New nephew, California, Canning & the Circus

Above is Me, Forest, Abbie, Ben, Wyatt, Rhett, Jacob, Nathan & Kennedy

Forest with all the kids

Some of the performers

And above is Gary with a few of the boys - we were really grateful to Uncle Gary for tagging along to help us out

THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN
This last week the circus came to town here in Safford, AZ. so we decided to take some of the nieces and nephews to indulge our own "CARNIE FASCINATION" It actually wasn't too bad and all 7 kids enjoyed it.

CANNING CHILIES

Since my mom was in town for my sister's new baby, we decided to have some green chilies roasted and then decided to can them. It was lots of work, but worth it because they are super yummy!

Palm Springs, Our Road Trip to Long Beach for our Cruise

So me and Forest finally took a real vacation and went out to Long Beach to take a cruise into the Mexican Riviera. Well 1st, we ended up barely missing our boat because there were freeways closed all over and we had to take a Detour. But, luckily it ended up working in our favor because it was hurricane season, our original 7 day cruise was going to be re-routed. So we were able to get a full refund on our original cruise and caught another one the next day that just went to Catalina Island & Ensenada, Mexico. Not our 1st choice but it was very relaxing regardless, I actually left my camera in our car in the parking lot so I have to get my sad disposable camera pictures developed to post.
The other pictures of us are on our way back from Cali

Cody James Palmer

Meet the newest nephew of mine to the mix. My sister Tera, here in Thatcher, had her 4th baby a couple of weeks ago. I was lucky enough to get to be there for the birth which is always so amazing to me. He is teeny tiny and actually has hair unlike his older sister and 2 brothers. Isn't he sweet?