Brandon & Braces!!!!

My little boy seems to be growing so fast...I know if he knew I said "little boy" he would give me his "ahhh mom" look. But oh well, love him tons. Today he missed his last swim team practice and headed to the orthodontist for one and half hours. Greg took him and of course since I couldn't be there asked him to take a bunch of pics. He chose lime green and black for his first official band colors. Yeah. He'll only have to wear them for a year! Thank goodness he took after the McCown side of teeth and a tad of mine. Still isn't he handsome...

Greg is Finally 35 and yes Fireworks....

Greg's birthday falls on the day after the 4th! This year I wanted to wisk him away for a couple of days. So Kim and Roy were superb and watched my angels. First we spent the 4th in Sierra Vista. They have a great show and it is soooo much cooler. The kids had a blast playing on grass, I know sounds strange but if any of you know what it's like here in the desert you know that grass is not cheap to have. Ok, so anywho...We ate and had a blast. We had quite a few friends come this year. Thanks to the Steven's, Robinson's, Stockman's, Power's, Gomez's and Mott's there wasn't time to sit down. It sprinkled a little, just enough to cool us off. Joshua LOVED it! He sat so still and kept trying to grab them in the air..too cute. Ok, so onto the birthday weekend. We dropped the kids off at Kims and headed home. I know this is going to sound weird, but it is really WEIRD to come home and sleep and your children aren't there to tuck in, kinda sad, but I moved on. So we slept in, yeah 7:30 a.m. and woke up to Scott, Greg's little bro singing Happy Birthday. So we got ready and headed to the temple and had a wonderful time. Had lunch, went and saw Hancock, (so so movie), split a dinner (yea, we're old), and walked the mall (yes, we are getting really old). Oh, yeah, we also spent some time in Borders! We like to get a bunch of books: travel, cooking or anything that catches our eye and sit on a comfy couch and hang out and read for FREE...Does it sound like we're boring? Well we like it. We had a great time and couldn't have done it without Kim and Roy and of course my little bro hookin' us up at the resort once again.

The kids took Greg to Macayo's for lunch...He totally made out on the birthday gift..A new lens for his camera...
Here is our big group picture. Thanks Justin for taking a few moments out of your busy schedule and posing for yet another pic...Love ya Justin..hahahahaha
The Gomez's finally showed up...Yeah...Don't ya love Kara...she is the bestest...LOVE her..wouldn't be any fun in YW without her...
Mott's also showed up LATE...hahaha..love them too...hey you guys can't move yet...Heather, we need to set up a pre arranged marriage...wink wink....

McKenzie turns 4! Golfland Sunsplash!!!

This past weekend we headed up to Mesa to go to McKenzies 4th birthday party and spent a day at Golfland Sunsplash water park. McKenzie and Kaile flew in from Wisconsin for six weeks. We only get to see them a couple of times a year so we try and celebrate birthdays together when we can. He had a huge inflatable jumping castle with sprinklers. The kids had a great time getting soaked. Especially in 100 degree weather it's nice to cool off. They broke open a pinata and of course the cake and presents. We also went to the water park with the Power family. Joshua was up for over 12 hours and finally fell asleep! He is quite the fish. Not afraid of water. Greg even had him dunking his face and head in the water. No fear.. My brother Scott hooked us up at the resort he works at Westgate Painted Mountain Country Club. Really nice place. Thanks, Scott!!