So...we slept in our car last night....

Last night was our Ward Campout (Friday). Much of the hot dogs and smores were had (YUMMMM...I love hot dogs and smores!!!). The boys played, we chatted, played some games, then we went to bed. Nice and dry.

So....come 3:15, it started to rain. Jess and I put up the rain guard. APPARENTLY the makers of our tent thought that the tarp actually guarding us from the rain was more of a suggestion...cause...it wasn't so much water proof. We waited, the rain got heavier, we were trying to think if we should ride it out or pack up. Kade kept a great attitude the whole time with soft comments like, "don't you just love the sound the rain makes?"

So...we made the decision that we'd just pack up and sleep the rest of the night in our beds....I walked back and forth with the boys and our stuff and an umbrella. Jess flatened the air mattress' (I like to camp on beds...). We shoved as much stuff as we could into the back seat with the boys because we weren't going to roll up the tent, just cram it into the trunk. We got all packed up and pretty fast too. The boys were in good moods, excellent helpers...we drove to the exit of the camp......and the gate is shut for the night...right...we forgot about that.

Okay--so look for someone to help. We drove and found the rangers residence.

Cari---"so, you going to go wake him up to let us out?" Jess---"I don't want to, will you?" ......... Neither of us wanted to so.........

We found a nice parking spot and slept the rest of the night in our car. Now when I say slept...what I really mean is this: the car was packed and our seats couldn't so much recline. The boys couldn't so much move either. Not to mention that we were worried the leak in our car (we just have awesome stuff...that's all) wouldn't get Kade soaked during the rest of the night. It was so humid that it was like breathing underwater, but we couldn't unroll the windows cause we'd get all wet. Luke wasn't so much sleepy anymore and was all about playing games and asking questions to which Jess, in his exhausted excitement would make comments about shutting his mouth or be beaten to death...stuff like that.

I think overall we had a really nice time!

The Circus!

So, we had the circus come to town. I don't ever remember going to a circus growing up. Jess did, but he doesn't remember if he liked it or not...He's pretty sure it was fascinating though. ANYWAY, it came to town so we took the kids!

Kade's favorite part was this guy that...I'm not sure how to describe it but this guy was in a giant silver pendulum type thing that when really high in the air and then in circles and he just ran to keep from dying....ANYWAY, it was pretty amazing. Plus, he loved the motorcycle riders that rode in this tiny sphere.

Luke liked the tight rope walkers, and the guy getting shot out of the canon...he was so nervous for the noise...and says he didn't like it now...but he did. I think I have it on the video.

Jess liked the Ring Master most of all.

And I can't really choose between the Funnel Cake or the Cotton Candy. I do love Funnel Cake!!

The boys got to go for a camel ride too. It was a fun night!

Alright...so for real, we found the fastest turtle in our front yard the other day. And it was sorta creepy looking. I mean with long claws and beedy eye's...yikes. But fun to find a turtle!

Lazy Summer Days

The other night I had one of those, "ooooh, I love this life" feelings. It was so small too. The boys were playing outside and I came to bring them in for bed. Kade was busy catching grasshoppers--his new FAVORITE pass time. He catches like 10 a day, just stalking them in the back yard and pouncing. It's super cute.

Then, earlier that day me and Luke had been cleaning out their craft cupboard that had turned into the craft insanity place of stuff...and I was throwing away a bag of beans. He would have not part of that and insisted that we save some to plant a magic bean stalk in the back yard. So we planted it, and counted on the rain to water it. He was tired of waiting for the rain, so he found our watering pitcher and was painstakingly getting cups of water from the kitchen, dumping them out into the pitcher and watering his magic beans. I love being a mom.

I don't even remember the movie that we watched this night, but what I remember is how much the boys LOVE movie nights with popcorn and pillows and moving the couches around. I like them.

This flower just makes me smile. One day Kade just made it for me out of paper and a weed stick he found in the back yard. He got out a vase and put it in the kitchen for me. Sweet! Then he didn't want dad to feel bad so he made him a poster to hang on our door with a soccer ball, foot ball and a baseball on it. Kade is the one that always wants to make sure no one feels sad. If look sits by Jess during scriptures or stories or anything, even though I'm not totally awesome dad, Kade always picks me to sit by or vice-versa. He's nice that one.

Laundry Day!!! I was in the shower and the boys made good use of the laundry baskets littering the kitchen. They even added their own personal touches to make it an official train. Complete with cotton-ball wheels.

Here's some photo's from our bike ride at the creek. It was a huge success. Lately Luke has been pretty nervous on his bike...I don't know why,but he goes soooooooo slow....and no way is he going down a "slidy-slide" without me holding on. But when Kade went with us, he was CRUISING! Go Lukester!

Luke has been LOVING to swim lately. And he's gotten so so good at it. I'm super excited to put the boys in lessons soon...or later...I don't even know when they are...but sometime..that's when I'm excited.

Family Pics!

We had some family photo's taken by our AWESOME friends the Johnsons! You can see more of them on their websight here. THANKS GUYS!!! You're the coolest!