What a beautiful May!

I really think that this has been the most beautiful (and by that, I mean coolest) May we've seen in Arizona! My brother and sister-in-law came out from Alaska for a couple days and it was SO great to see them! It was way too short, and I didn't take nearly enough pictures, but here we are at the Queen Creek Olive Mill right next to our house. It was fun to go with them since Marty doesn't like olives.

We also went to Schnepf Farms (also right by us - we live in a great location!) and picked some organic peaches when they were perfectly in season - lucky timing!

I'm telling you, we just couldn't spend enough time outside! The beautiful Gila Valley Temple was dedicated a couple Sundays ago and after we attended the dedication we went on a drive to see Canyon Lake. It's one of my favorite landscapes near our house.

We didn't have a pass and wanted to stay where it was a little more...Sunday-ish. :) So we just pulled off at a scenic look-out and climbed around the rocks a little bit....

And then we just ate a little picnic in the back of the van! It worked out fine because Marty had to get back quickly for seminary graduation. By the way, the last day of school was yesterday! Yeah, Marty! Now is when I get super jealous of his job. He gets to just go study his scriptures all day and attend nice spiritual meetings and gets paid for it!

Brynn was lovin' on Daddy ALL DAY long. I think I may have seen him tear up a little, but maybe there was just something in his eye. :)

And then this morning we went to Schnepf Farms again just to play at the playground. It's free admission right now! Sadly, we got there at 8:00 and after just a few minutes we were all already flushed and sweating like pigs. Wake up, Johnson! It's almost June in Arizona!

This is Brynn singing "True Love's Kiss" and calling all the birds and animals from the window, Just like Giselle (Enchanted).

Pooped.

On Wednesday Bryce woke up with a terrible rash all over his body. At first I thought it was from his MMRs, then I thought it was an allergic reaction to some flax seed I had put in his oatmeal, but we finally decided to take him to the doctor, where we were relieved to find out it was just a virus. He's feeling much better now!

Brynn has taken up a new hobby. She has decided she likes being behind the camera rather than in front of it. At first, her pictures looked like this:

and this....

but she is getting better! Why yes, that is my son standing in the refrigerator. Best seat in the house these days!
As she got better, look at the adorable pictures she took of Brycer!



You can still see the rash on his face

Bryce is getting the hang of the camera too, but he still has some room for improvement.