Memorial Day Picnic

For Memorial Day

we went to Grandma's house

we had a little BBQ

it was fun spending time with my family!

I don't even know whos camera this is

but Bailey liked taking pictures with it!

Morgan liked the eating best

she liked the cheesy chips!

Owen loves climbing in this tree

it is an apricot tree

it is quite mishapen

but it makes the perfect climbing tree

we hope that it never falls down!

Reagan is still being a pill

it is so hard to get a decent picture of her

I hope that she grows out of it soon!

But Madi still has a hard time in front of the camera

just kidding

Madi is such a goofball!

Her and Bailey get along so great

I think it has something to do with them both being the oldest

Happy Birthday Bailey!

I have always said

"Bailey is the perfect oldest daughter"

she is always helping me

she sees what needs to be done

and does it

she will do anything to help out

from doing laundry

to cooking

to cleaning

to taking care of the little ones

and she is rarely in trouble

and I am not just being biased

her teacher wrote on her report card

(which was straight A's)

"Bailey is such a jewel.

She has been such a wonderful student.

She is responsible,

smart,

helpful,

and just plain sweet.

It has been a privilage to teach her.

She has a lot of talents."

I think that we are pretty lucky to have such a special girl in our lives.

Well today is her birthday

10 years old!

Wow!

where has the time gone

my mom warned me that she would grow up so fast

I didn't believe her at first

but now I do

I am not sure I am ready for her to grow up

but it will happen no matter what I do

Well she go super spoiled

she got six Aeropostale shirts

which I love because they are super long

and she is super tall

She also got a Ripstik

she has wanted one forever

I love seeing her this happy

she is such a sweet girl

I am so glad that she chose to be in our family!

We love you Bay-bay!!

The LIving Planet Aquarium

Since today is Bailey's birthday

and Tuesday is Morgan's birthday

we decided to go some where fun

they both really wanted to go to the aquarium

so we went.

we decided to buy a year membership

(we only have to go one more time to break even)

The kids had so much fun

I think that they will find new things every time we go

Owen and Reagan were so cute

they held hands most of the time

he loves protecting her

she loves being protected

so they were both happy

They loved the Rays

(no surprise there)

Bruce was showing the kids

that there was nothing to be afraid of

Bailey handled the Rays like a seasoned expert

notice she only used the two fingers

like all the signs say

Morgan loved the Ray's too

she even touched a few fish

Owen really wanted to touch the Rays

but when it came down to it

he was just too nervous

Bruce tried to give him a pep talk

but it didn't work

maybe he will do it next time

Reagan didn't want to have anything to do with the Rays

Bruce tried to give her a pep talk too

but it didn't work either

maybe Bruce needs to work on his pep talks...

I thought that this picture was cool

Owens body is on the right

his face is on the left

freaky...

The rest are picture of all the animals we liked

I am warning you

there are a lot

but there are some pretty cool animals

I am glad the girls wanted to go

and I am glad that we will have more chance to go

I have to explain this one

this is a shark egg

they cut a section out

then replaced it with plastic

you can see the baby shark

squirming, wiggling, swimming

it was pretty cool

We got...

WORMS

Bruce went fishing the other day
He took the older three
they didn't have much luck
Morgan caught an 18" cutthroat
but the proclamation said that it was too big
and they had to release it
they only caught one other fish
so they cut the trip short

on the brighter side of things

they got to bring home all the worms!

Owen and Reagan have been loving them

everyday they ask, "Can I play with the worms?"

it is terribly gross

but it does keep them entertained

I was babysitting my nephew

He really wanted to hold a worm

he was just too scared

one of these days he will be brave enough