Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;
And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24

Monday, July 23, 2012

An Unexpected Visitor

Last night I was working on the computer and thought I heard a bird near our basement door...today when I checked to see if anything was down there, this is what I found!
 Gross (Mom's words)!
Cool (Jackson's words)!

Feeling Blessed This Morning

I am feeling very blessed this morning.  My mom and dad took the kids to Seattle with them for a few days to give me time to work on my teaching clock hours (Which I am doing, Mom!)  But...I must say what a wonderful morning it has been.  Thanks to the generousity of the Sunquist family and my friend, Erin, we went blueberry picking bright and early.  What a great way to start a day!
I came home and cooked a delicious breakfast that I ate while doing my Bible study, delivered some blueberries to neighbors and plan to swim after working on my clock hours a bit more.
Thank, Mom, for watching the kids!

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Ryn's Birthday Party

We had a small birthday party for Ryn, which was princess/ballerina themed...of course!  Her friends all made a tutu (well, their moms' did!), except for her one boy buddy!


 The kids were pretty happy playing in the yard and the pool!


 My boys are such posers!

 Ryn LOVES her new hippo chair from Aunt Jen!

Being silly with Papa

 Playing with a few new toys from the Fry side.

Happy Birthday, Rynny Roo!

We started Ryn's birthday by heading to the store to pick out our traditional birthday doughnuts.  Knowing her party would be in a few day, we had a fairly calm day.  We had lunch at a park and finished the day at our church's VBS. 


Our crazy, wild, sweet, sassy, monkey girl...
Loves her brothers
Loves princesses and ballerinas
Loves to dance
Loves to "fight" with brothers
Loves "Nastics"
Loves to be bossy
Loves Dora and Diego
Likes candy
Can't sit still through a meal
Know most of her ABC's
Wears big girl panties
Wants to be with her family, but wants to go to school
Has a personality bigger than her little body!
Love you!

Cole's Birthday

We all made it to Cousin Cole's birthday.  These 3 cousins love hanging out together!



Pinata Time  (most of these kids are 1st cousins...some not even in the picture!)


Wonder what they're thinkin'?


Trying to get a picture of these crazy 3 is very hard!

Fourth of July in Pullman

We spent quite a few day in Pullman during the fourth.  It was a wonderful time with almost all of the family.
 We went to see how the new stadium box seats were coming along.  The field was open to walk on and the boys played some catch, the kids ran through the tunnel were the football players run out.

I almost 3!

 Cousins and Sugar...what more could a kid want!

Ryn is not the baby anymore!  Eli's first fourth!

Crafts and body paints

 Brandon is wondering what Jacob did to his arm.




We discovered a pyro in our family!



Thanks, Frys, for a wonderful celebration!


SVC Family Camp

The boys and I convinced Marcus to come to our church's family camp this year, and even better, we convinced him to rent an RV!  It was great to have a dry and warm place to sleep, along with a small kitchen and bathroom.  Marcus would still prefer a cabin on lake, but there could be a future with some sort of "camper"!  We had a great time on Rimrock Lake with our church family.







The teens enjoyed jumping in the FREEZING lake a few times throughout the weekend.


Giant marshmallow explosion

It was so hot when we got home, we went swimming at our friend's.  This was the second time that Ryn was swimming by herself with her swim-pack.  A week early, I let go of her without her knowing, and she had a realization that she could swim alone.  She now jumps off the sides, goes underwater, everything!  Oh, the freedom!