what to do in the 108 degree weather...

...take pictures with our zucchini!

Red, white, and blue

Big O celebrated his first 4th of July! He's cuter than I can stand...especially with his new sticking out his tongue thing. And here's a few pics of our 3 reds. I guess it should be "Red, red, and red!"

It rained in the morning, so we took full advantage of it on the trampoline. We were disappointed that we thought the fireworks got rained out (apparently they waited for about 15 minutes and then did them, so we had already gone home).

Owen went crazy over this balloon. They all loved it actually. What is it with kids and balloons?

water! water! water!

We found our new favorite summertime activity this week, thanks to some friends. The boys had a blast at this little water play area, about 20 minutes away. It was a great way to stay cool without having to worry about them drowning. We just can't go to the pool, so this was a nice option for us. And it's FREE! We'll be going again soon...

Just a few things...

I caught Owen "feasting on the word," aka chewing on the boys scriptures...
























































I got tired of changing Jared's diapers, and after recent conversations thought I'd try my own "potty training in a day". I told Jared he wasn't wearing diapers anymore. He's not quite potty-trained yet, but I haven't changed a poopy diaper since Wednesday. He at least does #2 in the potty! He still has some wet accidents, but I can manage those. He's pretty excited about his new Thomas underwear.

I'm loving this - the boys like to feed Owen.


Sorry, the captions don't seem to want to match up with the pics...

my "friend"

Jared and Nathan seem to make friends with the ladybugs. I guess I have a friend too... This fuzzy friend was on my kitchen window (outside), and I kept watching him as I was making rolls today. And I think I may have seen this one before, or one of his friends. Not too long ago I was driving and one popped up on my windshield... inside the van! That was the worst because I couldn't move away or do anything about it. I just watched very anxiously and hoped he didn't come any closer. Being here in Oklahoma, there's no shortage of bugs and spiders. I've had to learn to get used to them and realize that spiders like this one eat alot of the bugs. I'm okay watching them through the glass, but they better watch out if I find them inside. I'm not as merciful as Alex is with them...

Vacation Part 3

We made a quick visit to "Papa John" and grandma in NM on the way back from CO. We had a nice picnic, drove to the top of the Sandias, and went to a little museum called Tinkertown. This was one couple's collection of antiques, old signs, bottles, and wood carvings. The little wooden collections had buttons that you could push and make some of the little wood pieces move while music played. I've never seen anything like it - it was pretty interesting. Jared is standing in an outline of size 22 boots.

Vacation continued

We got to go camping again while in Colorado - this was the Poudre River area. It was pretty cold that night, but we had a good time. It's so beautiful there.