July 2012

Here's to catching up...

Every few years, my grandparents get tickets to the Fourth of July Oakley Rodeo. This year we got to go. We spent some time at the cabin with my grandparents before the rodeo and then went back to spend the night after the rodeo with many of the cousins. It was lots of fun. I have always loved going to the rodeo and have tried to get Chad to go to a rodeo with me since we've been married. He could never figure out why I loved rodeos so much because he's never been to a quality rodeo. Thank goodness he was impressed. He had fun and so did both the kids. Amy slept through the first half and was wide eyed when the bucking broncs took over. Kiley loved seeing the horses and cheering for the barrel riders. The clowns were fabulous this year and had some pretty good jokes.

Look at that hair.

Hanging at the cabin before the rodeo

Grandpa, Kiley, Me, Amy, Grandma Ford. 

Amy loves to be on her tummy

Kiley loves being with Amy.

So this summer, we've had a ton of wasps around our yard. They just don't seem to go away. Chad has spent many afternoons and evenings finding their nests and spraying them. 

Checking it out before spraying.

Spraying the nest. The next picture (which I missed) would be of him running away.

This is Kiley and her friend Davin. He and his parents moved soon after this picture to Oregon for Optometry school. Kiley and Davin had a lot of fun dancing to the Wiggles. They were absolutely hilarious!!

They both thought it was really funny to bang their head on the ground. They would take turns and laugh as the other would bang their head. They are pretty funny. We sure miss those Blancos!!

Kiley loves to help with the laundry.

Long Day?

Kiley spent a week falling asleep in random places. This was my favorite. More to come.

Cute Sisters

She loves to squish her cheeks and smile. "I am a guppie. Guppies don't smile, but I do."

Playing with the rainbows made by the light through our window. 

Quackie, our duck.

Eating the leftover dough and flour.

Asleep in the doorway

One morning we didn't find her in her bed, but instead on the floor next to the couch. It appeared she was trying to get to the kitchen and fell back asleep before she got there.

Outside our back window

Lovin' the chocolate chip cookie

Throughout July, we had a lot of storms roll through. It seemed like almost every afternoon we could plan on at least a few sprinkles if not a downpour. These are some picts of the storms as they came through.

Chad caught some lightening. It only took about 300 pictures to get these 3.

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