The Cutest Thing in the World!!!!

Here are some pictures of our little Oliver, a.k.a. Ollie Boy (as we fondly call him)...

Ollie will be 8 weeks old on Monday (July 25th).  Guess what - he was born on my birthday...May 30th!!!!  That makes him even more special to us!!!  We first saw Ollie when he was 3 weeks old.  We knew we just had to have one of the adorable puppies.  My kids asked me EVERYDAY when we could go get a puppy.  Finally last week we went to go get him.  We had to choose between him and one of his cute sisters.  Most of us were in agreement about him.  Madison wanted the girl but she soon warmed up to Ollie and now is okay with our decision.  He is seriously the cutest thing ever!
I think he is going to be okay...Bella gave him a hard time at first because she was jealous but now they are sharing food, a bed and entertaining us greatly with their wrestling matches.  Ollie can really hold his own.  He sneaks up behind Bella and goes between her long legs, bites her ears and stands on his back legs to bat at her with his little paws.  And his bark - it's so cute.  He yips really lightly.  It is so faint but he means business.  He only barks when he is playing (for now).
Anyway, everyone is in love with this little guy.  The kids are doing pretty good taking him out to the bathroom (I am at this moment telling Tyler to go take him out RIGHT NOW....you know how that goes). 
Welcome to the crazy Martin Family Ollie!!!

Pioneer Day

Pioneer Day was super hot but super fun!!!  Here are a few pictures of the fun....

The kids doing watermelon spitting contest.  Madison Miller and Tyler won in their age group.  Woot Woot!

 Super Cute Pioneer Girls...Jamie, Gabbie and Skylar.  They have been waiting all year for this!!!!

 Here is Josh...he won the watermelon spitting contest for his age group. (old man group..heehee)
Yes, we have some spitters among the Miller-Martins!!! 

 Tug of war!  What fun.  Blake and Tyler are somewhere in the middle.

 Our cute missionaries....Elder Guinn and Elder Cahoon.  These guys are so fun!

 Check these fancy girls out...

 When Pioneer Brothers Attack....

 Little pioneer children listening to the speakers. 

 Here is the latest fashion for a pioneer pocket - a cute puppy!!  Way to work it Jamie!

 Here is our family at Pioneer Day.  What a great time we had!!!! 

Fabulous 4th!

We had a very nice 4th of July.  It started with a wonderful breakfast at a friend's house, some much needed yard work, and a dip in the pool.

The kids LOVE it when Josh gets in the pool to play with them. 

 The pool has definitely been one of our best investments for the kids.  They jump in when they want and we rarely have to go anywhere for entertainment.  It is a pain to keep it clean but oh so worth it!

 Most of the time we have lots of kids in there so the pool shakes like a bowl full of jello!!

 Later on we went downtown for the festivities.  Well, all the festivities were money suckers so we walked back over the bridge to our cars.  On the way, we saw some of our friends on their boat.  Good timing!!!

 Back at "camp", we had homemade banana ice cream, pie and lots of fun!!

 Here is the view of New Bern from where we sat.

 We also had sparklers for the kids and they LOVED it!!!

 Sparkler dance by Maddy!!!

 Mr. and Mrs. Martin 

 Carla let the kids do a whipped topping eating contest.  That was fun!

 And my favorite picture... the kids sitting quietly and enjoying the beautiful fireworks. 

Do you like Blake's head phones??  He was afraid of the loud noises - pretty typical of our family!!

Happy 4th!!!

I finally figured it out!!!

Okay - it has been a long time since I blogged and I really couldn't figure out why it wasn't posting all my different posts.  I finally got it!!  So don't get too excited, but maybe JUST MAYBE, I can post a little more....
:)

Flying High This Summer

Yah for summer!!!!