Arizona Summer

Here are the rest of the highlights from our time at home this summer.  Please excuse the disjointed post.

Did you hear about the crazy "haboob" that came to Phoenix?  I didn't know it was coming so I didn't see the multiple mile high wall of dirt coming in, but I did notice how the sky matched the paint on my walls.  I went outside to secure things that were flying away and then go to the gym, and that was one crazy dust storm.  We have had a lot of dust storms this summer and they never cease to amaze me.  I have not been enjoying all the humidity.  What happened to, "but it's a dry heat"?!?

Another thing that has kept us busy this summer has been the tours my friends set up.  We missed a few, but here is one at the Hall of Flame, a museum of firefighting.

 Nana came out to visit a few weeks ago!!!  Ethan was very excited.  He has learned the word "Missouri".  He knows it is where Nana and Papa live, and also uses it as a synonym for far away.  As we read the scriptures at night, he also hears "misery" every time it is read and associates it with "Missouri".

Anyway, we got in a lot of quality time with Nana while she was here.  Here Ethan is playing with Nana at Grammy's pool.  Nana was a trooper and played the same game with Ethan for at least 45 min.  That's way longer than I made it!

 At Grammy's house Ethan will launch himself off the step along the side and
swim pretty far to us!

 While Nana was here we went to her pool, the aquatic center, and Grammy's pool.  We spend a lot of time in the water around here!   I even had to get a new swim suit because the elastic wore out in yet another one of mine.  At Ethan's request, Nana also came over and played trains with him in his train room.

Ethan will occasionally eat popsicles...here is one of those occasions.

 

Another tour we went on was to Cabela's.  I was totally impressed by all of the displays they had and that the animals were actually real, stuffed, animals!  Ethan loved it!

 Ethan had a great time with his new friend Larsen.

 One of Ethan's favorite parts was this tent.  He and Larsen chased each other through it for a looong time.

 And then they chased each other in this tunnel/cave.

 We got to feed these trout.  They would jump up when getting the food-very cool!

 And we got free tokens to try out the shooting range.  The whole trigger thing is still beyond Ethan.

 Of course this summer has been filled with BBQ to keep the house cool.  Mike can now grill ribs and corn on the cob with the best of them!

 This is Ethan's face when he thinks he is being funny and tricky getting away with something.

 On our 6th anniversary, Mike and I went to a quick dinner while Ethan was at a friend's house.  Then we took Ethan to our local ice cream shop to use his last free scoop coupon of the summer.

Ethan seems to have a sensitive stomach this summer, and he always looks so pitiful when he has a tummy ache!

With the exception of our big family reunion trip in July, I am about caught up on blogging, phew!