4th of July

The 4th of July has always been my favorite holiday! When I was growing up the last week of June in Eagar all of the stores would start putting flags out front. Then the town would put up all of their banners and flags. My Mom used to tell me it was because it was my birthday. I loved that the whole town celebrated with me. I still do! If you have ever been to Round Valley for the 4th you will know why it is still my favorite holiday. Plus it is like a mini Brown reunion. Enjoy the pics! Every year my mom takes these cute pictures with the flag. It is fun to see the boys change every year. They are still pretty stinking cute. Sorry that your nap time is during pictures Asher.This is the boys first 4th.Rex & da boys (Pace, Bridger & Tuff). Scary bunch especially with Rex in the lead. Waiting for the parade with some cousins.This is the horse they had in memory of Uncle Steven. When a sheriff has passed they put his boots backwards on his saddle.

Asher "enjoying" the parade. & the sirens. The best "float". Papa's 40th class reunion. He is the cute one under the umbrella with the hat on.

It's about Time!

Welcome to Camp Gramma Luvlee 6 "It's about time". This year we will explore time travel with our fearless leader Gramma Luvlee and her handsome side kick the Professor. Here are some pictures of our first day were we fearlessly went wear no man has been before, (at least not this decade) to the 60's.

Jett enjoying a tye died cupcake.

Asher sporting a fro and looking fabulous.

Cher (Merrill) serenading one of his screaming fans. Sorry Katie!

Sonny & Cher one of our hot bands to join us at our very own Woodstock. Jori you might want to talk to Merrill about crossdressing it seems like I have seen this before with him. I don't think Sonny ever looked so good though.

Doo I diddy diddy dum diddy do!

A little Beatle action for your enjoyment. Rex and Jett doing Yellow Submarine (very well I might add).

Our opening act. No one does Hendrix like Uncle Ryan.

Our little hippie boys! When we arrived in the 60's the boys were too "square" our tour guide made them change their cloths and their names.

Jett-Jewel Stone, Pace-Sunny Fire, Merrill-Crimson Frost, Tuff-Eternal Sand, and Rex-Tranquil Karma. What a proud mamma moment:)

Crimson Haze our tour guide through the 60's

These pictures are backwards but it it all the kids about to depart in the time machine, them arriving in the 60's and their greater "Crimson Haze".

This year we were greeted at camp by none other than....papa. Only he was dressed as the absent minded professor who had just finished his time travel machine and was willing to take us on a trial run but only after we agreed to sign his waver.

There is more of our first day to come (if you know Gramma Luvlee this will not surprise you) but my computer is telling me that I need to give it a break for a bit).

We sure miss having Aunt Jo Jo here. You would have made a great hippie Jor! Love you to pieces (and I am missing the extra dish washer:)).

Aloha!

Much to our boys dismay, Ryan and I left them with his family and went to Maui at the end of May. Rex in an effort to talk us into taking him with us told us that he liked to go to the beach and he liked to snorkel so he should get to go to Hawaii too. Try explaining to your 6 year old why Mom would have more fun without him. Not easy! But we did leave him and Jett and Asher and enjoyed our adult time very much. Since our 10 year anniversary was coming up we didn't feel to bad splurging on the trip and since my cousin LeeAnne and her husband Rhett's anniversary just past we made them come along. They came in super handy when Ryan and I didn't agree on just how long was too long to go snorkeling. Rhett was a great "buddy" for Ryan because they both like to play. Plus they make a cute couple.

So I was in charge of booking the hotel for the trip (Not a good idea as I have a terrible track record with Orbits-just ask Trevor and Elizabeth who stood outside of there hotel for a couple hours on there honeymoon night while we explained to the hotel that I had booked the hotel for the night before...funny now, not funny then. Well in my effort to be cheap I booked the second cheapest hotel (the first being the resort with Gay in the title) and was reminded that the saying "you pay for what you get" should be taken seriously. In my defense there was defiantly some false advertising going on. So if you find yourself wondering if the Aston Maui Lu is a good idea for you please see the following pictures instead of the ones on their web sight. After one night at the Lu we decided it was worth bunking up with the Udall's for a night in order to get into a better place. Everyone was much happier after that.

On our first day of adventure we went on the road to Hana. This is my favorite part of Maui. The road is a 4 hour drive down some crazy ravine that leads to a small town called Hana. It takes so long because you stop along the way at different beaches and waterfalls plus the road is often one lane around turns that you have zero visibility. Here are some of the things we got to see...

cool trees... more cool trees... Ryan swinging from the vines that grew up cool trees... lots of picture ops... this is LeeAnne dreaming of being home were she rules.... super awesome beaches... crazy waves... me proclaiming my love for my Ryan in the black sand... Ryan and Rhett jumping off cliffs... feet on black sand beaches.. my hottie and me ...

A local told us that instead of turning around in Hana and heading back along the same road we should just keep going. She said the road was bad but no biggie. We had a jeep so we went for it! Boy were we sorry! Instead of taking us the 6 hours to make the round trip it took us over 9. This was the same local that gave us 150 dollars to listen to her time share spill. I think she was trying to get even. Her wasted time for ours. Mahalo.

Some pictures from our snorkeling. I will spare you the under water ones we took. We had a 7 hour layover on the big island so we rented a car for the day and headed out to see the sites. Our flight came into Kona which is not the swankiest part of the island. This is us on a beach in Kona. We could not find much to do but it was better than sitting in the airport for the 7 hours. We ended up shopping at a Target to pass time. We were so ready by this point to get back home to see the kids! This is the temple in Kona (who knew there were two temples in Hawaii?). It was so pretty but all locked up for the memorial day holiday. A blast was had by all. I will leave you with this sweet picture of our hubbies showing up the Hula Hunk from our luau. Boy was he surprised!

Barnyard Moosical!

A few weeks ago Rex and Jett had the lead role in their kindergarten classes production of "Barnyard Moosical". Ryan and I were able to secure seats for opening night and we were not disappointed! They stole the show!! I think they might have Broadway in their future. Rex is on the bottom left and Jett on top right

Jett had the important role of cow #8. He said his one line without a hitch and smiled and waved into the audience just like a good little cow should! His Mama was so proud!!and Rex was the one and only flying pig! At first Rex insisted that he would not accept any role beyond just singing with the group but after much coaxing he finally agreed that he would make a fine flying swine....and boy did he. Only he flew so fast I am not sure if most of the audience even knew he was on the stage. My first clue was when I looked at Jett who had his ears plugged (he does this whenever he expects a loud noise or surprise-I don't know who he gets it from :)). I guess when they did the show earlier for the rest of the school Rex's flying pig act caused quite an uproar and Jett didn't want to hear it again. He sure was fast, and cute!!Rex did not want to be seen and tried to hide on the second row until his teacher noticed and made him stand in front where he tried to disappear into the boy next to him. Rex the fast flying pig.

So maybe they are not quite ready for the big stage but we sure thought they were the best!