loving every minute with this baby…

Carter being attacked by his bear.

Carter attacking his book.

Marlee attacking (loving) Carter.

two more

The boys have finished skinning and drying out two more rattlesnake skins (the ones they got on Clayton’s birthday). And I realized that they’ve now used most of my sewing needles and pins to do so:)

Marlee cracks me up wanting a picture, too.

There’s now 7 rattle snake skins in their collection.

long summer day

I love when babies discover their feet and play with their toes.

momma’s joy

 

Clayton was so sweet he shared his coldstone gift card with his siblings and friend Jacob.

Tonight we went to Mount Lemmon.

I love how both the dogs stay right by the boys.

Even tree bark is pretty.

hiking…

The kids thought Carter looked pretty cute sitting on a branch.

When Marlee had a hard time keeping up, Porter came back and helped her.

I love when siblings look out for each other.

Feeling the water…

Andy’s family met us up there.

Mo Mo loves Clayton and Porter.

Mallows is a must when there’s a campfire.

Josiah really wanted to shoot a gun, so all the kids took a turn, except for Avery who comforted Raggles (she’s afraid of all the loud noises).

Josiah

Marlee

Monson

great evening

We hiked tonight, which is one of our favorite family activities. It was pretty hot out, so we took the umbrella to keep Carter shaded.

Of course there was some lizard catching.

Carter’s finally drinking better from a bottle which is awesome, because he needed to chug the water tonight.

Clayton always seems to be the leader of the pack.

Carter sleeps while we hike.

The kids are becoming little mountain goats:

As Laun and the older kids hiked up farther…

…Carter and I had a selfie picture party.

Then Marlee joined us…

I love this picture Laun took of the kids and I:

I love these guys.

The desert is beautiful.

I see the moon…

I need to bring my camera next time, rather than just my iPhone, but I’m just glad I captured the evening at all.

At home the boys played Legos…love seeing Carter with the big boys.

Sitting in the bumbo so he can’t reach any Legos.