Father's Day

Jared's 6th Father's Day as a Dad! It was a very nice Sunday here together -- the kids all made pictures for him, and Brielle made a very cute tie in Primary for him to wear! :) What an awesome Daddy he is for our little munchkins!!

Brielle also filled out a cute little questionnaire in Primary for her Dad as well (her responses were written by her teacher, of course), but I just had to post her responses -- we were laughing when we read it:

-My Dad's favorite hobby is:

"Play with me"

-The best thing about my Dad is:

"He kisses me"

-I think my Dad's hero is:

"My Mommy"

-My Dad really makes me laugh when:

"He tickles me"

-My Dad's favorite place to go is:

"Disneyland"

-If my Dad could eat/do just one thing all day, it would be:

"Cake/Check the mail"

-One of the best things my Dad has ever done for me:

"Kiss & hug me"

Cute "Pyramid"

This was a fun little picture that we took of our three cuties just recently -- Brielle (5 1/2 years old), Samuel (3 years old), and Colette (22 months)...

Our June

Well, I haven't posted any pictures from the month of June, so this might be a long post...

We had a fun month, getting to spend the beginning half with my Mom & Dad here visiting us (My dad got to stay for a few days, and my mom for a week and a half!) -- it was tons of fun!! The kids had a blast...

So anyway, here's some pictures from the month of June...


Playing in our lovely mud-hole in the backyard -- we have a sprinkler that fluds right now that we are trying to get fixed, but in the meantime, the kids don't mind the fun, squishy, mud!






Daily lunches at the park here on base -- a very fun summer program they have here!






Our first garden harvest! -- the radishes! The kids were very excited to finally get to pick something from it, and actually see the food that has been hiding under the ground. And the radishes actually turned out pretty good too -- it was an exciting event! :)





Making brownies with Grandpa & Grandma!








Our Zoo trip! We had a very fun day at the zoo while my mom was here visiting with us -- it's such a nice zoo that we have here!








Swimming! Brielle did swimming lessons for two weeks, which she just had a blast with, and we got our yearly wading pool for the backyard that they have all been loving to play in every morning... Fun summer memories!

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Taking the kids bowling... they just love it -- with the ramps and bumpers -- being able to do it by themselves. Colette, of course, is all about the new shoes she is given to wear! She gets so excited about shoes!

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Our last evening together with Grandma -- it was a fun visit!

New nightly ritual the kids have started with Jared -- riding up the stairs on his feet to go to bed -- quite the workout for Dad, of course, but the kids just LOVE it!!

Colette in Baby Contest

Hey I'm doing a little shout-out here just for fun (we entered Colette in a beautiful baby contest through a local radio station) and they said we could campaign to family and friends, and you would have to vote today... So here's the link (you have to click through the pictures before you can vote) to see the babies she is going up against today, and if you think she is the cutest (#94), then vote for her if you want! :)

Here's the link:

http://1003thepeak.com/cc-common/gallery/display.html?album_id=184189

You have to enter your email address, and then validate by clikcing on the link they send you to your email in order to vote...

Just in case anyone wanted to!! :)

Here's the picture we used for Colette...