Here's Jarom!

I realized that I really haven't included very many pictures of Jarom in our blog. It's not because we don't love him, or even that we don't take pictures. It's mostly that his pictures don't really have a story to go with them. So anyway, here's a picture of our littlest family member. He's such a good baby, we're very thankful to have him. It's hard to believe he's almost 6 months old. Where does the time go?

What is that?

The other day I was sitting on my porch minding my own business when I felt a little tickling at the back of my neck. I thought it was my ponytail, so I reached up to brush it off . . . and SCREAMED. I looked down to see what creature I had brushed off my neck and found this fascinating insect.
Then we trapped it in a jar and had a little science lesson about how some bugs look like their surroundings to keep them safe from predators. The kids loved looking at it - from the safety of the jar. At one point it was climbing up the glass and then fell off, and Colin jumped and cried, "Mommy, the bug scared me." It was a pretty fun experience . . . once I got it off my neck. Later we put it in a bush and the kids really got to see how well their bug blended in to the leaves.

Here's Colin studying our find.

Can you see the hidden bug?

My finger is pointing at our "leaf bug," aka katydid.

Kid's Day at the Fair

Jenzie and Colin both got their faces painted at the Iron County Fair. I'm amazed that two kids who will hardly pause for three seconds would both sit still for a stranger to do this.
They had a lot of fun.