Hair

We've had fun this month trying out new hairstyles. Our friends inspired us to get more creative with our 'dos. Thanks girls!

The 4th

We had lots of company this last week. They were here to help us celebrate the 4th. On the 3rd we started the day off with a ward breakfast put on by the Elder's Quorum. Then we headed on over to Home Depot for their Kids' Workshop. All the kids made periscopes. We had a bunch of spies hanging out at our house for the rest of the weekend. In the afternoon we headed over to Sonic for Happy Hour, then we went to the sprinkler park to cool off. The kids wanted to play at the regular park more than the sprinkler park. Kind of funny since it was so hot outside!


On Sunday, after church and dinner, everyone decided to go on a walk with Sally. In the evening we went and saw the fireworks over the river. It was a great display.



On the 5th we toured some of the local sites and ended at a fabric store downtown. We really enjoyed our company. Thanks for coming!


Y'all come back now, y'hear!

Garden Produce

At the beginning of the week, this is what we picked from the garden. The kids helped, so some of the peppers were a bit on the small side. Lena has admonished them not to pick the peppers for awhile, so they can get nice and big.

Here is what some of our garden looks like. You can see carrots, cucumbers, sunflowers, tomatoes, and watermelon vines. The tomato plants behind Grandpa and Ethan are huge! Mike got some bamboo out of our woods to help stake them. Lena was afraid they would fall over. The cages aren't strong enough at this point to hold the plants up on their own. We'll have to copy some of our friends and make some bigger, sturdier cages next year to hold our mammoth plants upright.

We are finally getting some melons on the vines. They were taking forever to get any fruit.

Ethan made Mommy a butterfly. Look at those tiny wings! Kind of reminiscent of the caterpillar-turned-butterfly in A Bug's Life.

Lehi's Dream

For Family Home Evening one night we acted out Lehi's Dream, found in 1st Nephi 8. We used the Book of Mormon Stories for our version. Ethan came up with a lot of our props, and put together the tree of life for us. I was very impressed with his creativity.




Thanks Daniel and Amy for inspiring us!

Science