My Scouts

The boy right in front of Braxton is his same age. The poor kid is always going to look 3+yrs. older than his actual age.

The big boys, (that's what we often refer to them as), are in scouts and have had a good experience thus far. At this particular pack mtg. they had to tell of a famous American. Each of them chose an ancestor, Grandpa Tuck because he fought in WWII and Hannah Dustin for her bravery after being captured by Indians. Grandma Ball came to listen to them report. It was very nice to have her there for this little memory.

4th of July

This was the night before @ uncle Michael's for the firework show! It was fantastic!! Uncle Nathan brought some illegals from Washington.
Just a few pyro pointers from the uncles to my two oldest.

I love small town parades...sometimes! The anticipation made for a cute picture.

Dad and princess

Follow my finger...

Backyard volleyball and BBQ @ Grandma's house!

(I was playing around with some of my settings so some of the pictures have weird exposure)

Lasagna Dinner...

My little D. is a very picky eater, but we are trying to be better about at least taking bites of what is prepared. So for Sunday dinner I made a most delicious lasagna. After much discussion and coaxing I got D. to TRY ONE BITE of his dinner. These are the pictures of the event. You can see that it was a success in attempting a bite even though there were tears and a lot of dry heaving...which I could have rolled on the floor laughing at! My favorite is the last picture. He has the greatest big blue eyes that melt my heart. This was his plea to be done and get some cudos for trying. Of course I snuggled him up and took the "hurt" away.