Friday, July 1st

Cheryl had Friday off of work, so we decided to do some shopping before the guys arrived. We then picked up some lunch and went to a rose garden that was beautifully in bloom. It was so fun to take pictures. Here are just a few of my favorite.

The boys were very excited to ride in Auntie Cheryl's car, "Ruuuuby". :)

Lunch was in a little gazebo in the middle of the rose garden.  The air smelled
AMAZING!

What else would Brandon be doing?

Okay, there's always climbing/discovering when no one is around to wrestle.

The "line" of red roses.  See it?

It took a few tries, but this one turned out the best.

After meadering for a while, we headed back to the house because the guys had called that they were in the airplane taking off and the boys needed naps. Brandon was so excited to go swimming after nap time that he didn't do much resting that afternoon.

As usual Brandon started out TERRIFIED of the water and used every protection device he could find.  After a little while of trying to conjol and calm him down, I reminded him of how well he had done swimming in Yankari all by himself.  All of a sudden he flipped a switch and he swam just fine with his swimmies and his tube.

Our personal "Pool Boy"  ;)

Micah was anything but impressed with the whole pool thing...

 The guys arrived around 3:30 and the party began.

Getting to know Snickers, the blind and deaf dog that Andrew and Cheryl take care of.

Interesting discovery tactics.

See, I told you he wasn't impressed.

Uncle Andrew is very persuasive and got Brandon to go down the slide with him...

Then going with Auntie Cheryl wasn't such a bad idea...

And finally going by himself seemed like a great idea...as long as someone was at the bottom to catch him.

Blessings on the beginning of your week.