July has been a good month other than the fact that we have had the hottest July ever! Plus we have only had just about 1 inch of rain for the whole year. Yes, this is the desert, but we are behind for the year in rainfall.
We had a nice wet 4th of July as we had lots of water activities! Water Balloons, swimming and squirt guns! We got to see some fireworks outside and on the tv. TJ was a little disappointed since he has had the privilege of having 'big' fireworks in his back yard before! We had a nice time of TJ and Grandpa playing the guitar! We need to teach TJ some of the old 'sing around the campfire' songs! And Grandpa needs to practice his guitar playing as he is kind of rusty! (hint, Dad!)
So far we have only had one Monsoon storm. We could really use some good rain. Here is a picture of the storm coming in over Superstition Mountain.
TJ had his first Vacation Bible School this year! He loved it as it was a 'Western' theme. The skits were great and included the following characters: The Heartrights, Tony the Kid and Mucho & the Bad Banditos, Sheriff Woody, The Magnificent Seven, and The Lone Ranger and Tonto! Quite exciting for all the kids. The boys lost to the girls in the penny contest. But they brought in 85,000 + pennies!! Videos are on picasa page.
It was a good week at VBS and we had a total of 400 kids attend and 69 kids got saved! How exciting!
We have spent most of the month inside in the A/C and can't wait to get out when the weather cools off. Enjoy the pictures and leave a comment to say Hi!
See you at the end of August!
