We sure love our baby brother.


The Three Musketeers! Or Super Heros!

Happy 4th of July!

4th of July Pictures. I kind of did this all backwards but continue further down to read the big post. Thanks for your patience.

Madisons snicker doodles.
Madisons crescent rolls.
Madisons apricot pineapple pie.
Marons orange cookies.
Brooklons 4th of July jello mold.

Rachel Rae has nothin on our Madison, Brooklon and Maron Wray! These are the pictures of the yummy food the girls made.

Jordon does'nt need anyone to put him down for a nap. He puts himself down anywhere and everywhere. He plays so hard that he'll fall asleep in the middle of play time.




Water Fun!

Sheild yourself!

Happenings for this last week: Monday we had a great family home evening. The lesson was on "Love at Home" and "Be ye kind one to another". We began with a game called sacrifices to learn what things are most important to us. (scriptures, freedom, food, pets, testimony, dentists,etc. etc...Sometimes we get caught up in everyday living and forget what is really important to us. We treat our friends with more respect than we treat our families, we place more importance on schoolwork or a job than we do on our families, or we spend more time thinking about food or money than we do our own families. We read the story of Abraham and Issac. We then went around the room and talked about what we liked/loved about each other and then we drew names for secret pals for the whole week. There were so many thoughtful things done for everyone. This was really fun to see what everyone would come up with each day to serve each other. We had treats made, pictures drawn, beds made, laundry folded, small gifts given. I think we may do this again. There seemed to be peace and lots of thoughtful kindness.

Tuesday brought some budding chefs that actually carried on through Friday. Madison made some amazing snicker doodles on tuesday, homemade crescent rolls wednesday, and a homemade apricot/pineapple pie for thursday. Yummy! Brooklon and Maron also decided to try there hand at cooking. Brooklon made a awesome 4th of July jello mold. Scrumpchy! Maron made the best orange cookies. (We've included pictures. They did'nt just taste and smell awewsome, they looked awesome too) Watch out Rachel Rae for our Madison, Brooklon and Maron Wray.-- I almost forgot to mention our sweet water fight on tuesday. I think I still have a river in my ears. It was fun to be a kid again and get a little or actually a lot wet. Our pictures don't really do it justice and I think our camera man might have been laughing a little too hard. The 4th was simple, relaxing, and yet fun. We had a bbq with family, sparklers, and sat out front and watched the fireworks up above done by the fire department at the nearby junior high. I have to say I love my family. I love spending time together. Summer has really been fun. We hope you have all had a great 4th of July.

Family Trip to Fort Collins Colorado

R and R

More R and R

And a little more R and R

Our trip to Fort Collins was great. We enjoyed the family, the sights, swimming, and a lot of R and R. We loved it and hope you enjoy our many fun family pics. (I had to create several posts to fit all the pics. we were willing to share)

Family Trip to Fort Collins Colorado-We went to a place called "The Farm at Lee Martinez Park". You can feed and pet the animals. Jenson and Jordon especially liked riding the tractors.


She Thinks My Tractors Sexxy!

Family Trip to Fort Collins Colorado-There was a lot of swimming.

Family Trip - Fort Collins Colorado

The kids (minus Madison. We really missed having her with us, she was at Youth Conference having her own fun) and I went to Swetsville Zoo in Fort Collins Colorado. Not your typical zoo though. There are over 170 sculptures of animals, cars, spaceships, etc. made of recycled materials. It was interesting and fun.