Wanted to update all of you:
Go Go... Go Lindsey!
Lance and Heather had a beautiful little boy today! 
Little Colt had a scary delivery, but seems to be doing better now. He was turned sunny side up and the doctor and to turn him. The Dr. had a hard time getting him out (he had to be vacuumed out) and no noise was being heard only a lifeless blue body. He came out blue and motionless. Immediately the nurses started working on him and took him to the NIC-U. There they put an oxygen tube in him and started him on an IV (Heather has GBS - Group Beta Strep). He is doing better now, the oxygen tube has been taken out, but he is having massive amts. of test done and still remains in the NIC-U. Prayers on their behalf would be appreciated. We love them and hope little Colt's test come back fine and he can go home sometime this week.
Carly is in SECOND grade at Queen Creek Elementary (Mr. Jeffers).
Conner FIFTH grade Queen Creek Middle School.
Lindsey EIGHTH grade Newell Barney Jr. High
3 happy kiddos ready to see their friends and met their teachers?
Cole goes to Queen Creek Elementary's Little Coyotes Preschool 3 days a week and will soon start another preschool 3 days a week at LIFE (it is a structured hab. program ran like a preschool). Excited that he is interacting with his peers and learning academics at the same time. All my kiddos are back in school!
Marley was sooooo dirty after playing in the mt. dirt. We had to give him his FIRST bath. He actually did great. (He likes water, several times he has jumped into swimming pools).
Look at the water, gross! We had to cut out sap and other things that had gotten stuck to him before he could even take a bath. He had things totally stuck in his paws. 
Not very cute wet! 
Oh he smelt so good and looked so WHITE! Luck for us he loves loud noises and didn't mind us blow drying his hair. 
Erik giving him loves letting him know everything is okay! Sad I didn't get an after bath photo! 
Mt. Graham was so much fun. The kids ran around and enjoyed all that nature has to offer. Animals we got to see or that found us, squirrels, deer, bugs, lizards (Cole called them iguanas) and a bear.
Lana and her family got to stay until Sunday early afternoon. They brought with them bows & arrows and a BB-Gun. The kiddos and some adults (Jodi) took turns aiming and doing quite well with the targets.
Carly our future Annie Oakley.
Olivia and Lindsey
Jodi, she is so patient, helping Cole shoot a gun.
GO Lana, she recently killed an elk with a bow/arrow, wow!
Cole thinking I am crazy for making him take a bath in the SINK! Now all my kiddos have taken baths in the cabin sink. Fun dirty-clean memories! 
Charlie (he is such a good guy) he let (encouraged) Marley to run and get super dirty!
One of the amazing forts the kiddos made (I love the mts. no tv's, radios, video games) the kids get away from those things and have to be creative. 
Cole doesn't always like to wear shoes, but after getting pine sap all-over his feet he kept his shoes on more. 
More cool photos of the kids in their fort.
Hiking up Ladybug trail. Jodi took Cole and Carly up the mt. to get to the top to sign their names in the book (kept at the very top) along with the cool chest where kids bring a toy to leave and then get to take one someone else left. JJ and Justin already up there waiting for them.
Carly loves Marley and Marley loves hanging with us in the mts.
Great job...Carly after returning from the very top.
Aunt Joyce...oh so tired after her l-o-n-g hike up the mt. (NOT)! She and I stayed down and had some time to talk. I love Aunt Joyce she has always taking time out for me! Thanks!
There they are the hiking fools, great job!
Sunday night we started to have plumbing problems, no more flushing toilets allowed. Time to pop a squat! Our city girls survived (it was either that or go home, we didn't want to leave). Lindsey poising with the two necessities.
CARDS, one of my favorite things about the mts. Lots of time to play cards. Jodi and Aunt Joyce taught us some really fun games. 
I think we even got Olivia addicted to cards. We just moved our table around to stay in the cool shade. Notice the truck doors open? Jodi had us jammin to Momma Mia songs (ABBA). Everyone around us had gone home so we could turn our music up and not bother anyone. 
Cole and Carly watching the calves.
Lana and Charlie Howard (Lana is my cousin - they live in Claysprings, Arizona)
Immediately shoes came off and feet got wet!
Roper, Carly, Justin, and Rowdy
It was so green. The kids found lots of rocks to throw into the water and sticks to carry. 
Olivia Knapp and Lindsey
Jodi and Joyce Alder - two of my favorite people (cousin and aunt)
Carly enjoying the creek.
So fun to have cousins to play with.
We were there a few minutes when Lana sat in some gum. My heck we are in the mts. and she sits in GUM! She leans against the tree and her bottom sticks to it....ha ha ha!
Marley is in hog heaven. He ran around and loved exploring.
Me, Lana, Jodi, Aunt Joyce 
Marley thought he'd try out the water...or was he pushed in the water? 
