfriend Annie and Tyrone's mom. We went swimming at the public pool for an hour and a half then came back to the house and ate lunch and cake. We had to hurry and let Douglas open his gifts before eating because he was getting tired. He ended up going down for a nap before his party was over. Reguardless of the birthday boy having to go to bed during his party it was a big success.

Great News

I forgot to put in my post yesterday that I am a great aunt again. Todd and Tiffany had their baby boy (Gage Matthew Bell) Saturday, August 2, 2008. I have not seen pictures of him yet. He weighed in at 8lbs. and was 20 inches long. When I get pictures I will share.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Sorry I have not written in a while. I have been busy taking summer school and taking care of sick kids. I am finally almost done with my last summer class. I took my last test tonight and all I have left to do is the class evaluation on Wednesday. Douglas is just getting over a double ear infection and a rash that he got from the amoxicilin that he was taking. I hope that we are done being sick in this house and that things return to normal. I promise to write more later.

vacation

Linda, Brandyn, Cheyenne, Hannah and My Family went to San Diego this weekend. It was a busy time but everyone seemed to have a great time. We left early Friday morning and drove to the San Diego Zoo. We walked around the zoo from 1:00-7:00pm. It was neat to see all of the different animals and no they did not try to keep any of us.

Saturday we went to Sea World. What a day. We got a late start so we did not get there until 10:00am. We made up for the getting there late. We stayed until 11:00pm. The kids were such troopers. The boys finally fell asleep at 10:45pm. Some of us got soaked by the dolphins during the night show while others got soaked riding the rapids ride. The crazy thing, we all got wet at night when it was cold. Oh well, we all had a blast.

I hope you enjoy some of the pictures from our trip.