4th of July Fun (sort of)

So pretty much we did what everyone does on the 4th. We barbecued, swam, and then watched the fireworks show over by my parents house. Except for the few mishaps of the day. My sister my dad and I took all the kids to see Ratatouille in the morning. The kids were horrible, tanner my sisters little boy drank so much that he leaked through his diaper and peed all over my sister while sitting on her lap, I spent most of the time carting my kids up and down for bathroom trips and because they were crying or starting to throw themselves on the floor, we also had my sister's in law with us so my kids decided to play musical chairs and laps between them and the rest of us, and finally all of my kids for some reason took off their shoes. I have no idea why but the last few bathroom trips were made without shoes so I had to carry them and then have them stand on my feet since we are not Britney Spears and I personally find public restrooms disgusting and I can't stand to have my kids touching anything. Then when the movie was finally over we lined the kids up along the wall, waited for everyone to leave, and then my sister and I went looking for the shoes underneath seats, which was again disgusting. After the movie we went home and thought we will put the kids down for a nap, some of them didn't sleep. All this time Jared and my sister's husband Marc were looking at cars for us, they came home with nothing just in time to go see the transformer movie. That left my sister, my mom who was sick, and I to cook dinner and take care of the kids. So we start the BBQ at around 5 and come to find out we have no propane. So we wait 15 min. for my dad to come home and send him to get some ( he was not happy about that). Then we decided to start our homemade ice cream, and find my sister had forgotten to bring her rock salt, and my mom had no vanilla in her house anywhere. My mom usually keeps very little food in her house but we figured she would at least have a staple like vanilla. So time for someone else to make another trip which ended up being Marc ( I don't think he was happy about having to go either). So after all of that we had a good dinner, good swimming and fun with the fireworks. Pretty much every holiday we have together with my family ends up something like this. I guess we will always have some good stories right? Here are some pictures of the day!

A Wedding and Some Friends

So here are some pictures from one of the weddings we had in the last few weeks. My brother dustin got married June 28 in Phoenix. Yes I did say phoenix and yes it was very very hot. I know you are looking at this picture saying who took this picture and why in the world would I post it. Well since we stood outside the temple after the wedding while the temp was at least 114 we didn't take a lot of time to make sure everyones camera got the shot. Anyway, the person using my camera for the picture was not too quick. I have 3 picture like this. One where we first started walking up there to get ready, one while someone was pointing, and the other when we were all done and leaving which happens to be this one. Anyway here are a few other pics from it. Don't have to many since dustin and Rachel took a lot of pictures a week before the wedding at the crack of dawn when it is only about 100 degrees there. I also forgot to actually take pictures during the reception although I did remember to take a picture of the cake. Other than that the wedding was beautiful Rachel and Dustin are really happy and I am sure all of us are really glad the whole thing is over with.

My Parents w/Dustin and Rachel




















While we were in Phoenix we got to see some good friends of ours the Moores. We went to Cheesecake Factory one night and they had us try the Fried Macaroni and Cheese Balls. I know some of you are thinking the What? Let me just tell you that anyone visiting the Cheesecake Factory anytime soon needs to try them. They are so so good. Not very low in fat but well worth every single calorie. I am also mad at myself because I took my camera with me then and it sat in my purse the whole time. Not one picture of us with the moores. So here are pictures of the moores when we met up with them at disneyland this last feb. just so you can put a face with the name for those who don't them. Thanks again guys we had a great time!!

Car Buying Fiasco

So while I have lots of pictures and events that have happened in the last few weeks, I am choosing to make this post since if I don't make it here I will be making it to the editor of our newspaper. I am venting here instead of there so that I get anyone in serious trouble even though right now I think they deserve it. We have been looking to get a new car for a while now (8 mos or so). It takes Jared a significant amount of time to decided on these types of things as those of you who know him well know. We finally made our decision yesterday and after spending around 4 hours at the Ford dealer here going through all the numbers multiple times and them giving us numerous print outs of what payments and costs would be. We call ford told them we wanted the car and they said just give a us a 15 min heads up before you leave to come down and we can make this quick. So we loaded all the kids and took them down to the dealer. My first thought is that this is seeming too easy but since we spent the entire day before doing all the negotiating I figured that maybe this was the bonus. We were at the dealer for about 30 mins. Before they told us that they couldn't do the financing the way they told us they could the day before. We showed them the computer print out we had gotten from them, we called the salesperson who had gone through all the numbers with us. Since she was out of town she sent us to someone else but assured us they had all the info and would be able to take care of everything. Well the only thing they took care of was making me so mad I started crying and swearing I would never buy a ford from them ever in this lifetime. I know, I know like they care but saying it somehow makes me feel better. Anyway, now we start all over again and maybe when we are finally done with buying a car and dealing with the sub humans I call car dealers I may just have to take a nice vacation to avoid being committed to an institution.