Isabelle's Christmas in July!!!

Isabelle posing on her 4 wheeler! She loves to drive and drive really fast!

Daddy and Issy posing for the camera, they hung the camera in a tree! CLEVER!! :)

Issy sitting on the 4 wheeler just relaxing!
Daddy and Issy looking pretty professional
the 4 wheeler is a little big but Issy loves to drive!

Daddy let her drive the whole time, he said that they only tipped 2 times and he was able to save them from tipping all the way over!!!
On Monday July 5th Issy and her Daddy went on a four wheeling date! Sunday night she couldn't fall asleep because she was so excited! She finally went to sleep and then woke up 4 times during the night because she didn't want to miss her date!

Issy and Dad packed up a lunch in the morning, and then loaded the 4 wheeler onto the trailer and off they went together to Webster's Dam! Just the two of them! To Isabelle this was better than Christmas she was able to do what she loves (4 wheeling) with someone she loves (her daddy)!!

Merry Christmas to Isabelle!

Controlling the fire!!

Dad just LOVES fireworks...

All disgusted at each other because we weren't

allowed to light the fireworks

Evil witches dancing around the "fire"

Posing by the firework.. trying not to start on

fire ourselves!

Millie trying to start the firework..didn't really work!

Poor Sicky Vickey!!:(

Oh cute Issy with the sparkler!

The devil with lighted horns!!

Wow.. what a great fourth of july!

4th of July that lasted FOREVER!!! FOR EVER!!!

As the Carter Family goes we have ideas of what is "we have to" happen on certain holidays. 4th of July is a "we have to holiday." We have to go to the parade, we have to have new 4th of July shirts, we have to have a bar-b-que, we have to watch SANDLOT, and we have to watch the fireworks in Idaho Falls. Well, all the "have to's" didn't quite work out this year and needless to say mom and dad feel like this one day holiday of Independence Day lasted longer than Christmas!

We tried to go to the parade in cute shirts but the twins were asked to pass out fliers and missed most of the parade, the rest of the family sat on our blanket and chairs and tried to watch the parade. Instead all we saw were little kids and their moms because they had to get the CANDY! We couldn't really see any of the parade! Then poor Olivia in extreme pain ending up in the ER as soon as the parade ended. Then a put together quick bar-b-que which was fun because Art and Fran could come over and then sitting on our roof in boring Rexburg to watch the fireworks! But it still wasn't over these events all happened on the 3rd of July. We still "had to" watch SANDLOT on Sunday and we still had a very sick Olivia and on Monday night "we had" to light our fireworks which were total duds! This holiday lasted F O R E V E R FOR EVER just like they say in SANDLOT! Happy 4th of July!! Hooray it's over!!!

Happy Birthday Analee

Analee and Abbie described this as the Best Day Ever!

We all love you Analee and miss you so much, you made us laugh

smile, and have fun ! Happy Birthday 21st Analee

Carter Girls Crazy Photo Shoot

I am the luckiest Mom in the world to have 5 of the most beautiful daughters!!
Abbie got to come up and visit for the weekend. She is the photographer in the family and thought taking some crazy pictures would be very fun! The girls were so clever! I love my Carter girls!!!

Millie is so silly she was making all the girls bust a gut laughing!!!

Elbow Elbow

wrist wrist

wipe a tear and

BLOW A KISS

I is for Isabelle

A is for Abbie

O is for Olivia

M is for Millie

G is for Gabrielle
the crazy carter girls are about the cutest girls in the whole wide world! (they are a little cheesy! goofy! confused?!? and just plain wonderful!!)

We had a fun time taking pictures and laughing! I love you all girls!

Livy with Sara the winner of Jr Miss 2010

Grandpa Dearden couldn't be prouder of his Liv. Here he is giving her some beautiful flowers!
Liv and Her escorts! They were so amazing. Perfect gentlemen. Zach Fuller, Ben Orchard, Jared Nygren, and Jared Blanchard!
Two beautiful girls, one is our winner Olivia and the other is Sara the judges winner!
Best friends and both so very happy. We were so happy that Sara won she was amazing!
Jr. Miss was a long process, sometimes horrible early morning practices, competitive girls, working on your talent endlessly, but in the end we all think that Sara is the girl who deserved to win. Her talent was spectacular, her poise was so very graceful, and she rocked at fitness! If our Olivia couldn't win then Sara was a great choice :)

Olivia is our favorite Jr Miss!!!

We were all so proud of Livy, especially Sean. Really we had to beg him to kiss Liv on the check in front of "her Daddy"!
Olivia Erika and Lauren were all so beautiful! They had a great time and were all winners in our opinion.
The Carter girls couldn't be prouder of Olivia!!! They are all so beautiful!! Two girls down and three to go!
Olivia was contestant #22. She answered her question perfectly, walked with great poise, sang her song beautifully, and did fitness the best!
She walked away with no real awards but she said that she did her best and felt really good about herself! We couldn't be happier!!
Daddy loves his Liv! I am sure you couldn't find a prouder father anywhere in the auditorium !