4th of July- Part 2

My 4th of July was challenge after challenge after challenge before "enjoying" the day off. We had plans to visit grandpa and pick cherries from his cherry tree and then off to Nana's for lunch and a nice day in the park with family and friends where the kids can play in the water and just enjoy the day with their cousins.

ONLY that day never really happened. LOL! We got to church late... had to go to an extremely overcrowded grocery story called Wal-Mart to get groceries for our picnic, forgot stuff so made a side trip to Freddies and left my debit card in the car so had to run back out and re-ring everything back up. Got to the Father in Laws house and realized we forgot the kids' fireworks at the house so we headed back home for the fireworks. Didn't get to pick cherries at Grandpas so hoping to get by later this week... which at this point isn't looking so good because my To Do list just seems to keep getting longer and longer. So after fixing face paint umpteen times with the kids, we headed off to Nana's and got there around 4. Can you believe she ate lunch without us! So what if we were only 3 hours late for our lunch date... :D

We went to the annual fireworks at Ann Morrison and left from Nana's house who lives about a mile away. In Madi's stroller we packed in 5 camping chairs, two blankets, a cooler full of ice, a bag of fireworks, a bag of snacks, a 15 lb bag of camera equipment, a tripod, 3 backpacks and a kid's chair. Can you believe the wheel broke off on the way there... A stroller with 3 wheels doesn't work well... did you know that! :D

So here we are with our 3 kids who decided to bring their scooters with them so they can't carry anything and all this gear and a whiney almost 3 year old who thinks she HAS to be carried everywhere and a broken stroller... My husband ran back to Nana's grabbed the van and recruited his brother Matt to help us to carry stuff into the park. My job was to carry in my camera bag and my 3 year old so I walked on without them as they found a parking spot and carried everything in. My husband did a great job carrying everything in except he forgot one little item... As i am getting ready to finally set up my camera stuff 20 minutes before the fireworks display... I notice my tripod is no where to be found. He remembered EVERYTHING except for that.... So no fireworks pictures this year from me. I didn't even try. I knew they wouldn't turn out so I didn't bother. Also did I mention that in the cooler that I packed for dinner at the park included Black Forest ham, Swiss Cheese, Mayo, Mustard, tomatoes, onions... everything except the bread... I FORGOT TO PACK BREAD! It was quite the day of mishaps... but in the long run it still ended up being sooooo much fun and a 4th of July I shall never forget. Next year I guarantee I won't forget the bread or tripod....

I remembered crayons at least for my 3 year old! And here is my cutesy Sister In Law Laury!


My single, adorable brother in law Matt.... :D


Laury kicking her husband in the toosh! Trust me it is much deserved... she puts up with a lot! :D


Me and Laury! Aren't we so cute!


My crayons and books entertained the kids for awhile.


My husband and his brother


My two favorite boys


I have no idea what they were laughing about but soooo cute to watch them


The boys and Madi snuggling up to her Uncle Jack


My niece Sydney and her friend Paige


My nephew Zach. He told me it was one cool picture of him! :D

Girls will be Girls!


Chalk Art in the Park! It was absolutely stunning!


And last but not least.... Josh with two of the kids

Overdue for another Roper Family photo

It has been almost 2 years since our last Roper family photo... time sure flies doesn't it! I was going through my archives and came up on this!

Aren't we a good looking bunch!!

Here are the Roper Girls... still missing one though... thanks to Matt! I keep telling him to find a wife and have some nieces and nephews for me.... but no he would rather go to college and get his life in order first.... I tell him that is not the Roper way! LOL Just kidding.... :D


Here is were is all began... the "official" Roper's


and that family of Roper's have grown this much... (missing baby Abby though) she was in mommy's belly.... does that count?

Another Reason I Love Boise Idaho

We have great sunrises!

