I want to start by wishing a very Happy 1st Birthday (on the 17th) to an adorable cousin, Rhys!
Happy birthday today (the 20th) to Aunt Shannon! Rhys won’t get to be the baby-est baby cousin for much longer. Yet another boy is on the way in December for Aunt Shannon, Uncle Jon, and Kieran. Six in a row for Gramma on grandsons. Our boys will have 2 girls and 10 boys for cousins!
On to Arizona life…
Just like winter in other parts of the country, when the weather is extreme, you stay indoors! I would call this extreme!

The toughest part about being indoors but not at home is that it usually is expensive or crowded or both. I ran out of ideas on Friday so we ended up going to IKEA to get some exercise and look around and see what was new. Firetruck at IKEA?

In the owl bin where he belongs. Hooo hooo!

Even though Trevor ate a good lunch at home, at 3pm, he was asking to go to the restaurant.

He wasn’t joking, he ate the entire kids meal. What is a growing boy to do?

This morning, we got a deal on some bowling! It was fun to take the family out for our first bowling adventure. I was worried that the noise might be too much, but they both loved it!

By the 7th frame, Trevor just couldn’t go on anymore. He was “so so so hungry!” We had to get some lunch and then play in the arcade for a while.

My water-boys love to be outside, so we stopped and bought this cheap kiddie pool that we hope will last the summer.

Brendan is a daredevil in the water, it is tough to keep him safe. He is determined to paddle around like Trevor, run, jump, dive, splash, and otherwise do everything a kid with a trach shouldn’t do. He LOVES the pool. As soon as we get the OK from his ENT, they both will be getting swimming lessons!

Father’s Day weekend brings a fun new project for Bill too. New Toolboxes!

The tall ones are going away. This is the beginning of a garage makeover that has been needed for years.

We are just going to keep on pushing through the summer heat. Monsoon season has officially started and big storms are predicted through the next few months.




















