This afternoon we took the boys to...

the Memphis Botanical Gardens..There is a new section called "My Big Backyard" and it was very impressive. There is a tin-roofed section with thunder and rain.
There are things for little brothers to do.

There is a creek that you can walk in(next time we will take a change of clothes,,because the term "just get your feet wet" doesn't translate into 'Evan').

There are some great big Lincoln Logs.

And there are some really cool tree houses that aren't as much fun for little brothers.

Saturday, Adam was by the

house and Evan asked him when he was going to take the top off that dune-buggy. So he did...
And let us borrow it for the afternoon,,Henry got to have his 1st ride and we took Sadie too.

Henry really enjoyed the breeze in his little bit of hair.

Batman woke up...

very early Saturday morning and wouldn't go back to sleep. Here he is having a chocolate donut at the "mall" in Helena at 7:00 A.M. No rest for dad.

First Day of Preschool

We don't just go to the

Mall(Walmart),,sometimes we get dressed up and go to Sam's. The boys love the big baskets.

Evan can't wait

for Halloween,,,so he just wears his Lightnin' McQueen race suit around the house. It has a battery pack and makes a really loud engine sound,,,so he doesn't even have to be in same room for you to enjoy it.

Evan and Kaylin

were in their 1st horse show this past weekend. Evan had a great time and has talked about it all week. He "won" a pink ribbon that he calls his medal.

Evan and I went Hiking

through the house the other afternoon. We set up our tent(mom's sheet) and a little bear cub we saw along the trail snuck in. When she saw the tent, Mama Bear tore it down and sent us to the bathtub.

Dad's favorite way to play with Henry.

It just cracks me up and he'll do it forever. Of course, whenever he does catch it he tries to destroy it,,,so he may not think it's as funny as me.

It is not the cleanest...

house but we don't normally find frogs hanging out on the blinds.
Evan and I got a couple of paper plates and ,like Diego, rescued him and returned him to the wild(front yard).

This past weekend...

the Crain's had us and eight other couples to his folks place to go tubing. It is a great place to stay and it was lots of fun. It was also educational;
We learned that Natalie is either too old to, or has never been good at the rope swing.

And the "all boys, no wives" car is actually pretty boring.

We had the Lynch....

family over last week for grandaddy's B-day. We played cars in the dirt(the dirt right next to the sandbox).
And Evan and Kaylin blew out the candles and helped cut the cake.