Our Summer ... So Far

On Sunday after church, we went to see the Mormon Battalion Museum.

The girls sat in a covered wagon. Charlee said it was like the one from Little house on the Prairie.

 They started the presentation with a group of talking pictures... very cool.

 In the general store, Jaxson was dressed up as a soldier along with a very embarrassed teenager we did not know. His siblings were taking pictures of him and posting them on facebook.

 After the presentation was over, we all panned for gold.

 We went to Vista for a great firework show on the 4th.

 Emery is a hoot. She loves me:)

 Jax loved his glow sticks.

 On 7/11 we went with the cousins to get a free slurpee at 7 eleven.

Check out the girls and Brian boogie boarding. Oaklee totally biffs it:)

First Swim Meet

Charlee and Oaklee had their first swim meet tonight. They both swam great! Oaklee won 1 first, 2 second, and a fourth. Charlee won 2 seconds, 1 third, and 1 fourth. It was so fun. On the way home, the girls and I stopped by Wal-Mart to buy buns because I really wanted a Crabby Patty for dinner. We went into their version of a "man cave" to see what we could get Brian for Father's Day. We ended up buying him a new recliner. Since I sprained my ankle a few days ago, we needed help to get it to the car. This nice Wal-Mart worker with dread locks, a 5 o'clock shadow, and many great tattoos helped us to the car. While I put the seats in the van down so it would fit, a pole fell out of our car. The worker picked it up and gave it to Oaklee. She said, "Thank you, interesting man." The guy did not say anything, but I cried laughing the entire way home.

The Beach 2010

This is the ONLY picture we got ON the beach this year.

It rained a few days and was in the low 60's most of the time... AWESOME for an Arizonian coming from 112 degrees... BAD for going to the beach. I loved it! My dad had the kids and their cousins shuck corn. It still amazes me how many phrases my brothers can come up with from the word "shuck".

Here we are preparing tin foil dinners... in our sweatshirts:)

Heaven forbid the kids don't watch a movie for a whole week. Kids came in off the street to get a fix... just kidding, these are some of my cousin's kids:)

This is how we celebrated the 4th of July...

We were going to go see fireworks until Jax threw up everywhere.

This is how HE spent the 4th of July:(

Grandpa took all of the kids to the store. He was very excited about his leash idea.

He also thought it would be fun to ride the coaster train. It would have been AWESOME for the kids if Brian had gotten the times right. We had to wait more than an hour on the platform for a $5, 5 minute ride to the next stop. They thought it was great, so I guess that is all that matters.

Fun vacation.

Let's go back... "I am melting" as Oaklee would say.

Disney on Ice and a New Niece

Nancy and Greg had their new baby girl, Emery Iokina (My brother thinks he is Polynesian). I think she looks just like their first daughter, Quinn. Maybe it is the same "Why are you looking at me" face she is making.

So fun.

We went to Disney on Ice today with the kids.

They LOVED it!!! They clapped and cheered whenever a new character came out.

Two of Brian's brothers and their families came with us (We missed you, Brenda!)

Afton and Brinlee and my mom came too. (Check out Cheesy Charlee!)

The Barry side! POSERS!

We had a very good time watching the kids laugh and be so excited.

This was such a good Christmas gift for our family. Thanks Brian for not objecting too much and thank you, Santa!

More Cabin Pics

This is a picture of ALL of the Barry grand kids... at least it will be current for a few more months:) We had an ugly sweater contest. Greg won, but Mindy and Treslee's were pretty bad.
Don't Brian and I look classy?

Christmas Update

Jaxson had his Christmas Part on Wednesday.

Here he is with his teacher, Miss Lorene. Nice Jammies!! I ate lunch with Oaklee and Charlee at school on Friday.

Oaklee ate all of the breading off her Chicken McNugget and said,

"Look Mom, my nugget is naked!"

The girls participated in the school's Christmas program on Tuesday night.

They both did so well. Charlee told us not to wave at her and "If you wave at me, I won't wave back because I am a professional."

Isn't she so pretty!!

Oaklee always cracks me up. She was pretty "Non-Professional" waving at us. She sang great and being short worked out for her because she got to be in the front. He pulled her antlers down like sunglasses and got the laugh she was desiring from the audience.
Jaxson and Andee had a lovely time enjoying the production.

Bye Bye, Andee!!

Andee went home tonight!

I am sure going to miss her, but here are the Top 10 good things about not having a tiny baby:10. No more Diapers (Even Jax is potty trained!)

9. Everyone in my house can tell me WHY they are crying.

8. No more spit up.

7. No more huge diaper bags!

6. Everyone can buckle themselves in seat belts in the car unassisted.

5. No more swings, seats, car seats, high chairs, stuff out all over the house.

4. No More Diapers!!! (Deserves to be in here twice)

3. No more sore back from having an appendage attached to my hip (Andee).

2. Not as much prep work to leave the house.

1. I get to sleep ALL NIGHT!!

Although all of this is great, I will miss the crying, the spitting up, the car seats, the appendage, the getting up at night, the baby stuff all over my house, the prep work, the smiles, the laughing, the eating, the love... I will not miss the diapers, though... that is great!

I will miss you, my sweet Andee. I love you and I am so thankful that you made my life a lot brighter! One of the best 10 weeks of my life!

Andee tried sweet potatoes this morning.

She LOVED them!

Poor Andee!

Andee is the little princess at our house. The kids are constantly doing funny thing to her.

Here is Charlee reading her a book. Andee loves books. She scratches them and tries to turn the pages. She has a gift for getting her socks off ALL the time!!She got pretty upset at church yesterday when she could not get her tights off. hehe

Brian and I woke up on Saturday morning to find that Jaxson had already paid Andee a visit! He dressed Woody in a Santa outfit for the season!
I was doing homework with the girls and this happened to Andee while she was on the floor.

She is SOOO much fun!

This Little Piggy Stayed Home...

Check out cute Andee pigging out!

She LOVED to food today!

Fun Christmas Pics!

I have a picture of Charlee wearing this same hat... I think it was bought for Brooklynn's dog, ChiChi. Jaxson wanted to get in on the Santa hat pictures, too.
We have this fun blow up in the front yard (Thanks, Mom). I had the kids pose with Santa and Rudolph.

We got to see the Light parade from inside Brian's bank during his work party.

It was so cold outside that the kids sat in the office and watched from the window. The bank is up higher than the road, so we had a great view!

Andee hated Santa Clause!

Charlee thought he was great.

Oaklee had no problem telling him ALL she wanted.

Jaxson looked so cute on Santa!

He is a great guy!

This is our family and Andee in front of the gingerbread house in Brian's work lobby.

Merry Christmas!

Let the Parties begin!