Outside pets~

Here is our little Pe-ew Pet! What is amazing is last summer the skunks in our area were many so we ended up trapping 6 that frequented our yard and relocating them. Talk about a smelly business but after the dogs getting sprayed two nights in a row it had to be done!

This little one managed to make itself at home under our wood box off the veranda, he/she would just cruise across the veranda and watch us in the living room and go about its business, and it didn't take long before Mandi, Dixon and Charlie let it! They learned to get along!

So since it has been cooling down so nicely in the evening I open up the doors and set the fans out to blow some of the cool air in, well apparently he/she knows we keep the dog and cat food behind the door and has been helping his/her self because Ki-Ki just stood there watching and Mandi just continued to lay under the table without a switch to her tail!

I grabbed the camera and the shot is of it walking out and heading down the steps to his happy abode!

This guy was greeting us this morning, and we seen her this evening!

These little piggies go through the food like crazy! We have gone through 50lbs of sugar so far this summer and the Orioles 6 jars of grape jelly, I have been trying to get some shots of them eating but they are a little on the flighty side!


We have 4 feeders up and in years past had another 3 out but figured with the cost of things we had to cut back a little, along with the bird seed it can get a little costly to feed the wildlife! But the pleasure we get in watching them is too much fun!

A few more~

We all gathered under the awning to cook our meals, it is always fun to put everything together and the meals are one of the absolute favorite parts of camping!

This is Timothy, he just month old and the mountain air just totally agreed with him!

Picking a bouget is a tradition, and this year William did the honors for me!

He is just such a Cutie-Patootie!

And when the heat got to be a little unbearable this is where I retreated to, this lovely scene was right behind our tent and I enjoyed working on some binding and flipping through a couple magazines!


And a pattern from the little local quilt shop in Williams!

Home away from Home

Yes, she is a goof ball!

Here we are all set up, it isn't the prettiest campground site but it is the biggest and it easily accomodates the three tents, we were down one from last year, Scottie wasn't able to make it, there is one site that I would love to get that overlooks a meadow and in the distance you can see the elk and deer grazing, one year it will be mine.........................~smile~

This is Little Man's first time out in a kayak and he did phenominal! His first time out he went to the other side of the lake and back, we were all impressed! Fishing wasn't so great though, it was on the hot side so they had fun collecting the crawdad's but decided to let them go instead of cooking them.

And Mandi was just a trooper the whole way! She allowed the fellow kiddy campers to walk her around on the leash only so far, she was not going to be taken out of sight of her people, and as soon as we pulled in it was a minor search for her leash as we knew she had to be on one and of course the campground hosts were right there to let us know that she would be picked up if we didn't get one on her asap! Since she would not go wandering from us I deemed her 'on a leash' so this is how she got around!

And once it was time to load back up and she was utterly pooped out and promptly plopped herself in the cool shade!

It was probably the most relaxed camping trip that we have taken, now that the kids are old enough to get around it made for an extra nice time, they would just hop on a quad and go to the lake or just ride around some of the trails that we know and enjoy the scenery, William wasn't to sure if he would be able to get around well on his dirtbike but he did just fine and was thrilled to be able to go with the big boys!

We did make a quick run into Flagstaff to Target, Levia decided she wanted a new tent and it just happened to be across the street from the Campus Coffee Shop and the Breve was just like I remembered! Delicious!!

Yay~

I am excited that blogger is allowing photos again! Here is Niki's quilt that she made for one of her Son's, hope they like it!

Now to go through and get my pictures sorted, I have a fun one of the skunk that lives in front of our house who has gotten really comfortable with living here amongst us all for the last year! This will definately be one of our most cherished memories!

Pooh!

I was hoping to get some shots uploaded of not only our camping trip but of a quilt I just finished up for Niki to see but blogger doesn't seem to want to play tonight! Sorry Nik, I will try again when I get home! ~Just had a brainstorm and sent some photos through the email for her!

The boy's are patiently waiting for me to finish up so we can head back out for a few days to Vegas, we went in after we got home from camping for a visit then DH is only working two days this week and he talked me into going again, my Parents are thrilled though, they love having the kids around to spoil!

So until Wednesday...............