They told him to wear a boot until he can go to the Orthopedic Surgeon.
This has been hard on him but also the boys. They love their Dad and are always wanting to play with him. When he is not at work, he is sitting in the Recliner with an ice pack resting his foot. I hope that he hasn't done too much to make the break worst. Here's to 4 weeks or so in a boot and me doing more than I should be. 
We got a van. I will need to take a better picture later.
It is new to us. We bought our tahoe brand new and realized that we could save more money if we would just buy used and find one with low mileage. It is a 2008 Honda Odyssey EX-L. It only had 27000 miles and it was traded in from an older couple. I am hoping that our sales man didn't lie to get us in. It is very nice inside. It has navigation, a back up camera and a dvd which will be nice for the boys. On the way home it was a lot nicer of a drive because it actually has more power than our Tahoe. So far the boys like the new car we just need to get the windows darker tint. 
At the Parade waiting for our friends to come. Darren works of course so we always celebrate by ourselves. The parade starts a 9 am in Clarkdale.
Chase, Mason, Tomas, Patrick, Rory
We met Smokey the Bear. Chase again wanted nothing to do with him. I finally got him to stand next to Mason for the picture.
They had firetruck rides.....
It was supper hot! They also had carnival games to play and win prizes but I didn't get any photos. The kids really enjoyed it. We then went home and went to the Muphey's house to swim and eat lunch. That was nice but we got alittle sunburnt. Then later that night when Darren got off we got invited to the Shultz's for dinner and to watch the fireworks. While we were there it FINALLY rained. We had not gotten anything forever. It not only rained but down poured, hailed, and rained more. We were afraid there was going to be No Fireworks because of the rain. But the rain stopped just in time for the fireworks and then picked right back up shortly after the fireworks ended. Here are the kids playing in the rain.....
Time to watch the fireworks... My flash was a little bright....
This is how Chase watched them... Holding as tight as he could to Darren. He told us they scared him because they are too loud. But can't wait to see them again.
We had a nice 4th of July. Thanks to those who helped us enjoy the day. When we got home we noticed a board in our neighbors drive way and I just thought where did that come from. The next day I noticed it came from our house. The shutter from the top front of our house blew off and around our house to there drive way. We are just glad they weren't home when it happened so the was no damage to there cars.
They were so proud of what they got him. This year I took them to the dollar store to get him something because he didn't want anything and really didn't need anything. Chase picked a tape measure and screw drivers with a train card. At the store Chase really wanted the card and everything else he picked out. But today he was willing to let his dad have them. Mason picked out things he knew his dad would like. He got him a pepsi and jerky. Which after Darren has been at church all day he usually can use a pepsi. We also got him some turtle fudge and a pair of pants. Then Chase & Mason helped make Blueberry Muffins with fresh blueberries. It was a good fathers day morning. 
The Favorite thing for the kids is Jumping off the Diving Board......
Then they both got banks and some money to put in them..... Mason also got a Baseball stand that he throws the ball at....
Then on Mason's Birthday he wanted to go eat at Dennys..... So we had Grandma & Grandpa Norton, Grandma & Grandpa Sparks, and Cousin Jaxon's and his cousin Andrew.....
They were super nice and brought Mason a hand written card with their own personal money. He got $6 from Jaxon and then Andrew gave him an airhead candy & $o.50. Mason was so happy. After Breakfast we left to go to Duncan for the weekend. 
