Itty-Bitty-Toads

Sunday night it finally rained while I was out in Dover. I was so excited because LynDee had been telling me about these little toads that would come out whenever it rained. Well they did come out and they were all over! I just couldn't believe how tiny they were. After I got over the fear of actually picking them up we got this picture.

Cape Henlopen

I've been able to go through some of my pictures from Delware so I thought I'd post some of our trip to the beach. It was a perfect day to be there. Overcast and not too hot. Baby Hayden was with us so we didn't plan to stay too long or get too wet. Khora was really hesitant about it all because the waves were pretty loud but it didn't take her long before she was ready to just jump right in. I had to literally hold her back. We saw some dolphins swiming not too far out as well as a horseshoe crab, bits of blue crab along the beach as well as a couple of jellyfish. It was beautiful there. I would love to go back!!!

Hayden Emmett Hackwell

This is a page I did for my newest nephew Hayden. It was so good to see this little guy! He is just adorable! Love you baby Hayden.

Delaware Trip

I got back last night just after midnight from my 8 day visit to Delaware. I went out there to visit my sister and brother-in-law, Heath and their new baby Hayden Emmett, who was born on July 17th. I flew out there a week ago Tuesday with Khora and my dad. (My mom went out two weeks earlier. Flying with a 14 month old like Khora is. . . stressful . . . especially when you're in the middle seat next to two complete strangers and she's all over the place. I'll admit that I was very tempted after the 4.5 hour flight to slip her a little Benedryll on the trip home, but it ended up being a better flight back than out and she did great! I will be posting some pictures of my trip as soon as I get them. I need to download them off my dad's camara still. We visited some hostorical parts of Dover, caught toads, heard bullfrogs, visited the beach, oohed and aughed over baby Hayden and kept up with the olympics. I also read three of the four "Twilight" series books! That's a lot even for me!

While I was gone Dennis took Jacob, Isaac and Afton on a Marker Family camping trip to the Greys in Wyoming so I'll be posting some of those pictures soon too. (Dennis won't let me look at the photos he took until he get's home from work. So I'll just have to be patient!)

FHE @ the Park

Last week for FHE we rode our bikes up to main street, about a mile away and got some ice cream from the SantaQueen. Yum! There is a park across the street called Squashhead Park so we decided to sit and eat our chocolate dipped cones there instead of inside the packed icecream joint. We had so much fun! We watched the funny red lumpy faced ducks in the neighbors yard, played hide & seek, then a very rousing game of freeze tag! The kids found those helecopter like pods from the trees and found that if you peel them open they're pretty sticky so they were sticking them on their noses! Jacob said it was the best FHE night ever! Not too bad huh!

Tagged!

The Rules:
List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 surprising facts and then tag 5 other people. Leave a comment of the people you tag so that they realize that they have been tagged.

Joys (besides the obvious family answer)
1. Coming home after a long weekend to a clean house.
2. Seeing birds in our newly planted trees!
3. Paydays! Not nessisarily the money kind, but those special moments when I realize that all my hard work, prayers and tears have finally payed off. Like the moment I sat back and watched Isaac and Afton play together without fighting. They were actually laughing. cha-ching! Payday!

Fears
1. Grasshoppers, OK, maybe I'm not totally afraid of them as much as they just totally gross me out!
2. broken bones
3. One of my children getting lost.


Obsessions
1. Digital scrapbooking (definately obsessed!)
2. Lists - I make lists for everything.
3. Family History (obsessed sounds like a negative thing though, I think I'll just say that I've caught the spirit of it.)

Surprising Facts
1. I haven't had my hair cut in over a year. ( It's not even very long. I have trimmed it myself.)
2. I have reaccuring dreams about school and not having my assignments finished.
3. One day I want to be a "Master Gardener".

Tag 5 people
I'm afraid that my entire list has already been tagged. Sorry! I'm not as popular as some or blogging isn't as popular with those I know.

Manti Pageant

Last night we went to the Mormon Miracle Pageant. We got there a bit early so we were able to meet a few of the cast members who were out walking around the temple grounds.

Cast members were: a Nephite, Samuel the Lamanite, a Nephite dancer and Queen Lamoni. Afton loved the Queens headress and wanted to meet her. Isaac got excited when Samuel told him he was going to stand up on the high wall by the temple!