Splash!

Last week Mom Tanner, Laura, and Kelsey popped in for a quick visit. Laura was hoping to meet with a team of specialists about her foot. Unfortunately there was a mix-up with the scheduling and the meeting didn't happen. It was extremely disappointing but Kelsey and the kids decided to make the most of things and have a little fun in the pool. The good news is that they might come back soon and maybe we can convince them to load up more grand kids in the car :} Hang in there Laura, we love you!

It's been a "WICKED" GREAT start to summer!

So much for lazy days of summer. We have had the opportunity to do some really fun things with friends and family. Greg surprised us with tickets to Wicked. It was WICKED AWESOME! We all loved it!

Danelle took the kids to the Arizona Puppet Theater and they saw "The tortoise and the Hair."

It was on Shea's birthday and Danelle was super sweet and bought Shea this puppet. He's a little scary looking to me but Shea thinks he's great and named him "Spotstanious"

We went to the Arizona Science Center and the kids had fun in the LEGO exhibit.

Margo and Shaun planning the castle of his dreams.

We learned a lot about the heart and body. There were viles displaying the amount of fat in some of our favorite foods. Apparently I'm lucky I'm still around after the 3 (yes, 3) Krispy Cream donuts I had Saturday morning.

The Royal Family. Master Brayden, Master Shane, Princess Shea, Princess Kelly, and Master Connor.

The kids tested their arm strength in the wheel chair races.

You're looking at a group of Scat experts. They scored 100% on the Scat test.

Connor and Shane practicing for our dream trip to Hawaii.

Master Lego builders.

Whipped Into Shape!

This year Shea decided to cut back and only take one dance class. She chose musical jazz theatre and they did a routine to "Whipped Into Shape" from Legally Blond 2. It was crazy seeing her in her 80's outfit. It brought back so many memories for me and seemed a little crazy that her "costume" resembled my every day attire in the good old High School days of the 80's. I can't help but wonder if that's how my parents feel about us dressing up like the 50's and 60's? I sent my mom a picture of her and she commented "Shea, you are your mother's daughter and remind me so much of her at that age." Maybe a little :}

Shane, Kim, Shea,Margo, and Shaun

Proud Mom!
(yes, I spent all of my time doing her hair and make-up and didn't have a chance to do mine)

She might dress like her mom, but she looks so much like her proud daddy!

Sisters.

OK, I wish but Addison's the next best thing. Thank you Kelly and Addison for being there!

Shea and Ms. Stephensen.

Ms. Stephensen was the best 4th grade teacher and really goes above and beyond to support her students! She has also become a treasured friend to our family and we LOVE her!

Practice makes perfect!

In Good Hands (or paws)!

Even though she tried really hard to avoid all of the germs that are going around, Shea caught a virus and spent the day lying around with a fever. It really touched my heart to see Barkley and Pebbles staying right by her side and taking such great care of her.

"My Family"

When Jack was here he drew this picture on our chalk board and said it was his family. I asked him if the little person was Jonah and asked where Lucy was. He said "no Aunt Kim! It's me, Shea, Shaun, and Shane at your house. So cute I can't erase it!

BaLlOoN FiGhT bEtWeEn CoUsInS

Shaun had to fill a cooler full of water balloons to take to scout camp. Bridget, Jack, and Jonah were visiting and the kids went outside to get to work. Let's just say after an hour and a half the cooler was still empty. Hmmmm... Gotcha... Shaun!
Mr. Sneaky


Jack and Shane decided to use another hose and tried to sneak up on Shaun and Shea.

Love Jack's facial expression!

Jonah, Jack, Shane, and Crush

Construction Zone

We decided that we would give Shea's room a new look for her birthday. This is the sneak preview of the construction zone. Watch for pictures of the new "tween" look...

Cub Scout Day Camp

A bunch of Happy Campers!
Colin, Parker, Brayden, and Shaun

Aargh Mates! This week Shaun and his pack had an incredible time at day camp. I'm not quite sure why it's called "day" camp because every night he rolled in around 11:00 pm. Then he would snarff down some food, take a shower, and tell me about all of his adventures. It was at least 12:30 by the time he made it into bed. He got to shoot a BB gun, made a bulls -eye in archery, swam, did boy scout stuff, and threw lots of water balloons. Admittedly I was freaking about the guns and arrows. Shaun assured me they were very safe and that if I wanted to worry it should be about the rattle snakes and scorpions they saw, and the really dirty bathrooms :} The week went much too fast for him and he's already looking forward to next year.

Hey, got any food in there?

It continues to amaze us how smart Crush is. Almost every morning and evening he makes his way across the yard from one of his holes and looks in the sliding glass door waiting for someone to feed him. His favorites are lettuce and strawberries.