Nap Time?

Lately Jacob has really been fighting me on taking naps and going to bed. I think he knows baby brother is on his way soon and wants to not let me go to bed very early. Last night Doug was gone so I had to fight with Jacob until 9:30 to go to bed. Today when I put him down for a nap I told him NOT to get out of bed. He said okay, but 5 minutes later he was downstairs. I sent him back to his room and didn't hear from him again. After about 20 min, I thought I would go check on him.

This is what I found when I went into his room... Jacob loves to hide from us in the curtains. I guess I took to long to find him and he fell asleep.

Family Fun in July

The past couple of weeks have been a lot of fun for our family. On July 3rd Doug's sisters, Leslie and Melinda flew in from Yuma and Mom and Dad Hobbs drove out from Utah. It only took them 18 & a half hours. (We would love to have more visitors make the trek across the country to come and visit!)

On the 4th we went to a parade and the boys got lots of candy and had a great time. After we came home and pulled out the slip and slide and barbecued in our back yard. Melinda bought fireworks, so the boys had a great time watching them that night.


During the week we went to the Como zoo. It is a smaller zoo, but it was perfect since we were all tired from staying up late and playing games.

Doug and I have found a really nice park that is about 10 min. from our house. We spent one day playing frisbee, baseball and horse shoes.

We also had dutch oven and ended the day with smores... what a great way to end the day!

Grandma Hobbs brought nets and little cages for the boys to catch bugs. I'm not sure who had more fun, Andrew or Melinda chasing dragonfly's. I think that was Andrew's favorite part of the day. What a good idea Grandma had!

The last part of the week Doug and his Dad spent putting together our new swing set. They did a great job. Mom, Leslie and Melinda did a great job keeping the boys entertained so they would stay out of the way. Here Andrew and Jacob have their super capes on being spider man and super man. Leslie, Melinda and Dad also stained all the wood before we started the project. Now that it is done, it looks GREAT! Thanks for everyones help!