What a crazy past couple of weeks this has been! First of all, for Father's Day, we had some friends over for a Father's day barbecue. Peter was mostly excited to show off his homemade burgers that he whipped up himself, as he should! They were wonderful!
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| Peter at the grill, once again! |
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| Trying to perfect his burgers. |
Later on that week, I had my last day at work! I must say it is kind of weird to not have to worry about going to Porter's anymore for work but at the same time, it's nice to have that one less stress in my life. Peter started his new job at Farmer's Insurance and is loving it a whole lot better than Kmart! Also that week, Peter had a soccer game! He joined up his friend, James' team last minute and gets to play a couple of games. When I showed up, he had played a little bit under the heat and was ready to sit it out a little. It was fun to watch him go back to what he likes to do:)
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| Peter and his team- Hot Kool-aid |
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| Peter was so worn out, the minute he saw me, he went to sit down next to me. |
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| James and Peter wearing their mission shirts for the game:) |
This past weekend was exceptionally fun for me and Peter. Most of Peter's siblings decided to come up here and visit us. Peter and I have had company before but this weekend we had quite the full house!
Our weekend first started when Christie, Tyler, and their little ones showed up late Friday afternoon, I took them on a tour of the 'new' campus and in the process, enjoyed getting to know my new nieces and nephew (My camera was in Peter's car at the time and he was at work. So no pictures :( sorry!) Later that day, Drew and Lori came into town and we started getting dinner ready. We decided to have hobo dinners and cooked them out in our backyard. For dessert, we had S'mores. It was awesome!
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| Peter, Drew, Topher, and Maddie getting their dinners ready. |
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| Topher loved figuring out what to put in his dinner... |
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| ...after he figured out how to open the carrots. |
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| Sweet Caroline:) |
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| Topher:) |
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| Maddie:) |
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| Maddie's 'surprised' face |
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| Maddie scolding me for taking pictures. |
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| Maddie's 'angry' face |
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| The 'grown ups' |
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| Making S'mores! |
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After the barbecue, Drew and Peter decided to have some male bonding time by killing some zombies in Call of Duty. In doing so, a giant moth flew in from an open window and landed right on Peter's shoulder and didn't leave until Peter shooed it away.
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| Saving the world, one zombie at a time |
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| Peter's buddy |
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| My handsome man :) |
That night, we had a knock on our bedroom door from Christie looking for towels. In the middle of the night, poor Maddie, with all the excitement and the different food she had during the day, got sick and her and Topher were up the rest of the night. So it was understandable that the next day, Christie and Tyler decided to cut their trip short and head home. It was fun to have them here and we hope they come and visit us again real soon!
Before they left however, we all decided to go to Pizza Pie Cafe and have lunch. The pizza was awesome and, surprisingly, Maddie didn't get sick from the food this time (which must say something about our cooking...)
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| Maddie, still alive after a rough night. |
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| Peter, trying to explain to Maddie how she shouldn't get food all over her face because it causes a mess. |
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| But she obviously didn't care about what Peter had to say :) |
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| The whole Barnes clan! (Minus Jessica, Lisa, Katie, Annette, and Chris...) |
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| Caroline, pretty tired but still smiling :) |
After Christie and Tyler left, Peter, Drew, Lori, Lori's friend Zach, and I all decided to go to the park to play some basketball. It was a lot of fun watching them just goof off on the court and it was fun to see what Peter is like around his siblings.
Later that evening, we all went to the sand dunes and made some more hobo dinners on our camp fire. It was a lot of fun! Alas, my camera died at this point so I don't have any pictures :( Once again, I'm sorry!
This Sunday afternoon, Drew, Lori, Peter, and I decided to go on a little hike through a field out by the house. I was surprised to see that there was a lot of pretty sites to see over there and that there was a river! I knew there was a river in Rexburg but I didn't know it went out clear to where we are at on the other side of town. Despite the heat, it was great to go out and enjoy the nice weather with our family.
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| Brothers |
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| Our pretty view right outside of the house. |
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| Pretty Lori:) |
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| The river! |
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| A gross Wal-Mart cart in the water. |
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| The water (with the gross creepy Wal-Mart cart) |
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| Me and Peter:) |
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| Peter, Lori, and Drew (nice face) |
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| Peter, Lori, and Drew (not nice face) |
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| Peter was the first out in the water, I wasn't too far behind him. It felt good to get in the water. |
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| Chilling on a bridge we found. |
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| My handsome guy once again:) |
It was great to have everyone here to visit and it seems a lot quieter here now that
everyone has left. Hopefully they will come back and put noise back in
our place soon :)
