Finally...our trip

OK so I finally uploaded all the videos and pics from our vacation. Today I will do our Utah part, then next time, hopefully tomorrow, I will do the Texas part.

Brad's parents thought that we were arriving on July 17th, but we arrived on the 13th. We told Brad's brother and his wife, but no one else. We just asked that they get all the family there on that Sunday night. Here's the video of us leaving Samara on the doorstep to surprise them.



We spent the 24th of July there. We went to the parade. My Aunt Bev went downtown around 4am to get our spot. Then we had a BBQ at Brad's grandma's house. That's where Samara discovered ice.


Then we went to fireworks at Liberty Park.


We also went and spent time at the Valley Home that my mom's cousin owns and it's become the family cabin. Of course Hy found tons of bugs.And we could always find Samara playing by the mirror.Oh, that smile melts my heart!!
AAhhhh, kisses.Uhhhh...

Hy's choice

So today after church, Hyrum was playing the Nintendo DS and Isaac was watching. I asked Hyrum to stop, but Isaac told him to keep playing. When I checked on the boys a few minutes later, Hyrum was still playing.

I said to Hyrum, "So is Isaac your boss now?"

Hyrum said, "Yes, I want Isaac to be my boss for the rest of the day!!"

I didn't really care if they kept playing as long as they weren't fighting, so I said, "OK, for the rest of the day, Isaac is your boss."

About 10 minutes later I said that it was time for someone to set the table. Isaac piped up and said, "Hyrum will do it."

I turned to Hy and said, "Well you did choose to have Isaac be your boss for the rest of the day."

Hyrum was a good sport about it and set the table. We ate a yummy dinner - Brad made borscht, a Russian beet soup that everyone in our family loves and I made homemade bread.

After dinner it was time to clear the table and clean up, so I asked, "Who's gonna clean up dinner?"

Isaac again piped up and volunteered Hyrum. At this point, Hy burst into tears and said that Brad and I were just sitting there letting Isaac be mean to him. We said that all this was because he decided to make a choice to have a 5 year be his boss instead of his parents who at least try to make things fair(ish). He said he was done having Isaac be his boss, but we still made him clear the table.

I don't think he'll want any other bosses for a while, except for the ones he's used to.