Slippin and slidin...

One of the fun things we have opted for this summer was the dollar pass to classic. We get to skate, water slide, bounce, play games, jungle gym and much more for just a buck each! The best part? All the friends who have gotten the passes with us - our newest recruit - Dad!

He took the afternoon off to come play on the water slides with us last week and we kept him plenty busy.

{I actually sat on the grass and enjoyed the sun for a minute or two!}

Waiting in line for the slide, yep, Paislee is as game as anyone! My kinda girl!

Pais loves hanging out with daddy!

See those clouds rolling in? They were heaven sent, 2 minutes of rain {who cares we were already wet} and basically cleared the place out. Yippee! No lines for us!
Here is Chad and Mike on their final {no kid} race...who do you think won?

Lots of fun, that's all!

a night out

Warm summer night + relaxing on the grass + listening to awesome music + hanging out with Chaddy =

the BEST bro/sis date ever!

My spesh night out all started with Chad surprising me with concert tickets and taking me to dinner.

Our mutual love for Guitar Hero and our struggle to play it (mostly me) made these 3 players even more amazing!

We got there early to catch this weird dude. Chad was already a fan, you can count me in too! I am loving his happy upbeat music.

(check him out on YouTube, I really like "The One Who Loves You Most")

She's been one of my fav's for a while and did not let us down.

And to finish it off, John rocked the place with his guitar over and over and over and over...!

Thanks Chaddy for an awesome night out!

Independance Day

Finally! Here is the update on our event of the year...

We got to spend our evening with Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana) and Adilynn spent months planning what to wear. She wanted to look like Hannah does in the t-shirt above, and while we opted for the pink high-heels instead of red I think she totally pulled the "rock star" look off. If you would have seen her swinging her hips - you would have asked for her autograph!

Before the show we thought we would hit up the Freedom Days for an adventure - it was a bit of a let down - but heading to Ottavio's made up for it. Luke and Pais even posed for the cutest pics ever!

Ready to go, waiting for the show!

The dancers this year did an Olympic dance in honor of Beijing 2008!

Can you tell which one I am most excited for? Not to mention, I won't have to follow the German athletes this summer!

(Has it really been that long?)

Glen Beck is pretty cool - too bad we couldn't hear him...our seats were awesome! (slathered in sarcasm)

These guys were cool, came down right over our heads! Maybe the seats were good for something!


This is what this day is all about, chokes me up everytime.So, so, so grateful to live in America and be an American!
Blue men are pretty cool too, definitely taught us how to party!
Did I say how good our seats were? This slight problem made no difference to the kids who ate up every minute of every song! Miley didn't let us down...she was dancing and shaking and head flipping all over the stage! And after singing her new stuff she finally sang a few of our faves in the end.

What's the 4th of July without fireworks? Incredible show - I'd have to say the Stadium was on Fire! ;)

and about 2.5 seconds after getting into the car...we had these little angels. Who could ask for a better ending?