July - The Ranch

My Grandpa Foote grew up on a ranch bordering Zion's National Park! I still have a hard time imagining what that would be like.

Andrew loved the old catepillar tractor!

We hiked to Twin Hollow with all the kids.

We found some indian petroglyphs on the hike. It's hard to see them, but their near Evan's arm. The other picture was just to give you an idea how high up they were. Evan has no fear!

Carving away at the sandrocks.

And finally, the traditional cafe lunch before hitting the road.

I love this place!

Other notes to remember:

Car toppers and night travel are the only way to go!

Fireants hurt when they bite...just ask Evan.

My knees are not what they used to be.... a sad and painful realization.

And I have the strongest and toughest husband in the world...just ask anyone that went on Fat Man's Misery.

Family golf tournaments can be fun!

I thought he was napping....

No, our bath water is not normally that blue.

Our week

This is what our house looked like the first few days of June. Blah!! I hate throwing up! For some reason (I think it's purely because I'm "the Mom") I was the only one who didn't get sick.

We told the boys, their bodies had caught "the flu bug" and they just needed to throw up until all the germs were out of their bodies. During one of Evan's vomiting sessions, a fruit fly got caught in his spit up bowl. Evan exclaimed, "Look! I got one of "the bugs" out!" LOL!

We did recoop in time to celebrate Dave's 31st birthday! Happy Birthday Hubby!

We spent a big chunk of the day on the beach at Half Moon Bay. There's this great tide pool spot there with all kinds of treasures and creatures.


We saved a few star fish. (Threw them back into the water.)

It really was a fabulous day!

Dave requested a pull-up bar (the P90x chin-up bar to be exact) for his birthday.

I love the determination on Andrew's face here!

(P.S. There was a photo on the box of a guy doing pull-ups and he had his shirt off. So before the boys started doing theirs, Andrew said, "Wait! Wait! First we have to take our shirts off!")

Up to date!

I've been neglecting our blog lately. So I'll just post a lot of photos and call that good.

I LOVE this book! I can't recommend it enough! Maybe it's just catered to the way my mind works, but for me. . . .the book just makes sense!

Andrew is now potty-trained! It was an intense day and a half, but he did it! We made cupcakes with jelly beans on them to celebrate.

A lot of wrestling!!! Wrestling has been a huge part of our lives lately, and it's about to come to an end.... until next year.

(Dave is entertaining the kids while they wait for the tournament to start.)

I dedicate these to my sister Marissa. (You know why!)

(The one of Evan is kind of scary huh?! Yikes.)

Easter!

(Matching, home-made bow-ties!)

Will and Cassie invited us over for an Easter egg hunt after church. Oh how we miss a yard!! Look how beautiful and green it is! I love easter photos, they're always so colorful.

Dave is not going to like that I posted this photo! LOL!

I've finished a lot of "projects" lately.

This is really for my benefit more than anything else. I guess so I can remember I really did accomplish something.... or finish somethings I've started.

I did a lot of sewing!

Our patio...BEFORE.

Our patio....AFTER!

I found some scrap wood in our storage locker and made something to hang our bath robes and jeans on inplace of the end of our bed. :) It's been working....so far!

I don't know what got into me, but I decided I wanted to make some aprons for mothers' day.

And finally..... Andrew's quilt! This has been a several months project, but I finally finished it! And best of all....I got all the fabric squares from a Fabrix distribution event for FREE! You should check it out sometime. http://www.fabmo.org/fabmo/Home.html

More Original Artwork

So why do I keep posting Evan's drawings? Partly because I'm proud of how well he draws and well, partly because then I feel justified in throwing them away. :)

Here's a quiz for you: See if you can tell what movie the drawing is of. (Most are Disney)

Answers: Superman, Peter Pan, Walle, Little Mermaid, and Lightning McQueen. (More to come I'm sure!)

And finally...an original of Andrew's. Don't ask me what it is. I think I asked him at the time, but I can't remember. :( We go through a lot of paper at our house!