Our Family Vacation

Family Fun

We had so much fun on our trip to Washington. Everyone was there, except Steve was missed. Here are a few highlights (and lowlights) from the trip:
1. The forever long train ride and Paul yelling "choo choo" on board. (Cleaning diarrhea in the bathroom on a moving train was also memorable.)
2. Carl "running" off to Wasl an hour early. ;)
3. Delee and I doing our bedtime chat with Mom at Girls Camp. (Throwing up at Girls Camp was not fun, though.)
4. Seeing Hairspray with Aunt Kathy, Mom and Delee.
5. Attempting to shop at the mall alone with 3 little boys--Jaxson runs way fast through clothing racks and he and Paul look great wearing beaded necklaces.
6. Jaxson yelling "doggie" and laughing at Meg.
7. Paul helping Grandpa mow the lawn.
8. Carl's amazing 131 push-ups--more than all the guys combined!
9. The guys playing on the lake and Neil lifting the canoe over his head.
10. The endless competitions, with Neil almost always winning.
11. The ping-pong tournament.
12. Having smore's around the campfire.
Thanks for the great time!

One more week!

Yeah! Only one more week until I get to come home! I'm so excited!!!! I can't wait to see everyone, especially Paul and Sam. I come in at about 9:00 pm Tues. Which is midnight for us so we'll be pretty tired but, beginning Wednesday it's party time! Whoo-hoo!
So, I hear Carl beat Dean in a wresting match... Care to elaborate, Carl? Oh, wait you don't blog so I guess I'll get to hear Dean's side of the story!
Miss you guys!

Time for a blog!

Time for a blog...I don't feel like I have too much exciting news lately but alas, a new blog has been long over due. Nowadays my time consists of working for a full day and coming home to eat dinner and then either going to a young single adult activity or chillin with friends for a couple hours, then sleeping and waking up to do it again! It is quite different to have this whole "working experience" this summer. I usually put in over 40 hours a week. I realize I have never had a real job in which i work at the same place for more than a day or two. I must be becoming a man...or just boring i don't know! But the house is coming along great! It will be done in the next two weeks! In other news I recieved my AP scores and I passed all three!!! I was very excited and this great blessing means that I have 20 credits at UW already. So maybe I won't have too many classes with over 100 students! Recently I just saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix and it is a great movie you should all go see it. I wish I was a wizard... So all in all I am thoroughly enjoying my summer although it is different from the kind of summer I am used to!

It Rains Here Too!

We just had a big rain storm come in. It's like they start from nowhere and pour for only 10 min or so and then they're done. We know two people who have had their houses struck by lightning! Yikes! So whenever you're feeling down about how much it rains in WA just remember it rains here too!

Funny Story: Steve kept throwing Jaxson's blanket on his head and Jaxson kept ripping it off. He finally threw it down and yelled "NO!" at his blanket. In one of my recent attempts to talk his through his feelings I said, " What are you saying?" He said, "No, no, no!" I responded, "Who are you saying 'no' to?" Jaxson said pointing his finger, "Da Da!" He's getting such a personality!

4th of July

Here's some pictures--Cox's and Neil, you really missed out. It was quite the party. Dean will have to post some pictures of us riding the 6 passenger bike. While riding, we witnessed a hit and run accident and Dean tracked down the car and reported it to the police. It was quite the adventure. (Remember Mom yelling "Get him!" at the baseball game and you get the idea). It was a lot of fun. We witnessed several helicopter rescues which was pretty scary--but I don't think anyone was seriously injured. The boys had a great time playing in the sand. Paul watched a parade and rode the carousal and a train with Dean. The guys tried to bogey board, threw the football and got pretty sunburned. We walked a ton and Dean and Carl met some friends from Bellevue. We missed the fireworks show, but there were tons of people digging fire pits and lighting their own. We're planning a reunion in 5 years!

PS I forgot to add that of course Carl and Dean competed in a challenge--this time push ups. Dean did 41 and Carl 62 (He had to do 50% more to win and not sleep on the couch).

Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth of July everyone! I'm glad to hear you all had fun at the beach. Post some pictures if you have them so I can pretend we were there too! We went to our friends house for a BBQ. They made ribs and corn on the cob! Yummy! We brought a seafood appetizer with crackers and some chips and salsa. It was a hit! There was also baked beans and home made pie, it was the best BBQ I've been to in a while. We left early and went to our other friends house for their daughter's first Birthday party. It was fun to meet some more of the med students in their ward. Jaxson didn't think it was so fun, he was horrible! He kept throwing fits and crying, it was so embarrassing! I spent most of it in the bathroom talking to him and putting him in time-out. After that we went back to the BBQ and hung out for a while, Jaxson totally settled down with his little friends that he plays with all the time. He plays tag with the two little girls it is so cute! He just doesn't like crowds of strangers still. We aren't allowed to do fireworks here, VA is full of party poopers! But, our rebel friends hopped the boarder to North Carolina and bought sparklers and smoke bombs. Luckily no one was arrested. It was a fun day! Check out Jaxson's new haircut on my blog, love you guys!