Hello from Kansas......

Hi from Kansas! Stan and I have spent the last week visiting relatives and friends. We have had a really nice time! We head back home on Monday so only a couple of more days!

Gary, Lyle, Naomi and Natalie in Spearville

Emily and Serena

Misti

Grandma, Raymond, Stan, Tim, Shane, and Danna at Grandpa's birthday celebration

Kim, Lynn, Diana, and Shannon

Wayne and Valerie in their new "ride"

Grandpa and Wayne

The birthday cake....before.....


after.......

The cow trying to eat my camera....

Stan watching his favorite show....Jeopardy!


Taking grandpa's tractor for a spin!

Happy Birthday, Mike!!!!!

Hope you have a GREAT Day!

From last night

Just a couple pictures and a video to pass along from last night over at Dad and Mom's...

Carter had just followed Mom out of the room

A picture of a picture-taker

Scanning everyone and popular yogurt, aka "yo-yo")

Happy Birthday Jeff!!!!

We celebrated both Jeff and Mike's birthdays last night.....(I know that the caption says Happy Birthday Jeff, today is his actual birthday......I'll say "Happy Birthday Mike" on Wednesday!!)
We had sub sandwiches and ice cream and brownies! Hope you both enjoyed the celebration!

Carter and the Birthday Boys!

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Hope everyone is having a safe and happy holiday.....!

Carter was really happy to go with Daddy to pick his Mommy up at the airport this afternoon!!! These are some pictures that we took this week!

Ready to go on a golf cart ride....


A smile for grandma and the camera.....


Fun in the pool with Daddy....

Random videos...

Just a couple random videos... One of Carter and another of me being over-dramatic with a few Pop-Its noise makers...the extent of our 4th of July explosions.

Happy 4th of July!!

We wish everyone a safe and Happy 4th of July!! Allison made her special raspberry/blueberry flag cake to celebrate the holiday.

Showing her excitement...

And there it is...

Yummy...

Hanging out

Just a few pictures of us hanging out after dinner at Dad and Mom's last night.

Arizona Sea Life Aquarium

Allison and I decided to go to the new Arizona Sea Life Aquarium yesterday. It was kind of difficult to get good pictures inside, so most were blurry, but below are at least some of them that weren't too bad. If you want to see a YouTube video of the aquarium being built, it's here.

The best pictures were by a wall in the light

Our picture inside by the jellyfish mirror...where you can only see our bottom half

More summer......

I think we will be saying "more summer" for a while....it's supposed to be over 110 this week so we need to find lots of cool activites! We went to check out the ducks on Friday and then on Saturday, Carter and Mike came over to swim....lots easier to stay cool in the pool!

Carter and Grandma, checking out the ducks....

Mr. Carter.....

Carter and Grandpa.....

Brrrrrr.........

Fun with Daddy.......

Summer.....

Actually tomorrow is the first day of summer, but I think it's been here for a while! Where are the monsoon rains???? We need a little cool down.

Last night we had an early Father's Day celebration.....Happy Father's Day to all the fathers!

As you can see...... Carter was in fine form for the evening. He likes to show you how big he is when you ask....just not big enough to fill up Uncle Jeff's shoes (which he unties and tries on every time he finds them!)

Oops...Grandma is too slow......

How big is Carter??????

Happy Father's Day!

Just wanted to say Happy Father's Day to Dad and Mike!

Dust devil...at McDonald's

As Allison and I were on our way out of McDonald's this afternoon, we saw a giant dust devil several hundred feet away, and luckily, I happened to have my camera with me. When it started to go over pavement, it was more difficult to see, but it continued straight towards us. I would have stood outside my vehicle to record it, but was afraid I would have been sandblasted for those few seconds, and I didn't really feel like getting a face full of dirt :)

Peek-a-boo

Carter was having some fun playing peek-a-boo last night when we were having dinner at Dad and Mom's last night.

Bear spotted in Sun Lakes neighborhood

Ok, Dad and Mom forwarded us an email alert today from Sun Lakes talking about a black bear possibly roaming in that area yesterday. It appears to be true!!

Bear spotted in Sun Lakes neighborhood (East Valley Tribune)
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/chandler/article_4d8a9648-7412-11df-805b-001cc4c03286.html

Bear spotted in Sun Lakes neighborhood (Arizona Republic)
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/06/09/20100609chandler-sun-lakes-bear-on-loose-abrk0609.html

The BIG shoes!

Carter trying on some big-boy shoes the other day...

Summer is here.......

but it has not been too hot yet! Only one 100 degree day so far although they are saying next weekend will change all that! Oh well, only 4 months until October! We have been out exploring our new community. Carter loves the ducks and "driving" the golf cart and we have been enjoying the nice walking paths!


The ducks at one of the lakes.....


Carter "driving" with a little help from Grandpa...


Pointing at the ducks in the lake......


Grandpa and Carter taking a break by the lake.....


More "duck watching"......


Mr Carter at Grandma and Grandpa's house......

One moment while I contemplate.....