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Lake Franklin and Outside

A couple of mornings in the past couple of weeks it's been foggy over the river. So pretty.


As I started out on my run one morning, I was greeted by a rainbow...only then to get rained on the rest of the time I was out there. :-/


Clara was proud of this block tower she built at school.


Last Saturday we got together for our annual gathering at Lake Franklin. It was beautiful weather. We were just missing having my sister and her family there with us.





Clara entertaining Grandma. :-)




Clara was the only one who swam. She was having a grand time in there, wading around and getting up on the ladder all by herself.






Uncle Lester and Auntie Shelly came to spend the night with us on Sunday...and we were treated to Shel's famous chimichangas. Shelly made them up and Dana was the fryer, while Shelly supervised. So yummy.

Bed time story...and snack.

Clara "helping" me make supper one night.


They had a camping theme at school this past week. You can see Clara's actually holding a pretend marshmallow and poker and I think what must be the graham and chocolate square are behind her on the floor and the "fire" in front of her. Hehe.

Practicing braiding.

Clara loves to make (and also eat) scrambled eggs, so she was making some up for herself before preschool one morning.

Dana was looking pretty official now with the shirt he received from Fix It Forward, the automotive ministry organization that he volunteers with.


We headed out on the four-wheelers tonight to see how far south of town we could go. The mosquitoes were pretty ferocious unfortunately. We look a little break and Clara felt the need to strike a pose.



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theweckerlys said…
Aw love the pics of Grandma & Clara. Summer fun!

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