Our new dog & a trip to the "beach"

I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted on this blog! It actually took me half an hour to get logged on since my email address has changed and I couldn't remember my password... sheesh...

On Father's Day, we took a drive out to Antelope Island and had buffalo burgers for dinner. It was a beautiful, warm day with a little wind, but the water was much warmer than we expected. The wind made our hair look silly, hense the reason for no pictures of me! But the wind was a blessing because there were biting gnats that showed up when the wind slowed down. I guess they like hair because all of our heads (except Chris) were itching & burning from them biting our heads. Needless to say, after the wind calmed down, we spent the rest of the time in the truck driving around the island.

Here is the one and only family portrait that includes all five of us:


(Well our feet, anyway)


Here is Sami with our new dog, Chico. We adopted him from a family that was being transferred in the military and couldn't take him with them. He is 7 years old and is very mild for a Chihauhau. The only time he barks is when we aren't home. (I think he thinks he can get away with it if nobody is watching!)


Sami made Chris a Father's Day bracelet to wear, which he wore all day. It says "Best Dad in the world"

Two pretty girls on the beach with Chico.

Shaylee drew this on the beach...

Shelby with Chico

Taking a walk on the beach...

The people of Walmart

The People Of…

Those shoes are not blue nor are they suede.

How am I supposed to slap a ho without an essential part of my balanced breakfast?

Nothing says sanitary like a parrot in the produce section…

“What are you wearing sexy?” -Cowboy boots. “Ya, that’s hot.” – Pink velour pants. “Ya I like that.” – a little green baby girl hoodie. “Oh damn, that sounds sexy.” – and I kinda look like Gallagher. “Oh ya…wait…what?”

Let’s run through my rock star list…. Mullet? – check; big sunglasses? – check; heart shaped tattoo? – u know I love my mom; Cut jean shorts? – are there any other type of shorts?; wife beater tied at the midriff – check;….. He is an official ROCK STAR!

I think I just sharted…

What the Heck???

Is that Rainbow Brite all grown up??

Is that a soccer ball? A map of the solar system? The structure of a sub-atomic particle?

I have absolutely no idea what to say…

Is that a gangster leotard?

Everyone loves the man in the yellow go-go boots!

Nice purse!

Do you see the flame shoes buddy? That means I will not think twice about karate chopping you Into the middle of next week!

AHH! I love the frozen food section… it tingles!

Umm… excuse me, sir…

At least the purse matches, right?

Rawr…

No, honey, it’s an ancient Egyptian symbol of prosperity, I swear!

I was wondering why you suddenly smelled better.

Every man has an NFL jersey AND pink short-shorts in their wardrobe, right?

I have the same outfit, only in red.

Just in case you had the urge…

Now all we need is Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem for a reunion tour.

Yes, you are seeing that correctly. Old man + large, supple breast implants. He looks like the Gorton's fisherman!

Holy Cow...I'm blogging up a storm!

Tonight we made a picnic and headed to Beus Pond. The girls shared their sandwiches and chips with the ducks, geese and seagulls. The geese were the coolest because they weren't afraid to come right up to us.

The weather was beautiful and the time we had was even better!

Chris is getting older!

August 24th was Chris' 35th birthday. We celebrated by having lunch with his brothers and parents. Chris' brother Wayne was in town from Boise for the party. It was good to see him & his cute family. And I have to say, Wayne's boys Andy & Cole have the prettiest blue eyes ever!
This is a picture of the three Slaughter boys.

Andy wanted to play, but we don't have any "boy toys", so he found this Barbie and put yellow high heels on her. (Wayne & Amber: you're in trouble...this kid likes his women wearing nothing but heels!)

This is my favorite picture of Cole. Can he be any cuter? No, I don't think so!



Then later that night, we took Chris to my parent's house to celebrate. Whenever there is a birthday in my family, the birthday person gets to pick what we eat. So Chris chose hot wings, mozzerella sticks, pot stickers, salad and jello. I must say, it was delicious...and it ended perfectly with Jamie's fresh peach pie.

Paige in her new glasses.

Adam likes laying on the grass. He would never cry if he could live outside all the time.

Adam's older twin, Eric. He is making the funniest face here!

There was a sudden downpour, the kids had a great time in the rain while the adults all stayed under the covered patio. The rain only lasted a few minutes and then this beautiful rainbow came out.