Clay People Populating my Diningroom

One of Haven's new summertime activities (summertime means indoor for us)

is making little people out of modelling clay.

The red one is me. It's apparent I haven't trimmed off all the baby fat.

So this afternoon, while the little ones napped, Haven and I brought one to life. This is Toby:

The boys are ecstatic about this. They watch it over and over and each time he gets up to the camera at the end they scream out and laugh.

A Few Funny Clips

Nathaniel doesn't think it would have hit him, but it looks like like a pretty lucky miss to me.




Hyrum got caught in the sprinklers one morning for the second time. When that happens he is too scared to run out of them, he just stands there and cries until I rescue him. Later the same night I happened to be filming him playing in the same spot, and he appears to re-live that traumatic experience. It's a little sad, but funny.



And this is just a cute one of Adalyn doing her first trick. She started waving her hand like Miss America one day (she was mostly admiring her own hand) so I taught her to do it whenever I say "hi".

Our Trip to Lake Havasu

 Nathaniel had work to do near Lake Havasu City and Phoenix, AZ last week so we made a family trip of it. Our hotel was overlooking the lake, as most of them do, and we had a great time.

We arrived during a beautiful evening thunderstorm. Not a good day for swimming.

But the water was perfect the next day. The kids loved it.

Even Adalyn surprised us with how much she loved swimming in the lake. It was her first swim outside the bathtub, and she hates taking baths. We're hopeful that this positive experience will influence her attitude on bath time as well.

Downtown Phoenix didn't have quite the same views. But Dad and Lisa came up from Tucson for a day and took us all to see Cars II, which was really great. The boys were ecstatic--Grandparents and Cars!

Nathaniel's Chef Spot: Stuffed Squash

Nathaniel's been working on his plating technique since we started watching Master Chef.

This is a spaghetti squash stuffed with Ricotta Cheese, Parmesan Cheese, Spinach, and Parsley topped with a tomato basil sauce. The recipe called for yellow squash but the spaghetti worked great.  We give it 4 stars. Made great leftovers as well. You can view the whole recipe here: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/squash-stuffed-with-ricotta-cheese/detail.aspx

4th of July Trip