Happy Birthday Colm

May your 27th year be full of peace and prosperity.

Shat on LSD

You know nothing about awful music videos until you have witnessed this spectacle!

A new treat!

I honestly couldn't make it to the end of this one.

Ode to the Bouncer

'Twas white and blue,
And sturdy too
This little bouncer of ours...

Several states it roamed
Through many homes
And kept kids happy for hours.

'Til little Joshua came along,
It did its job just great.
But big sister Manda had too much love,
And sealed our bouncer's fate.

Mommy tried to fix it with glue,
But it held for just a day
Big sister Manda broke it again,
On Joshua, it seems, she must lay.

Now it's time to toss in the trash
Our bouncer of white and blue.
You may pay your respects here on this blog
And we'll all sigh, boo hoo.

Our Week...

Allison started kindergarten.


Joshua smiles all the time now. Nice foot, Manda...


I think we'll send Manda to that Newport Surf Camp next year.


And overheard,

from Nick to Shellie during B.U.
"From now on, I'd like to be known as 'the asset'"

from Manda, trying to describe Oreos, along with hand gestures
"I want those white circles with the two brown things on both sides"

from Allison to Shellie
"It's easier shopping without Manda and Joshua, huh Mom..."

from Manda to Nick at 6am one morning
"FRIIIIES!!!! I WAAAANT FRENCH FRIIIIIES!!!!"

from Shellie, excitedly, to old schoolmate at class reunion
"You married Melissa??!! (my friend) Why didn't you bring her???"
response
"Uh, we got divorced two years ago"

oops.

Two little beach girls

Two rare beauties posing for Grandpa.

Why you doe haf bofren??

Had to share...

Happy 24th, I love you guys!

I must share this.

Not going anywhere for a while? These guys have a great solution for boredom. Someone show this to Sheriff Joe.

Curse you, Stephenie Meyer

Sigh... I decided I'd check out what all the hype was about, and MAN am I hooked. I thought I would be able to casually read this Twilight book until we went to the beach, and be able to save the new Harry Potter for then...but now that I've read 250 pages of this book, plus the alternate first chapter from Edward, and gotten absolutely nothing done the last 24 hours, I see that it's not going to last that long! Sheesh! How many books are in this series anyway? Someone please give me the 411...

Now that the Independence Day celebrations are over we can turn our attention to July 15. It is a good day. Let all be reminded of the pain of one of my birthday parties of the past.

My mother invited my third cousin Bryon (Aunt Kippy's grandson) to my birthday party that year. I did not want him to come because he did not have a present for me. Mother won that arguement. I never liked Bryon much after that. First, he came and he was not even a close friend--even though he and I were roughly the same age. He could have done a lot more than he did. Looking back, it was probably a little hard for him...being about five years old.

Oh well, I got my stuff. In a day or two all the toys were broken and we went back to normal things.

Let's not let that happen again, eh?

Heber Fireworks Part II

More pictures from Colman's camera at Heber:

I crown thee King Landon:

Two out of three ain't bad:

Sweet Manda:

Striking a pose:

The long and winding rope:

Let Freedom Ring

Yeah America! This is true Patriotism...




American wins hot dog title over 6-time Japanese champ!

Chestnut, the great red, white and blue hope in the annual Fourth of July competition, broke his own world record by inhaling 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes...

"If I needed to eat another one right now, I could."

The 4th in Heber

We had a good time with the Davis'.....you know to expect good food when you are in their company and good food there was. The fireworks were great....we didn't get "shrapnelled" with the ashes like we did last year, but they were great nonetheless. Here are a few pic highlights.... Addie, drinking air from her sippy.

Allison and Amanda having fun with their cousins....I don't know who ended up with the most glow stick tiaras, belts, anklets or bracelets, but I am sure they were counting.

Landon and Addie love to play together and scream together....whatever one has, the other wants.

Even though naptime was a scream contest, by the end of the trip they were so worn out we didn't even hear a peep before they snoozed off.

We had fun...can't wait until next year!

Surprise!

Joshua seems to always have a look of eternal surprise on his face - I wonder what's so darn shocking at our house???

Bob's Big Boy

Has any one ever eaten at Bobs Big Boy? I guess there used to be one here but now the only one left is the origonal one in California. It is now a historical monument. It was acutally really good. You could tell the meat wast high quality like the ones I have been spoiled with at the Carters, but it was almost like they carmelized it before they put it in the bun. Any way it is way cute, waiters on skates and a classic car thing outside. It was fun.

One horse....comin right up!

Landon told me earlier today that he is skipping the "I want a dog for my birthday" phase and is going right to wanting a horsey for his birthday.

Hie to the blog!

I am not one to jump in and prod people with electronic control modules, but it is apparent that there is a summer "bog on the blog" and some people are not posting regularly. I implore you to reconsider. To account for this slack, I am offering to post pictures from my mission as a cheap facsimile of what really is out there with all of you creative people. That threat alone will surely nourish the seeds of creativity amongst our group and the harvest of well-taken photos and biting commentary will be with us once again.

This photo was taken in Tijuana, as you can tell. It depicts one of the most zany attractions the city has to offer--a polaroid photo offering to a fee-paying individual to sit on filthy serapes whilst posing behind a donkey painted to look like a Zebra. Not only that, but the joy of sitting behind such a beast is like staring into the jaws of...well, I am sure you can fill in the blanks here can't you? Can you say "el stinko?"

The deal is this: either we become more creative with postings of family photos (children's photos are appreciated) or I will begin with the slides of the mission. Trust me on this one. They may not be pretty.

Joshy Josh

Just thought I'd post some newer pics of Joshua - trying out this internet site a bit on the girls' computer too... Wow, is he adorable or what??

I was also hoping to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the AZCARTER blog, but loooking back, I apparently missed it by a month. No one even made a cake, sheesh...

Introducing Joshua

He's finally here!

See below for information vitale:

Name: Joshua Carl Carter

Parents: Nick & Shellie

Date / Time: Friday, June 1, 2007 at 9:40 AM

Weight: 7 lbs 11 oz

Length: 20 in

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Long flowing golden blonde locks (he has hair like a rock star!)