what’s that green stuff?

In Tucson you don’t see much grass. Laun was really sick of all dirt, so he put some grass in our backyard. The kids are loving it & are excited to use their croquet set.

Raggle love-

Clay’s art

I wonder where Clayton’s inspiration for his recent school art project came from…hmmmm, maybe from the two llamas who use to be in our backyard?

Collier’s house

Tonight we went to the Collier’s for dinner. The kids enjoyed swimming & then eating their dinner in front of this outside fire place.

scripture time

We have made a recent change in our house. The kids & I now get up earlier in the morning so that we can read scriptures with Laun before he heads out the door. It is working out so much better for us. Nights tend to get busier & sometimes we were just skipping family scripture reading all together. Maybe we will finally finish reading Alma!

Marlee likes to “read” scriptures & always wants a turn. She pretends to read & talks about things like “bad guys” & “castles”. She uses a normal size scripture case for her tiny book, it is pretty cute.

Silverbell Lake

We took the boat out for another spin & did a little fishing. The best part was that when we finished unloading the boat & getting everything ready we realized we forgot the life jackets. I had to drive right back home & get them, luckily we don’t live too far away.

I brought popsicles thinking it would be such a good idea. We didn’t have enough ice & they melted. It turned out okay though, I mixed the pineapple & coconut & had myself a little pina colada.

There was lots of birds.

No wonder Laun loves this little girl so much:

Probably my favorite picture of the day:

Porter got a fish.

If being messy is a sign of a good time then this girl had a blast.

We thought going to the island was a good idea.

We were wrong- all the trees were covered in wasp/bee nests. We got out of there in a hurry.

The boys practiced driving the boat:

More fishing, Clayton had some luck.

Marlee is no drama. We only wish she felt emotion:) Are you sensing my sarcasm?

Wow, I have horrible posture. Maybe my back would hurt less if I actually sat up straight.

Porter & Clayton had fish around the same size. We are having a yearly contest of who catches the biggest/longest fish, but for now they are tied.

Just look at that nasty lake water.

Clayton’s fish:

We stopped by Laun’s work for a little bit & saw some cows.

On the way home Porter & Marlee got camera happy. This resulted in lots of happy-blurry pictures:

The boys got busy filleting Porter’s fish & then ate it. Laun & I passed:)