Heavenly Father, thank You that I am created in Your image. Thank You that I find my identity in You. Thank You that it is only Your Word and Your opinion that matter. Lord, give me Your ears to hear. Help me not to be easily offended and easily angered. Help me lay down any offenses to which I am currently holding. Let me live in the freedom of Your love and forgiveness. Help me live not in my flesh, but supernaturally in the fullness and freshness of Your Spirit. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

 

 

Ephesians 4:26-27, "In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold."

 

Ephesians 4:32, "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."

 

 



Birthday Pictures!

 

 A sweet little friend of mine who happens to be amazing with a camera took these great shots of the kiddos for their birthdays!  I love them! 

 

It's a little rough......

 So the last few weeks have been a little trying in the parenting department.  I'm not sure if our relaxed summer schedule is a little too much for the kids or what is going on, but something needs to change. Oh, and they aren't doing an amazing job of sleeping at night either.  I'm tired and a bit cranky.  I've been trying to fill the days with fun activities, lots of hugs and kisses, and fresh tomatoes!

 We did get to go out with our friends for the Twilight Criterium and it was fantastic. We ate dinner at Chandlers while watching the bike racers zoom right in front of us.  Dinner was delicious and the atmosphere couldn't be beat, and of course spending time with good friends is always wonderful too!

 We even spotted Kristen Armstrong!  That's her in the purple tank top! I didn't yell over to her, I really wanted to and probably should have......next year!

 The men biking, they were going so fast!

 We took an afternoon and went to Big Al's to play games and had a blast!  The kids love the games!

 

 We have been spending some quality time at the library lately too.  Its good FREE fun!  This is Knee Deep in Legos and the kids really enjoy building their masterpieces and then the library displays them for a week until the next "Knee Deep" event!

 Hadley with her tower.

 Tanner with his mountain.

 Carter with his space ship.

 Tanner pulled out his top tooth the other night!  It was very exciting, Grandpa and Grandma were over as well as two German men who were visiting and helping at the plant! Never a dull moment and I'm sure we gave those two guys some funny stories to take home with them!

 Freezer meals with my friends!  Jenny was the only one who would pose for a photo, everyone else ran away!  What a night, what a night!  Wine, mojitos,, food, friends, and freezer meals, ten to be exact!  This is the best club ever!

 Laundry.  I cannot bring myself to do it.......Well, its clean, its just not put away.

 Back to the library!  This time its wiggles with worms.  The Boise Little Theatre put on a play about worms and then the kids watched worms race!  Its was hilarious!

 Disney Headbandz with Kristen and Paige!

 More Knee Deep in Legos with Kristen and Paige this time! The five of them built a castle!

 There it is!

 

 

Summer is going by fast and we are having a blast!

The Fouth of July

 

Happy 4th of July!  I love this holiday!  It just screams summer!  Full of warmth, fun, family, friends, watermelon and hot dogs!

 

 

 Our neighborhood does the 4th of July right!  We kick off the morning with a little kids bike parade where the kids decorate their bikes and ride around the neighborhood with music and candy.  It's adorable.  This is followed by a coin drive in the pool for the kids along with a whole neighborhood BBQ with  hot dogs and pot luck with jumpy houses!  It is a blast!

 

 

 Getting the bikes ready!

 Bike parade!

 Coin Dive

 

 Tanner and Kristen got almost $10 together in total!

 Hadley got $2.85!

 Ready dive!

 I think we have the most creative neighbors!

 After the morning neighborhood festivities subside, we retreated back to our house for a rest and to get ready for the night.  At night, the sky comes alive with as many illegal fireworks as a person can imagine!  We rival Disneyland! And what says Happy Birthday America better than Rib Eye steaks?  Not much! These along with baked beans and mashed potatoes, great family and friends made for the perfect 4th of July dinner! We had the pleasure to spend the evening with the Summers, Jocks sister, her husband and son, and Jocks Mom,  my mom, and the Saunders!

 Why does it take forever to get dark on the 4th? After eating we went for a swim, played in the pool and had a cannon ball contest and then it finally started to get dark enough to go back and light fireworks.

 

 A little dusk bike riding to help the time go by.......

 Kristen and Hadley

 The dark is coming!

 One of many fireworks!

 Love the aerials! It was a mild night, there was a field fire and we got to see 2 fire trucks and only one police car! 

 

 

I love summer!