Home Sweet Home

Dale is a different kid. He has always worried me, he has been the source of most of my motherhood tears, he has pushed me to my limits for my patience, anger, and my love. I honestly almost lost my mind when he was a toddler, I'm not even sure I have it back yet! With so much sacrifice comes such a greater depth of love though. He is the darling of my heart. Big Dale turned 8 today. He had a half day at school so I let him choose to stay home with me all day. After breakfast I couldn't find him and was looking for him and found him sitting on top of our shipping container with sunglasses, a water bottle, and a spray bottle to keep him cool as he watched the tractor moving dirt in the lot next to ours as it prepped for a building pad. He said he was sitting inside watching TV and heard the tractor and thought "You know, it's not often in my life I get to see this kind of stuff" so he went out to watch and had a great view.  These pictures are screenshots ...

Summer of 2017 was SO busy! A few days after school ended, on June 3rd, we went up to Payson to try a new swiming hole called Water Wheel. It was about a 1.5mi hike, which Daisy whined most of the way through. It was hot but we quickly forgot our hot misery when we made it to the water, which was so cold! The hike back up was so much easier after we were all cooled off. Adaira wasn't with us because she was finishing up a week up at Grandma Jo's with her cousin Addie.  June 7th, we took the kids down to Tucson for the temple open house. It was a long and hot day, but always such a blessing to be able to take our children through the temple. Aunt Leza and cousins joined us, as did Sister Infanger and two of her kids, Ainsley and August. Adaira rode to and from Tucson in Ainsley's car and just loved it. On June 8th Brighton boarded a plane in the wee hours of the morning to fly by himself to Salt Lake City. He was picked up by Justin's cousin ...