Petroglyphs with the Omer Clan

While we were camping in the Valley of Fire, NV with the Omer clan we hiked the long staircases up to the Petroglyphs right around the corner from our campground...

Here is Aunt Amy, Allison & Gideon taking a look at the actual petroglyphs. They were really neat to see!

Then all the way down we went. :)

Some snapshots of wildlife we saw.

Pima County Fair 2010

We like to go to the county fair when we have a good coupon! :) The kids loved watching the shows this time. We saw a shark show and a monkey show.

I think this carousel ride was the highlight of Abbies life up to this point! I wanted to get her ready and excited for Disneyland this summer, so we let the kids go on a ride or two. This is pretty much THE favorite (see video clip).

The petting zoo was pure madness! There were SOO many kids and animals I could barely keep track of Abby and Joey to make sure they weren't getting eaten!

Joey kept trying to enjoy himself...but nope, this was his face almost the entire time! He didn't want to leave though. Poor confused boy.

Dave and Abby went on this fun huge slide!

Flowers!

Here's my first flower bed. :) It finally started growing, and then the white daisies kept growing and kinda took over. It's been fun to have some color back there.

Our first handful of artichokes of the year.

There are 4 artichokes here. Can you see them all?

Abby loved eating carrots out of the garden! She always ate them Bugs Bunny style too.

First Swim of the Year

Abby was just a little bit excited to go swimming again! April ...and it's already hot enough to swim.

I've finally stopped trying to get the kids to not drink pool/tub water. :) lol

This tells you something...Joey would prefer to help his daddy than go swimming! He LOVES working by Dave's side. And I love watching it!

Doesn't every boy make a sword out of just about anything they can?

Easter Baskets

Here's a little clip of Abby hunting for her Easter basket!

And it is found! :)

This video is kinda long...you can skip toward the end if you want. She says some really cute stuff that I couldn't cut out. This blog is also a family history/journal, so that's why I'm keeping it all chronological and including videos of things like this, so no pressure to watch them or anything.

I couldn't really get one of Joey sitting still that morning...but let's just say he had a blast with his basket and kept stealing Abbies too! lol

I like to do a basket for Dave. He's mostly kid inside there you know! Plus he shares his candy with me!

Fun from the Sun

Our carrots love each other. Either that or they're afraid of getting eaten by little people!

We planted a whole ROW of radishes...because they come up easily and make your garden look green fast....you know, all about feeling good! :) Anyway, we could not eat all of them so we decided to let a few grow as big as they could get. So the tall, flowering plants...yep, those are radishes! See below as well.

Didn't taste that great, but it was fun!

So... this plant didn't quite come from the sun. Kids are so funny sometimes. (That's a little toy space shuttle if you can't tell.)

This is how Abby helps me water the garden! She's well watered that's for sure!

At the Zoo with Daddy

Isn't this picture cute?

This fence was just the right height to make Joey feel like he could climb it!

This is Joey...touching and picking up little curious things all over the place. A huge colorful ball, and he reaches to pick up a tiny leaf next to it. I think he actually put it in his mouth next, but don't worry, he didn't swallow it! lol