What's For Lunch??

We have an addict on our hands....it is an addiction to TACOS!!!

One of the hardest things about being a parent/chef for every meal, is deciding what to make for dinner. Since the boys are the only ones home when it is time to start making dinner, I usually ask them if anything sounds good. Sometimes they come up with some great idea that I hadn't thought of. However, I have had to stop asking Chance! His answer is now ALWAYS

TACOS!!!!

He doesn't really care if they are homemade or from Taco Bell, but he LOVES them.

Occasionally, we will stop and pick up Tacos to bring home and eat.

I ask Chance if he wants

CRUNCHY

or

SOFT

and he tells me that he wants

BOTH.

It is always funny....and he knows it!

Believe it or not he will usually eat one whole taco and then 3/4 of the other one.

So, if you ever need an idea for lunch or dinner, give us a call and talk to Chance.

Fourth of July and Biker Dudes and Chicks

For the Fourth Kelly of course, had to work, but the boys and I were invited by some friends to go to the little town of Nenana. It is about 1 hour up the road towards Denali, so I decided I could handle the drive. We got there about 10:15 and the boys had a pancake at the pancake feed while we waited for the fun to start.

Before we ate they wanted their picture taken in front of this "thing". I have no idea what this is called, but I am sure it has a name.

About 11:00 the fun started!!! They have Lots and LOTS of races for the kids and some for the grown ups too. Everytime you raced you got a quarter, and then $1.00 for the winner and .50 for second place. They did running races, 3 legged races, sack races and even a "potato race".

These are our friends Ali (6) and Saige (4), and one of their 1 month old twin brothers. Hunter was mid-sneeze in this picture, but I thought it was too funny not to post.

This is the potato race. A couple of ladies quickly drew these lines and circles with bags of flour and then put the potatoes in the circles. The kids had to run to the first circle and get the potato and then go to the second circle, get the tater and then run to the home circle. Hunter did really well with this one.

Chancey accidentally had a collision with one of the ladies who had the sack of flour.

You can't see it very well, but he was pretty white on one side of his head.

The final activity in Nenana was a "wood shavings money dig". They started all the kids on a line and they ran to this big pile of wood shavings where they dug for $$$$. Hunter got .76 and Chance just put the shavings on kids heads, and got some down his diaper...not on purpose.

We also had a fun picnic lunch that we packed with us. It was really a fun day, and we might do it again next year!!

We left Nenana around 2:30 and they boys fell asleep in the car very quickly! When we got home they of course woke up, so we vacuumed and unloaded the dishwasher just in time for Kelly to get home around 6:00. From there, we grilled hot dogs and had a nice fourth of July dinner with watermelon, pork n beans, and a veggie tray. After that we went out for Ice Cream at a little outdoor Ice Cream shop called Hot Licks. It was yummy and the boys were a MESS!!! Really we all looked like homeless folk!

After ice cream we were off to do our fireworks. But, we had to stop at the church to do our

"pop its" because they won't pop on our gravel. As soon as we pulled up to the church Chance started screaming and crying, "No church class, no church class" over and over until I was finally able to get through to him that we weren't there for church. The boys both loved popping the "pop its." We finally headed home to do the rest of our fireworks (which weren't many), but the boys were excited.

Sparkers were a hit.

Notice Chancey's homeless look.

Hunter was in heaven pretending his sparkler was a sword and he was getting the bad guys.

The finale!

I don't know how much fireworks are normally but this is what I got for $10.50:

2 pkg. sparklers

1pkg of six smoke bombs

2 pkg. pop its

1 small fountain

Maybe all fireworks are a rip off???

Well it was a fun day anyhow! It was fun to watch the boys have so much fun!!

Sunday after church we had some visitors, and they showed up on their motorcycles.

Jack and Laurie Meikle (Kelly's aunt and uncle), and their friends Yvonne and Dave were doing an Alaska/Canada motorcycle tour. We were so lucky to get to be one of their stops. The boys were thrilled to be able to "ride" the bikes and honk the horns.
(Really Chance was HAPPY to be on the bike)

So cool!

We love to have visitors!

