Go Me!

Take a look at what I did today! I should have taken a before pic so you could see how awesome this feet was, but let me just say it was awesome! (I organized my craft "closet" for those of you who don't know what I am talking about.) Anyway, I am proud of myself. It took only a year, give or take (mostly give) a few months , to get all my stuff organized. Sad...but happy now.

Summer Reading

Once again it is time for everyone who doesn't live in our town to be completely jealous of us. The library's summer reading program is once again in full force. We read to Kameryn a predetermined amount of time each week and then on Fridays we meet in town to pretty much have a party and get fun prizes. We all love it and Kameryn especially loves all the extra reading!

Bathtime Baby

My kids really needed a bath tonight. (Which, of course, they never complain about because they LOVE baths) We were talking on the phone when I started the bath water and so I hauled the kids out of the bathroom and shut the door so both parties could hear. While I was assisting in Kami's phone call I overheard Cooper throwing a fit down the hall. I went to find him and found him pounding on the bathroom door, screaming at the top of his lungs. He could hear the bath water running and he wanted in. As soon as I opened the door, he bolted into the bathroom and pulled himself up on the tub. I am sure, had his legs been longer, he would have been in the bathtub, clothes and all. I could barely get his diaper off fast enough for him.
Kameryn always loved the bath, but never with as much intensity as Cooper does. I have come to find that Cooper is a "go big or go home" kind of guy. He is very passionate about things and he is sure to let you know what he likes and doesn't. Bath time, is an all time favorite thing for that little boy. Right up there with food, so it is a good thing with him that those two things usually correspond.
Kameryn also seems to enjoy the bath a lot more now that she has a buddy to play with. They were so cute in the bath tonight. Giggling and playing. Kami was blowing bubbles on Cooper's tummy and he thought it was the funniest thing that had ever happened to him. I love my children so much. Not only do I find so much joy in each of them individually, but seeing them play and interact together, and watching the growing affection between the two of them doubles my joy. Motherhood is the best.

Preface

This is a preface post to Rock Star and Sweet Singing, the two posts immediately following this one. Sweet Singing is of Kameryn singing her favorite song. We think her singing is one of the most beautiful sounds we have ever heard. (By the way, Cooper screams in the end, but he was fine, he just got a little pinch on his finger from the cabinet.) Rock Star is of Cooper at dinner. He was being so cute, sticking out his tongue, screaming/singing, and banging his head and hands. I went to get the camera and of course he stopped. I posted this anyway. There is a very short window of time at the end where he begins to hint at what he did before, but he stops before it gets really good. Sorry you have to listen to my voice the majority of the time. He is just so darn cute I couldn't resist plastering his mug all over the blog.

Sweet Singing

Rock Star

Drive-in

So, I don't have any pics because of course I brought my camera and it had no memeroy card....AAGH! But, putting that behind us, last night we took our family to the drive-in with a bunch of our friends. SO FUN! We went to see Pirates and Wild Hogs. I had heard Pirates was bad and didn't expect much out of it since I had been very dissapointed with Pirates 2. But, I must say, I was pleasantly surprised. I thought it much better than I had been led to believe. The ending was a bummer, not the way I wanted the whole Elizabeth Swan - William Turner escapade to turn out, but otherwise, not half bad. In fact, not bad at all.
Anyway, now that I've gone off on that tangent, lets get back to the drive-in. As I said before, SO FUN! The last movie I saw at the drive-in was Dances With Wolves. That tells you how long ago that was. We took Brandon's truck and blew up our air mattress in the bed. We of course stopped at Wal-mart and filled our cart with an unspeakable amount of candy (none of which we ate) We had 3 of our friends and their families there as well, which was a blast! We got there around 8 and so we killed about 1 1/2 hrs before the movie finally started. They had a little playground for the kids down next to the screen and the women sat around and talked while the men sat around and talked. Honestly, I am so blessed! I have such wonderful friends, the best friends I have ever had in my life, and I've had a lot of friends (not to be bragging, I've just always had a lot of friends and these ones are the BEST!!) I am just so blessed! What an incredible group of people I associate with. We do so many fun things.
I really seem to be having a problem with tangents this morning. It is no doubt a result of little sleep, which again brings us back to the drive-in. The drive-in was delightfully ghetto, right next to a trailer park (which is not knockin' - I live in a trailer) It was also delightfully retro; totally took you back in time, which was fun. So, to make a very long post shorter, we will be making the drive-in a summer hot-spot. Too fun not to go back. Maybe next time we will have a tailgate party. Brandon and I have already discussed that next time we will bring our speakers for a full on surround sound experience. WAY TOO MUCH FUN! What a great night. Quick hitters: no we did not stay for Wild Hogs, we are too old to stay up that late. What did we do with our kids?: they fell asleep next to us on the air mattress. Who was there?: The Andersens, the wards, and Briget and Thad (for some odd reason, I don't know their last name....that's lame. They're our good friends. Wow, I'm a nerd) And now I have officially exhausted all of my tangents. Have a good day.