Independence Day 2013

Every year at this time I am so thankful for our country! It may not seem to be going in a good direction but lets remember where our country came from and never stop praying for it :)

We celebrated yesterday by just spending time together.  Sean and the kids helped me clean up the house (and we actually had fun) together! After all the chores were done we spent a few hours at the pool.  I always have so much fun just watching my family have fun together!  We look forward to every weekend when Daddy gets to join us.   I think Sean enjoys it as much as the kids...... wait ................ he is a kid!

We decided before the evening festivities that we would go home for dinner and take a short nap. Everyone fell asleep and was refreshed to go again. We headed back over the to the school where they had water bounce houses and slides. Met some nice local folks and watched a really nice small town fire work show.

The last photo was a 19 shot barrage of fireworks in honor of the 19 fallen Granite Mountain Hotshots. 

Water fun....

Can't really say "Fun in the Sun"  because most of our pool time is now spent at an indoor pool!  Thank you Jesus!  What a blessing this place has been. Since having 110 to 117 degree weather I can not tell you how nice it has been to able to take the kids indoor.. to cool water and cool air and NO SUNSCREEN! Also, we have become really good friends with all four of the lifeguards  :o)

Here are some photos of the kids having some fun!
We did go to the splash pad to switch things up last week.

 Stetson the goof ball.... 

 Still the strickster in the family!

 Colton wanted me to share his "big splash" photo! You can kind of see him swimming this way under the water :) Silly boy. 

Carley's attempt at shooting moms camera... kinda blury... could only "fix" it so much! 

VBS 2013

We started attending Crosspoint Church in Tartesso.  The kids had an absolute blast learning about Jesus with the mission group and other amazing leaders that led VBS!  They came home telling us all about what they learned and the fun they had with their friends.

We are so blessed to have found such an awesome group of like minded believers :)

 Colton and his friends Josiah and Si ... they are becoming real good pals! 

 Carley was excited to show her drawstring bag to Daddy :)

 These girls from the Mission Team were so good with the children and 

the kids were sad to see them go! 

 They all wanted in the photo with my kids.. was so cute! The next day we 

ran into their whole group again swimming at our pool before the headed back to L.A. 

 Stetson got in a silly mood and wouldn't crack a smile for anyone! 

As you can see each and every one of them gave it a try. 

Baby Spiny Lizard

Most of you probably wont care about this blog post BUT I had to take photos of this cute little guy!   All of my kids including Carley get such a kick out of all the little desert critters!  The only part I don't like is when they get lost in my house!  This guy managed to get behind my fridge after Colton dropped him.  He bit Colton and Stetson, fortunately even though it hurt really bad, he doesn't seem to have teeth.. just a really strong jaw!

Summer Pool Fun

It is so much fun when Sean joins us at the pool! The kids had an absolute blast! They swam for 4 hours until the sun went down and then Sean joined them and they played another hour! We have been going to Denise and Panos' house to use their pool.  Only problem is that it's an hour away. So, we've only been there twice since it's been warm enough.  Last night we found out the school that is 5 minutes form our house, has a pool that they JUST opened! We are stoked!  I never thought in the middle of the desert a little town school would have an indoor pool!  And yay.... NO sun screen needed!