The unfortunate pets we have loved!

This was our bunny named Chester. He was given to us, and the boys absolutely loved him. Unfortunately, he kept jumping over our fence into our neighbor's back yard, where he thoroughly enjoyed himself eating all of her plants. We were too cheap to buy a cage so we had to let him go in Grandma Willie's graveyard, (to save our relationship with our old, widow neighbor.)

This was our pet lizard, who the boys named potipher (yes, they got the name from the bible). We found him in the mountains and brought him home. He actually stayed alive for several months! The boys loved finding bugs and catching flys for potipher to eat. Unfortunately, Kyle thought it would be cool to put him in a sleeping bag stuff bag and beat him against his bed. Needless to say, the lizard didn't survive. So now we are petless again.

Where's...Potipher?

This is the memorial service we had for poor Potipher. As you can tell, the boys are grieving heavily for their loss!

Vacation to Lake Powell in summer of 2007

This was the first time we took our kids to Lake Powell. I have always been a little paranoid about taking them, because of all the horror stories you hear about kids drowning, etc. Kyle and Kevin had an absolute blast and never once complained about having to keep their life jackets on, ALL THE TIME! This was a lizard Brandon caught for them on the beach. Unfortunately he didn't quite make it home with us. Someone left him in a box, on the back of the boat and he accidentally cooked to death.

Our favorite kind of bath is the kind at Lake Powell! There's nothing better!

On the way home from Lake Powell.
The kids zonked out the minute we docked our boat and started for home. They played so hard, it took everything out of them!