camping, birthday, and that darn heat.

a couple weeks ago, liam had a little pre-school graduation
party-BBQ with all 4 of his little class mates...
such a proud little 4 year old...

we went true desert camping the other week.  lots of heat.
and small little rivers-to catch all sorts of crawdads...

pretty red rock though...

lots of dirt...

ricki made a bet to stick her hand in a bucket crawdads...she didn't do it-pansy.
but here's charlie chugging down tony's pepsi without his knowledge...
now THATS funny

yes they are dissecting -after boiling- the crawdads...then they ate them! 
even ruby tried one!!!  very surprising, and disgusting.

liam LOVED camping, everything about it...
no need for a fire, it was very warm at night of course and the moon was full so we had plenty of light. 
we had did have coals though to cook our dinner and smores on:)

have i mentioned plenty of dirt...?

ricki making pancakes in the morning...looking beautiful in flowers...
charlie wondering why its already 80 degrees before 8 o'clock.

we went hiking and saw lots of lizards, frogs, and yes, more crawdads...

there was relief from the heat in the little pool of water the brave ones jumped into...

charlie needed a little coaxing but then he was a happy camper...literally. 
we sure drank alot on this camping trip...everyone was dehydrated, constantly!  or acted like it anyway!

{charles henry}

marty turned 36 ....yesterday!

we went to a yard sale yesterday and here is what each one came home with...doesn't surprise me on liam or charlies finds...they are each so obssessed with animals and cars respectively...

ruby has a 'snaggle tooth'  i SO want to pull it out, but it kind of gives her character...

picking peaches in our backyard!  so fun.  they were perfect!

treasure hunt for marty's presents...we love hiding them and writing clues...its the best part.  ruby picked out superman  movie for his gift from her...the classic one. 
he always shows them little clips on the computer and she knew he'd love it.

one of his gifts was a skim board that we are going to start using at the river.  i had to buy one at a yard sale in the morning cuz they are completely SOLD OUT at every store in st. george except for the really expensive ones...weird.

his cake was this cherry chocolate trifle i found on pinterest....SOOOO good..
plus that is marty's favorite combination-cherries and chocolate. 
we had this dessert after we went to dinner and a movie with the chambers. 
{madagascar 3} cute, but a little over the top.

happy birthday. dear.  i love your 36 year old heart and face.