We Don't Want to Go Swimming, Mom. We Like to Sweat and Get Eaten By Mosquitoes!"

Chelsea hanging out in the shade...What a smart girl!





















Chelsea running away from me so I won't take her picture.





















Devon, Carter and Lauren.
(It looks like Chelsea wiped out in the background)





















Carter hanging out in the creek behind our house.




















"I want to be a helmet head just like the older kids."




















Carter taking a break and asking for his picture to be taken.




















Devon going on a bug/frog/crawfish/etc. hunt in the creek.





















Carter unaware of me taking his picture.

I think Lauren needs a new helmet.

Lauren's camera work.

This is Chelsea wondering why I still have the camera

out instead of helping her ride her bike.

Lauren blows the bubbles and Chelsea waits

to destroy them.

Chelsea also likes to destroy plants and rip the leaves off.

Lauren is such a poser and Chelsea tries to be just like her.

Chelsea would rather "fix" her bike than ride it.

"Why Will Kids Sleep Anywhere But In Their Beds?"

Chelsea got tired of waiting for me to put her to bed so she chose the most uncomfortable place in the house and went to sleep. Was she trying to make me feel guilty?
Chelsea was really "pooped".
Doesn't Grandpa look thrilled to be a pillow?
Lauren's new umbrella. The rain just wouldn't come so she found another use for it.
As you have seen Chelsea can fall asleep just about anywhere.

Grandpa Bridges's Visit to Louisville

Thanks Grandpa Bridges and Grandpa and Grandma Wardell for making such an effort to come to Louisville for Carter's baptism. He definitely felt important.

One of these days I'll figure out how to get things posted in the order I want them, but for now the text will be at the bottom and the pictures are in no particular order. Maybe Debbie will find time next weekend to give me a course on blogging.

Grandpa Bridges came to Louisville for a week in June. I think we definitely wore him out...Scout Day Camp with the boys, the zoo, the Science Center, parks, shopping, eating out, staying up way too late every night, Carter's baptism, bbqs, swimming, visiting the Louisville temple, venturing outside in the Louisville heat and humidity and all this while being squished in the back seat of the car between two kids...Thanks for putting up with us...We miss you!

Day at the Louisville Bats game

We've decided to modernize the way we send pictures to all of our Grandmas and Grandpas, Aunts and Uncles so here we are.....We went to a Louisville Bats Minor league ball game on Saturday with Devon's little league team. (That's him on the field during the National Anthem and on the Jumbo Tron) Everyone had a great time even if it wasn't watching the game. Lauren's favorite thing to do was dance and sing for anyone who would watch and of course if it's Lauren's favorite thing then it's Chelsea's favorite thing too. Carter is the one who wouldn't let us leave until the last out was made. Everyone else was ready to go as soon as we offered a treat on the way home. P.S. Sorry for the sporadic layout. I am learning how to do this as I go.