Tortoise fun!

We looooove having desert tortoises for pets. They are the absolute best! They are low maintenance, eat your weeds and grass, don't drink a lot of water, and their poop is easy to clean up. They are also really entertaining to watch and really friendly. Crazy, ancient looking animals. We've had Buddy for a couple of years now and he's the most fun. He has a great personality and loves to come out whenever we do yard work and go exploring in the backyard. He loves the kids too. Sassy (aka Prissy) we got last year and she is a little more picky and likes to hiss when she's mad. haha. We made them their own burrows which they stayed in until recently when they took up residence in and under our shed. A couple months ago Clint went to mow the lawn and discovered a tiny green thing crawling in the grass... it was a baby tortoise!! We're thinking when we got the girl tortoise last year, she was already pregnant and we didn't know it. It's the cutest thing, but we've only seen it a few times this summer. We also have 3 box turtles (which we've only seen 2 this year) named grandma, speedy, and tiny. The desert tortoises are the best though!

Feeding them a little treat of frozen peas with Carson looking on

fighting for the best peas

Sassy thinks Emma's cherries on her dress are real and tried to take a bite. haha

MMMMM... they love strawberries. Speedy the box turtle decided to try and get in on this treat

Here's our baby!! Oh... it's so cute!!

Oh- funny story. The other morning I was changing laundry and heard a couple of sounds in the corner of the laundry room. When I went to see what it was I discovered Buddy and Sassy had broken through the hole in the wall (that's supposed to have a screen covering it that vents the laundry room to the outside) and were huddled together inside the laundry room (I guess they were afraid of the thunder and lightning.) haha. It was so cute. I just left them alone and within the next hour they crawled back outside. It was funny!

Jaron on a field trip to a 51's baseball game with Clint and the School carnival.

Fun with Dad

What a sweet boy I have!

Carson played with this bball hoop the whole time we were cleaning up. haha. He loves it!

Jaron's 5th grade teacher and his friend James at the dunk tank. Poor Mrs. Skinner got drenched. What a sport she is!

Jaron with a bunch of friends at the carnival.

Josh graduates from UNLV

On May 9th, Josh, Jody's husband graduated from UNLV with a bachelors in Architecture. (And thankfully, Josh was one of very few that got accepted to graduate school! Yay!!!) For his celebration His family and ours went to a park out in Anthem and had a picnic and some yummy desserts. Clint and I brought a cooler of water balloons and everyone had a great water balloon fight, which turned into a water bottle fight. haha. It was a hot day so getting wet felt wonderful!! :) Josh's family is awesome so it was real fun to hang out with them. Congrats Josh!!

Jody (my little sister) and Josh

Jaron and Madelyn (Jody's). This is where Jaron parked himself the whole time we were at the park and didn't stop reading even for the water fight! haha. He's so silly.

Me and my honey!

Carson can't get enough of balls. He plays with them all the time and is becoming a good little basketball player. :)

The water balloon fight!!

Josh and his brothers getting into a little water fight.

Water parks are the best during this time of year! We love going to them. I mean, what's not to like??... cold water (in 110* weather), place for the kids to run and play, no worries of drowning, and the best part... FREE!! :) Here are some fun pics from May at Mission Hills water park. We've been going to a different water park (there are several around henderson) lately, but love them all.

Lily and her cousin Bela

Lily and her friend, Kayden. I think Lil looks sooo cute in this picture!!

Jaron and Emma's forced smiles cause they were forced to stand still for a picture. haha

My sweet boys! This was such a perfect night! I think we went for family night. Oh, and I'm pretty sure it was the night Lily stripped down to her nakedness and streaked through the whole park (even through all the families eating at the picnic tables) while Clint and I, embarrassed, argued over who was going to chase her down and get her.... I lost the argument and had to round her up while several families were laughing hysterically (probably grateful it wasn't their kid!) haha.

The streaker!

This is Lily groovin' out to NO music. haha. It was hilarious cause she thought I was taking her picture, not videotaping her. :)

Patriotic Medley

At our Campbell Family Dinner yesterday we finally got Clint and his brothers (LtoR: Keith, Kolby, and Kayden) to sing the Patriotic Medley they sang in Keith's ward last week. I love their voices!! I could listen to them all day! I'm so proud of our talented family.