Zoo Children!

We took the kids to the zoo today, quite fun, but by the end, the kids seemed to fit in quite nicely with the other loud animals...

I am surprised by the amount of animals that the Idaho Falls Zoo has, considering what a small town it is. Most of them were hiding out in their caves today, probably because of the hot weather, but we still saw quite a few.

We had a lot of fun and got a lot of pictures. Lindsay planned out the day since it's Brackyn's b-day. Today is his actual birthday, but the party will be held on Saturday. Happy third birthday little guy!!

Notice Max's blue eye through the mask... :)

Two chickens and one beauty in a nest.

Max, max, max the Explorer!

Beautiful Browning ladies.

Linz, texting at the zoo...guess the seal didn't impress.

The tiger was a little too hot to sit on, but they insisted on a picture, and settled for standing by it.

Those short legs don't help.

Buds

Bracky's B-Day!

I'm extremely excited for my nephew's birthday. It's crazy how fast these little chicks grow. I treasure these special moments with my nephew and my own kids. Maybe someday my sisters & brother will have lots more children to add to the family. Hopefully. Hint Hint...

Long Awaited Opportunity...

I was always planning on going back to school after I put my husband through school, but it looks like I'll be doing that sooner than later. I'm pretty excited to be getting back to school again. I got accepted to ISU! Like that was hard? hahaha. Unfortunately, I would rather stay home with the kids, but I have no option. I have to choose either work or school, and my feeling is schooling 100% is the right choice. Like there's jobs out there anyways, right? I feel like I have enough legal experience that I could probably find a job in that field, but why not do what I've always wanted to do? I'll be majoring in human resource administration. I had started in healthcare admin, but this degree is quite similar. I feel good about it! :)

4th of July Fun!!

Now, since the kids have two separate families, they had four straight days of fireworks and fun! They went to the lake with Mike and his family and camped and swam in the lake and fireworks that night. The next day they went to the parade with me and my mom, and the big fireworks that night. On Sunday, we went to more fireworks out at Heise with our neighborhood friends. Then on Monday, they were with the Maloneys again and went to the activities and fireworks in Menan. Geez, talk about spoiled children! The one drawback, they get bored too easily now when they don't have a lot to do. Asking them to sit and watch tv is impossible! Here's some cute pics from the holiday.

Why does she always look so suspicious?

Ya, ya, eat your pie!

Max & Gabe...chillin' with their like third piece of pie.

Of course, we've got a model on our hands. Can you say Miss 007?

Mom, enough with the pictures! I think that the parade this year threw the most candy I have seen since I was a little kid myself! Yay! Maybe the floats will start to improve and we'll see less and less trucks and tractors.

Trying to Get out of our contract ASAP!

Well, looks like I found a new place in Idaho Falls...just waiting for my application to get approved. It's really cute! Drawback, it's an apartment. I really hate apartments. But no one is living below...so maybe it will stay that way for awhile. My kids are quite the jumpers. It's very centralized and a lot closer to my parents. I am just waiting for my acceptance to ISU and for someone to take interest in my place for partial July through March 2011. It's competitive at $800 a month, so it should go soon. At least I hope. Here are some pics: