Italian Scarves

During about the last week, My sister Joy has been in Italy. She came back and brought us scarves that are really cool. Here are some pics from when they were over for dinner last Sunday.



My nephew Evan

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Us with Joy



Evan with Douglas and Mariah

GINORMOUS grapefruit

Yes, Ginormous!!!! On Saturday, a friend generously gave us some yummy grapefruits off her tree. The kids were surprised when they saw how big they were. They are probably 10 or 20 times the size of a lemon,have a 1- 1 in a half inch rind and are not too far in size from the size of Mariah's head, but look like Giant Lemons!!!

Douglas Trampoline Wrestler

Douglas has recently developed a hobby of wrestling. He likes to run around with his friend on the trampoline where they " wrestle". It is really entertaining to see the inner boy in both of them. We are glad to know that they have that in them. Andrew is also the only boy in his family. Thankfully, they haven't really hurt themselves, and just seem to have a lot of fun wrestling.

The same night of Wrestling for Reading, during the day, Douglas and some of his friends got sent to the office for pretend "wrestling" at recess. But, we didn't even get a call, so it was OK. What do they think, advertising something like that at school?

While the boys were playing, Andrew knocked Douglas in the face, and made his tooth loose. He was all sad at first, but lost his tooth later that night. Now we have a jack-o-lantern-boy!

Wrestling ...for Reading!!!

So, on Friday, the kids had a "wrestling for reading" fundraiser at their Elementary school. It was quite the event to see grown men pretend wrestling like that. Mariah was convinced it was real and was half scared by it all, Douglas loved it and couldn't get enough of it, and Sarah and I were a little repulsed by the show of skin, rolls of fat, and man verses woman fight. Over all it was very silly and humerous but definitely bit too red neck for my tastes.......Check out these pictures and you can judge for yourself!

FHE

For FHE the other Monday, Hailey Myers (our cousin) taught the lesson on small and simple things. She made a cake, and for the subject lesson, told asked us if we could eat a peice of cake whole. We all said NO, but megan was like.... uhhh YAAAAA!and so she did.....STUFF a whole piece of cake in her face....and it was pretty funny!!!!

Mariah and her 2 Wheeler!

Yesterday Mariah learned how to ride her two wheeler bike! It is so exciting for her because now she can keep up with her older siblings on their bikes!

Mariah

Douglas lookin cool-as always

Mariah on a roll!

Here's a video of Douglas and Mariah

Rain, Rain, Go Away!!

Yes! It has been such a fun week here in Chandler, AZ, because of all the rain ... almost every day has been wet. There was even a tornado warning issued on Thursday night. Yesterday, Megan, Sarah, and Rachel all got out on the "lake" at our park with their friends and had tons of fun. We are greatful for the rain, but have to admit we like the sun!

Here are some pics of Sarah and her friend Maddie when they went canoeing at Maddie's park this morning!: enjoy!