Here is Conner with some of my dad's pumpkins, straight from his garden.

This is the work of our tornado, Brayden. Conner was in my room helping me fold laundry and this is what we found when we came back out into the front room. Not only was the "artwork" all over Porter's face, but also on top of his had and all over his arms, and all over the wall.

Brayden had a little tricycle that broke and so the boys have been having to share this one bike. At first they fought over who got to ride it, but then they came up with this. I knew they could share.

We had quite the excitement at our house last month. The boys wanted to go outside to play and as they opened the front door I heard people yelling outside. I walked out to see what was going on and saw quite a few people on the street looking in the direction behind our house. I walked over to edge of our house and saw this. I took the boys back in the hosue and we were able to get these next few pictures from the boys window. The rocks and weeds you see are the backyard to our 4-plex. Almost too close for comfort. Needless to say, the people who lived in this house moved out about 3 weeks later. I am not sure how the car started on fire, but as Lance says, cars don't spontaneously combust.

In this one you can't even see the car anymore.

Look at the damage on the house. The car is probably 3 or 4 feet from the house.

Lance's Aunt Diane (Lance's dad's sister) came in from Florida for a few days last month. We were able to visit with her for only an hour, but it was great.

I had to get one with her nephews. It is too bad that two of Lance's brothers are missing from the picture.

Here is Aunt Diane with her new great-nephew, Porter.

For Labor day our family went down to my grandpa's cabin in southern Utah. We had a great, relaxing time. Here is Grandpa and Porter just relaxing on the front porch swing.

Lance riding the motorcycle.

Grandma and Conner fell asleep after a "hard" day at the cabin.

Lance and the boys at the fire pit. We were able to roast marshmellows 2 nights in a row. I was in heaven.

Here is Conner's marshmellow face.

Here is Brayden's. Who wins for the messiest face?

Brayden loved playing on the playground in the backyard.

Conner loved going on rides on the 4-wheeler. He almost looks big enough.

Conner taking Brayden for a "ride".

Porter is starting to sit up on his own. He still is a little unstable, but he is doing pretty good.

He even wanted to sit up in his car seat.

Here is Conner looking so cute.

Brayden posing for the camera in the yard.

Another one of Conner.

Brayden's new thing is to take every pillow and every blanket that we own and put them all into a big pile. He calls it his tent. Here is one of the many that he has made. Notice Porter laying in the bottom left hand corner. He likes to include Porter in his tent, so I have to keep a really good eye on him so Porter doesn't get covered up.

Lance playing with the boys on their bikes.

Lance was fixing the boys bikes and they had to get right in there to help.

I got Porter giggling.

Uncle Lance bonding with his new nephew, Porter.

Grandpa taking the boys for a ride on our 4-wheeler in his backyard.

My brother Lance came home from his mission today, August 9, 2006. My parents flew out to his mission to pick him up and spent a week with Lance touring Church History sights back east. When we were watching for him we were looking for a missionary in a suit. We almost missed him because he was in casual clothes. We asked him about his suit and he said that he was given permission to wear casual clothes while traveling with his parents. It is nice to have him home. This is my cousin Shawna's oldest son Corbin welcoming Lance home.

Lance and I. Conner went to him kind of slowly, but warmed up after a few seconds. Brayden gave him a hug, but almost jumped back into my arms. I was very proud that he even gave hiim a hug, because he is so shy. Lance left on his mission when Brayden was only 2 months old.

Lance just talking.

And talking.

And talking again.

The whole group, but my mom.

Here is the welcoming party.

We have a million blackberry bushes in our back yard. Our land lord said we could have free reign on them. About 2 weeks ago we picked quite a few and made some very good jam out of them. The boys love to go back there and pick them and have a feast. And I wonder why they don't eat their regular meals. Their shirts ended up looking just like Brayden's face.

Lance was washing the kitchen floor the other day and the boys wanted to help. Lance went and got them their own rags and had them clean the kitchen walls. They did a great job.

Here is a cute picture of Porter having some belly time. He is just growing up so fast.

I tried getting one with him smiling, but I kept getting him with his eyes half shut.

Here is a great shot of Porter trying to suck his thumb. I say trying because he still isn't doing it all of the time, just here and there. It is still cute, though.

Here is a great picture of Lance's uncle Dale dancing with our sister-in-law Julia.

Lance with his brother's Brian, Wes, cousin Doug and brother Mike.

Here are the boys at the pond just east of the Salt Lake Temple.

My brother-in-law Wes just got married on July 19th. Here he is with his new wife Melanie. The family here is Lance's uncle Gary (his mom's brother) and his wife Kathy and their youngest son Eric.

I wanted to get the boys doing some crafts so we cut out a whole bunch of shapes and Conner had a ball making his picture.

Here is Brayden doing his craft using my Grandpa Kitchen's famous "Kitchen Tounge".

Lance and Brayden at my mom's family's 4th of July Picinic. It poured on us. We were grateful we had a pavillion, but the boys wouldn't stay out of the rain.

Grandpa with his "co-pilot" Brayden.

My mom was making a flower arrangement for a friend and Conner wanted to help. My mom went and got some supplies for him and let him go at it. This is what he did all by himself, my mom didn't even touch it. I think it looks great.