Jumping with the sprinklers

Another fun thing we did in Nampa was play with cousins. Since Morgan loves jumping on the trampoline and since Morgan loves playing in water I though, rather logically, I think, that he would love jumping on the trampoline with the sprinklers under it. Yet for some reason it took lots of coaxing and persuading to get Morgan to go play. It was really weird.
But we did get him out there and he DID love it. So I was right after all.

Morgan and his cousin Kaien having fun.
They make little boy swim suits so long. It's almost like Morgan is wearing pants. Look at them droop.
Emmy joins the fun, but isn't too keen on the boys jumping.

They liked to lay down in the water squirting up at them. You can't see the water coming up, but it did. Not very high though.

Look at the hops on this boy! He's great at jumping on the tramp. And no, he isn't grabbing Kaien's foot.

ATV's

Morgan's big into things that go. Things with wheels. So naturally he loves ATV's. I mean, who wouldn't? When we were visiting Nampa a couple weeks ago we got a 4 wheeler out to ride around the yard with Morgan. He thought it was great. And Aaron and I always think it's fun too.

I love where my parents live; where I half grew up. I took it for granted back then, but now I think it's really pretty. You can kind of see some of the prettiness in the background of this picture. That's Lake Lowell in the background. Not as disgusting from farther away.
Ah, my handsome boys. Seriously.

Ah, my pasty white legs. Seriously?!

My parents have 4 ATV's, (Dad's midlife crisis solution??) and I've rolled twice on a little yellow one. So we were sure NOT to get that one out. Not that I have much opportunity of rolling it on the flat lawn...

Our Trip to Lagoon

The "L" word surfaces

Are you ready for some JOURNALS?!? (Sing it as if it were the football thing.)

May 21, 2004
It has been awhile. I still see Aaron every night. We sometimes write notes on each others backs. Sometimes they are secret. He wrote a secret "essay" that he said will be revealed at a future time.
There have been times when I'd look at Aaron and just want to tell him that I love him. But I really don't know if that is true. I WANT to be in love with him. I WANT him to be the one I marry, but I don't know.

If Aaron had known then that I had already decided that he was the one I wanted to marry, he would have probably been scared off. See? Sometimes insecurities are a good thing.

May 29, 2004
Many stuffs has happened. My b-day for one. . . Aaron got me a bonzai potato. So funny! Also a 4 leaf clover growing kit. Also the book, "The Five People you Meet in Heaven." He found out that I had already read it so the next night at F.H.E. he took me to his car and gave me a bag. The bag had a book in it. "All Things Wise and Wonderful" by James Herriot. Cool aye? Aaron and Chanel ate over. We had pasta and garlic bread.

Okay folks, my hand writing starts to really deteriorate here as I struggle to stay awake while I write it. Iz funny.
On Wed. he asked a couple relationship questions and stated concerns. I responded stupidly and shortly. I was frustrated with myself so I went home and wrote down what I should have said. Then on Thursday the essay thing was brought up again. Since he wanted to keep his secret So I suggested that we exchange essays by the nextfi. I'll finish latey I'm falling asleep.
Melanie Mati.

Tee hee! That is what is in my journal. The incomplete sentences and words that are so distorted you can't tell what letters they are.
The essay exchange was going to be what I wrote down in response to his questions and the secret "essay" that he wrote on my back. So. To be continued.

Graduation

We went to Idaho the other weekend for Arielle's graduation. (Aaron's sister.) After many speeches and musical numbers, (basically all of which involved the dreadful saxophone) Morgan started to get a little antsy. Thankfully Arielle was called up to receive her diploma around his antsy peak, so the fog horn was pulled out. Now Morgan had a new source of entertainment.

The little boy in the background was another source for him. Morgan carried that thing around the rest of the evening there and eventually figured out how make it blow.

I love the look of concentration and anticipation on Morgan's face here.
Here's the graduate with her brother and nephew. In this picture I love Aaron's expression. Don't worry dear, the canister isn't even attached.

Shopping can be so exhausting

We went to Target for a little shopping last week. Morgan fell asleep in the car on the way there, and must have been exhausted because he slept through the jostling of getting him out of the car and everything. He usually doesn't sleep through that stuff. And since I didn't want to carry my heavy 2 year old all around the store, Aaron got a cart and a beanbag chair. And...PRESTO! A makeshift, portable bed. He slept through the whole shopping trip.

A Snaaaaaaaaaake!

I have so many different things to post with good-ish pictures to go along with them, that it's almost too overwhelming to get caught up. But here we go. Not in chronological order either. (Not that you're getting more than one post today, mind, but in the ensuing days there will be posts of different things in no particular order.)

A week or so ago I went out to plant a garden in a community garden area. But there was a bit of confusion as to which plot was ours, so Aaron headed out to check out the situation while I took over mowing the lawn. He returned with a bag of snake. And no, I wasn't surprised.

Aaron loves him some snake SOOOO much. See? And apparently he's not the only one who loves the slithering, fiendish, reptile. Maybe it's hereditary?
And to prove that I'm not a squeamish type of gal, I consented to a photo while displaying my indescribable courage.

We didn't keep him around long. We stuffed him back in the bag and drove back to the garden area where we set him free. Now every time I return I keep an eye out for our little friend.

Aaron did some research and discovered that he'd found a Gopher Snake. They have some relation to the Bull Snake and are very common in these parts. They are also non-aggressive, which we observed. The one we found was probably around 5 feet long or so, but they get a few feet longer.