Sister Missionaries

Saturday we got to feed the sister missionaries! We were super excited! Sister Arnold is from Birmingham Alabama and Sister Martin is from Mexico City and has only been out in the field 3 weeks.

They are both awesome!  We loved having them in our home, you could feel the spirit so strong, it was amazing! They are both super sweet but Sister Arnold is super cute and out going and has the cutest southern accent! 

They live in an apartment complex here in town and told us there was a new family that just moved in from Tennessee. They invited us as a family to go with them to meet/welcome them. So last night after church we meet up with them and got to do a lil missionary work. It was pretty cool! The parents both took teaching jobs here and they have 3 kids. The missionaries are meeting with them again later this week. But they did agree to come to church next week. We are excited and hope to see them there.

James and I also got church callings, I will be teaching Primary (6 year olds) and James is the Deacons Quorum Advisor. P is pretty excited to have his daddy join him. :)

That's about all for this last week! 

Chillin on Beale Street

On the 3rd Saturday of every month from May to October in old Kingman they have a lil car show... 

Mads got invited to go to the movies so James and I took P to it. 

It was pretty cool, these were a few of the cars I liked! 

One day we/I will own a old fashion car, I love them!

Holy Rain!

The picture doesn't really do justice.... But this is a field/park we call the "green hole" and when it rains it fills up with water. We had one wild and crazy monsoon, it poured rain! James was @ work and the kids and I took a lil drive and the streets were flooded with rain, mud, and huge rocks! It was kinda scary! Our power was out for about 5 hours.

Monsoons and Mormons

Well this week we experienced our 1st monsoon here in AZ! It was pretty A-MAZING! It was the most rain with the hugest rain drops we have ever saw! 

They say monsoon season last for about six weeks. It isn't like a Utah rain storm, it rains and then 2 seconds after it stops, it's dry and sunny! It's pretty crazy....

Any how you are probably wondering what Mormons have to do with monsoons.... Well you guessed it.... Nothing! LoL But I thought it sounded good together. 

But beings how we are Mormons we got to speak in church today... I must say I think we did a pretty amazing job! No one was worried but me! Imagine that!:) It was Kobe's 1st time ever speaking and he did great! We told the kids to make sure they spoke loud and clear and to look up every now and then. After Kobe was done I told him he did a good job and I asked if he was nervous and he said yes and I said so am I. He said just look up at the people when you change pages... He says that's what I did! I thought it was cute. 

Last Monday Kobe left for scout camp @ 4:30 AM. Over all he had a pretty good time. A few of the boys were kind of rude, but he made the best of it. He earned 3 merit badges, and is starting a few more this week. The scout leader said Kobe was way into scouting and basically a super scout compared to the rest of the boys. He was the only one that took and wore his scout shirt. He LOVES scouts and is looking forward to earning his Eagle Scout! Someone once told him,that grandpa Rick buys the boys a gun if they earn their Eagle. So I secretly think this is his motivation and idk if that's even true??? 

That's about all for this week! :)

A day @ the lake!

Yesterday.... Alisha, Michelle and I took the kids to Lake Havasu. We left bright and early so we could get a good spot! It was a nice relaxing day! I'm kind of a sucker for water, sun, a few treats and great company! It was perfect! 

Sarah, Chole, Kam, and Mads

Kobe and little Miss Klaire had a blast playing in the sand and diving for sea shells!

After we got home and all cleaned up, the fellas joined us and we had a lil BBQ @ our place and ended the night with s'mores and woof'ems! :)

I LOVE summer nights in AZ! The best part no mosquitoes!

Well....

This last week we didn't really do anything too exciting. 

We went to the Scharde's (our fiends & also the lady I work for) for the 4th of July. They have a awesome new swimming pool that Kobe LOVES! Michelle also made homemade Cafe Rio sweet pork for dinner, it was amazing! Then we went to the Kingman City fireworks, they were actually pretty dang good!

Kobe had a few play dates, which really made his week! Then we also got him ready for Scout camp, he leaves tomorrow morning at 4:30 AM. He has his alarm set for 4:04 AM. LoL :) He will be going to Camp Kimball in Las Vegas til Saturday afternoon. He is super excited and I am super sad.... The 1st time he will be gone for more than 2 nights, and thats always been just spending the night at Aunt B's. So this is his 1st big adventure! 

Maddi also got to hang out with a few new gals and I think it was a success! Once again my prayers (yours too, if you had been praying for her) have been answered! Thank You! I really think it will be better once school starts and she can find a "main" friend. We also went and checked out a dance company.... called The Dance Factory! Not crazy about the name, but we got their schedule and will be going to watch them to see if it's the style of dance she is use too... I'm hoping it is! 

Over all things are coming together, we got asked to speak in church next Sunday... So this week we will be preparing our talks. And it also forced us to get a new computer so we actually have a way to type them up and print them.... Since we can't go to grandma Lynn's to do so. 

I am going to talk on Being Meek/Humble, Maddi is going to talk on Choice and Accountablity and Kobe is going to talk on Service. I'm not sure if James knows what he will talk about, he isn't OCD or full of anxiety like me... LoL

Also one last highlight of the week, well it actually was tonight. Hometown Desserts made us... Banana  Boats! They were pretty good, Kobe had saw them on one of his shows. I wish I would of got a picture it was pretty creative.

1 banana cut down the center long ways with the peeling still on, then he stuffed it with chocolate chips, marshmallows, and crushed graham crackers, then baked it in the oven til it was all melted and topped it with whip cream. It would be pretty good wrapped in tin foil and thrown in the fire too!

That's about all folks! :)