Fun Fourth

We started our celebration last night; DRIVE IN!! We watched Brave, and Avengers, and loved them both.  The kids had a fabulous time.  James loves to be able to run, and dance.  He LOVES the hotdogs, and drinks.  Isabelle wants the popcorn, and to be with the family together. We like to be outside and sit in our chairs, and even the car.  We snuggle and eat, and watch fun movies.  It is a late night for the kids.

Today, Bobby didn't go to work.  It is a holiday. We did work around the house, in the garden, and the yard.  Bobby has a great compost pile going on, and we are excited about gardening. The kids loved having Dad home to play with, read with, rough house with, and they laughed all day long.  It was beautiful to watch.  I love my family.

Day at the Lake

We are having such a fun summer.  Isabelle, James, Robert, and I packed a lunch (and got sandwiches from Subway) and took all our stuff to the park in Windsor.  They loved it.  I sat on the "beach" front and made friends with Monique, and fed my family lunch, relaxed and watched them swim in the lake.  Had a fabulous day at the park.

Look at me MOM

Isabelle wanted to go out in the deep; James close to the shore.

I'm Superman!!

My wonderful husband and kids.  I love them.

Isabelle is the most adorable little girl ever.  She looks at me and say, "Mom, you're beautiful, I love to look at you." She loves to dance, and sings all day long.  She made a wonderful 3 page treasure hunt that we all went on today, and then they went swimming.

James is my sweet little boy.  He loves telling jokes at the dinner table.  He has to be busy all the day.  He still loves Scooby Doo, and loves to wear a cape and pretend he is scrappy doo."puppy power" And "James Power".  He loves to snuggle, and read books.  His favorite song is popcorn popping, and he loves to dance. He loves to laugh, and he loves to play.  He also can through a good fit.  LOL 

My children make life more enjoyable than I could ever have imagined.

Bike riding

We have been bike riding, and visiting parks.  I'm just putting this all together for time's sake.  We went to a park in Winder that has a beach.  You swim in the lake, and they have a sandy beach area to play in along the shore, and you can take your boat, and other vehicles out on the lake.  We will go visit again and swim.
James talked to Bobby on the phone one afternoon, and said, "Daddy, I want to go eat and play basketball with you."  So, we went to eat and to the park to play a little basketball with Daddy.  They are so cute.
We have gone to the splash park a few times at Spring Canyon Park "the giant park" by our house, and we love to just ride around the trailer park (really this is a little nerve racking for me because of the cars that might come up the street), and the kids love to go swimming.  It has been a great summer so far, and we are having fun together.

Drive In theatre

WE LOVED the drive in movies.  We watched Madagascar 3, and then the kids slept while we watched the 2nd of the double feature Men in Black 3.  Great popcorn, great family, great fun, who could ask for more.  I want to go every week now, I liked it so much.  :)

Idaho Vacation

our stop at Little America!! 

Half way there.

Dancing and a live Band.  Best entertainment

Eli and James

Eli and James

They had a blast, and no broken bones

Dancing with the stars

swinging from a rope.

We went to Firth, Idaho on vacation last week.  We spent some WONDERFUL time with Jana and her family, and Jessica and her family.  We climbed trees, and played with "Brownie", the neighbor's dog; I don't think it's real name is Brownie.  I got to watch Jana play basketball in her city league; she was great. We also went to watch her coach some softball, but the kids got bored with softball, and James was upset because he thought he would be playing soccer ball.

Isabelle and Kasen played themselves tired everyday, and James LOVED playing with Eli.  My favorite was that Mom was there too.  I miss my mom.  She flew a kite for the kids, and I don't know how Jana survives without her.

It was great to have lunch with Aunt Claudia.  I especially enjoyed hanging out with Jessica.  It was wonderful to just spend time with those I love so much.

Chucky Cheese

We had a family outing to Chucky Cheese.  It was lots of fun, except for the noise, and all the chaos.  The kids LOVE to play the games, and run around.  James love pizza, and Isabelle likes to show the appearance of pizza, but eat the celery.  I'm glad they have a salad bar.  Bobby did a great job running around with the kids, and generally being Dad of the Year.  I got to sit down and meet a wonderful woman from Egypt.  Her name is Lyla, and she is really, a sweet, wonderful person.  When I get back from my trip to Idaho to visit Jana and Jessica, I'm going to call her.  I had a great time, and the kids won tickets enough to get a beautiful pink extra large ring for isabelle and vampire teeth for James.  Isabelle now has pink vampire teeth, and James green.

