Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Four more days

Four more days until we leave on our family vacation to South Padre Island. Aaron is so looking forward to it. We are going to hanging out at the beach and take long naps in our condo. We'll also read a good book, play with the kids and watch some movies. It's all about rest and relaxation. I'm so ready!! Nick and Carter can't wait to get there. Eric will have so much fun with his toes in the sand.

South Padre Island

The bridge to South Padre Island. What a beautiful scene.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Cub Scout Day Camp

Nick is at day camp this week. Pirates is the theme this year. Doesn't he look handsome!
Softball
Nick going to town with his BB gun. He shot a bullseye. Way to go!!
Tug a war.
Long jump. Aaron was able to chaperone on Monday and Tuesday. Nick finishes camp this Friday. He's having so much fun!! Awww, father and son bonding.

Where do I begin .....

It happened two weeks ago. Our air condition unit expired. So we had to replace the whole unit. At that same time we had our back room door replaced with a nice Pella energy saving sliding door. It looks really good. I will show pics later. Anyways, back to the hot air in our home. My friend Becki let us borrow her new electric room air conditioner that you attach to your window. We put it in our bedroom and the boys slept on a queen air mattress in our room. We kept the doors shut and let me tell you it was super cool in there. I kept it on 68:) My parents let us borrow their window air conditioner also. We put that in the living room along with FOUR fans. Our ward at church heard about the air conditioner being out. We had people offering their fans to us or just letting us hang out at their place. I'm very grateful for families and friends. Last Friday we got our brand new air condition unit installed. Saturday are project on the door was completed. So far everything is OKAY!!!
Oh, Aaron gave a talk at church this pass Sunday and he did great!!! It's been 12 years since he gave a talk at church. He received several compliments. I had friends come up to me saying how good his talk was. I was proud of him. Can you believe that he was nervous? He has given talks at work/conferences without being nervous. Go figure! I was also impressed with my son Nicholas. He usually draws during sacrament, but when his dad spoke he stopped and listened.

The boys got out their waterguns and fun getting wet.

Eric didn't have a watergun so he used the water hose. Once he had it in his hand he didn't want to share it with anyone. His brothers tried really hard to get it away from him. No such luck!
He did let Nick help him spray their Dad. We did this again the next day. It was so much fun!!

Swimming pool

You can find us at the swimming pool most of the time with our friends. My boys love going swimming. My friend Huong and her nephew Evan.
Carter with his friend Luke. It was a windy day. We didn't stay too long. You can see Nick with his goggles on and Carter is close by. My friend Nancy is in the middle with her three kids and the other two are next to Carter. She has 3 boys and 2 girls. She is an amazing Mom.
Eric loves the water. He doesn't like to stay in his float long. He wants to be in the water without the float. I'll probably sign him up for swimming lessons next summer.

Gramma's house

We always have a good time there. I took Eric's whale swimming pool over so the boys could get wet in it. They basically just used the water in the pool to fill up their waterguns.

We visited my mom a lot during that week when our air condition was out. I'm glad that she lives close by.

Summer movies, birthday & friends

Besides swimming we do enjoy seeing a good movie. I highly recommend this movie. It was so funny!!! My neice and nephew had already went to see this movie on Friday and wanted to go again with us on Saturday. That's how much they liked it. Another movie that we are waiting to see is Wall.e. Coming soon !! June 27th.
On June 3rd we celebrated my nephew Thomas 16th birthday. My sister had his birthday blash at the Main Event. Each kid received a $10 card to use for video games or bowling. Plus, they had a wristband which lets them play unlimited laser tag. Happy Birthday!!!Thomas always makes time to hang out with his cousins. Nick also played laser tags with Thomas and his friends a couple of times.
Carter, Eric and I played air hockey and video games. Eric was soooo excited!! He really likes the air hockey. I wish I could have gotten a picture. Carter liked playing the games where he could drive. I had to help him reach for the gas pedal. I had fun with my boys!
Eric and Kimberly sitting together on his Diego futon. She is too cute!! Carter and Brittany watching tv. So far, Gracie, Emily and Brittany wants to marry Carter. I'm so glad that these kids are so young. These two girls are sisters and they have three older brothers. They all getting along with my boys. We love hanging out with them.