Melaleuca Picnic and More July

Its not in numerical order, but I can't get these stupid pictures to move around, I would think that as many people that use this site it would be way more user friendly!!  or maybe I'm an idiot!!!

Melaleuca throws a great employee summer picnic.  A huge carnival for the kids, a great lunch catered by Texas Roadhouse this year with yummy roast pigs and all you can eat Cotton Candy, sno cones, popcorn and drinks.  A hot Saturday afternoon in July lazing under the canopies eating while the kids play!  They also have what they call Heritage games for the grown-ups a kind of Minute to win it type of fun for small prizes, then they have their large prize drawing in the afternoon.  All in all a great time!!!

 This was the field they had for shooting managers with paint ball guns.  That was an experience that Bill ALMOST had but didn't end up having too because the guy showed up at the last moment!! Whew!!!!

 For the kids they had a greased pig contest and had taped money to baby calf's and had them run around while the kids chased them.  I am sure with the amount of kids in the circle those animals are forever scarred!!!

 Another day in July we drove up to Rexburg to go to the Splash Park (not the new waterpark) with some friends I wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised to find quite a nice park.  The kids had fun but it was kinda windy and they got cold relatively fast.

 OK so here's the unveiling of the new haircut.  Abbie had been growing her hair out for a while and wanted so badly to donate it, but she was so ready to cut it and she didn't have 10inches to donate only probably 7 or 8, it just wasn't enough and I couldn't convince her to keep growing!!!

I think it turned out adorable!!!

Raspberries...you gotta love them!!  And I do!!!  This was the first big picking of the season, the next day we had double this!!!  IT was AWESOME and YUMMY!!!!

 Just had to throw in a picture of the coolest kid in town!!!!  Do you like his hat???  It's his party hat!!!

 Another Activity Days get together...we threw a Birthday Party for all the girls it turned out really great!!!!

At the end of July we had a great treat!  Bills cousin Mike and his wife Colette came to the west from Kentucky to visit, they actually met at Ricks and reunited after almost 20 years and got married a year and a half ago.  It was sooooo much fun to get to know them better, we enjoyed having them here so much.  Now we need to plan a trip to Kentucky so they can show us around!!!

Except for Cierra's Birthday I think this covers July!!!!

Parades, Fireworks and Birthdays

What is wrong with me?  I take my camera everywhere and I never take any pictures, so here I am blogging about stuff I don't have pictures of!!!
The month of July is a great month, It was the month I was born on the 2nd even, this year we are not commemorating though because I turned 40, I didn't want to turn 40 so we're ignoring it, but I love the 4th of July its such a great holiday!!! I am so grateful to be an AMERICAN to live in the greatest country in the world!!
Besides being Independence day, and its also my dad's birthday, my parents came up to celebrate the day with us.  They met us at the parade, then we came home and had a nice BBQ and then that night went to the Melalueca Freedom Fireworks with them and some other friends...I only have pictures of the parade...ugh!!!

Here we are the next night getting ready to light off the fireworks we bought, but again this is the only picture!!

What a dull post...but sometime that's life!!!

Melaleuca Party

I think this is the first year in the 7 that we've been going to the Melaleuca Party that the weather was not blistering. It was a warm day, but one of the first I have been truly grateful for the windiness of Idaho Falls! It made for a right pleasant day!!! It really is a great day, lots for the kids to do; unlimited food, games, cotton candy, sno cones and drinks Better than slappin' the bull it ridin' it!!!!Jesse and Daken on the WHIZZER In the Swing of things!!Doesn't he look thrilled to be there??? These two boys tried so many times to get in the game and finally they made it into the three legged race. They ended up winning which was their goal, both got movie passes and $5 to Coldstone!! The summer picnic is always looked forward to by my clan! Fun times were had by all!!!