Memories

I agree with Carmen - you may all have already done this but it IS fun. So if you've got a memory, great! If not, here's a picture for you to look at!

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember. You can include Woodson or the kids.

2. Next, repost these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It is actually pretty funny to see the responses.

More Family Reunion

Four-wheeling. No, I am not very good at it as is probably apparent from this picture. I had the automatic 4-wheeler and both kids still ended up with Daddy by the end of the ride! Sheesh! I'm not THAT bad! Playing the "cut open the chocolate and try to eat it with the knives while wearing socks on your hands" game.
Sleepy on the boat with Aunt Camilla.
LOVE that water!
DONUTS! Yum! Thanks Mom and Melody! (Congratulations Melody on your mission call to Paraguay, by the way! The Paraguaians(?) and/or missionaries will certainly love you if you make these for them!

Lynes' Family Reunion 2008

Last weekend we all headed up to Evanston, WY to the Diamond X Ranch where we played, laughed, got sunburned, and ate way too much for our Lynes' family reunion! It was a great time and the Ranch house was awesome! There were horses (and cows, but they're not as cool) just wandering around and one dropped a foal in the front yard the last day we were there! VERY cool! Too bad I didn't take any pictures of them! But I DID take pictures of us in our matching T-shirts and hats. Here's the gang! Our fam looking very attractive.
Cousins! Cute cousin Jason (whom Matthew and Nicole LOVE) on the front steps with Matthew and Nicole.
Breakfast time.
Water balloon volleyball: Matthew was our "balloon boy" and delivered new water balloons as fast as his little legs could carry him for our whole game. It was quite a workout, I'm sure, because Mommy and Daddy broke almost every single one they tried to catch (our water balloon volleybal skills are a little rusty!)

For Roshelle

Since I know you will be checking I have dedicated this one to you! And since you have not seen Nicole in real life for a long time I thought I would bring a little of her to you! Get better soon!

Nicole spends a fair amount of time eating, as you can see by the fact that we have 3 videos of her doing it! Here she is cooling off her hot dog.

We must have had a REAL good meal that day - can't remember what it was. . . I think there might have been ketchup involved.

The uncles trying to get her to make faces!

Frogs

Well, Matthew has wanted a pet for a long, LONG time so the other day I saw these frogs at a boutique and thought, "Perfect!" So I brought them home and Matthew said, "I wanted a dog or a cat." Well, he gets frogs. We have enough food for 3 months and after that. . .well, we'll see how much we like them. One of YOU might be receiving a little donation in 3 months time. Right now they are still sitting on the kitchen counter grossing me out with their frog poop water. Luckily, Matthew HAS decided he likes them to some degree and always wants to feed them. He likes to look at them too and became very concerned when their water got so dirty with frog poopies that it kicked up clouds whenever they swam. So one day this week we HAD to change the water. Now, I had never done this before (never having been privileged enough to own frogs during MY childhood!) but I figured it couldn't be too hard. I let the new water sit out for 24 like the instructions said and then when we were ready to change out the old water Matthew and I stood by the sink and I put a little tupperware next to the frog cage to hold the frogs while we dumped the old water and poured in the new. What followed was about 5 minutes of me screaming "Ahh AHH!" as Matthew splashed poop water all over the place and frogs hopped frantically out of the tupperware, across the counter, down the sink, etc. When we were finally done Matthew said, "Mom, let's not ever do that again! That was TOO dangerous!" I agree. We put the rock in there so they'd have a little furniture. Matthew named them Chocolate and Jumpy (or Swimmy, depending on the day).

Boating

We have been enjoying the nice weather lately by going out boating on Utah lake! It's great! Close enough that we can go out for just a few hours at a time and have a little fun while we cool off but still get the kids home to take naps! Here is Matthew exercising Woodson's biceps with one of his favorite water activities - getting "dipped" in the water by his life jacket! Nicole LOVES the boat but HATES the water! She also hates wearing her life jacket! We have been working on which one is the correct fit for her and after this time finally decided we'd bump her back down to the tighter (but not quite as long) infant life jacket!
See how thrilled she is to wear it?
Smile!

Father's Day

Well, I am just now getting around to posting about Father's Day! Hopefully Woodson had a great day because he deserves it! He is the most amazing person I know and that applies to him as a father as well! The kids constantly ask for him when he is gone - you would think they would be used to him working by now! :) I love how he wrestles them and snuggles them and agonizes about how to be a better dad. They know he loves them and hopefully Father's Day helped him to see how they love him! Here are the kids and Woodson with the traditional "breakfast in bed" that they "helped" make. No, it is not actually in bed because Woodson doesn't like eating it in there so after we present it to him in bed we bring it to the table to eat! The kids have to watch him the whole time to make sure he eats it - and ask for bites! There were plenty of requests for bites this year since we "made" him cereal! Here you can see the exciting part of the breakfast on the plate. . . ah, the traditional Mr. Goodbar. . .no, he didn't eat it for breakfast, though! He was good and saved it for later - well, most of it was saved for later - a little of it might have disappeared into my mouth.