Ethan's homemade pasta

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Ethan reminded me that I had failed to post this the other day.
On Sunday he made homemade pasta and sauce.

The house reeked of garlic and I wasn't really looking forward to it. But I must say I was PLEASANTLY surprised. It was REALLY good. (It even had onions in it and I still liked it.) It would have been nice if we had a pasta maker, but oh well. The sauce was a bit sweet and I liked that. Next time we'll probably cut up the chicken and mix it in with the pasta.

I give it 5 stars :)

Take your hat off when the flag goes by...

We drove up to Flagstaff to celebrate the 4th.
1. I wanted to see a parade.
2. I wanted to see a parade in cooler weather.
3. We got to use our pop up camper!

Ethan had me take pictures of the temperatures from when we started and when we got there.
Amazing what driving 2 hours north will do.

On the road.

Gavin making a face for the camera.

After a few minutes everyone in the back fell asleep...even Zoe. You can't tell here, but her eyes are closed.

Comfy.

Real comfy.

I caught Gavin signing "more" to Logan because he had laffy taffy.

I must mention that we made reservations at Woody Mountain and when we got there they said they didn't have our reservations AND they don't let Dobermans in!

I told them they sucked...I know, harsh words. (When I made the reservation they asked me if I had any pets and I said yes a dog.)

So we drove down the street to an RV park and told them we have a lab mix. Isn't she a cute lab mix?

We went for a walk after we set up our pop up.

Gavin was not amused by the pine cone.

Ethan and Gavin having a moment.

Logan took this of us.

It took them FOREVER to fall asleep because Gavin kept laughing, but they finally did.

We went to the parade and Zoe did great around so many people.
Gavin liked to wave his flag.

Ethan likes this picture because it looks like it's floating.
...maybe it is...

Everyone commented on how pretty Zoe is. She's a good looking dog.

After the parade. I was happy that Logan was able to get some candy even with so many people. That was always my favorite part growing up.

And one of Logan's favorite things. He used his birthday money to play on the 4 different blow up things.

And just a little video of our walk. Zoe was LOVING it.

Mr Linky Blog Hop

Welcome to the blog hop! What is it? Here’s the lowdown:

Each month MckLinky will host a “blog hop”. All participants are invited to put up a post on the same day and post the SAME MckLinky list as everyone else. Everyone who participates is automatically registered to win $100. A winner will be picked each month the day after the blog hop.

This Month: Introducing My Blog, The Bluths

I started this blog back in 2005 when my brother got married. Now we have added 2 kids to the mix, another on her way, and a dog. Life is good. Thanks for hopping by.

Summer + hot = swimming

Give that kid a ball and he's happy. Give him 4 and he's still happy.

Logan and Cyrena in their floating swimsuits.

He doesn't want anyone to make fun of his "whiteness" anymore.

Tickling

From Gavin

From Gavin

Relief Society game night

I stole these pictures from Karen T. (Thanks!)

Last night I went to our girls night out game night. We played Apples to Apples and Bunco, (which I have never played before; it's fun!).

Not much has been going on here, hence no pictures to post. I did get a cool new car seat for Gavin in the mail yesterday from my mom so maybe I'll post that, cuz it's cool.

Ethan has been working on making his own guitar.

I've been making cookies or brownies or whatever suits my fancy at the moment.

Logan has been a big helper to mom and dad; he's such a good big brother.

Gavin is a goof, he thinks everything he does is hilarious; which it usually is to us :) Just him smiling makes us laugh because he's got that big gap in his front teeth.

Don't eat for 30 minutes

Logan gave Gavin his first oreo.


Logan wanted to hold Gavin and usually he tries to squirm away, but this time something caught his eye and he just sat there.

Perfect picture moment.

We went swimming this afternoon and the boys loved it.
(That is Gavin's hat that Ethan is wearing, not his own.)

Me getting ready to squirt Logan.

And last but not least, Gavin saying his first (and only) word so far.

Gavin vs the Watermelon

The watermelon is so good here right now.
Gavin likes any fruit, but this was my first time giving him such a big piece.

Hey Mikey, he likes it!

Having lunch at our new table (my bowl melted a circle in the table already! oops!)

We all took naps while Logan played, but I guess he got worn out too.

This is how I found him.

Our new kitchen table!

We bought this beauty on Craigslist for $35.

But, it was kinda ugly.


So Ethan fixed it up and now it looks like this!

This was our table before.
Now that we are adding more to our family, we needed a bigger table to fit all of us.

P.S. We got a letter from our HOA saying we can't have our pop up trailer in our driveway.
So any ideas where we can store it...for cheap or free?

Some random pictures

Here we are in our Sunday clothes.
My mom just made me this dress.


Playing in the pool in the backyard

We went on a picnic today by the library and park with the Dean girls.

Gavin kept eating, but wasn't opposed to sharing his cracker with the camera.

Batman came to dinner

Since it was Logan's birthday, he got to wear his mask to dinner.

All the birthday pictures...!

9 boys...I'm glad I'm having a girl :)

We had:
~300+ water balloons
~A slip n slide
~Squirt guns

That's all you need for a good party

Ethan got in on the action.

But Logan got him back.

Dallin knew how to throw them.

A nice shot of Logan in action.

Incoming!... Duck!

All the boys sure had fun playing

Good drinking water too...

After the outside games and pizza, Logan opened his presents.

It was hard to get a picture with so many kids blocking my view. They were all over the place!

And lets not forget little Gavin. Boy did he have fun too. Turns out he likes cake.
Who knew?!

He's also good at disguising as batman.

So is LoganHappy Birthday Logan!

Logan turns 4 today!

I made this cake for his birthday party.
Unfortunately they didn't peel off my wax paper as nicely as I would have wanted. (I frosted them on paper then froze them, then peeled and placed them on the cake.)

There will be more pictures later...

And the winner is...

For the UPrinting poster print giveaway the winner is #10; Sam!

Sam said: "And I would probably use it for our family pics we just had taken!!"

Congrats Sam!

I want that!

Thrifty & Chic Mom is doing a giveaway for Flor Modular Carpeting. And you know it's cool because I only blog about the really cool giveaways :)

Also, now that I know I am having a girl, I can look at girl stuff. I love See Kai Run shoes and on Country Girl, City Life they are doing a giveaway for them

Card exchange

I am really liking this card exchange of mine.
1. I get to be creative and so far have liked what I've come up with. 2. I get ideas and cards from other creative minds.

This month was birthday.
(If you couldn't tell)

I never posted the other cards from last month's "masculine" theme.