Mt Lemmon

If you have ever heard the story of how Katie broke her arm - when she was a teenager - you will really appreciate this picture and story! Collin climbed this tree and was swinging from this branch. I was taking pictures of it and Katie actually says

"Mom, get him off that branch, it's dead!"

Really? As dead as the one YOU were on? Hmmmmmm

Fortunately, HE didn't fall! Pay backs, Katie!

Family picnics can really wear a boy out, ya know?

I'm really bad about pics - so this is basically all I got - shots of baby and of Collin in a tree!

I'll go 'lift' some off Brie's and post! Boy, Heidi, we really miss you!

OK, these are some from Brie - Glad SHE did better!

Katie wrapped Liam so he could take a snooze!

We were teasing her about looking pregnant again. She thought we were funny!

This is a pic of Dawn holding Liam. Good idea how big he is by this shot! And only 9 weeks old!

This is just a cute picture of Ethan, Dawn and Dan's youngest!

Great shot Dawn!

Collin surfing on a log!

Super sweet shot of Caleb, Dawn's oldest.

Caleb waiting for Ethan to 'fuel up' so he can push!

Kimi in her cool hat!

That's enough! You get the idea! A good time was had by all!

YARD SALE!

I had my very first EVER yard sale! I know, it's hard to believe that I have never done it - but that's the truth! Katie had this really cool machine that makes a fresh cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa in a matter of a minute! She sold them for $1 a cup. (by the way, I have NO IDEA why this is in blue and underscored!~)This wasn't all MY stuff. (Had to clarify that! hehee)

I have a friend who is moving so she donated a bunch, plus Kim and Katie added stuff too!

After the sale, we boxed up everything that was left and Kim took it to her house to have a sale later at HER place......

Those white boxes? Packing peanuts! $5 a box - a real deal. Funny how no one took Katie up on it. So they are now listed on Craig's list. I may keep one for mailing stuff for Christmas...

Kimi thought it would be funny to put signs on Collin and Liam and see if we got any takers! Collin wondered why he only cost $5,000!?! He's five - surprised we didn't get any takers?
We weren't!

But how could they have resisted? He asked me later if I would pay 1 penny for him!

Awww I told him I would pay all I had for him. I think he felt better then.......

After this wonderful experience, I could barely move and only wanted a nap! So I'm not sure if this will be repeated at my house! But it was a fun experience!

Speedy grow!

This is the yard at work - they reseed twice a year - I went to work on 9/28 and they were thatching and then reseeded with natural fertilizer - yep, poop. Smelled really really yummy-NOT!

EXACTLY one week later - Oct 5, this is what was there! This week they are going to have to mow it. Crazy how fast stuff grows sometimes!

Beep Beep!

Look what was on our truck this beautiful October morning!

He pranced around on there and kept looking in the window at us wondering

"Why haven't they gotten out the camera? Don't they see how cute I am?" So........
(I didn't see Wiley - he must have been asleep....)

MEOW

Isn't she Pretty? This is Luna and she belongs to Kim and Jason.

They came to grammy and poppa's house for a visit. VERY interesting considering I have two dogs! She had them both intimidated before the evening was over! And yes, she is as soft as she looks!

Helping Out!

Terry called and said they really needed help with a shipment they got in that was kinda messed up. Not bad but it still had to be sorted and cleaned. So Dellas, Kim, Jason and I along with a friend of Jason's showed up last Saturday to be put to work. They have a warehouse where they keep products they ship. This is AZ and it doesn't have AC so things got toasty! This is what we were faced with. We had worked off about 6 or so boxes by the time I thought to get out my camera! But this is what we were working down.

Some of the product got dripped on the tops of the bottles in processing so they had to be cleaned off. Katie got the short straw! So she got cotton balls, qtips, gloves and alcohol and spent the day on the floor! Atleast she had AC!

Collin was helping us in the warehouse.

Daddy was giving him instructions on what not to jump off of.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to climb on paletwrap?

Grammy decided to box up the boys!

Here's Liam. He actually loved the box!

We thought about sending him to Aunt Heidi at one point,

but he was being so darned cute, we decided to keep him! (Sorry Heidi!)

Collin, of course, had to go in the box too! He's being such a cheezy kid here!

After he got out of the box, we found jobs for him to do to help. We kept the poor kid busy the rest of the day! But he was a great helper and did everything he was asked to do without a bit of complaint about being hot or tired or thirsty or anything! It was awesome.

I was really proud of him and his hard work! Good Job Collin!

Here's proof we all worked! (I had the camera but I did work too!)

PoppaAunt Kimi

Uncle Jason (I wish I had taken an after picture of the warehouse before we cleaned it!

This shot actually looks pretty good! But it was covered in peanuts that fell out of boxes, empty boxes and liners and general dis-array!

Took about 1/2 hr or more for all of us to clean up after we were done!)

This is what it is all about. Family. I'm so blessed!

(Only thing that would have made it better is Heidi and her bunch being here.........)