Road Trip!

We drove up to Pleasant Grove, Utah for Grandma Ruby's funeral last weekend. It was a long drive, and Colby did not have so much fun being strapped in a car seat for that long. Ethan did pretty well as long as he could watch movies the whole time! It was good to get up there and visit with so much family and some friends, but we are hoping to not have to do that drive any time again too soon!
Along the drive, we went through Flagstaff and drove by our old duplex, and our old apartments, and through campus. It was fun to see everything and to remember some of the fun times back in our college days (doesn't that make us sound old!). We could not believe how much NAU has changed over the last few years!

Grandma Ruby

Last week my Grandma Ruby passed away. Her 98th birthday would have been this week, so she lived a long, happy, healthy, and productive life. She had 6 children, 31 grandchildren, 63 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild, so a total of 101 descendants, and she was sharp enough to be able to name everyone of them. She has always been a good example to me and everyone else and she will be greatly missed. We love you Grandma!

My Superheros

The boys were playing around in their superhero pajamas last night, and they looked so cute I had to snap some pictures.

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday the boys and I went with Ethan's preschool class to the pumpkin patch. It was really fun, and we got some great pumpkins. Here are some of the pictures from the patch.

Fun times

This weekend we went up to the Phoenix area (again!!). I went to a baby shower for my friend Heidi from high school. It was fun to see her. It's been so long since I saw any of my friends from my GHS days! After the shower, I met back up with Zak and the boys. We went with Zak's brother Christian and his wife to the Maricopa Founders Day celebration. It was a pretty fun little party. Ethan loved the giant blow up obstacle course that we had to wait in line for about 30 min to get to. (I was about to fight some little kids that kept cutting in line--but that's a whole other story). There were different bands playing throughout the day. We went over and sat down in the grass by the stage to watch Anarbor. The boys loved it. They were both rocking! They were dancing like crazy. It was fun to watch.
It was especially fun to get out and do something different! It's been nice that we have been able to do more exciting things lately than sit around the house because it is too hot to do anything else. It seems like when we are out doing things, the boys actually behave better and get along better. It's kind of weird. Maybe they just get so bored at home that they pick fights with each other! I don't know what it is, but they do seem much easier to handle when we are out doing something that is different than our everyday routine. Does anyone else ever notice that? Is it just my kids?