The Newts: Cory, Steph, Marlee, and Brody

"Let them be little, because they're only that way for a while."

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Marlee's first run in with the law


So, I don't have a picture of this, but just imagine Marlee butt naked, and covered head to toe in mud. The neighbors just got grass and have been watering a ton, so there are huge puddles of mud everywhere. Of course, this is Marlee's favorite place to play. We've had to keep all the doors locked so she won't go out all the time and get muddy, but this one particular afternoon Cory came home for lunch and let her go play with her friends. Well, ten minutes later she comes to the door naked and covered in mud, so I hose her off and put her in her bed. Then, about five minutes later a cop shows up at our door asking me if I'd seen a little naked girl running around. I seriously paused for a couple minutes wondering if I should claim her, but I just told him, yeah, I think that's my daughter. Turns out, the construction crew down the road saw her and thought she might get hurt so they called the police. I'm glad they did, but I was so embarrassed. I'm sure this won't be her last incident either. She's been a little problem child lately. She even locked me out of the house the other day. Someone please tell me there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Barbeque at Grandma Debbie's

Here's Marlee and her cousins, Liam, Rylee, and Max. Notice Marlee's water ballon boobies. She thought they were so cool.
Here's Marlee and her cousins, Katelynn and Harlie. They had so much fun swimming in the pool.
Katelynn was the only one being photogenic. The other two were two busy swimming in the water.
Our friends, Tyler, Erin, and their daughter Peyton came over for a barbeque. Sorry Erin, Cory took this picture and it was the best one I could find.
Here's Harlie trying to kiss Simon. He was playing hard to get. It was so fun being able to spend time with all our family and friends. Whenever we're in Utah, we get together and have a barbeque at Cory's mom's house. Afterwards we lit fireworks and stayed up talking til one in the morning. It was a blast.

4th of July in Utah

For our 4th of July weekend, we drove down to Utah and met some of Cory's family at a campsite, and had our first campout. The kids did pretty good, but I don't think me and Cory got any sleep.

Here's Marlee and Cory hanging out. Marlee loved being in the outdoors, but she kind of scared us because she would just wander around chasing Brittney's dog. It was pitch dark and she was just walking around. Cory's sister finally put a glow stick around her so we could see where she went. That's my Marlee. She's not afraid of anything.

Here's where me and Brody slept. Marlee and Cory roughed it in a tent.

This is our cute nephew, Simon.


This is Simon's dad, Lance. I thought it was a good picture of what our camping trip was like. Pretty much we just sat around and ate food and talked, while the kids ran around like crazy animals. It was fun seeing everyone and just relaxing.