Memorial Day!

Our day started off not very exciting with the normal day off type of lounging around..... This is how it ended up.... Steve and I had decided we would take the kids to the local pool to hang out in the afternoon that was about the only plan we had. Before noon we had an invite from friends to go to do a BBQ after the swimming. We had also decided we would try to get away to do a lunch just with Steve and I and a trip to the Home depot. For some odd reason we changed all plans and decided to go to the lake! So off we go heading towards the lake, we arrive at Power and McDowell and they have the road completely closed to all traffic. They were closed due to being over capacity! As Steve says they closed nature to the public:) We decided to try the Ellsworth way and drive by the police putting up the road block just in time before they closed the road there too.
We drive for some time and because we have never really been out here realize we never bought a pass to park anywhere in the Tonto forest! Great now we are not allowed to park and if we leave we can not get back in. The only way to get a pass is to drive all the way back into town. We both are pretty frustrated at this point. Steve wants to park along the road where it says no parking and I am against it. He knows I am right but just frustrated and wanting a nice idea not to turn out like this. We finally go into a parking lot and notice all the cars have tickets on them. I tell Steve to stop the car and I check the tickets and notice it was only a 12 dollar fine. That made our decision the passes to buy are 6 and for double we are in. I decide to go ask the nice Ranger if there is anyway we can get a pass he says "no but you can buy a ticket from me"! Just then I notice a guy getting busted for having glass bottles and being drunk so I go ask him since they tell him he has to leave can I buy your parking pass. He actually sells me his pass for 6 bucks! The best part is we sold it to the next couple as we were leaving the park! FREE PARKING!

Steve and Christopher wading out in the river!




Abbey just catching some rays!

My very studly looking man!
Madyson trying her best not to fall!

Alex and I trying to get a good pic, It really did not turn out:(
Cutest little boy in the world!

After we had enough of the sun we pack up and get ready to go. Christopher had to be home to do Flags with the scouts and we still had to eat dinner. As we were driving back we say so many people getting DUI's along the road. It was crazy to see people going to the lake and driving in seeing a massive amount of cops and then driving home drunk????

We decide to have Souper Salad for dinner and boy what an experience that was. If any of you have had the privilege of knowing my hubby you know he can be a bit crazy. So we head in and after about a 15 minute normal dinner with 5 kids(Alyssa was in D.C.) all went crazy. Yes my good old hubby decides to start bantering Hunter and gets him a bit hyper. He is sticking pieces of ham up his nose and blowing them out. I can not stop laughing. I am trying so hard to be the mature adult here and I could not get a hold of myself.... Which makes the kids and Steve just up the scene. They go to get ice cream and Steve starts making farting noises as the ice cream comes out of the machine. What he does not know is there is this old man standing right behind him:) He starts talking to this families little kids and getting them started too. They were the kind of family that were very proper trying to teach their kids to behave and here comes Steve! The couple behind us were really trying to have a good dinner but we can not hold it together for a minute without losing it with laughter. Just to add to it Hunter falls into the man's chair and he was not happy. Finally we are pretty embarrassed ourselves and just have to leave. I have to say the day started out bad but we definitely have some great memories!