Things that have made me smile lately...

• Our 12 year old neighbor boy snuck over to our house while I was cooking dinner and swept off our entire sandstone patio.


• Trek and Canyon caught a frog and Trek kissed and hugged it until it leaped away (to safety).


• We went to a public bathroom and Canyon said, "It smells like pneumonia." (He's recovering from pneumonia right now.)


• Our babysitter has returned to flagstaff. We met her and her kids at the park and I was reminded how grateful I am to have her back in town.


• Trek has slept in his bed for nap and bedtime for 6 strait days.


• Trek peed in the toilet and was just a surprised as I was.


• My wildflower garden has it's first blooms.
  
  

Wonder what they are thinking...

It takes a village...

This summer has been a whirlwind of internships, traveling, working, and no routine at all. It's taken a toll on all of us and for the first time I can remember I am so happy for summer to be over and routine to come back into our lives. Our family wouldn't have survived the summer with out the help of our family and friends. It has literally taken a village to get us through.

So thank you all:

To Lyndee & the kids... Thank you for playing hard, having slumber parities, watching movies and jumping until my boys couldn't jump anymore.

To Skye & the Holly's... Thank you for fishing, treats, giving up sleep, movies, and being available at the perfect moment.

To Mom... Thank you for being their home away from home, for being Canyon's definition of summer, for doing projects, having tea parties, building forts, swimming and meeting me more than half way.

To Nicci... Thank you for teaching Canyon to spell his name, going to the park and library, for not watching TV all day, and for falling in love with Treks shoulders.

To Dad... Thank you for making meals, taking naps, going on an adventure to fossil creek, and taking them to swimming lessons.

To Louanne & Gary... Thank-you for returning just in time to watch our boys and give me some rest.

To Canyon & Trek...Thank-you for being so adaptable & resilient, thank-you for packing your bags and being excited for each new week, thank you for being mine and for loving home.

At Bampa's House

At Bampa's house there is a big red tractor, sunflowers bigger than our heads, a ditch, vegetable gardens, flowers everywhere, rows of fruit trees, a tank to swim in, a beehive, chickens, and a whole-lot-of FUN. And we LOVE it there!

The Verde River One Afternoon

Just so I don't forget...

Trek is talking like crazy. Here are some cute things he is saying:

As trek was walking away Gary said where are you going? He replied, "I am going peace out."

He fell of the monkey bars at the park and landed on his feet, but looked up at me with big eyes and said. "Dead?"

He loves "whoboots" (robot).

Trek frequently says "fun" or "that funny." He enjoys life and is a happy boy!

Canyon is pure sweetness (most of the time) and has been telling me how much he loves me. In fact he has said that he loves me more than:

"a rock-N-roll house" and "a nachos bell grande"
which of course melted my heart and made it smile.

Thanks to Nicci and her visit to Flagstaff, Canyon has learned to spell his name.

Trek loves capes and wears one to the park, grocery store, library, on hikes, in the bath and around the house. His favorite is one that was Canyon's. Canyon has kindly recognized that Trek adores it more that he ever would and has passed it down lovingly and willing.

Canyon is forever making paper airplanes out of anything he finds lying around and thinks worthy to fly across the living room.

Trek has at least 5 toys in his arms at all times in full play.

A conversation with Trek:

Trek: "Mama, Buzz fly, whoobot fly, rocket fly, me fly. Help me up. Cape me fly."

Me: "Trek you can't fly, even with your cape. That's dangerous."

Trek: "Mama, cape me fly. Help up (looking to the top of the bookshelf."

A boy who loves his cape