I don't know if the kids were looking out the window because they haven't seen many lightning and thunderstorms in their lives, or because they were sad because they couldn't go outside....they LOVE to play outside

Dallin went into the kitchen "junk" drawer and got the camera out and brought it to me and kept saying "cheeese,cheeese; so I asked him if he wanted me to take his picture and he said yes and laid down on the floor and I took this picture of him lying among the mess he made earlier with the videos.

This is the final stage of Dallin's black eye. We had to take the picture while he was sleeping because he wouldn't close his eye for us.

Poor Dallin

Dallin either fell down at the park last night or got pushed down but this is what his eye looked like right after it happened

This is what his eye looked like about an hour after it happened

This is what his eye looked like this morning when he woke up

Fun at Stone Mountain

We went to stone mountain with my brothers and their families and two of my sisters. We had lots of fun. For those of you who have never been, Stone Mountain is a rounded mountain that looks like a big stone and it is alot smaller than a real mountain but they do a laser show on the side of the rock at night during the summer. Mia's favorite part was getting a light up toy when it got dark....and being around hercousins. Dallin had a good time until it was after his regular bedtime and then he showed his disdain for it all by screaming for the last part of the show.

Mia likes to dress herself now and she's really into skirts

Ben turning 28...we didn't have 28 candles though

Dallin is finally big enough to sit at the table

Dallin helped with the clean-up

Mia asked so nicely if she could help make daddy's birthday cake....so of course I let her

Dallin decided right after he started coming down that he didn't want to so he hung on for dear life and he did manage to get back up without much of a struggle....he's our little muscle man

Mia tried the rock wall several times but couldn'tget all the way to the top

This is Mia going down the "BIG" slide at the neighbors' birthday party