Helping

So Emma had a friend spend the night and they decided to give me a helping hand. First they sent the boys to shower. Next they helped them get their pj's on and sent them to brush their teeth. The boys were thinking this was great because the girls were actually paying attention to them. All I had to do was kiss them goodnight and turn out the light. VERY NICE!!

The next morning the girls decided to continue helping by getting the boys fed and ready for summer school. Well. . . .they made scrambled eggs, french toast, juice, cereal, peanut butter toast and a HUGE mess. Emma sprayed Pam on my nice Calphalon pans which has pretty much ruined them, I spent over an hour cleaning up, and I had to throw away a ton of food.

It was all worth it though. The fact that they took that kind of initiative on a non-Mother's Day day was wonderful.

Emma attempting french toast

The girls putting the boys on the bus

The storm after the calm

Ren just doing his own thing, I think Jack took this picture

High Adventure Camp at Big Lake

Ren had a blast fishing in the White Mountains.

That's trout on the line and Lance Clawson next to him. Lance was great with the boys. Thanks Lance!

Dave was able to join Ren for the last day of fishing and as you can see they were pretty productive.

Here's the fishermen. All together they caught over 100 fish. That's a lot of fish to clean. I just have to wonder, as I notice the sign in the background, if any of the boys/men did actually read the instructions?

Rocky Point

There's nothing like getting up close and personal. I went with Dave to a conference in Mexico. We were too afraid of losing our camera to ask any of the locals to take a picture for us so we took it ourselves. There are too few pictures of the 2 of us alone to pass up the opportunity.

I love spending time with my guy. Right now he's standing on our balcony which looks over the Sea of Cortez. Isn't he the cutest!

We stayed at Hotel Penasco Del Sol. It was fantastic. It was roomy and right on the beach.

If you look close you can see some of the security detail surrounding the hotel. I don't know if I felt safer or not with the Mexican police sitting outside my room with machine guns.

The beach was gorgeous and the food great. I can't wait to go back again. Best of all I could relax with Dave knowing the kids were being taken care of by my brother and sister-in-law. Thanks Josh and Katie! Next time I might even let the kids come.

Talented Girls

The girls showed off their stuff this last week with a band concert and talent show. Savannah did great playing her Sax and Emma showed some attitude with her "Skater Boy" routine. Unfortunately, the video is too long so you'll have to be content with a couple photos.