Hooray - Keelan and Ayanna are here!!!

Thankfully Greg, Kyoko, Ayanna and Keelan have safely arrived! Greg and Kyoko are in Denver trying to buy a house and cars. While they are getting things squared away there, Ayanna and Keelan are staying with Omi and Opasan. On Tuesday (one day after they arrived) they came over to our house to play for a little while. Here is a picture of Alexis, Ayanna, Keelan and Joe in our backyard!

We are so happy to have them home!

Opasan & China

Look at the sparkle in China's eyes when she looks at Opasan!

She truly LOVES it when he comes over to our house so he can show her attention.

(The attention she thinks she deserves.)

Welcome Home Greg, Kyoko, Ayanna and Keelan!

We are proud to announce that Clint's brother and his family are moving back to the U.S. from Japan - They will be arriving in Denver tomorrow afternoon. We are all so excited to have them close by.

They will be extremely busy over the next few weeks getting a car, a house and the kids into school.

It will be so nice to have you home! We have missed you!!!!!

Crawdad Fishing

On Saturday we decided to have some inexpensive fun. Clint and I took the kids Crawdad fishing.
There is a little pond in Lion's Park called Peanut Pond.
Usually there are tons of crawdads roaming around. We carefully baited some string with the "power bait"
aka: hot dogs. This year there weren't very many around but we did manage
to bring one home. Hailey let him live in her fish tank. But~this morning when he
was roaming around in my kitchen floor I didn't feel so good about him being around anymore.
Needless to say....he is back in her tank and I am keeping an eye on him to be sure that he stays there.


I don't want another surprise tomorrow morning!

Hammies in the yard!

SUMMER FUN!

Now that it is warm outside, the kids can take their hamsters
outside and let them run around the yard for a while.
The one on the top (reddish color) is Joe's, her name is Jagger.
The one in the middle is (White and Light Red) Hailey's, her name is Daisy.
The gray one is Alexis', her name is Crystal.

Frontier Days Parade 2009

Today was the first of 4 Frontier Days Parades - This year Hailey was at a wedding with her
Mom so we were able to invite Celina (my Goddaughter) to ride with Joe and Alexis. They looked
great and had lots of fun!!!!


(Click on the collage for a closer view)

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!

Every 4th of July I like to take pictures of the kids ~ They are growing so quickly.

God Bless America and our Troops!