Our Little QT

You will never know how many pictures I end up with of Jubilee. I go to load my camera card onto the computer and its full of them! How can you resist such cuteness?

Every day she fills our lives with joy and happiness. The little stinker is walking like a pro and gets herself into everything! 

She is such a little chunk. Micah David only out weighs her by two pounds. :)

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Haha Mom went back to check on her in her bed, and found she had fallen asleep like this. 

She loves the cat! :)

You tell her "Happy!" and she will start clapping her little hands. :)

Well, I have the option of going and making pie dough or helping mom peel a ton of peaches. Hmm... I think I will make pie dough, I probably will still end up doing peaches as well. :) I'll try to get some pictures for you all. Have a great day! 

Monsoons

Our monsoons are finally here and this year they are not leaving us out. We have gotten over 8 inches of rain this year so far. I love this time of year when everything turns green. Our garden is growing in leaps and bounds.

Juliana came to stay with us!! We had a great time. Her and Joanna went mudding and got really muddy. :)

Time to spray off!! :)

Micah David running through the puddles.

"splash"

Justin is home from Indiana, I don't remember if I even said he had left. :/ Anyway, he went to Still Waters Camp, and now Joanna left for her camp at Still Waters. It is lonely around here with out her and she has only been gone two days. Hopefully two weeks will go by pretty fast! This summer has been crazy with travelling! 

The red mites always come out after a rain.

Puddle fun?

...more like puddle bathing. :)

A terrible dust storm... 

Justin and I ran out quick to milk the cow before the storm hit. We were too late and got caught in a down pour. We were under a roof but the wind was blowing so hard that we still got drenched. I was laughing so hard. I had the advantage of being on the right side of the cow and was staying somewhat dry. Justin on the other hand was on the bad side with water just running off of him. :) I think we will milk the cow a little earlier next time! :)

Well, that's all for now. Hope you all are enjoying the rain as well! :)

Happy 9th Birthday Jesse!!

Crazy to think our baby brother is growing up so fast. He is such a little helper around the house and is a great baby sitter for his little sister. I brought the boys over to have a treasure hunt and to have a water balloon fight.

Happy Birthday little bro, we all love you very much!!

I am home from Canada...

 ...and I'm finally posting!! 

Hello Blog Readers, hope this finds you all well. I was happy to find that Jenny had posted while I was gone. I am sure you all enjoyed it, cause I thought she did a great job!! :) My stay in Canada was really awesome! Justin and I had a wonderful flight, or should I say "flights" into Canada. Was the first time Justin was to fly, so I thought it was pretty cool that I could take him on something he had never done before. Usually it is the other way around! :) Jessica and Chris picked us up at the air port and we drove another hour to camp. We were at camp for 5 days. Camp was great! We made lots of new friends and finally got to meet the people Jessica talks about. I like when I can put faces to names. :)

After camp was awesome too, cause we got to go home and spend some time with Jessica, Chris and Kezia. :) 

Kezia ('sides Jubilee) has got to be the sweetest thing ever, her little smiles are priceless! You think she is cute by seeing pictures of her, but she is double cute in person. I was so glad that I could finally meet my little niece. Counting down the days that I can see her next!

  Justin flew home a couple days after camp. It was kinda sad to see him go, but I was happy to be staying another week! Jessica and I spent lots of time together doing different things, sister bonding time.. :)  We just wished it didn't pass by so fast, as all things do when you are having a good time!! :)

It was really sad leaving them. Thank you for the most awesome stay in Canada, Jessica & Chris. I had a wonderful time and am looking already looking forward to the next time!! :))

The last two days in Canada I spent with my friends. They were so sweet and took me different places and we made some awesome memories... Thanks girls!! :))
The flight home was great and I could hardly believe how hot it was when I stepped out of Phoenix airport. I was glad to leave the mosquitoes behind, but I sure miss the cool days!!

That's all for now, hopefully I can get caught up and get some pictures on from around here before too long.
Have a great weekend!!

A Bit of Everything...

First of all I apologize for the quality of these pictures. They were taken on the ipad so are just a bit fuzzy. We had a storm come up from the north that brought a huge wall of dust along with it. 

               

As we watched it get closer we scrambled to get everything that could possibly blow away either inside or fastened down. 

It hit with a blast and within a couple of minutes it was midnight black. The dust was so thick that to go out on the porch you could hardly breathe as the dust filled your mouth and nose as well as your eyes. Then we hear this awful noise and realize our little garden shed was bouncing across the field. Although we couldn't see it it sounded really bad. After the dust we finally got the rain! 

This is what we found the next morning. :(

Hundreds of these millipedes appear after a rain. 

             Trimming the hedge.                        

                             

Everything seems to grow by leaps and bounds when it rains. Keeps a couple of boys pretty busy. 

                                

   Micah David loves it when there is fruit or berries growing within his reach. It's like an outdoor buffet that he takes advantage of whenever he's out playing.                              

   Our little "house" is coming along pretty fast. We put insulation in last evening... not a fun job!

         

Boxes of plums we are waiting on to ripen all the way. We have canned some plum jam and sauce  from some of them already. 

Little miss Jubilee is barely 9 months old and walking like a pro. She's so proud of herself. She seems too little to be walking around!

                     

Having a snack of applesauce.

The little grin we all adore. :)

And the niece and granddaughter we would all like to squeeze!! Justin and Joylin have been in Canada for the past week with Chris & Jessica. They report that she is as sweet as she looks. :) Justin is flying home today but Joylin will be staying for another week. 

God bless each one of you! -Jenny