Amanda has hallucinated and decided that it would be a good time to have a guest "blogger", even more shocking she wanted it to be me, her portly, vociferous husband. It must be a side effect from her surgery, or maybe something that she learned when she looked death in the face. Well whatever it is, I will do as I am told because I don't want to get her worked up and after 11 years I know better than to disobey a command. So without further ado, here are my comments and musings about the latest photos that Amanda has decided to post.
Well after a couple hours of the kids interrupting our relaxing Fourth of July weekend we finally gave in and decided that we needed to find something to entertain them. After much thought we couldn't think of anything more fun on a warm summers day than a colorful piece of plastic combined with our hose. Amanda probably thinks that I enjoy the hydraulic properties of the exercise, but actually it's therapeutic to see the kids wipeout from time to time (as long as there aren't tears). In this picture Blakely executes a picture perfect knee slide while Haden fulfills his duty of pestering her in all aspects of her life and Emery shows us why big really is beautiful.
This truly is an extraordinary photo that you would normally only see in National Geographic. Here an endangered land bound Beluga Whale directs the X-Men flag football team in the execution of their next play. It's amazing that the children understand all of those squeaks, but it's no surprise that they weren't undefeated. You try playing for a whale.
Blakely did a tremendous job on her "Utah County" term project. She was assigned the illustrious county of Duchesne and after much hard work, sweat, tears, and procrastination she had a master piece. It's good to know that her parents perfection of the art of procrastination will live on.
Here is a photo of Haden with one of his all time best buddies, Jake. Jake came up with his family from Las Vegas and we had a great time (as always) visiting with them. If you wonder where Jake gets those good looks please notice his father Matt, the pater familia sunning himself just to the right.
Here Blakely enjoys a satisfying moment with one of her all time best buddies, Tori (Jake's sister). They are both smiling so either Jake and Haden have both suffered in some way, or judging by Blakely's far off gaze it's not far off in her mind.
Blakely and Tori again, big smiles, focused straight ahead, mission accomplished.
You might be wondering why Emery is looking out the window...is her mom or dad coming home? Is the ice cream truck in the neighborhood? Well no, it's one of her favorite times of the week, the garbage truck is here to take the trash. I love the simple pleasures of little kids.
Kayden and Haden, dynamic duo from this years Pee Wee Marlins and future partners in crime. Let's just hope I'm not speaking literally.
Blakely's piano recital was great as always, but she played the best that she ever has. It seems the piano gods smiled upon her that day.
As I have already said, big is beautiful especially when you're talking about Emery's cheeks. She has more than her daddy wrapped around her little finger, but we all know she loves me best.
Amanda is truly a gifted photographer, especially when you look at this photo and know what a turd Haden was being that morning. He is a good looking kid, even with the West Virginia Hillbilly smile. He gets his looks from his mom.
Well it looks like my gig is up. I did enjoy rambling on to the anonymous masses that may or may not read this. Please don't hold it against Amanda that I took over this week, it must be the drugs...dang Plavix.
