Surprise!

The first time the phone rang this morning, Brandon and his little friend Kate decided to give Beckett an Oreo cookie. He loved it. Time for bath #2 of the day.

The second time I got caught on the phone, Brandon found a blue crayon and colored the entire couch, including the back side and the pillows. It took about 45 minutes of scrubbing and a full bottle of Shout to get it out. Sometimes I feel like all I do is clean up one mess after another!

Keeping cool in the pool

Now instead of asking if he can take a bath 5 times a day he asks if he can go swimming.

Happy 4th of July!

The ward had a picnic and bike parade at the park but it was kind of hot and miserable. The boys enjoyed it for the most part though. We only lit two fireworks that night because Brandon got a little scared of the sparks and the noise and begged us all to go inside. Maybe next year he'll think they're more fun.

Big Catch

Here are two large mouth bass Trav caught at a tournament on Lake Tawakoni. He usually throws them back but he had a live-well malfunction so these two didn't survive.