We had Nate's brother and his wife in town this week. We had a great time with them. We don't have visitors very often. We took them to Rattlesnake Ridge. I just love it there. We had a picnic. My kids' favorite thing to do is to throw rocks in the lake. Well, that is a lie. Shay doesn't like to do that, but she climbed into her favorite tree and read a good book. I think we will have to go up there a lot this summer now that Kate is a bit older. Here are some pictures from our outing. I have decided that I need to have more pictures taken of me and the kids...no matter what I look like. I need a haircut and to lose several pounds, but hey, do my kids really care?


Actually, the more I look at this picture, the more it scares me! I think Kate might have nightmares if I put this picture in her room. It is either this one, or the one below. Not a whole lot of options. She was being a cranky baby! I was trying to get her to laugh. Maybe I was just scaring her and she wanted down? ;)


It took Ky a little while to get to that spot without getting wet. At least he didn't fall in on this trip. :)

Hey, did you notice the sycro'ed splashes?

Shay is reading "House of the Scorpion". I love that book. She has read it more times than she can remember. She says that she has read it at least four times. Look at all that hair she has!