Llama fest and 24th of July

So a Buddhist temple (I think) does a Llama fest at their temple, and we thought why not? We brought Laura and Ben along for the ride, and met Arlen and Joey there. 

Carter and Ben being silly together.  

One of the Llamas

Getting to pet the Llama

the playground there

Their temple

Joey, Brandin, and Laura checking out the animals

For the 24th of July celebration we went to the Pioneer park and did all of the fun stuff. Tyler was still out of town so we talked Laura and Ben into coming with us again. :) 

Carter and Ben racing. 

Petting the baby pony

Ben riding the horse.

Carter getting his pony ride!

Riding in the fire truck

Getting his face painted

Panning for Gold with Daddy

Brandin in the Root Been chugging contest. He took second :) 

Serious catch-up.

Well I think it is safe to say I have done a really bad job keeping up with my blogposting this past month. I will do my best to get the highlights :) We had Fathers Day, and Carter helped pick out a bunch of Daddy's favorite snacks and gave him, Carter finished baseball and the last session was an actual game! They had a lot of fun and everyone got a medal at the end. Carter still walks around wearing it, and now he is obsessed with watching baseball on TV. ha ha. Brandin's cousin kailey got married, and Brandin's mom and lil sis Holli came over for it, so we were able to spend time with them!  Brandins birthday also came and went, and I was not allowed to acknowledge it.(he turned 30 and was not happy about it ha ha) I gave him a present, not even wrapped, and the next day we went to Tucanos. Then we had our anniversary, which was a crazy storm with flash flood warnings, and I wasn't feeling very good, so my wonderful friend Arlen watched Carter while we went and saw "the Lone Ranger" (I know, we are lame lol) Then it was my birthday this past Sunday. Brandin made me my fav cake (black forest, which is chocolate cake with chocolate pudding and cherries on it) and Ellen made me an oreo ice cream cake. We had a little outside party and spent time with friends. Oh! And one weekend we went camping with the Greens. I think that pretty much sums up the past month. :) 

Arlen, Ale, Carter, Ben, and Laura outside playing with sidewalk chalk

Carter and Ale. He is going to miss her so much when they move next week :(

Camping, it was suppose to rain, so we kept our tents close to the fire. Thankfully, it did sprinkle when we were falling asleep, but the rest of the trip was rain free. We had a wonderful time hanging out with the Greens, and stayed up until 3 talking and being silly. 

Brandin, Ben, Laura, and Tyler shooting soda cans with the BB gun. 

Ben chasing Carter. 

Carter waiting for Daddy to get out of the Shower so he could give him his Fathers Day present! He

 got AppleBeer, and Oreo's, with a card Carter picked out. :) 

Carter in the dugout waiting for his turn to bat. 

Standing on first base

 

Aunt Holli and Grandma were in town so they got to watch Carter play

Showing off his medal

Me and Janay at Kaileys wedding

The reception

No spilling food on his clothes! ha ha

being silly :) 

4th of Julypart 2

Ellen was nice enough to put together a 4th of July BBQ! We went up to the secret playground in Wymount and grilled out little hearts out. :) They even bought cheese filled hotdogs, my favorite! I made red, white, and blue rice krispies, but forgot to take a pict of them :(  Then we went up on top of the hill and watched the stadium of fire fireworks. What a great day!

Carter pulling Ale and Ben in the wagon. 

 

Ben helping Carter get the wagon up the hill. 

While goofing off he bit his tongue and had to have a pict taken of it. lol. silly boy!

Most of us on the hill hanging out waiting for the fireworks, Shy, the Lavayens, and the Greens. We also had the Rosenbrocks and Ankemens join us a little later. 

Ale with her pretty necklace. 

Brandin had bought a pack of 50 glowsticks at the store, and the kids loved playing wiht then while we waited for the show to start. 

Santy showing off his glowsticks. 

Ellen and Shy

Carter and his superhero glowstick mask. ha ha. 

 

The first of many firework picts. :) 

4th of July part 1

So we started celebrating the 4th a little early, on the 3rd! ha ha. The Greens invited us to go set off fireworks they had bought! It was a ton of fun hanging out and enjoying the nice weather. The boys loved lighting them off, although Carter would freak and cover his ears until the noise was over. And once all of the fireworks were done we went and finished the night with shaved ice and spending time with the Ankemens and the Greens. So glad we have such great friends!

Carter, Ben, and Tyler heading over to light the first firework!

Carter covering his ears. Silly boy!

Carter and Ben's tanks racing. 

Go Carter Go!

Smoke bombs!

Sparklers!!!