Okay so this post is a little out of order! I cannot figure out out to re-arrange it. I don't get this Blog thing to good. Take note of the picture of Jake holding the camera....Emma took it.

Pleasant surprise

So on Tuesday late afternoon I got a knock on the door and to my surprise there was a girl on my doorstep with a floral delivery for Rose Oakeson. Strange I thought....She definately does not look like she is from these parts and there is no delivery truck in sight. She looked strangely familiar and looked as though she was going to start laughing at any minute. So during my 30 second evaluation I told her she looked familiar and she stood there as I opened the card "Dear Rose Oakeson, I miss you and love you very much. Love, Jake Waldron" I knew it! Jake's girlfriend Brittany, Who'd I had only seen pictures of was standing on my front porch. Sorry Jake....I should've gone along with it but I couldn't keep from laughing! Jake was parked at the next house down....Real sneaky! The girls were beside themselves! Cody took a few minutes to warm up. Ryan knew all along. What the ? How did he keep that a secret for so long? It was so fun to see Jake and meet Brittany. How nice of them to come all the way up here to see us Thanks guys for coming to see us and for all the treats you bought for us. We had so much fun! We miss you already.




In the picture below.....Emma taking a picture of Uncle Jake taking a picture of her. She's quite the photographer.

What an eventful week!

On Monday Aunt Helen came down to visit us from McCall. She brought the kids quilts that she made and some giant snickerdoodles and other little surprises. We of course were so happy to see her and we loved the quilts! She is so creative. Helen took the girls to Target and bought Madi some jeans and Emma a shirt. Then they went to Michael's and they came back with a craft. In this picture Helen is helping the girls make little doorhangers. Later that evening Helen took us to dinner at Applebees and she filled up the van with gas. What a treat!! To bad Ryan couldn't make it to dinner....He had to work. Imagine that! He had to eat my leftovers. Poor guy! It was such a fun day. The girls were sad to see her go, especially Emma. She was so worried about her because when she left it was a little windy and Emma felt bad that she had to drive in the wind by herself. She was also worried we would never see her again because she was going back to Arizona and she really wanted her to come to her birthday in October. :( I reassured her we would see her again soon. She was oh so sad. She had tears streaming down her dimpled cheeks.

Back-to-school....well almost!

So we are all back from our little excursions. Ryan has been on a couple of trips lately. He went to Arizona for some training and soon after that he went to pocatello to train a couple of guys out there. He's also been to Oregon but that doesn't really count because it's only about 30 minutes from here. The kids and I went to Logan to help give my little sister a baby shower and attend my sister-in-laws baby shower. I am so excited to finally be an Aunt!! The kids are excited at the idea of having little cousins to play with or because of the age difference......babysit:) Madi, Emma and Cody stayed in Logan a few extra days while I came home to try and get organized. Ryan and I went to dinner one night and were planning on seeing the dark knight but when we sat down in the theatre they started to play wall-e. They were trying to fix the malfunction but it was taking to long and it was to late so we left with 4 free movie passes. Ohwell. At least we got some free passes. Ryan was kinda irritated because he really wanted to see his movie. Who knows when we'll get the chance again......hmmm......maybe I'll take the kids to see that new 3-d movie coming out on Friday. Well it's good to have my babes back. They were only gone a couple of days but we missed them a lot!!!

Summer is FUN....I don't want school to start!

Emma and Dolly

Emma and Cody watching Nim's Island

Madi and Dolly

Refreshing!!

Cody? Is that a smile?

Triple Trouble

We love your haircut

Lady bug lady

Awww!!

Cute face

Future cowboy

We miss you....Already!!!

Here is the letter I promised.......

Hey Madi and Emma what does this sign say? The drive back home was really long and boring without you guys. Actually it was shorter but still boring, that's for sure. Our song came on and I sang it as loud as I could...."I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY SAY, I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU..." You know the rest! When I got home June ran to me like she had not seen me in years and then she followed me around the house the rest of the night. I think she was afraid I was going to leave again. She even climbed up on my shoulder like she used to. (she used to could do it):) Dad I'm pretty sure missed me to. He can't wait to see you guys. I was showing him the pictures that I took when I was there and I'm pretty sure I saw a tear. You should see the garden. It's amazing what 5 days can do. Dad picked some enormous zuccini and some cucumbers and tomatoes that tasted like candy. I'll post some pictures of the garden veggies tomorrow along with the picture of June-buggies that I promised Emma. Check back tomorrow around dinner. Be ever so good and mind your manners. " I love to mind my manners Cody." We miss you and love you. Whatever you do don't have to much fun. See ya in a few days. Call me.

Love,

Mom