Pieces

 We have three of these beautiful Crepe Myrtle trees in our yard and they are so beautiful!  They were at the height of blossoms a couple of weeks ago.  I'm sad they are fading, but excited that they'll come back each year.

One boring rainy day we used a Pinterest idea for making mini bow and arrows. Here is a tutorial for it, it wasn't hard at all and the boys had lots of fun with them.

Hunter was assigned to clean the toy room and 2 hours later I came up to see this...

 The boys helped make rolls with Josh one Sunday afternoon.  They did a great job.

 Our boys have struggled this summer missing their friends from home.  We lucked out with some fun boys who loved to play soccer.  They put together a fun game and the boys loved every minute.  

 Poor Sasha, McKay is always dressing her up.  I think it hilarious, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't.  

 Another boring day with nothin' to do.  They got some pool toys and a squishy ball and made a baseball game.  

 One of our sweet sister missionaries that we love brought the boys some Germany stuff if they would cheer for Germany in the world cup.  They were only too happy to and Lincoln especially became a raving Germany fan.

This ditty was especially awesome.  

 I love to read biographies with the boys and we have read one on Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, and George Washington this summer.  The boys take notes and then go up one at a time and give a report on what facts they learned for everyone.  McKay decided that he needed to go up and give a little report.  He would mumble a few things and smile.  He was up there for a good 5 minutes.  

 After street contacting with the sisters at Food Truck Alley, I took my family back to get some good food there.  It was some seriously yummy food.  After we found a local art gallery/studio and the artists let the boys come in and see their work and talked about what they do.  It was really cool.

 Yum Yum.  Most of the boys got boring hot dogs and hamburgers, but Palmer tried some pork deal that he said was yummy.  

 We have made some good friend here and have felt so blessed.  They took us to a fun Mexican restaurant and then out for gelato.

 It was pretty amazing.  

 The elders gave us an awesome lesson and then had the boys each take a picture holding our remote and then stuck a colored pencil right in front of the camera.  The pictures turned out looking like they were holding light sabers, it was awesome.  

McKay got invited to his first friend birthday party.  It was pretty great (especially since we all got to come too).