family pics after church.

oh man i have a beautiful family. i love my kids so much. they are such great kids. love you all

some pics of life here

hanging out with uncle jake
torey fell fast asleep while rubbing kelly's arm. oh how sweet.

kelly with the girls
uncle jake came to visit on his way to iowa
kelly and his little brother jake
boys will be boys

memory game

I've seen this on a lot of people's blogs, and it looks really fun. I look forward to seeing what memories there are out there! Here are the instructions...
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, or if you just met me, 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.

AMERICAN IDLE

SO MONDAY WAS REALLY FUN. MY FRIEND GRETCHEN TRIED OUT FOR AMERICAN IDLE IN KENTUCKY. WE HAD TO LEAVE AT 2 AM AND WE WERE SOOOOOO TIRED BUT IT WAS WORTH IT. OH MY GOSH THERE WERE SOOOO MANY PEOPLE THERE TO AUDITION. SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH, BUT SHE IS AMAZING. SHE IS GLAD JUST TO HAVE TRIED OUT. SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN SAD IF SHE DIDN'T TRY. THE REALITY OF TV IS CRAZY. YOU THINK YOU ARE SEEING SOMETHING, BUT THE TAKES ARE NUMEROUS AND IT REALLY ISN'T REAL WHAT YOU SEE ON TV. BUT ANYWAY WE HAD A BLAST. I WAS HAPPY THAT SHE ASKED ME TO GO WITH HER. ANYWAY LOVE YOU ALL.

The Joys of Camping!

We had a really fun and exciting time camping. Yes there were a ton of things that went wrong, but over all we had a great time. We left after Kelly got off work, which we probably should have waited until morning, but we didn't. We got almost there about 40 min away and off the freeway thank goodness. We got a flat on the trailor, so we changed it and about 2 min. later that one blew too. So after much struggling, we got our tent up and got into sleep around 1:30 and had to leave the trailor. The next two days TONS of rain. flooding everywhere. oh well. the next three days really hot with a high humidity. but it was really nice to be together as a family and there was LOTS of fishing done. i think we caught (well the kids only) around 35 fish. we kept 7 and the kids enjoyed eating them. kaydin found a frog and played with it for 2 days until we were afraid that he was going to kill it. we love camping and the joys that come with it. we are really blessed to live in such a beautiful world with beauty all around. the flowers were wonderful and the girls had a blast picking them and making arangements with them. anyway here are some pics. hope you all enjoyed your 4th of july weekend. OH and KAYDIN TURNED 10! can you believe that? i am not old enough to have a 10 year old. ahhhhhhhh. he had fun. love you all.