Rich and Sophia

Lincoln is our artist! He absolutely loves to color, draw, write letters or anything that has to do with art. His cousin Hattie gave his daddy this model airplane last year for Christmas and it was in a drawer until now. Daddy helped put it together one night and then Lincoln got to paint it. He had that tongue of his out the entire time. It was so funny, he was concentrating so hard I took about twenty pictures and he didn't look up once.

I forgot to post this, it was pretty funny......We were waiting in line for a tram to take us back to the parking lot and I got out an apple and showed it to Lincoln and he said, "no." Then I gave Rocky a bite and I had a bite and then I showed Lincoln again and he said, "If I see that apple in my face again then I won't eat any more apples!"

North Edwards Air Force Base was having a big open house and so we decided to head out there and check it out. We didn't realize all of southern california would be going as well. Once we got off the freeway we sat in about two and a half hours of traffic. We were then directed to park then we hopped on a tram that took us over to the security area. We went through security and then we hopped on a big bus that took us over to the show. I think the boys were more excited to ride on the bus than see the planes. It was also their first time on a bus. At security they suggested I write my phone number on Rocky's arm. He thought it was so cool! I'm not even going to try to name any planes because I have no idea what any of them are called. Watching the show! Taking a break from the heat! They are underneath one of the big planes. It was sooo HOT!! The F-22. That one I know, the coolest part of the day! Future Pilots?

We went on a field trip with Lincoln's preschool which was very fun. We went on the train and i the petting zoo. Then we got a tour of the farm and the boys each got to pick out a pumpkin. Rocky loves animals. He called this one the mama sheep. The pig kept coming up and sniffing his bottom while I was taking the picture. He thought that was pretty funny. Lincoln's preschool class.

What a fun trip this was. I got a chance to go hike the grand canyon with my dad, Tori, Vanessa, the Binghams and the Reeves. I had never been to the grand canyon and it was unbelievable. We had an 8 mile hike down to the Havasupai village. I had to pick and choose from the hundreds of pictures that were taken so here are a few... The Girls!! Me, My dad and Vanessa Tori, Vanessa and myself. Behind us is where we hiked through the canyon. Sunbathing after our first swim in the most beautiful water in the world. Eric found this cool rock to sit on with the river right below us. The lodge in the village was surrounded by red rock and was a very comfortable place to stay. We played hand and foot at night in our room and had some laughs. So fun! The second day we hiked down to the other waterfalls. Havasupai means, "The people of the blue green water." This sight was absolutely breathtaking. We had to climb down through caves and hold on to chains that had been secured to the side...

with no training wheels!! Rocky did better than we thought but he isn't quite there yet. He would go by himself for about twenty feet and then get distracted by something and go off to the side. So we will try again in another month or so.

I was always one of those young women that wanted to do all the fun activities the young men were doing, I could care less for arts and crafts. They get old after awhile. I finally got my chance when my cousin James called me and asked if I wanted to do the swim leg of the boy scout triathlon for my Uncle Randy and cousin Marshall's team. I was all over that, plus it gave me some more experience for my upcoming swim in the Magic Mountain Man Tri. Come to find out any girl can enter so my sister Vanessa and my mom did a two person team as well. James was doing the whole thing so I decided to do the whole event. You pay $30 no matter what, team or no team so they said I could compete with my team and as an individual. I haven't run since I injured my hip back in April, so I was a little nervous about that, but I told myself I would stop at the first sign of any discomfort. So one of four girls to enter the water we were off. I exited the water about fifth which I was happy about....