Paige loves to pretend her toys are microphones and loves to sing into them. On this day it was a jump rope. I caught her sweetly singing and pulled out the camera. Usually, she gets really embarassed if you catch her and then refuses to keep singing if she knows you are watching. But, to my surprise, she said she wanted to sing the ABC's. As soon as I clicked "record" this heavy metal rocker voice came out of her. I about died laughing.

4th of July

Happy Fourth of July!! To celebrate, I decided to be brave and make the 19 hr trip to my parents house in Pagosa Springs, CO all by myself!! Casey had to work (but you know that never stops me) and so I went without him. I am glad to report that Caiden and Paige did AWESOME! Thanks entirely to the DVD player! I'm not sure how my parents did it with 4 kids from Louisiana to Colorado straight without this incredible invention. In fact, at times it was almost....peaceful. The only fight was who got pick which movie to watch, but once the head phones went on, it was silent! There were a few more potty breaks than normal, but we made good time and no speeding tickets either! (Because there was quite a bit of that going on).

Highlights of the trip:
* hanging out with family and Caiden and Paige goofin around with their cousins
* watching my dad fly in formation over the Pagosa Springs 4th of July Parade
* Caiden riding on Papa's Harley on the way to church
* seeing an old friend we grew up with in Louisiana and her 2 cute kids
* going to the carnival (except for the one crazy lady at the spinning chili pepper ride. Seriously,
what was her deal??)
* watching fireworks (and Paige sleeping through it all)
* BBQ-ing and eating food I didn't have to cook!
* realizing my mom is slowing becoming the Cat Lady (Mom, you can feed Ruffy but don't touch him!!)
* graduating from the "easy" level on Guitar Hero to MEDIUM!! Yes, I did!

Caiden and Harrison hanging out in the hot tub...

I love watching my dad when he flies in formation. He is the one on the far left (I think). These aren't the best pictures but it was so sunny I couldn't tell if I was getting them in the picture or not and it's not like I have the best camera here...

I love Caiden's "sunglasses" in this picture. He is a funny kid.

Our friend Michelle (Harrison) Watabe...Her husband and 2 kids joined the crazy Peart family for the weekend.

Sisters....(sorry it's a blurry picture)

Paige spotted this pink car at the carnival and LOVED it! She rode this ride twice.

4th of July BBQ

...riding with Papa in the "jeep with no doors or windows!"

This is how Paige arrived at the place where we were going to watch fireworks. She was even riding in the jeep when she fell asleep. Now that's a tired girl.

The Peart, Hunt, and Watabe families...

Seriously rockin at Guitar Hero. Casey doesn't understand how I can hate video games so much and yet love Guitar Hero. But I say, how can you play this and not wish just a little bit that you were a rock star in a band??? The video below features Jessica on vocals, Kelley on guitar, Kim on drums, and Maddie on bass to Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train". Yeah, I know, we rock.