July Updates

July started of course with a wonderful 4th of July party which actaually took place on July 2nd. We celebrated Lydia's 11th birthday at her house and had fun with fireworks. The kids were allowed to do snap 'n pops which they call "snappy pops", smoke bombs and sparklers. The LOVE fireworks! The noise doesn't bother them and they love staying up late to watch them. Here Daddy is overseeing the fireworks sparklers.

Waiting for dark and fireworks at Lydia's party.

A little more sparkler time. Hmmm Daddy - you think we should be that close to the fire???

Earlier that day was pool time. Daddy actually got to the party late because Broc was playing Legion ball, but he just missed a little swimming time.

ON the actual July 4th we went to the Ste. Gen city park to watch the real fireworks. The kids had fun playing around in the wide open spaces and playing on the slides. The really liked the big fireworks and would go so excited when they were going off. I can't get over how long her hair is in this picture.

Raya's "cheese" face.

Enjoying the fireworks! We even had our family picture taken by the local newspaper and were put on the front page of the paper.The second weekend of July is always the Ste. Gen Fair. It starts on Friday evening with a parade. The kids LOVE parades.

Of course the candy is the best. In this parade it is mostly tractors that drive by.

Uncle Steve helping Raya get her snack.

Kyrah enjoying her snack as well.

Later that night I took all three kids up to the Yanks to watch Broc play ball. I was pretty nervous manging all the kids by myself and it turned out great. They all listened well and stayed by me. After the game the kids got to run around on the field which they thought was the coolest thing ever.

Broc's team actually won districts this night as well so yeah - way to go Ste. Gen Junior Legion!

Saturday morning of the fair we took the kids up to walk around and enjoy the games. Raya loved going through the bounce houses.

Climbing the big tires with cousin Lydia.

A little swing time.

And no fair is complete without the corn pile.

Sunday evenings the entire Propst family usually end up at Grandma and Grandpa's house. This Sunday because it was super hot, Uncle Steve brought over the big water bounce slide. Broden would not go down the slide but liked to play at the bottom in the water.

The next day Kyrah stated getting sick. She came down with a 102 fever, belly aches and tiredness. It was an awful week. She just kept getting worse, her throat swelled and she had trouble breathing, and her eyes swelled. We took her to the doctor twice. At first they said it was heat exhaustion, then decided it was a viruse. The poor thing was miserable.

On Friday I finally took her to the JMH ER. Her throat was just huge. Here we are waiting in the ER. They came up with the same conclusion - virus and allergies. They gave her an oral steroid and some Tylenol. Later that night she was feeling better, the fever broke and her throat was better.

The bad thing was on Saturday she went crazy. After her afternoon nap she woke up screaming at me, throwing everything, hitting, biting me, etc. I think she had a bad reaction to the steriod and litteraly went crazy. Dennis was at Broc's ball game so I had to have a sitter come over and watch the twins so Kyrah would not hurt them. It was the worst I have ever seen a kid and it lasted all evening. Luckily Sunday was better, though she was still screaming and whiney she was no longer hitting and biting.

On Saturday Broden also got a new haircut... a mohawk! He looks awesome.

Raya was the best one all weekend.

I was trying to catch a picture of Broden's new haircut but he just was not cooperating.

Mommy had a night out on the 17th of July with Aunt Connie. We went to see the U2 360 degree. Awesome concert but super hot at Busch Stadium.

The next weekend of July started the beginning of Church picnic season! We love going to these and getting awesome food and letting the kids play the games. Raya and Kyrah got their faces painted with butterflies.

They rode the little car.

Broden standing in front of his favorite A-C tractor.

Finally at the end of the month Mommy and Daddy had a great trip to Playa Del Carmen Mexico. We stayed at the Riu Playacar Monday to Friday. The kids had Amanda stay over most of the nights and Grandma and Tina watch them as well. I think it was a long week for them being away from us, but it was the perfect amount of days for me and Dennis. Beautiful beach and great weather - very relaxing time together.

A day trip to Chitzanita.

