5K Run

Caylor and I ran in the Boots, Buckles, and Barrels of Fun Run on the Fourth. It was great, although Caylor did not do any training before the run he was extremely confident he could do it, and win his mother, but she has been running the last month so it was a little harder than he thought. He had her beat the first mile and half thanks to Christi's encouragement, and Grandma and Mindy for helping to keep him motivated to finish the race. I don't think he has walked three miles in a long time, but he did great and finished the race even though he felt sick. He was in a great mood that morning even though he had to get up around 5:30 to get to the race by 6:00. Our favorite policeman ever was also there leading the race not on foot, but in his police car. That officer is uncle Brian it was his first day in uniform. I am so glad I got to see him on the job.

Family Reunion

We have been so busy, enjoying every minute of our summer! Fortunately for us we were able be here for the Bingham Family Reunion, and squeeze it into our schedule of events. I love visiting with my grandpa and all my cousins. We had an enjoyable time, and it was at a creative park. I just had to post some pictures. Hey Christi, I made sure I had someone take a picture of me since you are always asking for pictures of me.

The Old Green Truck

The old green truck that Clay drove around for about nine years was sold this past weekend. This truck was Clay's Grandpa Hunsaker's 1969 Ford Ranger truck that we were fortunate to have during our first few years of marriage. I believe it only had 56,000 miles on it when we picked it up in 1996. I don't think I have as many memories in any other vehicle as I do this truck (maybe because we have never keep anything half as long as this truck). I remember Clay haulling the little boys around in the green truck. Caylor and Brodie always prefered the old green truck to the newer air conditioned vehicles we had. If Dad was going somewhere in the truck they wanted to go with him. i also remember picking Clay up at the dump where it broke down on him, and then me getting in the truck to be towed behind him in my expedition (that was my car for a short while). We made it all the way back to Syracuse safely, and as we turned around the corner the chain got caught around the tire and the old truck came really close to taking out my expedition. We must have been watched over that day because I still don't know how we made it home. I know I was praying the whole way to make it safely ( I'd never been towed before and I was so nervous the entire time). However, I only have fond memories of the old truck. I have never been sad to see a vehicle go like I was the old green truck.

Bargain on Swimming Lessons

In Kentucky I checked into swimming lessons and the cheapest I could find was $85 per kid some places were even $120 per kid I guess that wouldn't be too bad if I only had one or two kids to put in lessons, but I have four. So I decided to travel a little ways away to Utah and pay only $110 for all four kids (don't worry I didn't really come all this way just for swimming lessons, we had to do Aggie Football camp too). I love places that cater to large families. The kids are loving their swimming lessons, learning a lot and all having fun. Here are some pictures to prove it. Eden is doing good, but they switched her teacher on her so she prefers her teachers arm for the most part, but her teacher does make sure she takes her turns to do all the techniques.

Our Future Aggies

The boys had a blast at Aggie football camp. Houston as always was a riot to watch! Nothing stops him, and he is not intimidated by anyone, however he does have a big heart. The whole attitude is very different this year with the new coaching staff. On the second day the boys were there from 9:30-3:30. They did really good, but when I showed up at 3:00 to watch I saw Houston's group get sent back to the previous activity because they did not run to the next station. Aggies always hustle on the field, and there are no exceptions not even for kindergartners.

There was a little girl on Houston's team at the camp, and she came over and asked Eden if she was playing football at the camp. Eden just looked at her funny (like duh I am a girl), and replied, "I am a girl, and girls don't play football"! Eden wondered why she asked such a silly question.

I had no doubt about spending the money on the camp when Coach Anderson started his pep talk the first day and asked who liked the Aggies? Of course the response was a loud cheer! He then asked if anyone liked the cougars. A not so wise kid raised his hand, to say he did, and Gary Anderson walked right over to the boy, took his football and told him to get out of here. Right then I knew it was worth every penny to send my kids to Aggie Football camp. Don't worry he let the kid stay (hopefully he learned his lesson). We love our Aggies!

Pamper Me Please!!

This afternoon Eden visited the spa for her first manicure and pedicure. She absolutely loved it. She sat patiently and enjoyed every minute of her pampering. She is a little ticklish so she wiggled her feet a bit during the process. Her eyes grew so big when she saw the wall of nail polish. She had already decided that she was going to have purple and nothing would change her mind. She ended up with purple polish and pink polka dots (her two favorite colors). As she was being pampered she saw a bright green and neon yellow and said, "Tomorrow when we come back I want green and yellow polka dots."

She also made a request to the lady, "Paint mommies just like mine purple with pink polka dots." However, I did not go for the pink polka dots and I definitely won't be putting the green and yellow on next time either. Maybe when she decides the french manicure is what she wants we can be twins.

Nothing like starting them out young with the finer things in life. Not even four yet and she has visited the spa. Good thing we have three boys and only one princess in our house (other wise she would not get the pampering she desires)!After putting up with three brothers her whole life I think she deserved it.

Princess Hair!

Every day when I ask Eden if I can do her hair she either replies with, "No, I just want it in my face." or "Yes, I want princess hair."

To her princess hair means like Snow White with a pretty red headband with a bow on it. I am not sure why Snow White and not Cinderella, Sleep Beauty, or Belle, she just wants the red headband. I have showed her a lot of red headbands, but they are not exactly like Snow White's so we struggle. We have even bought her a red Snow White tiara (it has Snow White on it too), but it does not satisfy her (it is not like Snow Whites). I am not sure why it has to be Snow White hair. She never leaves a headband in for very long any way. However, yesterday she was so excited because she had new princess hair, and she loves this fancy princess hair, even though it is not Snow White hair. I think the glitter might have a little something to do with it. She also sat still, and only moved her head a little. I guess it helps having her playing at the computer, and to know if she gets off Houston is going to take over. Nothing too fancy, but a very happy princess with a good hair day.

Eden's Tumbling

Eden is finally in a tumbling class. She absolutely loves it. She even comes home and practices her bridges, splits and rolls. Although the stretching and skills she is learning there are ones we could cover in five minutes at home, we could not make it as fun as the class. I think Eden enjoys being surrounded by all the girls too.

Out of state field trip!

On Friday Caylor and I went on an out of state field trip. We went all the way to Ohio, to the Cincinnati Museum. His teacher made a big deal about going out of state, even though it is only about 60 miles from the school. Clay was able to work from home on Friday.
The school had charter buses for the field trip, so the students were able to watch a movie on the way there and back. We spent a day at the museum exploring the dinosaurs, the natural history, and even got to go to the five story dome, Omnimax theater to watch "Dinosaurs Alive" we returned back around 4:00 even though school gets out at 2:35.

Last Day of preschool!

Houston went to his last day of preschool, on Thursday. They were going to have a beach party, but of coarse it rained here. The kids still had fun with the sand and water in the classroom, I am not so sure the teacher had as much fun. Mom enjoyed watching her babies interact with their friends at school. It was also Eden's last day with Houston, she will return to preschool in August without Houston. She really enjoyed preschool for the month and a half she went. She did follow Houston's example, and loved having her brother in her class and meeting all of his friends.