For the Birds

Last year we had some birds make a nest above our garage door. We knocked it down every day for a week. I cannot believe these birds could build a nest in one day. After that first week we figured we were not going to persuade these birds to choose a different location. It was not fun to clean up their droppings off of our driveway but it didn't bother us too much. This year while on vacation in Utah for a month those same birds came back and built in the same place. But not only that, a second nest was built by our front door under our porch! I think it was their babies from last year. Now anytime someone comes to our door these birds swoop down and try to attack them. Our kids can't play in the front yard without these birds trying to scare them away. They had babies which was fun for us to watch but now next year will we have 3 nests? I heard that if we put foil along our house next year they won't stay. We will see. Here is the nest on our porch.

Ward Campout

I am so glad the ward campout is over.  We had a good time but I hate being responsible for everyone having a good time.  Here is Rylie.  For some reason she was very ornery when we first arrived.

Here is Emily being a copycat. She is pretending to be mad.  She is really into doing EVERYTHING the other kids are doing.  Unfortunately, even if they are being bad!

We of course roasted hot dogs for dinner.

The kids took golf cart rides.  They all loved it.

 

One member went home and came back in the morning.  They brought this “magic carpet”.  Every loved it.  I guess it was a little bit dangerous.  But we all enjoyed it.  Here is Alison, Josh, Rylie with some ward boys. 

Darren and Jacob jumped on for a turn.

 

Okay,  even I had a little fun on it as well.  Here is me with my friend Alanna. (I am not the only adult woman that thought it was fun!)

 

It was great weather on Friday night but rained all morning long.  It did not stop us.  We had a great breakfast and now all our sleeping bags, chairs and the tent are soaked.  To top it off our van wouldn’t work when we tried to leave.  After having it towed, the mechanic couldn’t find anything wrong and magically the van worked again.  Hopefully we won’t have a problem anytime soon. That’s how it always works out for us.

Mystery Swelling

One minute Rylie looks normal, then next her eye is all swollen. It stayed this way for 48 hours. Now it is back to normal. Nothing seemed to help her. Who knows what caused it.