The Lake!

One of the weekends that my sister was here I got a wild hair to spend the afternoon at the lake! The weather was nice prior to leaving my parents house but almost as soon as we got there and all got wet, wow the wind sure started blowing. That is one thing about Yuba...if the wind blows, it really really blows! We enjoyed what little bit of sun we did get to enjoy.

Jeslyn loves the water. She is like a fish!

I got wild hair and decided to challenge myself to see if I could swim all the way out to the buoy. I made it, barely! Good thing I am a pretty good swimmer and know how to float on my back to catch my breath! From the picture it doesn't appear to be that far, oh but it was.

Then it became TeMpEsTuOuS...and fast!
Jeslyn's tube blew away and she couldn't run fast enough to catch it, luckily the fellow beachers helped her out and grabbed it.

We decided since we got cheated out of basking in the sun that we would try it one more time, so the next day we loaded up hours earlier than the day before in hopes that if there was a storm that we would beat it. This time Jauncee joined us.

Jeslyn had fun building a sand castle and Max couldn't wait to destroy it. We had to hold him back just so we could get a picture of her masterpiece!

I was missing someone . . . wishing he could have been there with us! I think he was cussing me because I should have been at church. Sorry dear, next time!

All in all, We had a great time. Thanks Ging for coming with us. It was well worth the 3 hours it took me to finally get all the sand out of my car!

4th of July Fun

This year the 4th of July was exciting and fun for a lot of reasons...my sister Ginger and her family were here visiting from Pennsylvania, and my most favorite person in the whole world, Dirk was here visting from Idaho! For some reason I didn't take many photos, maybe due to the fact that my girls spent most of the holiday with their fathers. We had a good time nonetheless and seemed to eat a ton of food and enjoyed each others company.

Jeslyn and Jauncee both rode the Cheerleader Float

Enjoying the shade in the park, there was a lot of people there but not too many that I knew, or maybe I was a little distracted to care. Who knows? After the park we went and took a nice little snooze, which turned into a really long nap! =)

Later that evening we were entertained at a barbeque in Holden at my parents. My Aunt JoAnn made the best dutch oven dinner ever! There was quite the crowd: My Grandma Turner, Aunt JoAnn, her son Brady. My uncle Tim, Aunt Cindy & their daughter Tenniel. My cousin Scott and his beautiful wife Andrea and Holly, their precious itty bitty baby. My sister, her hubby Paul and my cute little rambunctious nephew Max. Jake, Judd and Brooks. Of course Papa and Gamma Jill, me, Jauncee and Dirk!

My sister is 34 weeks pregnant in this picture, I think she looks great!

Later that evening we headed on over to Fillmore for the fireworks. I was actually rather impressed, Fillmore went all out and put on a spectacular show. I wish I would have taken my camera beacuse we had the best seats ever--we sat on the gravel pit, which besides getting extremely dirty was a great view!

CHEER CAMP

Jeslyn and Jauncee both participated in a cheer camp fundraiser which consisted of 3 days of practice and a performance for the parents. They both had so much fun, I think their favorite part was getting to see Whitney! They love her, she is so good to them.

They are now Official Members of the MHS Spirit Club - Good Job Girls!

SUMMER FUN

WOW! How time flies when you're having fun. I can't believe that the 4th of July is almost here already. Where did the time go? At least we have been enjoying the summer. Here is what we have been up to the past month.

HORSE RIDE

Jeslyn, Dirk and I had the opportunity go for a ride up Wide Canyon to the Green Canyon trough it was so beautiful and green. Jeslyn has been begging to go riding for weeks. Thanks for being such a good sport Dirk and entertaining her request, because I couldn't have taken her alone. Even though the little stink complained the entire way up - sorry about that! GiRlS! What more can I say? Jeslyn actually had a really good time and did awesome on the way back down with no complaints! We did see a little baby rattle snake on the way back, Momma screamed of course and scared it off! It was a beautiful ride with 2 of my 3 most favorite people. I love you guys!

SOFTBALL

Jeslyn signed up to play coach pitch softball, but they didn't end up having enough teams to play so they took all the girls who signed up and practiced with them together it was kind of like a clinic per say, then the following day they had a game and divided the girls into 2 teams. It was really fun for all of them. They did this for about 5 weeks, and by the end, wow, all of the girls had really improved! Jeslyn always volunteered to play catch, I am not sure why, because she could hardly move in all of the gear but she liked it. I am proud of Jes, I didn't realize she is as competitive with herself as she is. One game she struggled hitting the ball and when she had to use the T, she was mad then got herself out on 1st base, went in the dugout and through her helmet and started crying - I was mortified! If I could have made myself invisible I would have! Judd gave her a good pep talk and mom, well she scolded her in the car on the way home. Happy to say it did't happen again!

By the last game Jeslyn was hitting the ball very well which boosted her confidence immensely. I am glad Jes had the opportunity to play and for the parents who volunteered their time to help these girls.

SWIMMING LESSONS

The kids all took swim lessons for two weeks, my girls both love to swim and are actually really great swimmers! Brooks, this was his first time but did very well and I thinked he liked it.

Ahh! My sweet Jes!


Then there's my little love Jaunc!

How could you not love this little guy, he is so kissable!

*BEST FRIENDS*

I love that my girls are such great buddies! I find them more often than not "Nuggling" one another! It melts my heart. I love these 2, they sure make life worth living!

And finally . . .

This is Jauncee showing off her coney pine that she found at the park. She has been packing this around now for about 3 - 4 days. When she first found it she thought she had found a coconut. Funny girl!

This is Jeslyn showing off her bean plant that actually has 2 beans on it. But for some reason she won't let me plant it, so for now we are doing our best to keep it alive in the papercup. Silly girl!