July 4th

We have a family tradition that is over 20 years old of going to Manitou Springs every year to watch the fireworks off of Red Mountain and to play in the penny arcade.

This last picture is flag...for as long as I can remember they start with a water fall and end with this flag. The little red dots to the left are the Fireman waving at us.

Brytt playing air hockey with her daddy.

Kamryn with her face painted...she is a Fire Fairy...

Kamryn with a very large gum ball!

Kamryns Haircut

Last Monday Kamryn came in and said that she wanted to cut her hair. After looking at her for a little bit I realized she had already started on it. So we headed over to Great Clips where they cut off 9 inches. What a shocker but it looks so cute on her even though it makes her look older.

Camping...

This past weekend we took a quick trip up into the mountains to camp with my dad, stepmom, sister, mom & stepdad, plus me, Robin, Matt, Brytt & Kamryn. We went up early Saturday morning and came back late Sunday evening. The weather was beautiful and was the scenery! The highlight of the trip was seeing a bear! I was born and raised here, as was my mom and pretty much my husband and we have never seen a bear, so this was beyond cool!




2 of my monkeys in the tree! Kam came home with a ton of sap in her hair lol!

Like Father, Like Son...

This is a picture of Robin and his dad taken at Daytona Beach Florida in June of 1984.




This one was taken June of 2007 of Robin with his son at Pensacola Beach Florida with the same exact floaty from the first picture. When we were at the beach Robin and Matt posed because Robin knew his mom had a similar picture like it of him and his dad. As soon as we got home, Pat pulled out her album and sure enough...what a hoot!

Friends...Near and Far...

As many of you know I have belonged to a Scrapbooking Yahoo list for many years. There is a wonderful group of ladies on this list stretched across the United States and Canada and we have all become close friends. I have been blessed enough to meet 2 of them. While in Oklahoma City Sharon met us at the IHOP for a nice visit and some iced tea, then she lead us to the Bombing Memorial. This is a picture of her and I.

Rest of Vacation...

Okay...so we have been back a few weeks but I wanted to add the rest of our vacation here lol. After we left Florida we headed to my brothers house then camping in the Ozarks. We met up with Brad, Dara, their kids Becca & Anthony, mom, Bunk, Grandma & my Aunt Linda at a place by Bull Shoals called Captain Jacks. They all stayed in one big cabin and we of course stayed in our camper. Behind their cabin was Bull Shoals which is a huge lake. We spent every day there playing in the lake and laughing. We stayed here from Monday to Thursday and headed for home on Thursday.













On the way back we stopped in Oklahoma City to see the Bombing Memorial. What a beautiful memorial, so very sad but peaceful!








After we left OKC we stayed the night in Amarillo where they had a really beautiful RV park with this catch and release pond and water fall...



On the way home Matt and Kamryn had a blast taking pictures of themselves with Matts digi camera...what a couple of 'nuts'! They actually did really well for being crammed into the back of a small pickup truck for 4,000 miles! Don't ya love Kamryn's Kool-Aide mustache?







We had a fabulous time and even though we only got 9 miles to the gallon :o( we would do it again in a heartbeat!!

Pensacola~Day 4

Today was our final day in Pensacola, tomorrow we head to my brothers house in Arkansas and some camping in the Ozarks.

Today was all about the ocean, all we did was get wet and sunburned. We went back to Destin for some more snorkeling. Robin and Matt saw some Seahorses but by the time I got out there we couldn't find them...bummer...

After that we grabbed lunch and then went to Fort Walton for some more of the pirate festival. The kids scammed alot more beaded necklaces and Matt won a hat and t-shirt for doing over 20 pull-ups at the Marine recruiting booth.

Then we headed back to Pensacola Beach were we collected sea shells and played in the water more. When we got back to camp the kids went to the pool and I did laundry :o)

Robin and I have decided to quit our jobs, move to the coast, by an RV park and this is what Robin will do for a 2nd job...