Thursday Update

Its been a weird week here.  Sort of a long and short one, if you know what I mean.  Overall, its been a good one though.

Today I noticed all of the kids' clothes look like they've been rolled around in a dumpster.  I don't know how they got that way?

Smoretacular 2010

(a.k.a. Smorepalooza, Smorefest)

Friday night we were lucky enough to be included in our friend Vikki's second annual s'more party.  There are more s'mores, toppings, and roasting theories than you can imagine and it is a great time.

I was too busy eating to take many pictures, but here's what I got:

Eric enjoying the great outdoors:

Maggie enjoying her friends' hot dog:

 The band:

Maggie enjoying the band:

 We had such a great time.  The summer of 2010 is keeping us busy in the best possible ways!

700

Wow.  This post is lucky #700 =)  What better way to mark it than with my favorite series from Nan and Pop's last visit?

Their last afternoon with us was a sad one.  We're never ready for them to go, and they are never ready to go.  Or, maybe they are, but they'll know they'll miss us eventually =)  Anyway, Amos could sense they were getting ready to leave and was a little anxious about it.

In spite of the sadness, Amos and Pop were able to get some last minute playing in.  It looked like this:

"Dada's First Race Car Show"

i.e. British Field Day.

This morning we headed up to Salt Lake for Eric's first British Field Day.  Amos was so excited to see all of the "race cars" and Eric was so excited to see all of the other MG Bs and their owners. 

We weren't expecting it, but there were actually cars racing on a "track."  There was only one course set up, so the Minis, MGs, Lotuses, and Land Rovers all ran the same course.  It was awesome watching the Land Rovers make three point turns where the Minis barely had to turn their wheels.  The Lotus wasn't so bad either:

We watched the Lotus' first run where he learned the course.  We were a little worried he wasn't going to open it up.  After about 8 runs of him at full throttle, it occurred to us that one doesn't buy a Lotus if one doesn't intend to open it up. 

Proof I was there (and that I am huge, no wonder its so hard to get in and out of chairs):

The rest of the time we watched Eric do this:

And, I made the family take their picture with the goofiest looking car there.  Not even sure what it is:

My favorite car.  Yes, because its green and has a "frogy" vanity plate and has a frog behind the wheel:

The kids were also super stoked about the star stamps they got on their hands to show that we "belonged":

As luck would have it, Eric's super awesome vanity plate was waiting for us in the mailbox when we got home.  It missed the show by hours =(

Don't worry, now we're watching Mecum Car Auctions on t.v. and Amos wants them all...

Yogurt Anyone?

Third Trimester

Today I officially entered the third trimester.  Its amazing really, how quickly and slowly this pregnancy has gone by at the same time.

I haven't talked too much about this pregnancy, not like I did with Amos or anything, so I just wanted this baby to know that we are thinking of her.  All the time.  Eric can't wait for another princess.

Amos talks about her a lot too.  He's decided he has a baby Audrey in his tummy now. 

And, I may have started to nest.  I just cleaned that window for the first time in two years.  I even got the ladder out and did it from the outside.

10th of July BBQ

Last Saturday we held our Second Annual Christmas in July BBQ.  Yes, it was only the second year, but we carried on the tradition in high style.  All of the original founding families were there-Hornes, Downs, and Seeleys, plus a few new ones. 

Since we found out last minute that fireworks weren't allowed on the 10th, we decided to replace water with fire.  The kids loved the water balloons:

The kids' favorite target was my garden gnome, Edward =(  (All of my garden gnomes are named after Thomas the Train characters, NOT Twilight characters):

 All of Maggie's babysitters were there.  She latched onto them and I never saw her the whole night:

The kids made ornaments and decorated the trees:

And, the Hornes, at the end of the party (the flash was hurting Eric's eyes):