Ahhhhh to sleep like this! :)

Lydia came home from preschool today and was so excited (and so cute with her little princess backpack!) and also TIRED! We had about 3 hours of thunderstorms last night and they woke her up...she was so scared that she got to sleep with us. But today after preschool, she was also so worn out that she fell asleep at the table!  We wondered why it was so quiet! :) Can you remember sleeping like that?  Not me!!! 

Geisler time---yahoo!

 

One of the best parts of moving to Oklahoma 9 years ago, was meeting our dear friends, the Geisler Family.  We've dubbed them and our friend Sharon, as our Oklahoma Family!  They left Stillwater a year before us but were only 4 hours away in Dallas so we still got to see them quite often.  Then, about 2 years ago, they moved back to Utah for a great job (Ryan's a vet) and we've missed them SO much!!!  It was much to our delight, that they came and spent a week with us....it just felt like old times and like we still live down the road from them! They are wonderful people who have touched our lives and we're so grateful for them. Here are some fun pictures from our week together. 

Geisler time---yahoo!

Cicada's and "Cigales"!

Briggs has a new hobby....collecting Cicada's!!!  A cicada (pronounced /sɪˈkeɪdə) is a bug that I became familiar with on my mission in the South of France. And they have them here too! :) I know...who knew I'd be so excited about a BUG!  They are harmless to us...they don't bite but are really big and make a loud humming noise that stops abruptly when you get close to them.  It's a little creepy if you don't know what they are and that they don't hurt!  

 

Here's the wikipedia definition that I couldn't say better myself!

 

"In France, cicadas symbolize Summer time, happiness and Provence. During the Summer months, they sing from dawn to dusk in the Pine forests of Provence.
They have the reputation of bringing luck, so many homes in Provence have a ceramic one near the entrance door and inside the house."

 

I remember sleeping with our windows open and they literally "sing" you to sleep.  It took me a few nights to get used to them but then I LOVED them!  I was pleasantly surprised to find them here when we moved to Oklahoma and it's even more fun that Briggs has taken an interest in them. He goes out searching for them under our tree in the front yard. They shed their skeleton (or whatever that's called) and so we often find those, but he was especially excited to find one where we could see the whole body before it shed it's skeleton.

 

These pictures of Briggs are so cute and now you know what a Cicada or in french, a Cigales, is!

Scout Camp

Liam had Scout Camp in June---CSI--Cub Scouts Investigate. They did archery, shooting (both of which were his favorite) water games, crafts etc.... I went with him for a day and had a fun time! Here are some pictures of him.