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It feels like we have been crazy busy and I haven't had much time to sit and edit the following video and or post some new pictures but as I sit to type this I couldn't really tell you what with. The video was funny Jeremy and the kids had been playing rock star using a sword as the microphone and then Jeremy started interviewing his performers. It was too cute so we pulled out the camera to video it all. Cameron's is kind of jumpy (sorry) but that is because Alexander was attacking either Jeremy or me.

Disclaimer this is about 9 min long


On Friday I had gotten on to Facebook(my love /hate relationship) and noticed that a good friend of mine from 10 years ago was headed cross country with her family and was planning on staying the night in Tucson(which never happens because this is like the bottom of the world and no one ever just passes through)But I was able to IM her to stay with us. They stayed less then 12 hours but it was so much fun staying up late chatting, catching up and laughing as we reminsced and got to know each others spouses. We ate breakfast, they caught up on some laundry, showered and the kids couldn't stop playing with each other. It was a blast, I was sorry that they couldn't stay longer.

Ikner & Lemon Clans
As I was posting this I realized that even Chewy is posing in the pictture, Seamus is howevr in the other room asleep

Ikner's in front of the HUGE Saguaro in front yard.
Kara had never seen one in person
Seamus ready for Church

On June 21, a fine Sunday evening Cameron was complaing about his loose tooth hurting him so dad in all is infinite wisdom determines that it is time to pull it out.

Here are the before we try pictures

Here are the after pictures.

My mom bought the kids all a little story book that has a tin to put the tooth in for the Tooth Fairy to put her money in it...only the toothfairy dropped her duty and forgot Alexander was having a very rough night so certain parties were not asleep...and there was no $$ bills in her purse either. So she well actually he ended up visiting the next night...and still ran into problems because Cameron was holding said tin in his hot little hands and he didn't want to wake him up...luckily he was

Last Minute Trip to Utah

Last Tuesday we decided to take a spontaneous trip to Utah...the next thing I know we are leaving the house at 7:30 that evening and driving straight through. CRAZY!!!! I know but we have been trying to get up there for a while now. Jeremy has a grandfather that has been doing chemo that had never met Alexander or Seamus and he has all sorts of extended family in the valley up there. It was fabulous weather it rained everyday that we were there.

My poor desert raised children I feel like I am doing a disservice to them, here is why~

the picture above is what we saw just as we crawled out of the van at Grandpa Bob's (Perry) house. Beautiful I know snow still on the mountain in June...but this is what Terrilyn has to say "what are those small white stuff up there?" Seriously the poor girl doesn't even know what snow is.

Sorry no picture for this one but I should have taken one...we were grabbing some lunch at the Sonic in Brigham City nicely landscaped with lots of trees you know ones that have leaves(not like what you see in the desert here) and Cameron says "It's like we are eating in a forest"

The above running water is in front of the Conference Center they have a long rock bed with running water the length of the building out front....Cameron insisted on me taking this picture because "it was soooo pretty"

We spent the week driving from one end of the valley to the other seeing as much family and friends as we could.
Here is Jeremy and the kids with Grandpa Keith and Grandma Joyce Lemon. He is doing and looking great despite all the chemo just bald now. As we were leaving he even played the harmonica for us.


Here is Jeremy and the kids with Grandpa Bob and Grandma Mary Perry.
We stopped in and hung out with Auntie Cherri and cousins William and Elizabeth. Aunt Jan stopped in and visited with us on her way to work and cousin James stopped in on his way home from work(why I didn't pull out the camera when they were there?) And cousin Lisa stopped by and grilled Jeremy for dates for family history.

Auntie Cheri fell in love with Seamus. Elizabeth enjoyed holding him also.

We stopped in and saw My friends from high school Anne and Shawn. It was great visiting with them and the kids enjoyed each others company. Here is Joseph and Cameron playing football.(check out the view they have from their backyard)



Here is Seth and Terrilyn working out to some P90X.


Once again I could kick myself for not taking pictures but we also stopped in and visited with my roommate Leah and her husband Steve. Thanks for letting us drop by and visit!! :)

We stopped at Hoover Dam because you know that's where they kept Megatron. Cameron thought it was pretty cool. These pictures show the progress of their work on the support arch for the road that is going to bypass the damn. I thought that it looked awesome at night.(granted my picture doesn't do it justice)



Here are some pictures of the kids over a vent with their hair flying.

Alexander is enjoying his (my) ice cream.

Cameron was asleep in the baby car seat. Doesn't look too comfortable?
Seamus discovered his toes while we were gone.
We had a whirlwind of a visit but really enjoyed seeing everyone that we did. Thanks to all!!!

Random

I don't know what it is about my children sleeping and then my need to take pictures but it is too cute to pass up on.

this was taken 4/2/09

my sister and Seamus taking a nap

4/24/09

Alexander and his snacks

4/24/09

isn't this cute?and yes that is marker
allover his legs 5/21/09

This one cracks me up.

6/2/09

Seamus looking peaceful
6/4/09

I broke down...and trimmed Terrilyn's hair. It was driving me crazy in the back how it was long with like 4 hairs so I put a little rubber band on it at the bottom and snip snip :( Terrilyn received her first haircut at 3 years and 4 months old. Then I just made it look more even. Here is her before and after.
This is how much I took off(thats a toothpick fuzzy picture I know sorry)
Then I got to looking at Alexander and Cameron and decided they need to be trimmed up too(hopefully Jeremy wont kill me for trimming Alex's he liked the curls...truth be told so do I but it was getting a little too long because people were starting to call him a her). Alexander of course needed his picture taken before and after.
And here are a couple of Cameron playing with the hose as I was cutting his(thanks to Terrilyn the photographer)