Ta-da

my new smile

i'm amazed at how great it looks.  dr miler was right, with braces he could get my smile perfect.

he straightened my teeth, widened my smile, fixed my over bite and then shaped my front gums to make my teeth look bigger.  

smile. perfect.

well almost, he is still working on a little gap with my retainer. ;o)

here's what my smile looked like during my brace face stage

and here's my smile before

i wasn't self conscious of smile before, just ask anyone, i loved to snort and smile but now

 I really love to snort and smile.

i love you mom and dad, thanks for my new beautiful smile!

insta-friday

 here's what the last 2 weeks have looked like around here

 hello julep july box, it was so fun having our nails painted with america the beautiful for the 4th
 and i love the coordinating polish and lip gloss i got too

 the girls scream when this white truck comes around

we tie dyed shirts with the boys 

jason taught the kids how to play kick the can

plenty of pool time

j and i finally started watching LOST

we took a drive to the shoshone ice caves

my mom has this exact picture of me and my sister at the caves

 mom and dad invited us over for lunch on Sunday, i brought the cookie ice cream sandwiches.

baby it's been HOT outside!

 i love my evening bike ride/run with Jake, i get to see pretty sunsets like this

Celebrated!

We had another fun year celebrating the fourth with friends and family.

My sister, Mick and the kids came out to swim with us,

(i'm bummed i didn't get a family pic)

 we went to Garrett's Avengers birthday party,

and topped off the day with shooting off fireworks with the boys!

photo a day, kind of, not really

well, i started off doing ok

but by the end of june i couldn't keep up.

and that's okay.

here's my june photo a day of the days i actually did.

ha.

a YELLOW crop duster

OUTFIT

LOOKING FORWARD to our trip

our VEGETABLE garden

the GATE to the pool

the MOOD was excited when we left for oregon

CLOUDS

enjoying the SUNSHINE in portland

a COLORFUL sunset melissa and i saw on the way home from shopping

SUMMER READ

i love ashy's curly HAIR DO at the pool

SAY CHEESE

FATHER

you'll find me at the pool, sitting in a CHAIR

this is how i DRESS UP a sweatshirt

 SUMMER DAYS

AROUND THE HOUSE

the JOY of a beautiful butterfly visiting my yard

and that's it.

but it's a new month.

i'm going to try it again, is anyone else in?

Insta-Friday::VBS

It was a buggy week,

full of learning about our BIG God and how he transforms us.

Kelly and I were in the craft room again this year. 

I love getting to see all the kids

 and I really love that so many of the friends I went to church with in high school! 

bring their kids back to our church for VBS.

That is something special.

Helping out during VBS is a lot of work, 

let me say that again, a lot of work

(so much work that when your craft is a complete di-sas-ter you just want to cry)

 BUT all you do that week is so worth it!  

Especially when you hear a child came to know Jesus as their personal savior!

Yep, it was all worth it 

Toothless Wonder(s)

My youngest child has done it again.

She always seems to amaze me.

This time it is with teeth.

She has pulled out 2 of her teeth all on her own and they weren't just hanging in their by a thread when she decided to do this, it took some work but she was determined and got it done.

I love her new gappy grin.

I started this post yesterday but was needing to snap a picture of the said gappy grin girl

and guess what happened right after I got my pic of Ash?

Abigail pulled out her tooth,

a loose tooth she didn't even know she had until the dentist told her on Wednesday.

My girls, the amazing tooth puller outers!

Then as the evening continued, Ryan pulled out his tooth too!

Father's Day Recap

Father's day was the last day of J's 10 day vacation.  

It has been so nice having him home with us this past week.  

For his special day we

went to church

ate lunch at Baja Fresh

took him miniature golfing

swam at the pool

and grilled steak and potatoes for dinner

This was our first time miniature golfing with the girls.  The last time J and I went was when we first started dated, 12 years ago.  The girls had lots of fun.  Ash got 2 holes in one.  And I'm thankful we didn't keep score, I'm sure it would of showed I lost.

 The girls sure do love their dad and I couldn't have asked for a better a father for my children.

Thanks for all that you do for us J, we love you!