Laun found this lovely bat by our door bell & the boys were delighted. And no they did not keep it as a pet but, they sure had fun checking it out before they let it go.

Porter is wearing his sweet pirate hat

Water babies

Porter looks so happy:)

Poor Porter is always having to pull up his shorts since he inherited no bottom

The kids have loved swimming this summer

Marbar loves bath time

Costco samples

We love Costco- especially on sample day. We sat Marlee in the shopping cart for the 1st time with out her carseat & she loved it. She also found another love...Costco samples. Only down side to this, she yells at you when you do not feed her fast enough. She might be just a little spoiled rotten.

The Chiricahua National Park

We went on a mini family vacation. We went out to eat at this cute little apple restaurant, stayed in a hotel, and went swimming. The next morning we went to the Chiricahua National Park where we went on a hike, caught lizards and had a picnic lunch. Marlee did great and loved being in the snugli while we hiked. Then we went and picked a bunch of apples and some prickly pears to can. Later that night we found one of the few Krispy Kreme's left and Marlee got to try her first donut- which she loved. Clayton is a huge sugar fan and when he got to what I think was his 3rd donut he handed it to Laun and said here you can have this- I don't feel so good today. We had a great time and the boys have quite the lizard collection now.

Porter holding a tortoise & Clayton holding a lizard

Malee loves being in the swimming pool- she is a little water baby

Hiking at Chiricahua:

Marlee loving every minute

The view

Picking apples:

Clayton is always finding critters

Can she be any cuter?

Marlee checking out the apples

On the hunt for prickly pears:

Marlee loves to drive w/ Daddy

Laun picking prickly pears

Laun has some good looking legs

Krispy Kreme:

Introducing Marlee to donuts

Tasting a donut

Really liking the donut

Wanting more donut

Savoring the donut




The loot:

Prickly pears

Launs apple pie filling, applesauce, and prickly pear syrup