Potpourri- meaning an assortment: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

Well it has been a while since I have blogged so this blog is a random catch up of the day to day boring stuff. So here it goes in no particular order...We have been doing lots of chillin' with friends. Alex and Elsie really are the greatest little friends. I found them laying on the floor practically cuddling with each other until I took the camera out and they turned to look at me. They are super cute.

All the girls hanging out in Aydens little house tent.

While we are chillin' at home, Brad is on his bike. This was a photo taken at the top of bogus basin road during a recent evening ride.

Most of our free time has been consumed with boating. There really isn't anything better. We all have a ton of fun even though it doesn't look like Ayden is in this picture.

Ayden, Max and Nik on a little hike.

Brad and Alex taking a cat nap while we are docked for a little bit. (I promise mom, all of the kids wear their life jackets when we are on the go and most of the other times too)

Ayden and Nik playing in the water.

Alex and I (Alex doesn't usually have her pacifier anymore except at night time but on this long boating day I was hoping she would fall asleep)

Relaxin' on the boat. I seriously don't enjoy anything more then this except...

TUBING!!!! I love tubing. I really, really do. So Max (who is 7), Whitney (who is 2) and I (who acts like a 12 year old when on a tube) get along really well because I think they might love it as much as I do. My girls are a little too woosie to really enjoy it with me. I think I got a 1-1/2 hour ride this day. Whitney is the greatest on a tube because she giggles the whole time even though I have had to catch her numerous times before she flies out.
Alex fell asleep on the boat! It is a miracle, really. (the result of me being on the tube for so long)
You can also see Max and I out on another ride in the background with Elizabeth. This ride was a little more thrilling since we didn't have a 2 year old to worry about and I really love listening to Elizabeth's cries of worry the whole time.
I should also mention that this particular day was very exciting during a series of events that included a huge wind/thunderstorm that came on very quickly, Brad getting his head hit really hard resulting in him getting knocked out, and 5 kids while riding on the tube being picked up into the air about 6 feet by the wind and getting thrown off into the choppy, wavy, cold water all within about 3 minutes. It was all very exciting, I just wish I had pictures and video to show you all but we were too busy trying to survive without more injuries!


Now on to the Meridian Dairy Days Parade. It was kind of quiet since it was only Elizabeth, two of her girls, Alex and I watching since Brad, Wade and the rest of the kids were in the parade but it was fun non the less.Whitney and Alex enjoying some cheez-it's.

Wade, Brad and Ayden riding in a customized golf cart in the parade.


New Hair For All!

Brad shaved all of his pretty locks off. But I really like the new doo and I think he is really enjoying it with all the riding and swimming he is doing this summer.

I died mine red. It is fun to have a change. People seem to like it. I learned tonight however that it makes me really un-photogenic. All the pictures we were trying to get tonight turned out really awful so I decided to go with a really goofy one. Brad thinks it a good one because he thinks I look angry and I guess anger goes with the red hair. The creepy red eye kind of helps too.

Ayden got a little hair cut too. It is her first one ever. I cut off about an inch and it is amazing how much healthier it looks.

Of course while we had the camera out we couldn't get away with out taking a couple silly face pictures. Alex, of course, likes to copy everything her big sis does.

In other news, we are doing a little rearranging in our house. We are going to turn our office into a guest room so we can get more visitors so we moved the desk into our room. It really makes our room look a lot better because it isn't so empty anymore. I have some fun idea's for the guest room and I am really excited for a project. (don't ask me what the girls are doing, I don't know)

I also want to give a little birthday shout out to my nephew Spencer, Happy Birthday Buddie! We hope you had a great day!