Happenings

It's been very busy around here! We ares still in Arizona (though we're headed back to Iowa tomorrow) and the kids have been using their time here wisely, exploring water. They both got to play in Grandma Kerrigan's little kiddie sandbox/pool, and then they both got to go swimming for the very first time in a real swimming pool. It was a really nice one that belonged to a friend of the Kerrigan's. Reilly was very unsure at first. He didn't really want to get in, and he was a little worried when I took Jaina down into the water. He soon got over his anxiety though, and joined us. After that, the only thing that worried him was how often Grandpa Larry kept going under water. He would look worried and say "oh... oh... oh..." until he came up. It was hilarious...

Some of you might think that we should have been back in Iowa already. That's technically true: we planned to fly home Tuesday the 8th. But then we found out that Jeremy's little sister, Ashley, was going to have a c-section on Tuesday, and we decided that it was worth changing our tickets to Friday so we could meet our little niece.

We spent the 4th and 5th of July on Mt. Graham at our cabin, but somehow I don't seem to have any pictures... sigh. It was a very long night. The kids started out sleeping well, but Reilly woke at 1:45 am wondering why there was absolutely NO light, and where he was, then again at 4 am. At that point he was completely done with the sleeping thing. I have the most amazing husband in the world. Jeremy offered to take the kids home late that afternoon and let me stay for the dinner Saturday night and for church the next morning ALL BY MYSELF. It was so wonderful to not be "on call" at all during that time!

Swimming at Grandma's:

My brother, David's, Eagle Court of Honor:

Swimming in a pool!: