What do you remember????

I'm not sure if I actually even know enough people who blog, but I will give it a try anyway....

Don't feel any pressure- the memory doesn't have to be meaningful- just the first thing that comes to your mind!
Here's how it works:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Hot fun in the summer time!

So this is a recap of the last week or so in the Larson house...

First off -
Part 1: CJ goes to basketball every Tuesday and Thursday night
Part 2: I have a phobia of anything that flies and can potentially get in my hair... including flocks of birds. If you've seen much of me in person you will have realized that I have an ABUNDANCE of hair.
Conclusion: THIS was on my ceiling while CJ was at basketball.

It was located in the hallway right outside my bedroom door!! I skirted the wall to make it into my room, then there was a great deal of mental trauma trying to figure out if it would be ok for me to watch my movie in my bed, or if the light would attract the monster bug. After much personal deliberation I decided it would be ok AS LONG AS I turned on the brighter light in the dining room... so I had to skirt the wall back into the dining room... then back into my bedroom again. The only negative thing about this whole solution is that I haven't seen the bug again, so its probably still in my house.... somewhere!
Then... something very... hmmmm... traumatic?... happened.... CJ still doesn't know about it. Honey, the girls did it without my knowing... I was just there to take the pictures after it was already done... don't you like the innocent look on his face?!?!?!
Also this week, Kailey decided she just couldn't wait for Grammy JoJo to get here to spend her birthday money. She loves puzzles and was sure thats just what Grandma would have picked out for her. She also got a doll, and a stuffed animal for her doll... because, lets face it... every doll needs a stuffed animal!! We can't wait to see you in a couple of days Grandma (and Grandpa and Blake too!)!!!
And just so you know... Canyon was back to himself in no time...
I had to put in a couple of photos, just so I got my point across!

And last, but very not least...
The pool Grammy Bev and Papa Larry got for the kids didn't hold up very well, SO Grammy, bless her heart, said we could get something else... this was, by far, one of the best $21 (INCLUDING SHIPPING) she ever spent...
this was one of Kailey's first attempts.

This was one of Canyon's only attempts. You can almost see his feet sliding out from underneath him. He ended up hitting his head, so after that he would lay on his belly and I would have to push him down.

This was one of Ashlyn's moves... take out the tunnel!

This is our friend from across the street, Amber

and her brother Arlen. He looks amazingly athletic in this picture... however he is only 3, and after hitting the back of his head on the way down a few times, he also decided it would be better to go down belly first... but he did the belly crawl. It was amazing how much speed his little body could carry down that slide!!

And this is the group

(notice where Canyon is safely standing in the background)

This weekend Blake is coming back with Grammy JoJo and Grampy Stevie, while they are visiting... THEN....... the kids and I are following them back to Spokane to spend a week or so!! Yep... you read it correctly! We really are going to make it to Spokane before Christmas!... and we're so excited!!

4 Days

Yep... thats how long it took me to read this book... and I LOVED every moment of it!
Granted there were a couple very long nights (and thank goodness Kandis and Jessica showed up in time to play with my kids)... but by the time I got to... well... about half way through... (about the time she found the saltines)... I just couldn't put it down!!!

Family Fun

I think I have said a million times... I LOVE COMPANY! This week both JessieBob and Kandis were visiting. One of (just ONE of) the great things about when the Aunts visit.... they spend LOTS of time entertaining the kids, so its almost like a vacation for me... although I do cook the meals... they even clean up!!! Yep... vacation!!!
The first night there were here we decided to go for home cooked goodness... a barbecue and the first corn on the cob of the year.... how much fun do you think one could have with corn on the cob?.... well, I'll tell you...

(ok, not actually corn... but since she's the one that started the whole thing I had to put in a picture of her eating something!)

On Monday, one of the first things that was done was a car wash!

After all Kandis' car did sit for months, so it was in need... although there was actually some other ideas for the "car wash" namely.... WATER FIGHT!!!


I decided to just be around long enough to take a few pictures... then I was off... grocery shopping without the kids.... I think I said it before.... vacation!!!


Then, on Tuesday, we actually got to have a girls night. We ate a ton of popcorn and watched one of my favorite movies (Griffin & Phoenix) that I have been wanting to watch with them for like a year... and BALLED OUR EYES OUT! What better for a girls night than balling your eyes out, right?!?!

That was obviously the before picture!

On Thursday we all loaded up and headed up to the canyon. This has turned into one of our favorite things to do. We went up to a lake called Silver Lake... I am sure it is the coldest spot in the Wasatch front!!! Seriously! When we got there Jessie jumped right in and played with the kids

then after an hour or so Kandis decided to join in... although.... her jaw hurt... or something... so there was a big fight trying to get her into the water... but her jaw hurt (?!?!?)


so after enough squealing and screaming the girls gave up trying to get her in any further and she played some Frisbee with Canyon (oh yes... his bliss)


then daddy decided he needed to learn to swim... or look at fish... or something. Anyway... it was very cute



Our skinny minny Ashlyn, with 0% body fat, could only stay in the water for a few minutes at a time. I tried to take a picture of her purple lips, but it didn't come out too clearly

THEN I decided I would make my grand entrance... Oh holy night!!! THAT WATER IS COLD!!!! Come to find out it wasn't so much that Kandis' jaw hurt (whatever!), as the water was just physically painful to be in (we still cant figure out why she didn't just say something like that)! I don't know how the kids played for so long!

Nope, no pictures of me in the water.... this was one of the only pictures giving proof that I was actually there... I sure love my husband.
After a few hours in the sun we decided it was time to load up. We had a really fun day, and thankfully up in the mountains it is about 10 degrees cooler than it was at home, so with the water and the breeze and the cooler temperatures it was... as Canyon would say.... awesome!

Update

We're not moving. Thats a good thing... although we were really excited to potentially have the opportunity to live as the "wilderness family". CJ is actually in the midst of a huge (honestly) business opportunity, unlike any of the dozens of other business opportunities he has had in the last 6 years... but I am going to keep you hanging as to what it is. He is working with one of our neighbors so after we prayed about things, and didn't get the positive confirmation we were hoping for, we decided to stay close and work on making the fortune. The preliminary trials are very positive, so the break through could be just around the corner!!!