Birthdays and Cousins

Instead of wrapping Ocean's presents for his birthday, we hid them and he had to go on a treasure hunt.

First he found the card from Grandma and Grandpa.

Next, he found a remote control helicopter. 

Then there was the DS game he wanted.

Last of all, some silly putty.

The next day, we had FAT.

My nephew, his wife and baby were in town as well as my sister-in-law and her kids, from Texas.

Look at that cute baby!

Cousins we haven't seen for couple of years.

Monday was Julius' birthday.  He wanted to go to the zoo.

We always have to climb on the hippo statue.

That evening, we had cupcakes and presents with is cousins.

He got new sand to fill the sand box.

The cousins all got to spend the night.

Boulder River Trail

We decided to take a hike in July on the Boulder River Trail.  

It was a beautiful day.  

 My sister and her family came with us.  She knew all kinds of plants along the trail and ones that were edible like these wild berries.

We walked through beautiful forests.

Zelda walked almost the whole way to the falls where we turned around.

She carried her baby the whole way too.

Daphne and Julius were buddies.

There were old logs to climb on next to the trail.

Ocean is surveying  the path.

At one point there were all these ferns growing.

And large cliffs.  Harvey was trying to climb up.

There were many little crevasses for photo ops.

Rez helped Zelda join Julius, Harvey, Mo and their cousin.

Here they are again.

Zelda and Rez didn't make it in time to join everyone else, so they go their own picture.

 

One of the favorite things was to run ahead (with an adult) and hide, scaring the others that came along.

There was a part that went up and down some.

And still Zelda insisted on walking herself.

You can see how Harvey liked it.

Here is looking down towards the river.

Zelda did get carried over the rocky part.  Daphne is carrying the backpack we brought for her.

We made it to the overlook of the falls.  They were beautiful.

Plus there was a cool tree to climb under and through. 

We sat next to it and ate our dinner.

There was a drop off down to the river on the other side of the trail, so we had to keep close tabs on all the kids, but we had a fun time.

We headed back to the start after that.  It was starting to get dark, but we didn't have any problems.

It was a fun afternoon.

Brave

My sister and brother in law like to dress up in costume to go to movies.  The fact that she has long red curly hair made it a given that they would dress up to go see brave.  

My kids were very excited to join her, so we all did.  

There were great preparations to be made to get us ready.  Daphne sewed her first dress (with my help) and she and I made kilts for the boys to wear.  

Ocean was game to let us fix his hair.

It is so light that we had to apply the dye twice to get the depth that we wanted.

We also had fun sculpting it.

Here he is a red head.

Then he let us set it on rollers and sat under the dryer to get some curl.

I think we did pretty good.

Fun With Hair

One day I had a little extra bleach after a hair appointment, so we had a little fun.

Harvey got a large gold splash in the front.  

He loves it and now wants all his hair gold.

Julius got gold tips.

And likes his hair in a faux hawk.

Catching Up

Summer just goes so quickly.  Here are some cute photos of the kids from the last month.

Zelda and Julius playing in the bath.

I love the look on her face, so fun.

After I finish a client, Zelda likes to get out the kids cape and climb up in the chair for her turn.  Usually we just spray her hair with water and comb it a bit.

This is Julius' new hobby, writing on himself.  Oh well, it isn't as long lasting as the haircuts he used to give himself.

On the 4th of July, Mo got to help with the flag raising at the pancake breakfast.  I think he had more fun than is showing on his face.

Mo climbing the tree in front of his Aunts house.

Ocean, Mo and Harvey in the tree.

Mo again.

Zelda her cute little self.

One day Harvey discovered the joy of dirt.  He piled it in his hair and then would shake it out.  There was a huge dust cloud that reminded me of pig pen from Peanuts.  I have some fun videos, but I can't get them to upload for some reason, so you will have to imagine.  The other kids of course had to join in the fun.

Ocean and Daphne helping Zelda on the bike.  She has spent most of the summer in just her diaper.

Mo getting his bobcat award in cub scouts, oh and I am 6 months pregnant.