We went with the play group to do a little hike at Red Rock, and it was so much fun. Sam (who I am starting to call my Mannie)was awesome and made the trip so much better/easier. 










My Grandpa passed away in December. He was amazing at "tinkering" which led to lots of tools. My Grandma was gracious enough to let Mark take the tools- I would tell you what they all are, but I really don't know. There was only one tricky part, where to put them. But Mark worked his magic and has managed to put them in a space literally 1/8 from where they came from. So, now hopefully this will be followed by some posts of what Mark has made. 

Then MJ came to me with this
So I out it in an evleope and marked it "Jens 1st haircut by MJ"
Poor Jens, the girl had little to no hair to being with. ALLWELL :)
Yep, poop . . .on the floor . . . carpet. 
Mark had a conference in Phoenix, and we thought we would tag along and play while he worked. Good idea at first, but being in a strange place with little kids all by my self was more work than I originally planned. BUT, we had an excellent time at the ZOO!
But the girls seemed to like the non-exotic animals 
or even just the water they drank
I am hoping the highlight for MJ was the Camel ride

But Jens loved it!