Flood

We got a lot of rain one night and the next morning, our neighborhood looked like this:

The hospital and the doctors' parking garage may have also flooded, but the kids enjoyed it!

It was all gone the next day. 

Bikin' the Bridge

One morning it was just one of those mornings.

The kids were already fighting and I could tell I wasn't going to be successful getting any time to exercise.  I decided it was the perfect morning to get out and ride our bikes across Perrine Bridge, something we've been wanting to do since we moved here.

I don't care what people say about mini vans.  This baby got three bikes, a double jogging stroller, and five people into it easily.  Love it.

 Reed was obviously raring to go.

I'll admit, when we got up on the bridge, with crazy steepness on one side and cars roaring by on the other, I was a little nervous for my wee little chicks.  But they didn't show the least bit of nervousness - they had a blast!

Reed thought the traffic was hilarious.  

Every time someone would drive by, he would laugh out loud.

This place should attract more tourism than it does!

 Man, I'm a blessed gal!  Good day. :)

Grandpa's Four Wheeler

Jaron's dad is a pretty rad Grandpa.

While we were there last time they flooded the orchard (it's how they irrigate it).  Grandpa figured there was no sense in wasting perfectly good water so he hooked up the sled to the four wheeler and took the kids for a spin.  The kids were in heaven.

Who needs a boat?!

It's no wonder that the kids constantly beg to go back to Grandpa and Grandma's house!

Random Phone Photos

When we moved here, Jaron found out that his cell phone provider had terrible reception in this area - so bad, in fact, that he wasn't getting reception in all areas of the hospital.

So Jaron got a new phone with another provider and I adopted his.  My first "REAL," data-capable cell phone!

We were at the park one day and Alden asked me to take a picture of him.  I mournfully said I didn't have my camera.  He informed me I had a camera on my phone.  Ha.

Aunt Cassy and Uncle Jarom got Reed that cute little ball chute for Christmas but they thought he would be interested in it now so he got to have it early.  He absolutely loves it! 

I have wanted a trampoline for more than a year now but my physician husband has just seen too many trampoline accidents come in so he's always been against it.  

Then one day out of the blue he said, "Maybe we should get a trampoline."

So I ran out and bought one, before he could change his mind. :)

We LOVE it.  And so do the kids. ;)  It gives them something energy burning to do outside.  The store we bought it from gave us the wrong brand of trampoline but I didn't realize it until we had set it up.  At that point, it wasn't worth it to Jaron to take it apart for an exchange but the online reviews on this brand were terrible for the net surround.  We decided to just simply not put it up and let our children grow up in the school of hard knocks like we did as kids. ;)

I absolutely adore this boy and he's in my favorite kid age - 12-18 months.  They're so fun and  are learning so much and are still relatively opinion-free at this age.  He loves to help out around the house, as you can see.  Alden says it means he's really a part of our family now. :D

And last, but not least, is this picture that will make me laugh forever.  I made it extra large so we can all thoroughly enjoy it.

Orientation week for the residents here is in some ways a little, well, rural. During it they tour the cheese plant and a dairy and they "get" to do a pregnancy exam on a cow.  Yes, that is Jaron with his arm ALL THE WAY into a cow's rectum.  Awesome. And so gross.  I don't know who I feel worse for - Jaron or the cow. ;)