Mt Lemmon

Cameron had Monday off so we decided to get out of the house for a while and Drove up to Mt Lemmon. We picnicked and hiked around for the afternoon. The weather was perfect!

The kids were going crazy finding colored bb's. We walked up this dry creek bed for a while finding them.I couldn't get over how cool this bark looked...so smooth and chocolaty.
One of the lookout spots that you can pull over to has a bunch of rock outcroppings that you can climb around on.This tree was so cool looking. About 7 years ago(I think) there was a big fire on Mt Lemmon but I wonder if this tree encountered it or if its just cool on its own.
Believe it or not it does snow hear in Tucson and when Mt Lemmon gets enough you can go skiing and their icon is a snow capped lemon so of course we Lemon's get a picture taken by this sign every time we go up.

Self Haircuts

The other day I went out and left Jeremy with the kids and came home to this
"Jeremy who cut Alexander's hair?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Look at him"
"Alexander who cut your hair?"(he is a bit groggy he just woke up from his nap) We just get a blank stare.
"Terrilyn who cut Alex' hair?"
"I don't' know?"
At this point we are walking all over the house trying to think of where this hair cutting took place and trying to find the scissors that did the cutting.
Terrilyn retrieves the scissors for us but it takes a bit to find where...finally I look behind Jeremy's lazy-boy and there is a pile of hair(now why didn't I think to take a picture like Tara did although the floor didn't quite look the same as hers)
In finding the pile of hair I see that there is also some Terrilyn hair on the floor...luckily hers isn't as noticeable and I was able to shape hers and with her wavy hair you really have to look close to see it.
Kids...my mom on the other hand just laughed at me when I told her because I did the same thing when I was young only she had to take me in and get my hair fixed and it was short for a while. At least its hair and it grows back...but I really miss Alexanders curls. :(

Terrilyn's 4th Birthday

For Terrilyn's birthday this year we did a little princess tea party. We invited over some of her friends to come dressed as princesses. We ate star shaped pb&j with red koolaid and then we decorated little pink cupcakes. Whats a princess with out her crown? The girls decorated some paper crowns with stickers and glitter glue and jewels. They had a great time!! Terrilyn got the Snow White gown as part of her gifts from mom and dad...the little pink dress my mom bought for Terrilyn(well I found it for her on ebay).

Cameron's 6 Birthday

For Cameron's Birthday this year we had a water party at the park. We filled a couple of plastic storage bins with water, bought a couple of packages of sponges from the $1 store played a couple of water games that ultimately ended in a huge water fight. To make it easier I wanted to do a cupcake cake (no silverware and or plates needed). Cameron wanted a G.I Joe cake but I couldn't find any good ideas over the www so he settled for a Transformer insignia cake. I went to the store to buy all the ingredients and realized that all of my cake decorating tools are packed in a box somewhere and had to improvise a bit...in the end it turned out great. We had chocolate cupcakes with mint frosting. Now I know that it looks cool and stormy but really for Tucson it was a PERFECT day for and outdoor party...it was 2 o'clock in the afternoon but because of the cloud cover it didn't feel like 100+ degrees outside. The kids really enjoyed themselves. We bought Cameron a bunch of legos off of Ebay and they were a hit, thank goodness I spent a lot of time on Ebay finding stuff for both of the kids(probably too much)

pictures to come of Cameron's birthday but we just had to get a new computer so we need to get stuff installed