New Pics of K and Q. . .

KALEM AND QUINCY

This one is for my mom. She told me she was going to check out my blog tonight at my Aunts house and so I am posting some new pictures of the kids for her. Trev has been away this ENTIRE week and we have missed him. We have been trying to keep ourselves busy and one of the activities of the week was taking Kalem and Quincy to a nearby park for some pictures. We had fun messin around and I enjoyed acting like a photographer. Hope you enjoy mom. . .We love you and cant wait to see you in a month.

Little Buddies. . .

These two are starting to become little buddies. Quincy is finally getting to an age where she can play for a few minutes with Kalem. Every night after bath time they have started playing chase each other down the hall- it reminds me of when we used to play this with Kalem in Scotland. They laugh so hard their bellies ache. It is so cute. Recently he has started to climb into her crib and reads her stories. He is such a good big brother, Quincy is one lucky little girl to have him around.

4th of July. . .

We spent our 4th at Bear Lake this year. It has been a while since we have celebrated our countries Independence up at the lake. We had a great time doing what we do best. . .

A little bit of this. . .

Playing cards and A little more of this. . . Quite a bit of this. . .

and just spending time together.

Every time we go home both Trev and I question why we don't move back sooner than later. Kalem gets along so well with all of the cousins and keeps asking when we are going back to see them.

Quincy on the other hand, she is going through a mommy attached stage. She wouldn't let me put her down for a second. It was tiring. Hopefully she will pull out of that soon.

(our little firecracker)

We got to experience the latest Thatcher Tradition which is the Paris Rodeo on the 4th. I am so glad we got to be a part of the festivities this year.

We hear how fun this Rodeo is and each year the cousins come home with Chickens and Pigs that they win in the races!! This year CC and Chase were the proud new owners of 2 baby goats.

Trev enrolled Kalem into the Calf Riding - yeah picture bull riding just on a smaller scale and instead of a cowboy hat he had on a HELMET.

I was sick to my stomach as I watched my little boy in the shoot getting instructions on how to hold on for his life. Sure enough that calf came out bucking and poor Kalem didnt have a clue as to what was happening. After 2 good bucks he went barrelling through the air - Needless to say he wasn't too impressed with the ride. I got some good video footage and we still have a laugh watching it in slow mo. We asked him if he will ever do it again and he says maybe when i get a little bigger- I think that's a good idea bud.

Anyway, a big thanks to Gram and Pa for all that you do and for making such a great effort to ensure the whole family gets together for special times like these. WE LOVE YOU!

CHEERS!!!

Mr Ice Cream Man. . .

Kalem discovered the Ice Cream Man this summer. He waits patiently each day for him to come. He saves his money in a special place so that he can grab it whenever he hears that special tune coming down the street. I swear Kalem is his only customer in the neighborhood because I saw him the other day speed down one street and then went REALLY slow as he turned down ours. Anyway, we've had to cut back on the Ice Cream purchases so that it isn't expected every day, only on special days!!! We haven't seen him for a few weeks and so Kalem asked me if I knew where the Ice Cream Man lived. I of course said ''No.'' Then he told me that we should put it in the GPS to see if it comes up. Clever little guy, why didn't i think of that???

No More Training Wheels. . .

Kalem got a new bike for his birthday and not a week later Trev had him up and running on 2 wheels. I was amazed. I went out one night and came home to a boy so proud because he learned to ride his bike w/o the training wheels. He showed me the next morning and he had every right to be so proud. He is addicted to the bike and wants to ride that thing morning, noon and night. He is getting brave and we are moving onto some extreme moves such as going off curbs. I think we oughta figure out how to stop and start on our own before we conquer some of the bigger stuff but way to go buddy- we are so proud of you!!

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Lights, Camera, Action. . .

We had some excitement in the neighborhood recently. A couple houses in our neighborhood were selected to be in a few scenes for the remake of NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET!! We had a weeks worth of action around these parts. Freddy Kreuger was here- YIKES. I do have to say it was pretty cool. There was a serious buzz around here for a week. We had crowds of people coming in to see if they could get a sneak peek but to be honest they were pretty good at keeping F.K. covered up. I walked over to the filming every chance I could get but it was hard with the 2 kids keeping them quiet and out of the way. It was pretty fun watching how things work for filming a movie- no wonder they take so long to finish making them. Anyway, here are some pics of the FARM HOUSE they used. They asked the owners to move out for the week - totally redecorated the interior of their place and gave them a nice compensation for it all- Why couldn't hey have picked our house??

This is what our front yard looked like for a few weeks. . .

The movie is scheduled to be out sometime next fall!!

Springtime Soccer. . .

Kalem started soccer this past spring. HE LOVED IT. He spent most his time tripping and falling down but he still had a blast. A friend of Trevors from Scotland gave him his little soccer (football) uniform for his 2nd birthday and it fit him prefect for his first season of soccer. He looked like a mini pro out there.