I went skiing with Jack and Jake at Bogus Basin the day after Christmas. It was my 2nd time... my son's 3rd time... and after I fell of the chairlift twice, lost my ski's on the chairlift and fell down the mountain a hundred times... I finally started to get the hang of it! Jacob's already a pro. Not kidding either... he is already going off the jumps. I don't get how he picked it up so fast!
I am lucky that Jack was so patient with me. He kept saying "Your doing great, your doing fine!" But I am sure what he wanted to say was "Seriously can you please stay on your feet for at least 30 seconds?" Your six your old son is cruising down the mountain already and your butt did most of the work today and not your skiis!"

Okay maybe I'm exagerating (a little) I wasn't horrible... just not as good as them! :D

Here are some views of the Sunrise on the way up to Bogus Basin

Jacob and Uncle Jack aka: Ski instructor Jake skiing down the mountain

An old pro... all over the mountain

Who doesn't love photos of babies and kids!!!

This is a bombardment of photos of my family and friends. I have had so many friends come into town this week! My best friend Jody came into town with her daughter and son and then I had a long lost friend from High School call me and I got to meet her son! I will post those pictures later! I also found out a very good friend from High School just moved back here from Washington and she has a 3 month old daughter so I will be meeting up with her when I get a chance!

Anyways it has been so busy! Isn't it always? What about you? Are you busy like me? Just this month alone I have already celebrated 2 birthdays and then I have a party on Sunday and one next week. I also have Thanksgiving to figure out and my dad and his wife will be in town!! I have family Christmas pictures next week and another birthday party to plan for the beginning of December for Kylie and Madison. In December my daughter turns two, my niece turns 3 and my sister turns 10. On top of that my husband and I will be married 7 years on the 22nd of Dcember and then don't forget Christmas and New Years! :D Wow these months are really hectic for me! Too many birthdays and parties!

Today my son will have his hearing tested as I think that Ryan suffers from hearing loss... or just really bad selective hearing! Guess we will figure that one out today! He had ear tubes in his ears by 8 months old for 6 multiple double ear infections as a baby. He continued getting them after the ear surgery but at least they were able to drain. He has been ear infection free for 1 year! So I think he has finally out grown them.

This is my beautiful niece Hallie. She is a twin to her brother Ret. They were an amazing story. Her mother had IVF because she was unable to get pregnant without miscarrying. After a few years of trial and error trying to figure out why she was not able to carry she gave birth to these two beautiful babies who are not almost 3 years old in January. She went 40 weeks with the twins too!

Here is her brother Rhet. He has the most handsome blue eyes!
Here is Josh's father and proud Grandpa of baby Abby!

Abby got her ears pierced today! And I bought this hair bow for her today too! Isn't she adorable! And that is Josh's brother Jack peaking around her head.

Here are the beautiful twin girls! And of course they have to wear matching outfits!

Big yawn! So tired....

LOL! I love this picture! Not even staged she did this completely on her own

Proud family! So beautiful!

Sleeping away!

I think she is so tired from keeping her parents up all night!!!

I love watching babies eat! So precious!

My absolutely stikin adorable little niece McKynlee! She was quite the little poser today!

My mom was so excited to hold twins! It was her first time!

McKynlee loved baby Abby! It was so adorable !

My best friend Jody! Proud mother of baby Abby! Don't they look alike?

Baby Abby was all smiles! She is one of the happiest and most content babies I have ever met! She didn't take after the Roper's :D With exception to Jessey Roper as she was also a very happy child! XOXO

My sister Melissa loving on the baby! And she is also pregnant! She was my sister who tried for 2 1/2 years to get pregnant. The doctors don't know why she had such a hard time... but now she is finally pregnant and we find out December 4th if it is a boy or a girl!
My little sister Courtnee to the right
Babies have already discovered their fingers!
Baby Abby again and her beautiful blue eyes!
Is that enough photos for you? LOL! I hope everyone is doing well! I will be doing some blogging catching up this week! Expect lots of comments from me! I cant' wait to see all your beautiful families!!!