Lazy Woman's Blog

My brother James and his wife Chelsea came to visit us for 8 days!!! We had so much fun with them, sightseeing, touring, playing, and talking to them. Chelsea did a fabulous blog on their trip, and I didn't take ANY pictures, so I am going to direct you to their blog www.cjbriner.blogspot.com Check back with us after the 4th of July....we might have a good blog by then!

A Day At Birch Lake

After Kelly's 60 hour work week, we decided we needed to do something REALLY fun.

We packed up a picnic, fishing gear, and the boys and went to

Birch Lake.

It is only about a 1 hour drive from our house, and it is

BEAUTIFUL!

Hunter was so patient to sit and wait for the fish.

(The fishing pole spent most of its time leaning on the chair while Hunter played)

Patience paid off, because he caught his first "rod and reel" fish

A 12 inch Rainbow Trout

He cleaned the fish with Dad

Hunter wanted to photodocument the fish heart

After a long hard day of fishing, the boys decided to get down to business

and PLaY!!!!

And then they snuggled because they were CoLd!!!

We also had fun chasing butterflies, playing frisbee, and football.

What a GREAT day!

Super Helper

(Hunter in Grandpa Joe's Boots, maybe with some chocolate on his face)

The other evening I was folding all the laundry from our trip to Idaho, and the week before we left. I think Hunter could sense that I was busy and trying to hurry and get everything put away before bedtime. He came to me and said, "Mom, I want to be you "Super Helper" what can I do to help you?" No joke, he said it just like that!

I was a bit surprised, by his kind offer, but with that I put him to work putting his clothes, Chance's clothes, and all the towels away. He just kept coming back for more jobs, he even helped sort and put the socks away. It was AWESOME!!!!

He is a great helper...in fact, he is a SUPER HELPER!

My Brother's Keeper

(Old picture, but so sweet!)

Last night, well morning 3:00 am Chancey woke up and wanted a drink. I went in to calm him down and then went to get a drink for him. I came back to the room with a little cup of water, he drank what he wanted and then said, "Hunter...drink? Hunter, drink?". Of course Hunter was sleeping soundly and didn't hear Chance's offer of a drink, but I thought it was so sweet of Chance to think of his brother.

Here's To A Great Man

This last week we lost Kelly's Dad, Lemar. It hurts to lose such a great and loving Grandpa McGee. We will miss him so much, but are thankful to know that we will see him again.

Hunter and Chance went to the viewing and funeral with us, and we think Hunter had a pretty good understanding of what was going on. We explained to Hunter that Grandpa's body would be buried in the ground, but that his spirit would go to heaven. The night of the viewing we pulled up to the funeral home and Hunter said, "Are we in heaven now?" Kelly and I smiled, laughed to ourselves, and then explained. He was so sweet about it and keeps reminding me that it is "so sad" that Grandpa McGee was sick and had to leave us.

Thanks to all for your love and support during such a hard time!

K. Lemar McGee 1948-2009

K. Lemar McGee, 61 of Meridian, passed away at home June 1, from cancer. He was born May 14, 1948 in Farmington, N.M. to Kelly and Donna McGee. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a mission in the Columbus, Ohio mission. He served his church in many capacities and especially enjoyed his callings serving the youth, and serving as a Bishop in a Boise State University Ward. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University in Accounting. Lemar had a successful career as a CPA for several firms and corporations, ending his career at CTI-SSI Food Services. He married Marianne Tibbitts, on May 27, 1972 in the Idaho Falls Temple. They were blessed with three children, Shawn of Meridian, Kelly (Tammy), Fairbanks, Alaska, and Lindsey (Michael) McLean of Spanish Fork, Utah. Lemar enjoyed spending time outdoors whether it was fishing, hunting, kayaking, four-wheeling, camping, or hiking. He is survived by his spouse, children, and grandchildren; Addisen, Avery, Hunter, Troy, Mackenzie, Chance, and Cody; and siblings, Janice (Ed) Helmick, Don (Debbie), Gordon (Barbara), Rick (Suzanne) McGee. Lemar is preceded in death by his parents, and his sister Beverly. The family will visit with friends at Relyea Funeral Chapel, 318 N Latah Boise, Friday June 5, from 6-8 p.m. and again Saturday June 6, from 8-8:45 a.m., preceding a 9 a.m. funeral at the Meridian South Stake Center, 6575 S. Eagle Road, followed by the interment at Meridian Cemetery.