Pictures!

Sorry for the lack of pictures lately! I don't really have a good excuse. (Unless you count that I just finished reading a really good book in all that time that I was supposed to be blogging. ;) The kids and I are trying to finish up their school year this week, which means that next week will be their exams and a backyard camp-out. We'll be saving up their "summer" vacation for the fall again this year, so school will start up again rather quickly. Nate is beyond excited to OFFICIALLY be in Kindergarten. Noah, on the other hand is still enjoying his freedom to ping-pong from school stuff inside to watching whichever young man might be working for Taylor outside. (For the last several weeks, we have had work being done on the concrete wall around the property.) Life stays nicely crazy between school and the constant trickle of teens who are here for various reasons. I love it, but it makes me grateful for times like right now, when I sit All By Myself, with even the sound of the cars drown out by the rain on the roof. :)

...way cooler than tying your tooth to the doornob. 

Noah LOVES to walk around in the rain. :)

But for that matter, we all like playing in the water. 

The kids and I had a lovely morning in the river...

 Noah and I hung back and let the big kids do the serious exploring.

Levi took it on himself to help Nate;

 it was neat to watch him encourage him along.

And finally, even though it was several months ago,

 here is what I woke up to on my birthday.

Love, from "la familia de Taylor" as we have come to be called.