This is a natural fresh water sink hole that we stopped at. Very pretty.

Dinner night at the "steak" restruarant. It was a great meal.

Pictures of the hotel pool

Our beach - we spent a lot of time here enjoying the weather and the surf.

Funny little dolls above the bathrooms showing the men and women.

The very awesome Mayan ruins.

Walking from the hotel to the beach.

June 2011 activities

Lots of fun things have been happening in June. Dennis was off the first two weeks, and is teaching summer school the last two weeks which is only Tues, Wed and Thursday. The kids all took swimming lessons at daycare which anytime they get in the pool is tons of fun for them.

I am not sure where we were going on this trip, but all the kids had to have their sunglasses on. Broden is looking super cool in his shades and his flip flops on his hands.

On a Friday when they were home from daycare (they stay home Weds and Fridays) when Mommy had them, she took them to McDonalds for lunch and playtime. It is great now, they can all climb by themselves and we can sit and watch.

Yummy - One six piece chicken nugget with fries and one apple dipper is all we need to order for them and it covers all three. We were buying a nugget and cheeseburger meal, but found a lot of the food was wasted so we cut back. They do tend to dip their apple in the ketchup or their fries in the carmel, but they eat it all the same.

One evening last week a storm was moving in and out. It would rain then sun would shine, then rain, etc. The kids love playing in puddles and it appeared safe enough so out in the puddles we went. They had a blast and since we were just stalling for bathtime anyway, whocares if they got dirty and wet.

Eventually they ended up laying down in the puddles.

Raya wasn't scared of a litte rain!

So Kyrah followed.

Ohh - ohhh maybe it is raining a bit harder then we thought...take cover

Sun's back out

More puddles!

And the hair needs to get wet too. So they stick their butts up in the air and their heads down. It looks like a bunch of ostriches.

After puddle time, it was bathtime. I had two bubble guppies in the tub.

After bath we watch a little TV or read books. Broden has been screaming for baseball TV time. He will sit and watch a baseball game no problem. He yells at the screen if the guy is out or safe and when a batter gets a hit he always thinks they are home runs. "homerun up in the sky" is what he says.

Cutie Raya - she doesn't sit still after bath very well. She is usually wondering around the living room picking things up, climbing on stuff and drinking every sippy cup of milk or juice she can find.

One evening we went to Uncle Steve's house and he gave them Chloe's old barbie jeep. The loved sitting in it.

On June 24th we went to Suson Park, which has an awesome play area and animals that you can walk by. The kids loved it. Chloe and Eli went with us. It was a great day.

And one cranky moment. I don't remember what she was mad about, but it didn't last long.

All the kids went over to see the horse by the fence, but not little Raya. She kept her distance from all the animals. She is just not an animal person at all. The only animal she will tolerate is Lexi, the 3 lbs dog we sometimes doggie sit for. She does not bark and has no teeth. Raya will pet her but that is about it.

Chicken little...

Picnic lunch under a nice shade tree.

A little more play time at the park before heading home for the day. Which is also when Raya wondered off to the swing set side of the park and it took all of us looking a good 2-3 minutes to find her. I was about 15 seconds awaya from screaming at everyone to stop and look for my kid.

Probably not a good idea to let her climb the mountain, because though she was careful getting to the top, getting down is never as easy.

Luckily we had Chloe along to help her down and Mommy didn't have to climb up.

After nap the same day, Daddy and Broc went to Broc's ballgame so the kids and Mommy hung out. Raya was playing with Mommy's glasses. Kyrah and Raya also thought they needed to play in their swimsuits.

Kyah also wanted to climb a tree. Luckily this is as far as she got.

All time favorite picture. Kyrah just stopped playing and said "hug time". So darn cute!

I also attemped to get a few photos to put on a fourth of July card.

Raya takes really good photos.

A fun little photo of them all showing off their new shirts that our wonderful neighbors (and their regular babysitters) Allison and Lexi brought them from their vacation.

A little video of Kyrah doing a flip on the couch.