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.

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.

Good times and Bad

Brody had a really bad week. When we got back from Holland, he got an ear infection and was given an antibiotic for it. Turns out he's allergic to penicillin and he broke out in hives all over his body. He also split his head open and had to get 5 stitches on his forehead. To top it all off, he had a really bad cough that gave him a lung infection, so he's on breathing treatments too. Lets just say we haven't gotten a lot of sleep for awhile. But I'm happy to say that he is doing a million times better, and the rash is gone. Poor little guy. We love him so much.





Marlee on the other hand has had a great week because she got a new kitty. She named it Meow, and is so excited. The first couple of nights she couldn't sleep because she was so happy. I finally gave in to having a pet, even though I vowed never to have a cat. It's actually not that bad.

World Travelers

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted for so long. I just got back from an amazing trip to Holland with Brody, Corianne, and her son Teegan. We met my grandparents there, who are taking their last trip back to Holland. They say their getting too old to go again, so Corianne and I wanted to go back with them and see all the places they've been too, and meet family we haven't seen before. We also got to see where my dad was born. We stayed for two weeks in Den Haag with my Aunt Maud. She was so funny. We were treated like queens by all my relatives, and they were so excited to have the babies around. Traveling to Europe unleashed a travel bug in me, and I can't wait to go back. Next time I'll bring the whole family though, because I was pretty homesick.

My Awesome trip to Holland

Utah volleyball team

Taking a break in between games for some really healthy food.
Diane, Tara, and Loreene, hanging out in the back seat.
I was so excited to be able to play with my old volleyball rec team. I've missed them so much since we've moved. I got to play with them for their first day of tournament, and we won both games. It was so fun. It felt just like old times. Oh, and I'm feeling nice, so I'm not going to post some of the pictures I got of Brenda and Loreene. They were pretty hot though.
Taya, Loreene, Brenda, Bubba, me, Tara, Di, and Kim. Love you girls, and good luck next week!