july

Woo Hoo! I’m almost all caught up!

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July started with these 3 getting to go to the Gilbert Temple to do Baptisms.

It’s pretty neat to see your children go off together to the Temple.

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It did take awhile to get a good picture of the 3 of them that I could actually post…

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It’s summer in AZ…

The dust. Most evenings we get dust. On a lucky evening we may get a few drops of rain with the dust. On a rare night we get lightening and torrential rain.

We could use less dust and more rain.

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We had the most laid-back 4th of July evah…and it was delightful.

We had all sorts of plans, but we just ended up hanging out together. We played a few games. There may have been coloring with crayons involved. Burgers were grilled.

But after dark we got crazy…

Sparklers!

Yep…we are seriously out of control crazy.

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As soon as the 4th of July weekend was over our summer break kind of ends. Drumline camp started bright and early for these guys.

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We also had our air conditioner go out twice this summer.

It was only the unit that cools the downstairs. At least our bedrooms stayed nice and cool.

The kitchen and living areas on the other hand were kind of unbearable.

It may have resulted in not cooking…and consuming ice cream for dinner.

It’s nutritious…right?

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And BOOM…just like that you are all up-to-date on the Chaos.

insta-friday 8.23.2013

It’s been a few weeks since I did a Insta-Friday post so I went back a few weeks and grabbed  few pictures from my Instagram feed.

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Things have been a little stressful at Casa de Chaos for the last few weeks.

I love that my skin likes to freak out when I’m stressed. Which doesn’t add to my stress at all.

I feel like I am going through puberty again…because it was so pleasant the first time.

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These two Boyz…

They are such good kids. They were all ready to go to Baptisms at the Temple and I couldn’t resist taking a quick picture.

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Back to school means too much time sitting like this:

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The nastiness of a foot in a cast:

Enjoy!

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I’m not big on being over-scheduled.

On certain Tuesdays I am supposed to get 3 kids to 3 different places…at the exact same time!

Done, done and done!

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It’s August in the AZ.

There are the most hellacious bugs and spiders everywhere. This lovely guy was hanging out by the door in the garage.

Not a fan.

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Even as a sophomore he is willing to embrace Nerd Day.

I can’t even explain how happy this makes me. And the amount of begging it took for him to let me take this picture was ridiculous…hasn’t he learned that Mom should always get her way?!?

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I had to do a little search to find this picture of Roo.

She claimed the first broken bone for the Chaos Crew before she was even 2.

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We had a follow up appointment for Hammie.

His leg is healing great and the cast comes off on September 11th. YAY!!!

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He has a pressure sore on his heel that needed checked while we were at the doctor. To do that they cut a hole in his cast where it was hurting and added more padding to his heel.

Now his cast is super-heavy-duty and even more colorful.

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He is also getting brave and is trying to do new things.

He was so happy when he found a way to get down on the floor. Silly boy!

The best part is that he can get up off the floor without any help also.

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I was talking to Einstein and all of a sudden he got so excited!

He realized that he is finally taller than me.

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Marching Band season is starting. Last weekend the Man-Child brought his quads home for a little extra practice.

You know how loud these are on the football field? Imagine that sound in your family room. Nope…it’s louder that you can even imagine! But it still sounds pretty awesome.

Tonight is the first football game of the season.

Go Dawgs!

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insta-friday 4.5.2013

Another Friday and another glimpse into our lives.

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Saturday started with a visit from the Easter Bunny.

That’s right, the Easter Bunny comes to our house on Saturday. That way the Bunny can have Saturday and we save Sunday to focus on Christ and the gift of the Atonement.

And it makes getting ready for 8am Church much easier.

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Saturday afternoon we took an afternoon drive…to the dump. Thankfully as we were leaving the stinky dump we were treated to the beautiful view.

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Saturday is a Special Day!

And I needed a little extra help getting my ironing done for Sunday.

Five minutes after I took this picture my iron died…as in no heat. I didn’t exactly feel like running to the store on a Saturday evening to get an iron, but I NEED an iron. Especially if I’m going to make Saturday a Special Day!

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Happy Easter from the Chaos.

See that new iron was worth it.

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But honestly, this picture feels more like us. A little crazy and fun.

Big Daddy says I like it so much because it’s mainly my face…

What’s not to like about that?!?

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This child and his love of drumming…

He usually plays an hour or two every night.

He and a friend are playing in the Talent Show at the High School today. He said I couldn’t come. Rude.

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I love watching Hammie read.

I need to find some good books for him to read this summer, something just a little more challenging that the Biscuit books.

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Oh this game is so addicting….

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Seriously, how do they sleep like that?!?

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insta friday 3.29.13

Wow…two weeks in a row of Insta-Fridays.

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Our Church starts at 8am. It’s kind of early, but not too early for fishnets.

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Our two-week Spring Break ended and it made me sad to turn the alarms back on.

Yes, I have alarms set to remind me to pick my kidlets up from school. Doesn’t everybody?

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The weather is almost perfect this time of year. The trees are green and flowers are blooming.

It will be even better when the pool is warm enough for swimming.

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This little guy has been hanging out at the airport by our house. The kidlets and I did a little off-roading to get a better look at him.

It makes me smile every time I see it.

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The Man-Child had his Concert Band performance this week.

Concert Band is Marching Band without the cool uniforms and marching.

They really sound good and they look like they have fun performing together.

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The Man-Child played the Canon, otherwise known as the marching bass drum, during “1812 Overture”. He has tried all year long to break the head on that drum (with the permission of the band director). I really thought he would finally do it during this concert as hard as he was trying. He didn’t.

Drum 1 – Man-child 0

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On Thursday morning I saw the Minion Blimp was flying. When I picked Hammie up from school he and I went on a blimp chase. For as slow as a Blimp flies it isn’t easy to get a picture of the front.

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Holiday Parade

The 1st of December was celebrated by our small town’s annual Holiday Parade.

One of the best things about living in a small town is a small town parade.

And I love how many people come out and watch the parade.

Do you need another reason to like small town parades?

Goats in costumes!

I think this goat shopped in the “sexy” costume section.

Not that I found the goat sexy…

There were even goats that were too lazy to march and were pulled by other goats.

And let’s not forget the sheep…

Of course they are too dignified to wear costumes and just sported tasteful decorations.

There were also horses.

And horses carrying Rodeo Queens.

But honestly we were there for the people…

Starting with our high school football team. Perhaps you have seen stories about them winning the State Championship for their division. Or more importantly because this is a team made up of great young men that protected a young special needs girl from bullying.

Even as awesome as the football team is, they weren’t why we were there…

We were there for the marching band.

More importantly one of the bass drum players in the marching band.

But that wasn’t all…

There was another band we were excited to see.

The jr high school symphonic band (even if they haven’t mastered walking and playing at the same time).

Einstein looks so serious.

And most importantly…

Santa

and the Firemen, but mostly Santa.

There was a little controversy in Casa de Chaos after the parade winners were announced…

The judges gave 1st place to the jr high band and 2nd place to the high school marching band.

I kind of think it was a tie…if you don’t count that one band can actually play and march at the same time.

Not many guys I know can pull off a purple plume and still look manly, but I think the Man-Child rocks the purple plume look.

My Boyz…

And you wouldn’t think it wouldn’t be hard to get a picture of them standing next to each other…

And you would be wrong.