Day before the birthday....blues.

So, I had been really concerned with Brooklyn's coughing. She gets coughing so hard that she throws up. Normally, that's nothing new, because she can do it at any time, and it is usually when she is crying. However, it seems like lately, she isn't really TRYING to throw up. So, I took her in to see the doctor. She has Bronchitis. Nice. Happy Birthday!

Birthday party #1

The GIRL is SPOILED!

The last couple of years, she has ended up having 3 different birthday parties. All I keep thinking is, this has got to stop or else we will be in BIG trouble when she gets older!

(what's really scarry is the fact that I wanted to take her to Disneyland this year for her birthday..and i'm freaking out about her have 3 birthday parties! what am I thinking? is this left over drama from my surpressed past of my parents leaving me on MY birthday when I was younger? I just don't know!)

Well, so far, I haven't been able to stop the spoiling!

We had birthday party #1 last night. The Davies' family gets together every month to celebrate that month's birthdays. We decided to go to the Murray Pool. It was fun. A little cold, because it was breezy, not to mention our "less than normal" summer!

This is the birthday girl.

She was excited to open those gifts. I don't think she really realized that it was her birthday and all the comes with it!

Most of the Davies' that came to the party and then our little family!

Cousin KC. Brooklyn loves him and her cousin Sheridan (not pictured) also! She gets to spend one day every week with them because they babysit her...and Gus.

Speaking of Gus..do you remember the little guy that was AFRAID of the sprinkler, and subsequently the pool at grandma and grandpa's house? Well...this is what he turned into!

A water monkey! He absolutely LOVED the water AND the water slide! He wasn't afraid to go under, in fact, he kept going under on purpose!

The jumps even got better as he worked on it! He even SMILED!

Cute little Gus! Love that guy!

Pink Eye

So, the day started off as any other normal day. I went to work before Brooklyn and Brison even woke up. Brooklyn had a primary activity to go to. Brian stayed home with Brison. Later in the day, we had our Travis Family Reunion. I was excited because I enjoy my family. I enjoy talking to cousins and spending time with my Grandparents. I even arranged to get off work a little early to go. Once I got there, I was overloaded with information about my children. KC, Brison threw up earlier...he was with Dad, so you might want to ask him. KC, your son's eyes look SO bad. KC, I think Brison might have Pink Eye. So, after I got me a hot dog..(you would do it too if you were as hungry as I was...admit it!) I tracked down Brison. Sure enough, his eyes did look bad! I called and made an appointment for him and raced away to the doctors.

Pink Eye and an Ear Infection. Lovely.

I have never actually seen somebody with pink eye...other than their eye was red (or PINK).

I was surprised when Brison was done with all his crying and his eyes actually STOPPED oozing that lovely green goo...at how bad they looked. I felt so bad. He kept rubbing them and crying. I decided to take him outside and see if that would get his mind off of them....because he LOVES to be outside. While out, I decided it would be a good time to document the occasion!

As you can tell by these pictures, he did actually cheer up...and I got a few smiles out of him.

This one was just really cute!

More smiles....

This morning, he actually is doing much better and I think that the medicine has finally kicked in because we are no longer oozing 'green goo'. He is still, however, a stinker. But, he's my stinker and I love my little Gus.

4th of July

My absolute favorite day of the year!

The 4th of July! I love the colors! I love the activities!

eVEryThiNg!

I think our family has a new tradition...well, at least for the last 7 years or so.....

It starts with a 5 a.m. boat run....

Yes, the sun is really JUST coming up! This year it was Lance, Allison, Derek and me that went out. We like getting out early enough that we can have good water, and still early enough that when we leave, most people are just getting there! I love it when people comment on how we are "leaving so soon.." and we say, nope, been out for 2 hours already! And it's 7:00a.m.!

I took this picture of Allison...and I thought it turned out cool!

Then, we went home for breakfast burritos! They were DELISH!

We try to let the kids either run through the sprinklers or the slip & slide...but, not this year!

Brett and Gretchen bought this pool! We set it up at Mom and Dad's (because they have a fence) The kids absolutely LOVED it! The water was a LITTLE cold...but i'm sure it will warm up sometime...right?

After we were done swimming, the kids were still restless and so they were playing on the patio. This is Gus, and his demonstration of a proper "SLIDE"!

I just LOVE these pictures of the kids. Brian was standing behind me trying to get them to laugh and smile. I LOVE it when Brison covers his mouth. The way he has his hands it just adorable to me! I love my kids to death!....maybe not so much when they throw fits, but still!

We of course had to have the patriotic hamburgers and potato salad for dinner! There was even some homemade raspberry ice cream!

I have realized over the last few years, that I just don't have enough pictures of me and Brian together....i'm working on that!

Awake for the sunrise and the sunset! WHAT A DAY!

I tried out some new tricks with my camera...I actually remembered my tripod this time! I thought these shots turned out pretty good...and YES! That is Brison holding his own sparkler with no adult supervision! We are AWESOME parents...all in the name of photography!

Awesome firework show! The second picture was our "grand finale!" Cool! Gotta love "legal" fireworks!

It was such an wonderful day! Just a fun day hanging out with family and enjoying the sun and good food! LOVE IT!