My sweet hubby suprised me at work last Friday with roses. (Something I haven't seen in ages but we won't go there...) He thought I didn't appreciate them since I blogged my roses outside but not the ones he got for me. I thought I better put these on here because I really did appreciate them. In fact, I loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved them! They smelled sooooo good! The other girls were jealous. He also snuck a few pics of me in the clinic while he was there the stinker. I hate pictures of myself!!
Love you honey! What do you think of when you hear the word yellow? I think of sunflowers swaying in the breeze...sunny bright days...curly blond tendrils on little girls...bright happy rooms...bananas by the bushel. That's what I usually think of when I think of yellow. Now pictures this. A large, noisy, diesel guzzling monster coming for my little boy. It steals his infancy and his parents tears. That's right. It's the school bus. My little baby is now an official kindergartner. Who said he gets to grow up? That wasn't part of the deal when I held his tiny body after he was born. The spindly long arms and legs now have muscles. The cute baby cankles are no more. My baby just isn't a baby any more. I'm sure every parent has a hard time letting their little ones grow up. Soon he'll be making more decisions on his own and not be so dependant on his mom and dad. I cherish these days when he's still my little boy. I hope they don't go by too quickly...
The night before school Collin said, "I think I'll go to school for one day and that's all." Sorry kiddo. Your days of freedom are over! Daddy had the opportunity to get Collin ready for his first day of school. He packed his bag and drove him to the elementary. Eric got to see the classroom, the other kindergartners, the teacher, everything. I wish I could have gone too but I had to work. It's probably a good thing I didn't go because I would have been boobing the whole time. As it was Eric had a hard time keeping himself together too.
Mrs. Browne, Colton, and Collin. Collin said he and Colton are friends now.
Getting off his first bus ride. 
We really need a more recent picture of us together! 
Collin and I went out to check the mail tonight and look what we found! I am so excited because this is the very first rose to grow on our property. Isn't it beautiful? The other rose bushes don't look as good as this one but I just had to document this momentous occasion. It's nice to see the hard work bring forth beauty. It was all worth it!
I do realize ofcourse that I have been neglecting them. They are getting chocked out with weeds. I know they'd grow a lot better without the competition. Well, I guess I better get busy since this coming weekend I'm finally free. No more goofing off. I'm just really excited that they are growing.
Collin wanted me to take this picture. As he was walking around he was so excited and kept saying look at that flower! (alfalfa) And look at the pretty leaves! (weeds) At least the sunflower is an actual flower even if it is wild. I was driving the kids to grandma's house this morning when a song came on the radio. The man sang, "I'm leaving...never to come back again..." I don't know who sang it. I wasn't really paying much attention.
Yea! The kids were sooooo excited to head up camping this past weekend. Collin woke up Friday morning and was walking towards me. All the sudden he stops and gives me a huge smile. I thought, it's so nice to get a such a happy morning greeting and braced myself for a hug. Instead of coming over to me he said, "Today we're going camping!!" Oh, he wasn't excited to see me at all. He was ready to go. That's okay I was excited to go too. It was so much work to even get ready to go though. All the packing, cleaning, organizing and setting up camp. It hardly seems worth all the trouble. Maybe if we didn't need so much stuff. Oh well, as you can see from the pictures below we had fun anyways. Hopefully these trips will give the kids some good memories. 
Carlee has only been at camp a few hours and is already dirty. She would sit and play in the dirt for hours if I let her at home. Now is her chance!
She also loves rocks.
Me, Kaitlyn, Carlee and Collin
Friday night the four of us dressed up in our "war paint" and pretended to be Indians raiding the camp. Kaitlyn always makes camping fun and I'm so glad that she came!
Carlee snuggling and holding hands with grandma Brewer. What a special girl she is. She ended up having her first sleepover with Kaitlyn. According to miss Katie-Kate Carlee hogged the pillow all night.
Saturday morning we ate a yummy breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs and bacon. Tina made a special batter of pancakes just for Carlee with no eggs. Turns out she's really allergic to eggs. Who knew? The pancakes actually stayed together and tasted good! Then we got ready to go up to Green Lake. We can't have a camping trip without a fishing trip too. It's so much fun!
Collin practiced his casting and did such an excellent job for his first time. He looked like he'd been doing it for years!
10 of us piled up on motorbikes while Kevin followed partway up in his truck. Only Tina and grandma Brewer stayed at camp. A few years ago I wouldn't be caught dead on a motorbike. I was so scared to ride on one because Eric was such a crazy driver. He finally convinced me to go and I've been loving rides ever since. Eventually I want to learn to drive one but Eric's is too tall for me to even try.
Eric, me, Carlee and Kevin headed up the newest trail while everyone else headed up the river trail. It's mostly shale rock so you have to be careful. On the way up I spotted a butterfly lazing out in the grass. Isn't he cute?
Carlee had to explore the little cave on the way with her dad. This is her first time going up to the lake. She was excited to get out with the big "kids".
We made it!
Carlee enjoying the view...
...and the plants!
Kaitlyn, Collin, Rowdy dog, Levi, Cher and Justin
Collin getting ready to catch a big one!
My hubby always catches the most fish wherever we go. I don't know what it is.
Levi and Collin
Carlee Ann loved the worms! She kept wanting me to open the lid so she could look at them.
This is her face after she touched one. Can you say "Ewww!" She wasn't afraid of them though. Then again I don't know anything that she is scared of!
Relaxing with grandpa Jensen.
Adorable Collin!
One of the boys left their pole on the ground so Carlee picked it up and started fishing!!
Snuggles with mom under the trees. She was getting really tired until she saw Collin Wayne take off his clothes and dip his feet in the water. Then she was ready to take off her clothes and jump in!
Adorable Kaitlyn.
Matt was the only one to go completely under the water. Brrrrrrr!
Collin only got his feet wet. It was too cold for him.
Cher, Matt, and Kaitlyn (By the way Kaitlyn pushed Cher into the lake! She apologized after she felt how cold it was!)
Carlee was in heaven when Cher took her into the water. She was the only one that didn't complain about how cold the water was. As long as it's wet Carlee is happy. I wish I could have gone in too. Next year I'll have to bring extra clothes. That didn't stop the others from going in though. Levi, Cher, Kaitlyn, Collin and Matt were all in their underwear. Carlee just shed everything, the little nudist. If I didn't get rashes from the sun I think I would have done it too!
Redneck fishing.
Carlee spent over and hour sitting naked on a rock playing with the fish that everyone caught.
I thought she would be scared to touch them but she was having the time of her life playing with them!
Matt the fish gutter.
Kaitlyn made sure she was the last person to fish.
Pretending to fish with a stick.
Rowdy snuck in a nap.
Heading back down the mountain. All of us took the river trail down. The views were alot better than the rocky side. I think I'll go that way both ways next time.
This is a shot to remember. Larry actually relaxing!! 
Carlee and Collin cleaned up with shiny faces after a long shower. Well, except for the spot where Collin's bandaid was. We scrubbed but it still didn't come off. There's nothing better than a shower after a weekend in the woods! 
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