Catching Lizards

At Grandma & Grandpa Wessel's house

the kids take to attempting to catch lizards

a past-time Jenn used to spend hours doing as a kid

--- about the same age!

the girls were the first to catch one!

(Mom failed at trying to get it out - it got away)

---It was THIS big!!!---

(talk about breaking my kids' hearts - I totally failed!)

So, mom made up for it and caught the next two.

(yes, that means there was one more that got away from mom -- shhh, quiet.)

Time to examine!

Not too hard

But careful, it can get away.

Don't forget Porter!

California, Here I Come...

Come to California... tomorrow?!

OKAY!!

Load 'em up

And move out -- gonna miss these mountains.

Look! It's a truck!

Porter, what color is it?

Pit Stop

Leave our mark in the sand

One of My Favorite Times of Day

--1--

--2--

--3--

all down for the count...

Now it's my turn!

My Craft (+laundry) Room

Laundry. Pshhh.

That's just a small, redundant, necessary, never-ending, minute, teensy little part of life.

the Big thing here is my pile of craft junk! Now that's monumental!

Debany's Cave

Where's Debany?

I told her to lay down for a little while.

She was just here...

aha!

A joy of bunkbeds!

--- do-it-yourself caves in 5 minutes ---

Up Close...

Porter's taken to being really close to things he's looking at lately.

The more tired his eyes are, the closer he gets.

Will It Hold?

This rickety old chair

This is a lot of people for this old thing...

(There goes one...)

But it's still big enough for 4!