Dream Big

I've been meaning to post my two cents about American Idol for the past week, so here it is. Well, as you all know I'm a huge Idol fan and Clint and I are so glad David Cook won. He more than deserves it! On the final night that they sang he chose this song from the songwriters competition and we loved it. This past weekend we looked up the lyrics to the song and it has such a great meaning. Clint and I love to rock out to this song. Also for any of you who watched the finale saw David Cooks commercial for Guitar Hero, and I must say, he was awesome! Way better of an actor than Archuleta. I think Archuleta was good, but Cook definately deserved it more!

Payback!

We were over at Clint's brother's house on Friday for Pizza and Guitar Hero and accidentally left our camera over there. Unfortunately, Curt and Ashley had a little too much fun with it. They are quite photogenic though, don't ya think?

Curt was enjoying this way too much!

Nice face Ash!

The heat is on!

Lexi has been begging me lately to get out our blow up pool. Once the weather reached 110 two days ago I broke out the pool and the kids were so thrilled. They had a great time with eachother and loved splashing around. I had to eventually drag them inside because they didn't want to get out.

Here's Lexi...she loves to pose for the camera!

Caden loves the water. He has no fear!

Father's & Sons

Last night Clint took Caden on Father's and Son's for the first time. They had a fun time. Clint took his bike and they went on a bike ride, sat around the camp fire (which they were almost fined $5,000 for having), and had cobbler. When they got home I noticed Caden was in the same outfit he left in and his face was covered in dirt. I guess boys will be boys and not care how dirty they get.

While Clint and Caden were away camping, Lexi and I had a fun girls night out. Lexi was worried that the boys were going to have so much fun without her. I told Lexi she could pick where she wanted to eat dinner and she chose BJ's. We then went to As you wish and painted. Lexi chose a purse penny bank and I painted a vase. Lexi was very detailed and had such a blast! After that we did what girls do best...shopped! We bought Lexi a new dress. These pictures were taken with Lexi's fisher price camera, so the lighting is a little off. We definately had as much fun as the boys!

F1 Race Factory

Friday night we went out with our friends, John & Michelle, for date night. We went to F1 Race Factory which is an indoor kart racing where the cars go 40 - 45 mph. It was lots of fun. Sorry about the blurry picture. It's the only one I got and I didn't realize my camera was on the wrong setting when we took it. The guys thought it would be funny to tell us to put on the suits and then not put them on themselves. Ha, Ha...

A few of our favorite things...this time of year

Bike Rides with the kids

Lexi & Caden love riding in the bike trailer. Everytime we go out in the garage Caden points to the bikes and says, "bi". We go on bike rides at least a couple times a week. The kids would love to go every night if they could. We have to enjoy the evenings while they still cool down.

Fun times at the Park

The kids love the park. Last week we went to Tumbleweed park. The kids had a great time and the playground was huge. It even has a mini road for the kids to ride bikes on. Very cute! We'll be back to this park for sure.

Breakfast outside

Caden just loves to eat every morning outside. Lexi will sometimes join him, but he usually wakes up earlier and wants to eat right away.

Popsicles!

Need I say more? Who doesn't love a cool treat? I love the mini popsicles because they don't melt all over them before they finish it. Yummm!

Keeping cool!

What is it about the refrigerator? One of the first things both my kids learned how to do early on is open the fridge. I love this picture of Caden because he acts like he's in his sanctuary. He would hang out in the fridge like this all the time if I let him. It seems like he can be a mile away, but as soon as the door to the refrigerator opens he's there in a flash. Thank goodness for fridge locks!