ITS BEEN A WHILE...... sorry its kinda long...

A FEW WEEKENDS AGO, ME AND NICK, AND ROSS AND TIANA, WENT FOR A SATURDAY HIKE! WE HAD A GREAT TIME!! WE WENT OUT BY NICK AND ROSS'S GRANDPA'S RANCH. IT IS A NEAT CANYON, I THINK IT IS PORTER CANYON?! THE ROCKS LOOK LIKE PILE OF PANCAKES. THERE WERE HIEROGLYPHICS ON SOME OF THE ROCKS. WE HAD A BLAST. THERE IS MY HUBBY NICK!!ON THIS ROCK, THERE WAS BIG FEET AND BABY FEET WALKING. I THINK THEIR DRAWINGS ARE REALLY NEAT.HERE IS A LIZARD FROM OUR HIKE. IT WAS BIG!AFTER WE GOT DONE HIKING, WE DECIDED TO GO TO THE CRACKS. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THERE IS A FAULT LINE OUT BEHIND THE PAPER MILL, AND THIS IS WHERE THE CRACKS ARE. THEY ARE AMAZING. YOU CAN THROW ROCKS DOWN IN THEM AND NEVER HEAR THEM HIT THE BOTTOM. THEY ARE PRETTY FREAKY. (APRIL I TOOK THESE FOR YOU)YOU REALLY HAVE TO WATCH WHERE YOU WALK, CAUSE SOME ARE JUST SMALL. YOU COULD STEP RIGHT IN ONE. THIS IS PRETTY COOL! THIS IS A TREE GROWING RIGHT OUT OF ONE OF THE CRACKS! THE ROCK NICK IS STANDING ON DIDNT CRACK. IT STAYED TOGETHER. ONLY THE ROCKS UNDERNEATH IT CRACKED. CRAZY HUH?!
THIS IS LOOKING DOWN INTO ONE OF THEM. DARK AND SPOOKY!!
I DONT KNOW HOW LONG THAT ROCK IS GOING TO HOLD UP. IT IS A HUGE ROCK JUST SITTING ON THAT LITTLE ROCK ON THE BOTTOM.

THIS IS NICKS GRANDPA'S CARVING. MARION GUY DESPAIN. HE CARVED IT IS 1971! DONT JUDGE, WE HAD BEEN HIKING ALL DAY. I DONT LOOK SO GREAT. AND YES I AM BURNED TO A CRISP....
THIS WEEKEND IT WAS THE DESPAIN REUNION OUT AT DRY LAKE, THAT IS GRANDPA MARIONS RANCH, IT WAS SOO SOO WINDY! SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE A RIDE AND SHOW JENA THE CANYON. THIS TIME WE WENT TO THE THE OPENING OF THE CANYON. THERE IS A LITTLE NATURAL HOLE THAT HOLDS WATER. BUT THE PIONEERS BUILT A DAM, TRYING TO KEEP WATER ON BOTH SIDES. THOSE PIONEERS WERE PRETTY AMAZING... ALTHOUGH THE WATER WAS SICK AND NASTY LOOKING...

BACK AT CAMP WE GAVE BLAINE AN OREO COOKIE. YES HE LOVED IT.ON THE WAY HOME BLAINE WAS NOT SO HAPPY TO RIDE IN HIS CAR SEAT, SO WE GAVE HIM ANOTHER COOKIE... WHAT A MESS....
THIS IS A BRAND NEW BABY COW. I LOVE BABY COWS! I JUST WANTED TO STEAL IT AND BRING IT HOME.

CAMPING WORE BLAINE RIGHT OUT. HE CRASHED ON THE FLOOR AT 8:15 LAST NIGHT. WHAT A SWEET LITTLE GUY!!!

HAIRCUT, AND SURPRISE.....

I DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME FOR MR. BLAINE TO GET A HAIRCUT. SO I DID IT. HE HATED IT, BUT WE GOT IT DONE. HERE IS THE BEFORE PICTURE....

AND HERE IS THE AFTER. YOU CANT REALLY TELL IN THE PICTURE, BUT IT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN REAL LIFE!

THE OTHER DAY I WENT AND GOT BLAINE FROM HIS NAP. AND HE HAD THIS BOOGER PLASTERED TO THE END OF HIS NOSE. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY!!! I COULDN'T GET IT OFF!!
AND THE SURPRISE...

WELL YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHAT NICK IS DOING?... HE IS BUILDING A DOG HOUSE! YES THAT IS RIGHT. WE GOT ANOTHER DOG. THIS TIME IT IS AN OUTSIDE DOG. IT IS A HOUND DOG!
HERE IS THE ALMOST FINISHED PRODUCT!

AND HERE SHE IS. HER NAME IS BONITA. SHE IS A REALLY GOOD DOG. SHE DOESNT HOWL, OR BARK. SO THAT IS REALLY GOOD. SHE JUST MINDS HER OWN BUSINESS!!

AND OF COURSE, NICK BUILT HER THAT HOUSE AND SHE SLEEPS ON MY CAMPING CHAIR. HAHA!!

HE IS A CRAZZZY SLEEPER!!!

THIS MORNING I WENT IN BLAINE'S ROOM TO CHECK ON HIM AND THIS IS WHAT I FOUND.....

THEN I JUST WENT IN THERE AGAIN TO CHECK ON HIM WHILE HE IS TAKING HIS NAP, AND THIS IS WHAT I FOUND........ (DONT JUDGE ME CAUSE HE IS STILL IN HIS JAMMIES! ITS A STAY AT HOME KINDA DAY!!)

WHEN I PUT HIM TO BED, I PUT HIM AT THE TOP OF HIS CRIB RIGHT WAY UP.... BUT BY MORNING, OR AN HOUR LATER, HE IS AT THE BOTTOM OF HIS CRIB, ALL SIDEWAYS AND CRAZY!! YOU GOTTA LOVE A ROUGH SLEEPER. HE MUST GET THAT FROM HIS DAD!! LOL!! BUT AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PICTURE ABOVE, HE IS ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN HE WAKES UP IN THE MORNING!! I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THIS LITTLE MAN, HE MAKES OUR LIFE'S COMPLETE!!!!