thom and esther visist yarnell.

saturday, september 4, 2010.
thom and esther decided to take a little road trip and drove to prescott this morning. maaa...and i went to wickenburg to do my "whites" laundry (can't do them at home because the laundry water drains into the fruit trees, not the sewer). joshua, poppy and the boys went to wittmann for a yard sale, looking for hitches, but no luck there. they ended up buying one at harbor freight instead.
joshua and the boys picked me up in wickenburg and we headed back to the cabin. joshua wanted to get a picture of pat bernard's firepits first.
the boys caught two lizards that were trapped in the old wash tub. we made them a new habitat. then levi decided he wanted to put them in a smaller container. one escaped the new container because there was too much sand. the other guy is still in the bucket (above).
...but not for long. levi ended up loosing this one too. oops!
abraham using a wrench as a fork.
joshua's newest treasures.
the new hitch levi got g'pa for his birthday.
the army trailer can now be safely towed behind the yukon.
ready for a ride.
yay! thom and esther joined us for a ride around the streets of yarnell.
abraham telling g'ma he was gonna tickle her armpits. he did it a few times. it was hilar!!!
hangin'.
crazy bugs congregating on the porch roof. yikes!!!
joshua fixed up a couple bulk trash bikes.
woo hoo! so fun.
getting ready to play cards...
...but first we must drink.
joshua and i being such a bad host and hostess. we had to get our ninernet fixes first. this is, however,  proof that it's not always me. joshua is just as addicted. ha!
grammy watching shrek with kiddos.
esther and i.
we played crazy 13's. christine and jeremy taught ma and i how to play this game last christmas. joshua had never played before. this is his winning hand. beginners luck?
the boys pointed out this leaf bug during the game. i had to get a picture of course.
thom won! i lost BIG time.
then i took a million pictures of the bugs just outside the window.
the most freaky was the scorpion eating a moth. bugs kept landing next to him, so he eventually took his food over the ledge, out of the light. we called levi over to see it. i told him if he ever sees this bug, he's not to touch it!!!
me and the window full of bugs.
cute little moth.
one of several praying mantis.
a praying mantis eating a moth. click to enlarge it. it's crazy!!!
all done!
through the window.
fuzzy moth.

watching bugs in yarnell.

friday, september 3, 2010.
joshua and i finally made it up to yarnell. i had invited thom and esther up for the weekend and they beat us there. i felt bad for arriving so late because...ma was pretty fried after watching the boys the last couple days. hopefully this weekend will be relaxing for everyone. :)))
bug watching. the praying mantis are new!!!

lunch with esther. the other guys.

thursday, september 2, 2010.
yesterday, after meeting my parents in prescott for my poppy's birthday and folk dancing, the boys went to stay the night in yarnell. so, i had the day off. i finally got to hang out with my long time friend esther. we went to lunch at ajo al's, came back home to chit chat, and then headed to the verizon store when joshua's piano lessons started. i finally ordered another phone!!! luv ya esther!!! so glad we got to catch up and can't wait to see you guys this weekend.

the boys are staying the night in yarnell tonight, as well, so joshua and i decided to go see a movie!
we made an excellent choice. so stinkin' hilarious.
this is from one of my favorite scenes. "i bet you weren't expecting that."

poppy's 65th birthday. folk dancing in prescott.

wednesday, september 1, 2010.
joshua's and my folk dance group were going to be meeting up with prescott's international folk dance group. it was also my poppy's 65th birthday. we wanted to see poppy on his birthday and dance in the park in prescott, so, knowing how much poppy likes folk dancing too, we decided to combine the events. it worked out perfectly!
abraham eating a sour patch string thing that...
...levi picked out when we stopped for a potty break.
the birthday g'pa, g'ma and the boys in the square.
the gazebo in the square.
the birthday boy and his lil cutie.
love bugs.
seriously, how cute is this?
g'pa and abeyham.
lity and g'pa.
climbing.
glow sticks!!!
the super cute play ground the kiddos are playing at was right next to the gazebo we were dancing under.
the boys would come over to watch us every once in a while.
me and my abradoodle.
even some of the tuscon folk dancers came all the way up to prescott!
poppy dancing behind the line. that's what we do when we are learning a dance.
me and my poppy.
the park we were at.
joshua was fried. he didn't want to take a pic. what a trooper.