Monday, August 25, 2008

Family Day at the Western Idaho Fair

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The girls and I went on the swings. It was fun.
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Hello down there!
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Coming out of the funhouse
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SB and E on a spinny ride. I don't ride those anymore.
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J and I on a baby ride. I was making truck driving noises and embarrassed her. She's no fun!!!
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SB and E on the bumper cars
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SB and E on the new ride. It made them sick. A girl threw up on it right after they rode it. This is why I don't do spinny rides anymore.
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J on the spinny ride
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Trying to get out of the heat. I think it was 110 degrees that day. It was miserable!
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J and I on the merry-go-round. I don't think you ever outgrow it.
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SB and I upside down
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Hi Flyboy! This was great fun!
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E and J on the baby swings.
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E and J entered a contest in the 4H barn.
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They had to eat like chickens.
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They won candy bars. Yum!!

Saturday, August 23, 2008

The Things You Do For Love

My baby is head over heals IN LOVE with Corbin Bleu. She talks about him on a daily basis. She has his pictures on her wall. She wants Corbin Bleu wallpaper, bedding, pillows, etc., etc. He is an actor and a singer. He is 19. He was born the year I graduated from High School. His father is black and his mother is white. She say's that makes him Tan. And he was here Thursday night. At the fair. So what is a mother to do? Well, even though I had to be to work at 4am the next morning, I took my baby girl to the fair to see her true love. And let me tell you. It was SOOOOOO worth losing sleep over. She was so excited and had so much fun. She was screaming and dancing and jumping up and down. And when she turned and told me thank you and that she loved me, it totally made my night. I was glad that I was able to share her first concert experience with her. She will remember this night for the rest of her life. I snapped some photos, but didn't get any really good ones. We started out sitting in the grandstands and made our way down to the area in front of the stage. We could only catch glimpses of him through the crowd of people but at least we were close to him. And my dang camera kept focusing on people's hair instead of him so I just had to hold my camera above my head and snap aimlessly and hope for the best. And I seriously need a telephoto lens. I was a bit peeved that people around me were getting better close up shots of him on their cell phones than I was with my expensive digital SLR camera. But I need to win the lottery before I can afford one of those babies. Anyhoo, here are a few snapshots of Emily's big night with Corbin Bleu.
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Watching for Corbin through the binoculars
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After he made is entrance. She was so excited!!
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Our view from the grandstands
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Down on the ground
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Emily sang and danced the whole time
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Corbin sang and danced the whole time
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I think he was singing a ballad here
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This was his encore song
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He climbed this thing right next to us
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Not focused good, but I did my best in a hurry.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Random Fact


My sweet baby girl sings in the shower every day. It's just the cutest darn thing. Sometimes she makes up her own songs. And sometimes she changes the melody of a popular song. One of those that when you hear it, you know it seems familiar but can't quite place it until you realize that you know the words, just not the new melody. Today she was singing Honey, Honey by Abba. Ever since we went to see Mamma Mia, my girls have all become huge ABBA fans. They already knew some of their songs, but the movie made them aware of so many more.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Summer Storm

We had a pretty good dust storm come through the other day. It started out looking like this.

It was very windy and dusty. I thought it was going to blow my fence down.

And then it blew over and turned into this.

I love how the weather can go from one extreme to another.


Mother Nature at her finest.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Simply Irresistible

They are 5 weeks old now
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Don't you wish you could be this lazy and comfortable
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With no cares in the world. Just eating and sleeping and playing.
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Flyboy gave them a little taste of pot roast and they loved it. The little scavengers.
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Oh, you are so cute......yes, you are!
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They are so cute and precious. They love to give puppy kisses and be snuggled.
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How can you resist??