Craziness Continued: July 2011

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Alien Sleepover

Dyl and I had a sleepover at the doctors office. On the way down we got some of his favorite hot chocolate, and he mused aloud that he thought it would be pretty darn fun to be abducted by aliens. Once we got all set up for the tests, I told him that this was about as close as he might get. "Take a picture, so I can show everyone!"

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Pioneer Weekend

We spent Pioneer weekend camping out with some of our best friends. Atkinsons, Roses, and Fraziers. It was a great time and it was decided, that it would become an annual event! Emma loved playing with Tea and Jake.

We had a great time playing with fireworks........until the forest ranger put a kabosh on that. "Haven't you seen any of the 1,000 posters that say, No Fireworks?"
Uh, yes, we did and we ignored them.

He is such a hottie. So masculine, and not goofy at all.

Even in July the Oakley nights are brisk!

Lots of kids to play with! They had a blast running around.

Ems couldn't find a Marshmellow roaster and we didn't notice until it was thrust in the fire, that she had just stuck a couple of marshmellow on the end of one of our friends fishing poles.

Early morning fishing trip with Sam

The boys got skunked, not even a bite.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Good-bye Virginia

We had a great time cooling off before we left the oppressive humidity of Virginia, at Bull Run Park.

I wish I could still control my Dad with my eyes and pout like Ems has mastered.

I wish I could still control Dave with my eyes and my pout, like Ems has mastered.

Atta girl!

We had such a great time on our vacation. It was awesome to see the kids again, but priceless for them to get to spend some quality time with Nana and Grampa Ranny. Can't wait til next year!

Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy 4th of July

We started out our Independence Day with a long hike through the Turkey Trail.

Emma loves to stop and take pictures.....unless the rest of the family are in them too. This bridge was built by my little brother Will as an Eagle Project. It is nice and sturdy.

My Dad helped a lot with the project too.

Dave and I found this wilderness annomaly and took it as a sign of our love.

We separated from Dyl and my Dad, and when we met back up, Dyl had met with a terrible fate. He had scratched his twiggy little leg, and wasn't able to walk very well, until my Dad poured some special "healing" water over the wound.

It still didn't do the trick though, and Dyl hike the rest of the trail with the help of some crutches. His little calves had to be on fire from hopping for miles, but he wasn't giving up the schtick.

We were all pretty sympathetic for awhile....

But then it just got fricken' annoying.

As we were walking I said to Dave, "Check out that squirrel on the trail ahead of us." He replied, "Holy &%#$, look at that snake in front of the squirrel!" I don't know how I had missed it, because it was enormous. I sprinted way ahead to get Dawson who had lost patience with his crippled brother and brought him and Gramps back to check it out.

All the Hoodlums thought it was cool, and everyone was having fun until Dave "borrowed" Dyl's crutch to nudge the snake a bit. Dyl saw him do it and immediately went into hysterics. He wouldn't touch the crutch after that, and really let Dave have it, everything from "I needed that to walk" and "You don't care about my diabetes." It was very theatrical and entertaining.

Eventually Dave found a suitable replacement, which was actually the original snake stick just thrown up the path aways and then "discovered" as we passed by.

Happy kids! Em, really just being herself, and Dyl extra tired from all the limping.

That night we went into Manassas for the fireworks and celebration. There was a country band playing, and by some Independence Day miracle, Dyl's scrape was healed and he danced the night away with Em. They were hilarious, especially when he was dipping her and trying to throw her around.