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I am all caught up

the next post you see will be of the new little guy

we are so excited

every morning Owen wakes up with the new count down

in fact the other night he had a nightmare

he climbed into bed with us

and said,

"Mommy?"

"Yea, Owen"

"Five more days, mom."

seconds later he was snoring.

He can't wait to meet his brother tomorrow

and neither can the rest of the family!

Fishing

The last two days Bruce has taken the younger kids fishing

it's been nice

they get to spend time with Bruce

and get some nice fresh air

while Bailey and I stay home and clean

(I mostly blogged today)

Bruce's brother got some new scent stuff

it's supposed to catch fish really good

they tried it

and with in seconds they had their first fish!

They aren't huge

but the kids have so much fun fishing they don't care about size

Owen says that he's the "fishing machine"

silly boy!

I guess if you catch fish with this scent

then take a picture with the fish and scent

that they will send you bottle of it for free

so they all took turns posing

I even got a picture of Bruce

which is very rare

Motorcycle fun

Yesterday our neighbor was riding on his motorcycle

Owen was so excited

he wanted to ask for a ride

we gave him permission

and off he marched to the neighbors house to ask for a ride

he was loading it up for a weekend trip

but he said he would give him a short ride

oh, man, was Owen ever in heaven!

Reagan even wanted a ride

I really thought that she would back out at the last minute

but she didn't

she had so much fun too!

Reagan and her bike

Last year we got Reagan this bike for her birthday

she didn't touch it

she couldn't get the pedals to go for her

but this year

it's a whole different story

I can't get her off the thing!

and she goes so fast

she freaks me out sometimes

that girl has no fear on her bike

Freckles

I just love Morgan's freckles!

they match her personality so much

sprited

high energy

fun loving

I just love this girl!

Washing the jeep

Owen decided that his jeep was getting too dirty

so he and Reagan grabbed some wash clothes

and wiped it down

I wonder if he will be this good when he has his own real car

I can't remember why Reagan was crying

Owen probably looked at her wrong

man, she lets him get to her!

Salem Pond #2

After a while of playing on the playground

the kids wanted to go down to the dock

they saw something interesting in the water

they worked really hard to get it over to the edge

they used reeds

and short little sticks

anything they could find

finally they got it to where they could reach it...

It ended up being a stick

they were very disappointed

they threw it back in the water

before I could even take a picture of it

they sure did have fun

Salem Pond

My sister was in town from Idaho

she needed to take pictures of another sister for her engagement

the kids wanted to go

so I went to watch the kids

While I was taking pictures

a random, stupid lady came up to me and said

"just as long as you don't take pictures of our kids"

um, no lady why would I want to take pictures of your dumb kids

when I have perfectly good children to take pictures of

then she lets me know

"You can get sued for taking pictures of other peoples kids"

um, ok

Other than that lady we had fun

the kids ran

played on the slide

and on the monkey bars

Owen looses his 4th tooth

A few weeks ago

Owen was wrestling with his uncle

well Owen jumped on his back

and hit his mouth on his uncles head

his tooth was loose

but we figured it would be months before it came out

well he wiggled and wiggled that tooth

until it was loose enough for Bruce to pull out

he was so proud

It makes me giggle to watch him talk

he looks like a little hillbilly

Chewie La Casita

My cute nephew was having some health problems

so bad that he needed to be admitted to the hospital

after we went to the ReAL game

we stopped by the hospital to visit him

I loved that his big brother

climbed up on to the hospital bed to be next to him

it was heartwarming to see

just a few months ago

the older brother was the one in the hospital bed

My sweet Bailey

she is the same age as the one who was sick

I can't imagine Bailey in that situation

life can change so quickly

All the rug rats in a chair

when did they all grow up?

ReAL Salt Lake game

We had an opportunity to go and watch a ReAL game

not only watch

but Bruce's brother has a suite

so we got pampered

It was a great game

We WON!

and they scored three points

so we got a card for

a free breakfast sandwich at Burger King.

Unfortunatly his brother who set it all up

couldn't go

his son was in the hospital with some health problems

his son is doing much better now

Owen's bike trailer

While riding bikes one day

Owen found a piece of metal

he hooked one end into one of his pegs

and called it his bike trailer

He rode around with that thing on all morning

it was so loud

we finally made him take it off

He was pretty darn proud of his find!