Independence Day

My Dad sent this to me and I thought it was very fitting so I had to post it!!

As the celebration of the birth of our nation approaches I could think of no greater words to read and by which to abide in this hour when so many cry calamity and woe.

“Men may fail, but this nation won’t fail. I have faith in America; you and I must have faith in America.

“I plead with you not to preach pessimism. Preach that this is the greatest country in all the world. This is the favored land. This is the land of our forefathers. It is the nation that will stand despite whatever trials and crises it may yet have to pass through.

“We should not be concerned about finding what is wrong with America, but we should be finding what is right about America and should be speaking optimistically and enthusiastically about America.”

--Harold B. Lee

Happy Fourth Of July!!!!

11 months!!

I can't believe it's only one more month and my baby will be a ONE!!
We just love this little girl SO much!!

Bath Monster

So yesterday we camped at the lake with Jake and Traci. We had a lot of fun but were really dirty when we got home. So it was off to the bathtubs. I put both of the girls in and let them play and then took Emma out and got her lotioned and dressed. A couple minutes later I heard a splash then a cry from Madison.

I walked around the corner and found this.....a dark head instead of the blond head that was

expecting to see in the bath. That's right we have our own little Bath Monster. The resemblance was so similar to Emma we named it Emma!!

So then I took a picture because I figured no one would believe we had our very own Bath Monster!! Don't be jealous, I've heard very few Bath Monsters are ever seen, let alone caught!!

Crazy Week

So our CRAZY week started last Thursday with the Lewis Family Reunion. Thursday night we went to the Temple which was so nice since its been a while!! Then Friday we went to the lake and had a lot of fun!!It was Emma's first time at the lake and she LOVED it!! Once she was in the water she did NOT want to get out!!!Madison had fun playing with Lynnie and Ezra. Do you think she's ready for the water of what?

The Family Reunion went through Sunday but we left Saturday night and went to Brya's to get ready for camping!! It has been at least 6 years since I've gone so I was Really looking forward to it!! Madison was the most excited about fishing!! She kept asking when we were going fishing!! Here she is with Chuck's catch!! She unfortunately didn't catch one, not from the lack of trying!!! I have never seen a three year old sit for so long!!Emma was happiest when we were in the tent since I would let her crawl around!!

Here are all the munchkins!!
The camp ground was beautiful!! Lots of of trees and water!! The best part was FLUSHABLE toilets!! A novelty I have never had while camping!!

My adorable niece Jenna.

What is camping without a picture like this!!
Brad was not there most of the time because he ended up working but to make up for it he bought Madison a fishing pole!! Well really he had his eye on it before the trip but didn't get it until he came back on Monday!! Madison, true to form, kept hugging it and thanking him for it!!
Here she is with her purple and pink fishing pole!!
Apparently Emma can't wait to go fishing herself!!

The family the last day in front of the tent, I say last day so you know we had already been out there for almost three whole days, which is why we look so great!!

After a long week many of us were really wiped out!!!

Or just trying to get out of clean up!!!

Swimming Lessons

Madison started swim lessons on Tuesday and is LOVING them!!

Emma has even stuck her legs in and is loving the water!!

The things kids get into!!

That's right Emma got into my tampons!! I've seen kids get into flour but really tampons!! She was SO excited too, I walked into the bathroom and she started stuffing them into her mouth and kicking her feet!!

I guess I should just be glad they were the unused ones!!

A couple new things

Well first of all Emma now has her second tooth!! It only took a month to come it!! So it's been a FUN month!! It's the top one, so now she has one bottom and one top, it looks pretty funny!!And our second new thing was Emma swimming for the first time!!

(And now that I'm looking at this picture I'd say its time for a NEW suit for Madison!!)

Brad of coarse decided to do it on a colder day and she was the only one actually brave enough to go all the way in!! She LOVED it!! You can't really tell from the picture but she did!! I think we have another fish on our hands!!