Monday Mugs - Celebrate

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Mondays are hard! Blogging on Mondays shouldn't be!

Today's theme for Monday Mugs is: Celebrate

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Forgive the delay. This is how we celebrated July 4th, 2011

It started with the annual torture session photo shoot, in
'holiday appropriate' attire.

Group shots are always so much fun!

Bailey was not in the mood for photos and he DID NOT smile until Daisy said she wouldn't take any more pictures unless Bailey held her hand. Awwwwwwwwwww

For their special celebration dinner, the
kids had ribs and corn on the cob.

The boys were not allowed to wear their white shirts to the table!

I tried to take pictures of the kids with their sparklers. I need a little more practice. Can you see Bailey running at warp speed behind Lily? LOL

And every year, my favorite part is watching fireworks through our bedroom window! I was too busy enjoying to take any pictures.

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Next week, Monday Mugs is going to take a little break because

3/4 of The Cuties are going BACK TO SCHOOL!! :(

We'll be busy buying school supplies, preparing 1st Day of School outfits and attending Meet the Teacher Night.
When do your kids go back?

Monday Mugs will be back August 1st
and the theme will be: Shades

Then and Now

Then - July 2010

Same Song
Same Outfit
More Hair
New Dance Moves
She Knows More of the Words
Lily's Room Got a Makeover

Now - July 2011 (click picture to play)

Monday Mugs - Summer Fun

Are you in need of a mindless Monday Blog post? Are you struggling to deal with the weekend being over and can't muster the strength to type a single word? Well, Monday Mugs is for YOU! I may or may not "borrow" ideas from IheartFaces and post my interpretation of their weekly theme. Without submitting my photo for judgement and without being forced to follow the rules.

Mondays are hard! Blogging on Mondays shouldn't be!

Today's theme for Monday Mugs is: Summer Fun

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It wasn't technically SUMMER.

And it wasn't quite up to our standards Temperature Wise. It was around 80degrees and we don't usually swim 'til the temps are WAY over 100!

But, my Aunt heats her pool to 92degrees so the kids had no problem enjoying themselves.

And since I'm still trying to get through ALL of our vacation photos, here are some bonus shots for ya.

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Next week's theme will be: Celebrate

Business and Birthdays and Pictures. OH MY!

Hello My Lovlies!

1st, I need to take care of a little business. I need to let Angi at Messy Cars and Muddy Shoes and Jenny at Knees and Paws know that I have been trying to leave comments on your blogs for about 2 weeks. When I try to comment, it makes me log-in to Google but even after I put in my login and password it still says I'm "Anonymous" and won't let me leave a comment. Sorry! I'll keep trying!

2nd, I would like to wish my wonderful Mother a

VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

A massive photo-book from The Best Vacation Ever will be on its way,someday, to celebrate your BirthSeason. We Love You!!!

And now, on to more of our adventures in Salt Lake.

An outing to the park.

First, a ride on the swings.

 Bailey was smiling when the ride started but his face

got a little more concerned as the swings got higher!

 Then we headed over to the play structures. Do you see Bailey and Daisy getting ready to go down the slide? Do you see the boy right behind them with something in his hand?

 I guided my children away from the water feature so they WOULD NOT get wet and these comedians decided it would be a good idea to unload their ginormous water guns inside the slide. We vacated this area immediately, and moved on to....

rolling down the hill....

 ....and feeding the ducks.

 And now, here is some shocking news.

When we got home, the kids went

right outside to play at Great Grandma's.

Climbing more trees.

They didn't let the fact that this swing no

longer had a seat stop them from swinging!

I threatened to make them go inside if

they didn't let me take their pictures! j/k ;)

The daily Tot Torture. Making Daisy sit for pictures. It is a very good record of all of her cute outfits though.

Ok Daisy, give me... SCARED.

 Now give me... SHOCKED.

 Give me... TOO CUTE FOR YOUR OWN PANTS!

 Say "I Love You Mommy"

 Give me... PERFECT.

 Let's try... SILLY FACE.

 Give me... SWEET GIRL!!!

Another day, I took the boys out for a

special treat to a fun local restaurant.

 They have divers that jump off of cliffs in to pools below.

Very entertaining for 7 year olds!

And on a different day, we visited the massive Copper Mine.

 It was a cold (to us) and windy day and we were freezing our butts off! And, that is my sister, BreAnne, with the kiddos.

Only one more week of photos to share from our trip. Are you excited?