4TH

We had such a crazy/fun-filled fourth this year! Had to condense my pictures a bit (only took 150 in 3 days!) but tried to post the ones that captured our weekend best.

Since we have LOADS of people watch "Dr. Bills'" fireworks behind our house on the 3rd, Kaycee and Jackson decided to take advantage of the crowd by opening up their first ever root beer stand. Jas helped make the brew and they did the rest themselves. They certainly weren't shy about vocal advertising....it was borderline harassment. Especially when 3 of their friends came by to help out. The hyperactive sugar induced kids managed to land some customers and made a bit of money (and even a few tips). Even though it didn't prove the most cost-effective activity, they had a ball!

The Lander parade was nice and cool this year and we were so glad Granny and Grandpa drove all the way out here to watch it with us! The kids tried to find the best location to catch all of the airborne candy and did a good job. They collected a bunch.

The best part of the parade is at the end when the firetrucks unleash giant streams of water onto the crowd. This is the first year Kaycee wasn't shy about it at all! She just ran underneath those huge spouts of water and soaked it up....she was soppin wet afterwards!! Lander's version of Seven Peaks!

4th....cont'd

After the parade (and attempting to take a cat nap) we did some sparklers, snakes, spinning flowers, flying ladybugs (which rocked!), bottle rockets, fountains, and firecrackers. Then watched our neighbors AWESOME fireworks show once it was dark. Jackson actually fell asleep on my lap outside during the show and Kaycee was begging to go to bed. So, we all turned in before the show was even close to being over.

Oh yeah, we also had fun getting tatoo'd for the holiday. I think Granny's "tat" was sweet!

Kinda sad the "hump" of summer is over, but we had a fabulous fourth!!

Shark Attack

We found a hungry shark in the yard today.....luckily, we had plenty of food for him to eat!

Kaycee's friend Nolan came over to help us feed him.

Gotta love lazy summer days!!!

Cheetahs

We're into our 3rd week of soccer this spring. The "Cheetahs" are having a lot of fun! Kaycee scored two goals the 1st game, her FIRST goals ever!!!

Is nice to get out together....even if we are still in hats and gloves!

Fish-n-Fun

Feels a bit like spring around here...FINALLY. We had some fun fishing at Lucky Pond last weekend with Jim, Connie & Bill. We weren't expecting to catch much besides some sunshine. But got lucky. We didn't even know the big one was on our line until Jason started gathering up our stuff to leave and reeled in one of the poles. Ha!

Woodrow had fun stretching his legs a bit at the ranch too. With a little help from Kaycee and Jackson. ;P

hOpPy EaStEr !

SpRiNg BrEaK??

Spring break started today. Good thing we didn't have any plans to travel since we keep getting more and more snow!! Was actually kind of nice since I don't' think we have made a snowman all year!!! Kaycee made her entire snowman herself - luckily, we took a picture since Bo tore everything off it once we went inside. Jackson was the one to demolish his snowman about two seconds after his snapshot.

We hiked around sinks canyon for a bit last week. Was still a little icy, but the kids (& Bo) enjoyed soaking up every ounce of sunshine on the rocks. So looking forward to more hiking this spring!