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Auntie Dana was here for a visit, and we took a day trip up to Tonto Natural Bridge to get out of the heat for a day and enjoy some beauty in the mountains.

It’s gorgeous out now, but this is what four months of heat does to two little boys.  They were longing for their backyard!

It’s been fun watching Beck learn to draw and enjoy doing crafty things.  We’ll often find him sitting at the table working on a new creation.  His favorite canvas right now is his belly, but we’re working on transitioning to paper.  Either way it’s cute.

This video is a keeper…except for the part where Beck doesn’t listen, ha!

Asher spent most of the day getting his bedroom set for Asher/Daddy Game Night.  He set out practically every glass we have, several Diet Cokes for Daddy, water bottles, and games.  As if there’s not enough anticipation of Daddy coming home, this day took forever for Asher, ha!  They closed the door and spent a couple of hours hanging out.  Sweet memories.

Jeremy gave Beck a new nickname and it makes us all laugh…and it’s quite fitting.  He shouts a lot and shoves food in his mouth like a wild beast…he’s our little “Hasenpfeffer” ha!

Asher has little bits of homework everyday, but this was his first real project which included a classroom presentation time.  He was stoked to get assigned the letter “G”.  He needed to find five things that started with the letter.  He chose glasses, goldfish, girl, grapes, and guitar.  He was so proud!

They are a total blessing.

Asher and I wrote a story…well, he came up with the story and I helped write the words and draw a few pictures.  We made this when Punkie was first born.  It’s adorable now to see how little his handwriting and drawing was.  It’s starting to get a little tattered so I wanted to take pictures just in case it ends up in Beck’s mouth one of these days.

Cotton Candy.  Written and Illustrated by Asher Olimb and Mommy Olimb.  Once upon a time there was a little boy named Asher.  One day Asher was walking through the woods and all of a sudden he ran into a ghost.  Boo!  Mommy comes to Asher’s rescue.  Then the cops capture Mommy and bring her to jail.  Then Asher rescues Mommy with a key.  Then the Hulk came to help Asher rescue Mommy.  Hulk brought his sidekick, The Snake, with to help.  Then Hulk brought Beck to help with the rescue.  Asher and Mommy put an invisible shield around them.  Then the Hulk smashed the cops and took their keys and freed Mommy and Asher.  Finally Mommy, Asher and Beck were together again.  And, Daddy came flying in an Iron Man costume.  They all lived happily ever after.  The end.

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