Highlight of Max's Summer

When we walked out of the house today there was a Fire Engine pulling up in front of our house. We were wondering what was going on...no lights and sirens. We watched as the firemen walked up to where the fire hydrant is on our property. They saw us and said they were checking the water pressure in the hydrant. Max asked if he could watch. They said "sure." "How would you like to use our tool and help us check the pressure!" Max's eyes about popped out of his head. Everyone knows Max and tools, and seeing how things work. The firemen helped him and told him all about the fire hydrant and how much pressure it should measure. Max was in "how things work heaven". I think this was the highlight of his summer!

Family Home Evening With The Harrell Family

Monday night we had family home evening with the Harrell family.

A couple of years ago I bought a game called "Hold to the Rod". We decided to break it out for the first time and play it with the Harrell family.

This game is similar to Cranium; however it is all questions related to the scriptures. There are five categories 1)scripture questions 2)Hum a hymn 3)wild card 4)draw a picture 5)word scramble or spell.

We had an absolutely fantastic time. Lots of laughing. Your not suppose to be able to use the scriptures to look up answers, but we decided that it would be more fun to use the scriptures. We had two teams...boys vs. girls.


Tom and Jerry kept us all in stitches laughing! Can you guess what this is??? And no, Megan did not draw this. This is a picture of a camel. Artist....Tom!!! Thanks for making us laugh so hard.


It was the boys turn again, and they had to answer a question from "hum a hymn". This time they had to fill in the blanks for the song. The song was "Home Can Be a Heaven On Earth". The question was "making home a part of heaven, where we ___ ____ ____." Jerry came up with the answer of "making home a part of heaven, where we scratch where it itches". Everyone burst out laughing.

Thanks Tom and Jerry for making us laugh so hard. Course how could anyone not laugh at "Tom & Jerry". Ha Ha Ha.

Where Did The Bread Go????

Yesterday, Meg, Mya and I decided to make bread. The girls "painted" the bread pans with grease while I mixed the ingredients. Everything was going great. The bread turned out nice. When it was done baking, Megan was watching me take the bread out of the oven and she looked at me and said "Mom, you made that all by yourself. Good job." All I could do was laugh at such a cute comment. Usually it is Grandma that makes the bread, not Mom.



So...while the bread was cooling, I decided to put a load of wash into the washing machine. When I came back into the kitchen the bread had disappeared. I asked Megan "where did the bread go"? I thought I was losing my mind. I knew it was cooling on the counter when I went to do the wash. She just looked at me with those big brown eyes and said "I don't know." Hmm, o.k. Megan...does the bread have legs? "No". So then the bread could not have walked away, right? Giggle Giggle Giggle. She then left the kitchen and headed for the bedroom. When she came back, amazingly she was holding four loaves of bread. This is how the bread looked. She had taken her cute little hands and pulled the tops off of each loaf! Her comment to me was "I was hungry. Sorry Mom". So much for "pretty" loaves of bread.

Golf Camp

Max had the opportunity for the past week to attend Golf Camp at Thanksgiving Point. He had a great time. It was pretty exciting because his coach was Myatt Green, PGA Tour pro. He learned a lot and had a great time.
Giving Dad some pointers.

Taking a practice swing.

Smacking it about 75 yds. down the fairway!

He was on the winning team for chipping, pitching, playing the #10 hole. He was so excited. He won several sleeves of balls and a new golf glove.

Flip Megan Flip

Yesterday Megan came running into the house yelling "Mom, Mom, come here!!! I can do it!! I can do it." I asked "what can you do?"















"I can do a flip on the trampoline." I was a little terrified to know she was doing flips on the trampoline. Sure enough, she has taught herself how to do flips. She just laughs and laughs and laughs the entire time she is doing them.

Way to go Meg!!!! One of the best things in this world is to hear your laugh!

Sicker than a "Dog"

Poor Buzzy! Some how Buzzy got a boo-boo. We had to make an emergency trip to the Vet on Sunday. When we came home from church he had an open wound...the vet called it a "hot spot". It is very painful, and the vet had to sedate him to treat it. It took him all night to actually come out of the sedation.





It is not funny that he is hurting, but we were all laughing at him because he could not walk straight! He is now on antibiotics for 2 weeks, and has to wear this collar. He is not a happy dog!


In a few days the collar can come off, but he still has to wear a T-shirt so that he can't scratch his wound. Poor little guy. He hates having to wear Mya's onesie!!





However, he is glad to have the collar off. I think he is loving all the babying he is getting from all of us. As Max would say "It's so sad because he can't tell us that he hurts". Hopefully Buzzy will feel better soon.

Hobble Creek Canyon

We decided it was time for another ride. This time up Hobble Creek Canyon. There is a great path...no dirt this time! It goes up 4.5 miles and is very beautiful. Leave it to Megan and Mya for their great comments.

I had to stop and take a break for a minute and Megan said to me as she was passing by (remember she is being pulled by Dad) "Keep going Dear."

Then we got to the top of the path and Mya said "give me five Mom, we made it"! It was a grueling trip for her sitting on the back of my bike. This is one of the reasons I am keeping this blog; so I don't forget all the cute things are kids say and do. If I don't write it down, I know they will be forgotten.