I'd say she likes her new straightener. 
A friendly game of pool
Wa-hoo
Our little Jordie made this poster for us and taped it to our bedroom door. For those who do not read 1st grader, I'll translate. "I like you very much mom and dad. I like you being my mom and dad because you make us grate food and helthey food and sometimes you give us candy after dinner". Cute little peanut!!
This looks like a scene out of "The Matrix"
This trampoline is older than dirt, but oh man, does it ever bounce! I actually bought the kids a new trampoline a couple of years ago, but they wouldn't jump on it because it wasn't as fun, so we got rid of it and put the old one back up.
We had Makenzie's appointment for the orthodontist today. She'll have to be in braces for a couple of years to fix her teeth, especially the one coming in above her teeth through the gum, yikes. I was scared to hear what the financial damage would be, having heard countless horror stories from people in the past. The total cost of the orthodontics is $3890.00. Here comes the beautiful part. Since we have double dental coverage, each insurance will pay half, $1945.00 each, leaving us with $0.00 to pay! The next great part of this tale is that each insurance only covers up to $2000.00 maximum for Orthodontics per member. Talk about sliding in under the wire!
Makenzie & Jordan doing their best duck impression 
Brad and Jordan always feel the need to dogpile their father whenever he stays in one place for too long. It was so sunny and warm that we actually got a little sunburned. Bradley was so pleased with finally being able to get out and ride his bike yesterday that he decided he would go for a ride around the block today. He had only been outside for a minute or so when he came back in the house, grumbling somewhat under his breath. When I asked him what was wrong he said that he really wanted to go ride his bike but everytime he sat on the bike seat, his butt really hurt! Sometimes fun comes with a pricetag, dear son.
Here is Jordan showing off for us. She's getting the hang of riding her bike without the training wheels. Still a little wobbly but getting better and better. She is very pleased! (It's Makenzie you hear grumbling about how bad her legs hurt from riding bikes)
Well, it wasn't too shabby of a day. We started out by getting the kids all haircuts, ran to the bank so Brad could deposit his Birthday money (he's saving for when Mariokart for Wii comes out at the end of the month), went to lunch at Wingers (love those wings), then took the kids to the park with their bikes and scooters. We were there almost 20 minutes before I had to reem someone's stupid kids who were too old to be hanging out on playground equipment. That's a record for me. It usually only takes 10 minutes before that happens. They were spitting big loogies on each other, hucking armloads of wood chips everywhere, and just being all around annoying. Okay, crappy parents of the world....let me just go ahead and warn you. If you're not going to keep tabs on your kids so that you can get after them when they get out of line, I'm gonna go ahead and do it for you, yah, because that's what friends do. 
Makenzie and Bradley get ready to race.
Jordan flying high on the swings.
Makenzie getting dizzy on the tire swing.
Darren and Beavis lounging on the grass.
