Back to Arizona

Even though we were in Arizona a mere three weeks ago, there was so much we didn't get to do, that we had to go back. We spent an entire {ENTIRE} day at the lake. I was exhausted at the end of the trip and I never lifted my bottom of the seat. So, I can only imagine how tired Blake was after swimming and swim-wrestling with all the boys, tubing, wakeboarding (by himself and also with each of the four willing boys), and also managing to drive the boat crazy enough to dump Grandpa and two sweet nephews off the tube.

We went to the most fantastic birthday party ever. There was pizza, salad, fruit, popcorn, sno-cones, cotton candy, a pig, cousins, and lots and lots of water! Of course Max was as happy as could be, and surprisingly, so was Jack. He loved splashing in the pool and even went down the big slide. After Jack went down the slide he kept saying, "Nemo! Nemo!" and we thought he wanted to go down the slide again. But turned out, all he wanted to do was sit on the big fish at the bottom of the slide. All of this, of course, was happening when he wasn't busy chasing Snoop Hog. Thanks BTKs for the fun party! I even brought some cotton candy AND pirate cake home with me to keep the party going.
But the best part of all was attending the baptism of the sweetest 8-year old on the planet. Jace has been such a good example to Max and it has been fun teaching Max all about baptism then going to see Jace get baptized. We love our family.