Belated Happy Birthday to Grandma Wyatt and Congratulations!

On Sunday July 20th we celebrated Grandma Wyatts' Birthday. Of course I did'nt have my camera with me but here is a picture of her with Kamrielle a couple years back. Also I want to congratulate her for Sat. night she got 4th place in Barrels at the Taylor Rodeo for the 24th celebration! She was in it last year to and saw her but this year I had just gotten home from the valley and so we only saw the video of it on Sunday. She really loves horses! I got her a cute sign for her b-day that said "I'm a stable girl" and she really is. She spends lots of time outside with her horses!

Our week in the valley of the heat!

The following four posts are some pictures from our week down in the valley. We had a great time and spent lots of time with family and did lots of shopping too! We are glad to be back home in cooler weather though! I was weary of how Carder would do being uprooted from home for a week but as you can see he was very happy and very good!

My sister, Marcy, with Carder and Kamrielle! She loves my kids as her own and they love her like a mom too! She spoils my kids! Thanks for letting us bring everything but the kitchen sink to your house! She also got Carder to take his first bottle while I was out shopping! I think I will try that more often now.
Carder is getting so fun and expressive these days. He is 4 months old today!

A visit with my grandparents

While I was down I went and spent a day with my grandparents. I have fond memories of getting to spend time with my grandparents. My most favorite was spending 3 months in Florida with them after I graduated High School. I really got to know them better. This is my Gma Ries holding Carder. She is full of knowledge. She loves to play scrabble and do crossword puzzles. I think she can do those because she is so smart! She is beautiful and let's just say eighty something years young.

Here she is with Kamrielle and Carder.
This is Grandpa Ries. What a guy! He can build anything! He was a builder and kept up on it for many, many years! He has a sweet smile and I love to tease him! Here he is with Caden, Carder, and Kamrielle. Kamrielle loves to get right on g-pa's lap every time she see's him!
Grandma Ries, Me and Kamrielle. It was a fun day! Thanks for letting us come for a visit and for lunch and yummy ice cream that melted faster than we could eat it!

A visit with Grandpa & Grandma Whipple

We stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Whipple for a night. It was fun and Gpa & Gma just love there grandchildren sooo much! They are a lot of help! They watched Carder and Kamrielle while I did some shopping throughout the week. I got this cute hat for Carder while out school clothes shopping. It's a little big but it was only .99 from Children's Place.

Carder in his new hat.
Kamrielle got these 3-D glasses from Marcy's boys and insisted Grandma wear them while she wore her new .99 pair from Children's Place and be goofy together in them.
Grandpa with Kamrielle and Carder

What are they doing?

I decided I better get some pictures while I was there to have and so I went to get everyones pictures that day and here is what they were doing:

Caden and Trevon playing in the pool. They have a lot of fun together. They are only 6 months apart and they are the bestest of cousins!

Jaron was playing the Wii and holding Carder for me so I could go and get everyones pictures! thanks Jaron! He always wanted to hold Carder while I was there that week and I know Carder really liked it too! I guess Aunt Marcy will have some competition from here on out when it comes to holding Carder!

Camdon and Kamrielle were very into there movie they were watching. I don't even remember what they were watching but I could not get any expression out of them! I think they were worn out from swimming so much!

These are all the boys and believe me it took me and Marcy both taking pictures with our cameras and 3 or 4 shots each hoping we got a good one. They did not want to cooperate as we took them away from playing the Wii, but I think this one is pretty good of all of them.

Missing Vinnie

We (meaning me and the kids) are down here visiting family, school clothes shopping, and swimming here in the valley this week. And so this post is for you Vinnie (who knows if he will even check this why I'm gone but just in case) We miss him and hope he's not too lonely. Here he is in a picture holding Carder just last week. And hopefully he remembers to water my flowers while I'm gone (picture below is from last week too), takes the trash out, and feeds the animals. J/K Love you Babe!

Ward Mother / Daughter Party

We finished off Kamrielles's B-day at the Ward Mother~Daughter Party with Grandma Whipple, Aunt Marcy, Kamrielle, myself and even Carder got to come. He enjoyed himself too! (See picture below). Also below in pictures you can see that Kamrielle had to hit every station...Nail painting, Necklace making with mom, Face painting by Grandma, and then coloring. We all had fun and even got our picture all together too!

Kamrielle's Fourth Birthday

Kamrielle turned four today! She was very excited to wake up to a new bike! That is what she wanted! She rode it all morning long. Then she made a picture with all her new art supplies she got from Aunt Marcy. Finally she had a "Water Party" that afternoon with family and friends.

I think she had a fun and busy day! Kamrielles family loves her so much and we are so thankful for her!

Fourth of July

This is how Carder spent most of his

time at the parade

Vinnie and Kamrielle at the parade

Kamrielle with our neighbor's boy Cade

at a neighborhood BBQ for the 4th

Grandma & Grandpa Whipple enjoying the parade

with Carder
Caden at the parade