10 years and still in love...

Matt and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary on July 23rd. We had a sitter to watch the kids (thanks Tracy!) and Matt took me out to a Bee's Baseball game. It reminded us when we were first married when we had season tickets to the Boise Hawks baseball games. We had a great time then and we also had a relaxing time at this game. Matt got tickets right behind home plate, they were the perfect seats. Thanks Matt! Matt and I at the Boise Temple in 99, we look like little kids. (oh, wait we still are.)

A view from our seats.

I just love the scenery to a baseball game, the mountains just add to it.

Here we are ten years later...still loving life together!

So Cute!!!

I finally got Ashlynn's Dance pictures back. I thought they turned out so cute, so I decided to share them with all of you. Their costumes were so fun! Her "Big Girl" costume with the ginormous wig.
Her "Pirate" get up. She loved walking around in the dress.

Ashlynn is in the middle on the bottom. She can't wait until school starts up again for more dancing fun!

Sleeping Ballet Pose

Some sleeping experts say they can tell a person's personality by the way they sleep...What would you make from this position? This is how we found Ashlynn last night before bed. It was definitely picture worthy!

Firework fun

This year for the 4th of July we had a BBQ, played badminton and enjoyed watching fireworks.

Aunt Tracy brought these light sticks, the kids had fun putting them together.

Ashlynn made a flower out of her light sticks. So creative!

Carter and Trey playing on the tramp.

This is how Ashlynn responded to the fireworks. She does not like the ones that whistle. She likes the fireworks that go up in the air.

We ate homeade ice cream made by Craig and Gail and enjoyed our little firework show on our street. It was a fun night and I hope all of you had a great 4th as well!

The Boys at 40 Pines

The boys had their annual Father's day trip to the cabin. Carter and Matt left the girls behind to have some boy fun. Carter was so excited to go this year, he loves it there. He had a hard time going to sleep the night before knowing that they were leaving in the morning. Matt thought well maybe he would take a nap on the ride up to the cabin. Oh no, he was still talking about how excited he was to go. The pictures above are mostly of Matt and his brother's guided fishing trip. They had a great time on the river and an experience they will always remember. I am glad they all had a fun time and no major events occurred other than Carter's ankles being swollen from mosquito bites. Ashlynn and I are glad they are home.

Ashlynn's Dance Concert

Ashlynn had her end of the year Dance Concert this week. She worked hard at school and home practicing her dance moves. She had two dances. One of them was called her "Big Girl" dance. She had to wear the big wig, which she was not a fan of because we had to attached the wig with 10 pins to make it stay. Her second dance was a "Pirate" tumbling dance. They were so cute running around the stage with their pirate costumes. Ashlynn had a fun year with her dance school. We are taking a short summer break and then she will back at it when school starts up again. Thanks for all the family and friends that came to support her during all her dance performances.

Pedicure gone wrong...

The boys are at the cabin, Ashlynn is at a birthday party..What is a mom to do without any kids that is just for her...A Pedicure. Well, this was a brave move for me because I have never had a pedicure before and have always been a little anxious about people invading my personal space. So, I convinced myself to do it. I walk in picked out my nail color, which there was way too many colors to pick from. Sat down in my foot bath and waited my turn. I was feeling very nervous and starting talking to the girl next to me. So, after waiting a few minutes they started with the process. I tried to read, but found myself watching their every move. So, I started feeling a little more comfortable with the massaging and working with my feet when all of the sudden I felt sharp object being stabbed in my foot and looked down and saw blood dripping from my big toe. The pedicurist started panicking that she had cut into my toe. At this point she has informed me that she gets faint with the site of blood. So, another pedicurist took over to stop the bleeding. They applied a gauze and this liquid band aid stuff to stop the bleeding. After this is not working a few other workers come over to look at my toe and pull out their first aid kit to repair my toe. Meanwhile, the ladies in the spa are shocked because they said that this has never happened to them. While the pedicurists are tending to my foot, I have no idea what the workers are saying to each other because they are speaking another language, but they seem worried. Meanwhile, the pedicurist that caused this is so upset that she didn't want me to yell at her. I don't why she would think that. Maybe, this has happened before. While all this is going on the sweet girl sitting next to me is talking to me and keeping my mind off my now sore, red, swelling toe. All I am thinking is I am going to get toe cellulitis from a foot pedicure. Why me! So, after the whole event and sitting in the chair for 2 hours which was only suppose to be a 40 minutes session to start with. They put Neosporin on my toe, painted my nails a pretty pink with a flower on the injured toe, gave me a discount and told me come back soon. Am I crazy! I don't think so!
Here is the finished look. The swelling in my toe has gone down, but it is a little tender to walk on. After talking to Matt, he says this would only happen to me. I was only a girl wanting to relax a little.

This is the spared foot.

The injured big toe.