Mommy daughter Date

Isabelle and I love our Mommy daughter dates.  This time she asked if we could go to Red Lobster.  Isabelle loves to go out to eat at restaurants.  Her favorite are Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and Vern's.  Isabelle ordered the rainbow trout (you notice that there is no kid menu ordering if she can get away with it), and she LOVED it!!!  I couldn't believe how she downed that fish, and wanted more.  I only ordered a 1/2 order, thinking she wouldn't like it, but I was wrong.  She has ordered fish before, but it was the fish and chips (halibut) but didn't like it at all.  Come to find out she loves rainbow trout, and she ate my salmon too.

We had a great time shopping for new flip-flops, and laughing, laughing, laughing together.  I enjoy every minute with my little girl.  She is a sweet blessing in my life.

Reeve Family Visit

DeAnna and her kids are here, and it's so much fun!!!  The kids play outside all day long, and really enjoy each other's company.  DeAnna, Bev, and I get to hang out and just be together.  Bobby tended all the kids (10 of them) so the three of us could go out to dinner at Bev's favorite place - Autsins.  It has been good times had by all here in Fort Collins with DeAnna and her family.  I hope they come back soon.  DeAnna is a kind and wonderful person, she makes my life better just by being with me.  Her kids are soooo cute.  That little Rosi Lin just takes my heart.

Rosi Lin in the water

Rugar and Joslyn with a chicken

rugar, kimber, joslyn

My back isn't doing well, and I have to tell you that DeAnna and Beverly were great about taking Isabelle and letting her play with the cousins while I rested my back.  James stayed with me.  I hope to be doing better soon.

Bobby's Birthday!!!

Today was my wonderful husband's birthday.  He turned 30 years old.  YEA!!!  We will be in the same decade for a few months ...   Scott and Beverly took us out to dinner at Lulu's.  It was great to have Jessi and Eddie there with us; it was a night out on the town.  Bobby and Scott put away loads of sushi.  We had great food and wonderful conversation.  It was a perfect birthday.  To top it all, when we got home, Megan and Josh had helped the kids decorate the house for a surprise party for their daddy.  What angels ( the Walkers, and the kids too).  I think that Bobby was surprised, and the kids had a marvelous time singing, dancing, and eating cake.  They were so excited to be at Dad's birthday party.  We are blessed to have such wonderful children, family, and friends.  I am blessed with the most amazing husband.  He works hard, spends his time with us, and blesses us with his love and diligence in the gospel.  He is a true hero.  I love you Robert Joseph McCleary ... Happy 30th Birthday.

Sushi for 2

4H Carnival

Today this morning was fun.  We went to the 4H carnival.  Ethan and Joslyn were selling tickets for raffle and Bev invited us to come with them.  They had a great time riding the bull ride, golfing, throwing wet sponges at Daddy, roping, visiting the petting zoo, bowling, cake walk, and any other carnival game they could find.  There was a CRAZY amount of booths.  There was even a bounce house.  We won a raffle prize, and they got toys and candy galore!

Ride that Bull.  Isabelle got to ride too.

Golfing

Strong man game

Family picture.  Look at us all.

roping was fun.

even Jimmy Joe had a great time roping

Daddy's new ride

Bobby got his bike all fixed up and ready to go.  He plans on biking to work, and getting in great shape.  I'm excited to have the car more often.  We got the bikes all ready, and Isabelle took the scooter.  We went to the park and enjoyed the bike arena, and then Daddy took them on a ride on his bike.  By that time it was really late, and James was soooo tired.  All he could do was cry, and bawl that it was not fair that he had to go to bed.

My wonderful family

Winter Photo Shoot

We got out family pictures taken a few weeks ago.  It was freezing, but our friend was great and took some wonderful pictures.  I love my family.  My kids were troupers.  Their fingers were cold, cut they tried to smile.  It's a beautiful snowy day in Fort Collins.

My wonderful husband

They were so cold!!

Love the black and white

My kids were so happy.

James was too cold and finished.