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Well today is Mine and Eve's 7th year anniversary. So how did we celebrate? By getting the biggest mailbox possible! It is so big Akaila used it as her little hut. Now we wont have to make special trips to the post office just because our mailbox is too small. I wonder what the neighbors will think?

Laughing Part Two

Okay, I know everyone already saw Parker laughing, but this one seemed too hilarious for me to not post. This little show went on for 20 minutes! Hilarious. Now he's worn out and sleeping. PS. Yes, I know my room is a filthy mess:-)

Swimming

Akaila loves the water. We promised her we would go swimming, and she wouldn't let us forget it. We went to the Taylorsville city pool, and stayed for 2 1/2 hours. I put a ton of sunscreen on, but still my sholders and neak became sunburned. Akaila loved the water. She is still a little afraid of anything over 2 feet deep probably because I don't take her swimming enough. Parker got wet, but got cold pretty quick, and didn't like the other kids splashing so he decided to take a nap instead.

Akaila The Photographer

One extra thing I like about digital cameras, is how we can take a ton of pictures and delete out all the bad ones before printing them. So I don't mind allowing her to take a bunch of pictures. She now can center what she wants to take a picture of pretty well. Today we partially cut down a tree in our front yard. The tree is half dead. The pictures of this event she took, except for the one with her in. ~Clay

Drama Queen

So Raelynn once mentioned how dramatic Akaila can be when she's pretending. We agree. I enrolled her in a theater class where she'll work with the other kids to put on a show. They will be doing The Sword In The Stone.

Yesterday was her first day...oh my gosh, she's the best! There are kids aging from 4-12, but she was one of only two 4 year olds. When the time came that she was supposed to play a wicked beautiful lady, she and the other girls were told to give an evil cackle. The 12 year old wouldn't (too shy). Neither would any of the other girls, until my little actress got her chance! She belted out the most evil cackle you've ever heard, and had an evil facial expression to match it. The teacher laughed and said, "this is what I want the rest of you to do!!" I was so proud.

She also did a few fight scenes, and would collapse on the ground to her death like a pro. The girl needs an Oscar.

True Happiness

True happiness for a four year old, is playing in a mud filled sand box all day. We put the sprinkler under the trampoline, then put it in the sand box. This kept her busy all day. ~Clay