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Powellapalooza!!!

The Mighty Fisherman.

SUCH FUN.

WHAT A FUN WEEKEND WE ALL HAD!

Let's all do it again next year.

GETTING WARM!

Fun in the sun at Powellapalooza!

Waiting for the band...

Don't know who he is!  Just interesting.

Bathing beauties!

Can "old guys" play water football? Maybe.

WOW!!!!

I can not believe all that has happened in just the past couple of days. 
I noticed our house was feeling a bit warm the other night.  Yep, our A/C decided to go out!  We got lucky because the weather decided to cloud up and rain.  The wind blew and our house keep comfortable!  We all slept great through out the night with all the windows open.
 I am so thankful that it did not go out during our awful heatwave a few weeks ago! 
This picture is Todd and our friend Joel up on the roof waiting for the repairman.  They were like a couple of guys looking under the hood of a car--
enough said!

Joel helped Todd fix our side yard fence.  It wanted to fall down in the worse way.  Now, it is sturdy and should last until we no longer live here!

Years ago, I had a cool little Honda Elite scooter.  My mother hated that I had it!  I had to sell it and was promised another, which never happened until...
Yep, my husband bought me a new one Friday.  Now, I have a new ride to school.  After almost getting run over by one of my students when I rode my bike to school, now I can scoot to school.  Just got to find a stylish "ME" helmet to keep everyone happy.

 Todd and I go back to work on Wednesday, August 4.  It is time.  We've had a lot of people come and go this summer and have enjoyed all the company.  Just keep on coming, Please.

July

Well, our summer break is almost over and we will be heading back to work on August 4th.  It went by so fast.  We spent a week in Minnesota with Todd's family.  It is always a nice time, however this year it was hot and humid.  The hot, I can handle.  The humid, I can not! We were glad to get home to the hot Arizona weather and our own bed.
We got back from Tucson a few days ago.  I went to the state CTE summer conference.  I learned a couple of things, but all-in-all, I was not happy with the session I "needed" to go to.  We are not big Tucson fans, so it was good to get home, again. 
ALWAYS enjoy seeing Jake and Tyler and we were coming and going.
Daniel and Fiti have been with us for three weeks now.  He is working security at the dam.  He is working mostly the graveyard shift.  It is good we can all sleep well knowing Daniel, being armed, is keeping the dam safe from terrorists. So far, he has killed a scorpion, fed a bob cat and just found the night vision goggles--now, he can play Jack Bauer on the dam.
They are waiting for an apartment to be available.  It's hard to find rentals in Page.
Not much of a garden this year.  I think the green thumb has died. 

Busy Weekend

What a fun, busy weekend we had.  It was the annual all-nighter softball tournament.  JP and all his friends from High School get together and try to re-live the good-old days.  They did real well this year, even though Todd and I could not stay up for their last games on Friday and Saturday (2AM!).  We had a great time visiting, playing/watching softball, going to the lake, eating, and visiting some more!  Here are a few pictures of the weekend.

JP gets a hair cut.Jack gets a cut, too.

It was a beautiful day for the lake.  Everyone came and had a good time.

Late night S'mores in Dana & Todd's backyard. Zaya loved them!

The Tooth Fairy made a surprize visit. Sage lost her tooth Friday night.  She did not even cry!  She was so excited to get her Tooth Fairy money.

We were so sad that Shelly had to leave so early.  Ryan was sick and just could not shake it, so she went back home.

Our house is too quiet now.  We are getting ready for our trip to Minnesota to see Todd's family.  It has been so great to have so many family and friends come and go this past month.  Keep it up!!!  We miss seeing everyone and hope we can all get together again, soon. 

Larry

Larry the Lizard

For the past few years, this particular lizard and his/her friend have been living in our backyard. They like to crawl on our 8-foot wall. We are hoping they make themselves known when Jack, Ryan and maybe some of their cousins arrive this weekend for the all-night softball tournament.