Brady's 7th Birthday!!

Brady, Brady, Brady....

I cannot believe that you are 7 already. Insane how time seems to fly. We had a million and 3 things going on for and around your birthday...and you had said for months that all you wanted was to go out on the boat for your birthday...no parties. Kinda different for a 7 year old, but we tried making it happen.

Little lucky guy had a field trip to the Animal Hospital. We saw where the dogs get washed and groomed; saw some really cool x-ray's like a lizard and some dogs; saw where they kennel and board the animals and where they do surgery on them!! It was really cool. The kids loved it.


They also had this office cat...the kids loved him.


Then back at school. Brady got to bring a birthday treat and wanted me to make brownies. Yum. I tried to convince him that Albertson's Brownie Bites would be awesome, but he didn't agree. Sigh.


Then Brade got to share his "All About Me" which he answered questions like:
His favorite color-Silver
His favorite food-Spaghetti and Meatballs and Chips and Salsa
A Special thing about himself-He is a Good Soccer Player
Favorite Things to do-Play Wii and with his friends
He wants to be a Fireman when he grows up.

He also shared some pictures of himself with the class. It was awesome. He was all up there with a pointy stick talking to the class. He did a great job!


Then we went camping. I don't know why we insist on going camping every Memorial Day. Memorial Day weather ALWAYS blows (literally) in Rock Springs. Sigh. We went out with Julie and her kids and Amy & Dillon Cox and their kids. It was fun.. (when it didn't suck at least)

Here is Brady with his tray of brownies.


Huddled in a circle so the candle wouldn't blow out while singing Happy Birthday. It still blew out. So Marcus held the lit lighter to the candle and he blew out the lighter. Whatever works, right??


Friday was so busy getting things unpacked that we didn't get the boat out. But first thing Saturday morning, Marcus, Marissa and I took it out of the campsite to the dock at Firehole. We got it in the water...soo soo excited. Started cruisin back to the beach...and I say "Mmm, something smells good." Marcus takes a whiff and stops. Apparently burning rubber is a bad smell when you are on a boat. As soon as he stopped, water rushed into the boat from the engine compartment. Nice. So so not good. We putted back to the dock and got the boat outta the water. Checking it out, the exhaust hose is completely gone. It is the weirdest thing ever. You can see the springy metal support, but the hose part is gone. So that is how the water was getting in, but we still have no idea how it burned up. A nice (pricey) little trip to the boat repair shop will fix that. I am just praying it doesn't take all summer. Sigh.

Miss Riss and Dondo..Amy's Pup. She loved hauling him around, and he was so good with her mauling him.


Dillon and AJ. The chair had blown into the fire (imagine that) and had a hole in it. AJ, being 17 and a dork, got himself wedged into it and Dillon took advantage of it. Ha ha ha.

Dillon caught a bass. Brady was holding the line in case he caught enough for us to eat. Didn't happen...oh well. Brady was cracking me up holding that line.

This would be my baby...yep, she is going for a ride with the little boy, Jaden, from the neighboring camp. Talk about 4 going on 16. Ugh. They were cute though, it made me laugh.

Since we had no boat (sob) the kids started digging holes and trenches. They were cracking me up. They were covered from head to toe with this chocolaty milk sludgy stuff. And Marissa held Dondo.

Amy and Dillon brought out their tether ball. They had a blast playing with that thing. I have a tire and pole to make one here. I can't wait!!

Julie and Amy Jo.

This is Julz' twisted ankle caught on tape! Poor thing. She hobbled around for the next 3 days. It was so swollen and purple. If she wasn't so darn competitive....ha ha ha.

I love campfires. They make me happy.

On top of the boat breaking/burning...our trailer water never worked. Still don't know what is wrong there. The generator that I bought a WEEK AGO doesn't work! Are you freaking kidding me! I swear. We have had some crappy luck lately. I thought it only came in 3's... we are goin on like 12. Sigh.

But anywho...it was a lot of fun. Still need to take the Birthday boy to buy his new bike. Lucky.

I am still just in shock. Seems like yesterday that I was calling Marcus telling him that I really WAS in labor almost 6 weeks early and that he really DID need to come home. He showed over an hour later. I guess he didn't believe me. 3 hours at the hospital and our little 5 pound 5 ounce bundle was here. Wow. We love him so so much. His little personality kills me. It has to be middle child syndrome cuz he reminds me a lot of Jed and how he acted. Nuts. Still such a mommas boy and I love it. Happy Birthday Brady!!