An apple a day....

An apple a day keeps James busy! Ha-ha, it's not what you're thinking. Ben loves to flush things down the potty and this time it was a whole apple. I was gathering a load of laundry in my room when I hear the toilet flush in my bathroom. Out from the master bath comes Ben. I asked him what did he do, hoping he'll just say he just went potty, but nope. He says, "I just flush a apple." I said, "You what!!" He says, "Its just a apple, gee-sshh." I went into the bathroom and sure enough the toilet was clogged. I plunged, and plunged, and plunged some more, but had no luck unclogging it. Luckily it got stuck in the p-trap (or "pee-trap" for all those begging for that one) of the toilet itself. James still ended up having to remove the toilet. He had it turned upside down in the tub at one point and was able retrieve the apple by using a wire hanger. He had to snake the hanger from the bottom of the toilet into the apple and push the apple back up through into the bowl. He was not very happy, but not at all suprised or shocked when I told him what Ben had done. Sad when things like this start to feel like every-day-routine-activities. It's a good thing that James is pretty handy! Thanks for the wire hanger Ronni, we'll make sure to return it to you...kidding!

Happy Birthday!!

Two of our favorite people have birthdays just days apart-Ronni and Granma B! We helped Ronni celebrate her birthday by dining out at On the Border, yum. It was all grown-ups. Mom and John came and we got ot meet his daughter-in-law, Leah and her daughter and son. John's daughter Wendy and her two daughter came also. It was lot's of fun......and it's always fun to dine out without the kids.

Although we didn't get to see Granma B for her birthday, we couldn't let it go un-celebrated. We love you and miss you Granma B :). We saved you a piece, but you better hurry and come and get it. We're not too sure how long it'll last.

Bikes

The summer heat has really kicked in. We've been up to 115, so far. So we knew it was time to go bike shopping. While everyone is taking cover inside to escape the heat, the bike sale signs are popping up everywhere. It's the perfect time to get really nice bikes at the Wal-Mart prices. The kids all love their bikes. We went to Bikes Direct and we got them each custom fitted and framed so that the bikes adjusts as the kids grow. I think Ben is the most excited about his. His is a tandom that hooks onto James'. He like to stand on the pedals and coast along. He says, "Yahoooo!" and then Ben's mocking bird (Logan) says, "Yahooo!" from his seat that is attached to my bike.

Kena on her bike (I'll repost a better pic)

Ben on his tandom, with James.
Logan on his bike. We didn't get him a new one, but he's not bummed out because he gets to ride along with me.

Logan in his seat. He loves it. There's Dean on his in the background. James had just got the seat together and is testing it out on my bike. I didn't want to be the one to test it first with LoLo in it..in case it fell off. I was a bit scared of that happening at first, but we've been riding all over the neighborhood and I'm over it now. It's hot here, but we love the sun and are having fun!

Yeah! Cerlebrate! Congrats!

Congratulations to Mom and John! It was a really nice wedding. Don't they look so cute together and Mom looked so beautiful!

Ronni and I had lots of fun driving up to STG and even stopped in Vegas to meet up with our brothers and eat. I couldn't resist having my pic taken with the Sponge to txt the kids at home. The drive home was no picnic, at first, but totally worth it. After some minor car touble (btw..the Bundy's rock!) Ronni and I got Paul all to ourselves and had fun hanging out with the big bro for awhile until we parted ways in Laughlin. He headed home to Texas and we headed back to Az. It was great getting to meet John's family and it was so fun seeing everyone again. Love playing Fill-OR-Bust (I am sure Rob cheated some how J/K....maybe...need a re-match ;-) Can't wait to see ya'll again soon!

What-up?!

So here's what we've up to:

1 Award Ceremony:

Dean was awarded the Gilbert Golden Scholar Award. A few days before the ceremony he came up and told me, "Oh ya, I have this thing and was given a letter by the Principal and Super." As Dean handed me the letter all I could think was he accidently broke something and we have to pay for it. I was pleasantly surprised that it was a letter of award instead of a bill$.

1 Art Exhibit:

The week before Kena had her very first Art Exhibit. She was so excited and so were we. She loves to make and create things with

her hands and she is quite good at it. It was a fun evening out as

we toured the gallery to all the cool things, but best of all was the Kena wall. The 3D butterfly is my Fav.

1 Black Eye:

Logan smacked his eye on a chair.......good thing we were in the sitting room at the Doc office! The same day we went shopping and bought some door locks. One for the front, garage, and sliding glass door. NOT to keep people out, BUT to keep Ben and LoLo in. Our fourth day in the new house we were awaken to a loud knock on the door. It was nearly 6am and I thought, "How rude!" But to my amazement Ben and Logan had gotten up and decided to go out and play.

1 New table and couch set (I'm sure, not for long): Ben and Logan are already carving their initials into the table and trying to hide everything in the couches.

1 Fun Memorial Day:
It was neat to see Dean take such pride in putting up and taking down flags.
He was very excited to participate in this activity. James had the day off and so we all hung out at the pool too.

1 New Fridge:

So with the house came an appliance package. So this our first fridge ever that's our very own we are very excited. It even has ice and water on the door. Now if we could figure out how to regulate the temperature to keep everything from freezing (yes, those eggs are frozen) then we'll be more than excited, we'll be overjoyed!

1 Punctured hot water line:

So before we moved in we were told that some settling may occur, and it did, and we were to call immediatley for any tiny minuscule thing. We had a sheet rock nail pop through and show itself. A week or so went by and we decided we'd just have James pull it out and put a screw there and calk over it. The sheetrock nail was however nailed into our hot water line. So when James pulled it out, water came out and shot clear across the room. It ran down the opposite wall, windows, and blinds. Home warrenty fellows came out in a flash and it was fixed the same day.

1 Root Canal, still in the works:

I had a root canal done and am going back to have a porcelan put in. I think I may only have a few original teeth left. Sad, each time I got pregnant I lost a couple. They just didn't have a fighting chance.

Oh, and of course...we are at the pool in our community everyday.

We got lucky and was able to pick a lot 3 doors from the pool. Of course our apartment years have taught us well. We head to the pool at 8:30am and stay until 10:30-11am. This way it may be only 98 degrees (not scortching hot) and we have the pool all to ourselves. :)

Tooth Fairy....now broke!

Kena went to the dentist and had 5 extractions Wednesday morning. She was out like a light the whole day. It has been somewhat of a quiet week :)

Tagged

I've been tagged! So Ronni tagged me. If I'm understanding this correctly, this is my 6th file/post and 3rd picture. This is me being a goof and a pic of my parents sharing their love of Diet Caffine-Free Pepsi. I cannot seem to find the pic of my parents so you'll have to follow the link to view it: http://bundy6pak.blogspot.com/2007/09/goofy-who-not-me.html

Add-on: I forgot to tag someone(s). So I am tagging Rae and Jeana, tag your it!