Bear River's 24th

Since we moved in back in january, the first thing

anybody told us about when meeting them, was that

the 24th celebration was the biggest thing that

happens out in bear river all year long, and that there

is no way we could miss the celebrations! So we took

their word for it, and the nielsens are hick at heart

so they joined us! started with a parade early in

the morning that was two blocks long, and lasted

for maybe 15 minutes, but it was still fun! instead

of having floats of schools and teams etc, they just

have families on floats! its so funny! and since its

not such a huge parade, they were even throwing

full candy bars! Then we had fun the rest of the day

watching softball games, talent shows, baby contests,

and they had lots of races and dunking booths etc we'll

need to take part in next year.

Lexi and Ayla had fun together, and would attempt

to hold hands regularly..didn't really work out too well

for them to walk and hold hands though, but oh well.

Then they would change their mind about holding hands

"okay, sorry lets make up cousin"


ayla is done "making up" but lexi is loving the loves


"COME ON MOM THERE IS THINGS TO BE DOING!"

(dont worry, i introduced ashley to hairspray shortly

after this, so ayla should be able to enjoy playing

instead of getting her hair done so much :)

lexi loves getting into strollers, it was really hard
to keep her out of everyones at the park.
but ayla was less than thrilled when lexi climbed
in hers.


andy even did the mutton bust! it was so entertaining!

after deciding he was going to do it, they had him

practice on lexi's rocking horse while shaking it.

and ashley fretted about forgetting their "cowboy apparel"

because he looked like such a "city boy." but nothing

could stop andy after it was set in his mind...

the boys scouting out the competition..

after watching the first kid go out and get thrown

off, all the kids and parents waiting for their turn

got a little bit more nervous. and we were pretty sure

that andy was going to back out, so
they needed to bring over the professional (lexi)

to get her opinion.

and he did it, woo hoo! he didn't even cry! when

he came back over and we asked him if it was fun

he said "well i really didn't like falling off" when

ash said " you didn't even fall off andy" he said

"well i didn't like ALMOST falling off!"

he even did better than our friends little boy,

who we could hear screaming and crying from across

the arena when it was his turn! he made us proud!

if you listen close you can hear the announcer say

"this is andy nielsen, he's even got his hat on

backwards for the aerodynamics."

microwave magic

the microwave is still a thrill to lexi. and

while we are waiting to find the table to set the

microwave on, lex and daddy lay on the floor

and try to keep in all their excitement!

quite the photographer we have here

Boating

the cool co-pilot

jacque, kay and tommy

lex was thrilled to cheer for everyone.

when they fell off, she was pretty concerned

about where they went though! and when it

was mom or dad that fell off she was more

than concerned, her cheers turned to

screams in a hurry!

the boys hanging on as tight as possible, to avoid

skidding across the lake and being forgotten for a while.

tess, bumpa, issy and brew riding

me and lex brook and jen showin everyone

how its done. these girls didn't care if they stayed

on the tube, they just wanted to jump off and get in

the water

tommy, andy and ashley! we were all

very impressed with how daring and brave

andy was (condsidering lion king scares ashley)

but we missed the pictures of tommy issy and kiwi

on the tube, they were serious dare devils, getting more

air than anyone else out there did! after the first

five footer we were sure they would be crying, but

when they came down they just kept doing

the thumbs up for faster

too much cheering can be exhausting! lexi fell asleep

standing up on the back seat against the swim deck

jen and the brookster

Cleaning her "vroom"

Lexi gets pretty excited when we wash our car,

and especially when we wash the 4-wheeler.

she takes great pride in her work! and no

we did not show her how to do this. after

washing herself thoroughly in the

bucket of water, and then washing her stuffed

animal dog, she picked up a rag and got to work.

gotta take care of every inch of her ride!

swimming

so i finally got the pictures off my phone,

onto the computer... so here is an update

for months spread out...

Ayla and Lexi are actually enjoying

their ride on the pink bike at the mall...

they are just good at posing serious :)

cole and lexi takin a nap together

our little 33

The way we mow the lawn up here,

Lexi's awful kind to always want to

help daddy out.

her first swim at the pool

Lexi and her sponge, she likes to clean

the pool out more than she likes to play in it!

all smiles

"chEEEEse"

some of the pool buddies. Jen and brookie

Lexi loves her chips, since she figured

out how to get into the pantry she is

regularly found with some cheetos in her

lap just eatin away. And she wont

wear her glasses, but cant get enough of

the goggles!

Enjoying all the birthday presents,

she couldn't wait for the pool to get filled

up outside, so she hangs out in it with her

new teapot!

madi's birthday party and 4th of july

and the cowgirl getting the boots

great minds planning the "man date"

cowgirls

look at that face, thats determination

sweet ayla jane

the robison girls

cole on the 4 wheeler

ash and ayla

the spanking machine for the birthday girl