Can't Find Enough Lizards

Derek and more of his lizard friends.  Anytime we are in Snowflakes he gets to work find his friends.

Derek Dad Trip

Derek and Darrell took a trip together up to Snowflake one weekend.  They stopped to look for rocks on the way up and had a great time together. 

Derek with one of his buddies.

Handsome little boy:)

Creatures Derek Found

Rain = Frogs

During one of our visits to Snowflake there was a massive rain storm.  Later in the evening I hear this loud noise from outside.  It's the sound of frogs croaking away.  Derek of course had to go and look for one in the dim light of evening, and yes he found one. He wanted to keep looking, but I was too nervous about the lightning.

Lego Creation - Enterprise

We really enjoy Star Trek, and recently have watched many re-runs and the newer movies.  This has sparked Derek's Lego creativity.  He has been designing many spaceships.  This one is the Enterprise.

The whole shebang

Escape Pod Dock

Space Garage

Shuttle 

USS Enterprise Space station - landing pad

And then a ship belonging to a villain...

Klingon Bird of Prey

More of Derek's Friends

Of course Derek cannot be in Snowflake and not hunt for animal friends in the amphibian and reptilian families.  With all the rain in Snowflake during this time, there were a lot of frogs to be found.

Presenting...Professor Derek

Darrell has been doing some chemistry experiments with the kids in the evening.  Derek has been making up experiment tools, experiments, and chemicals...of course with Legos.  

I especially love his lab notebook complete with molecular drawings.  So very creative:)  He says all of his experiments have to do with explosions.

He had Dad and I sit down so he could demonstrate one of his experiments.  He even had his mixing dish pop up with explosion sounds.

These are a few of his chemicals.  He has matching small legos in each of them to represent the chemicals.

Derek is 8!

My little boy has turned 8.  I can hardly believe it!  He has grown up so fast.  He is such a special little boy.  He is helpful around the house.  Does his chores and favors for me without whining.  He is so curious and full of adventure.  

We had a very small and intimate baptism.  In attendance were Great Grandpa and Grandma Brimhall, Grandpa and Grandma Lamb, Grandpa and Grandma Lamb, Aunt Becky, Uncle James, Aunt Courtney, Uncle Nick, Aunt Katie, Cousins Jayden, Jolie and Harlie, and of course parents and sisters. He was baptized in the old mains street chapel in Snowflake.  I just loved the feeling in the room and watching my little boy take the step of baptism. 

In my family for our birthdays we got to pick our dinner and dessert.  So I have continued that.  He actually wanted a breakfast: "morning mixup" (eggs, sausage, tater tots, cheese).  For Dessert he wanted "dirt cake" (whipped cream, chocolate pudding, cream cheese, oreos, and gummy worms).

I also made brownies for those who did not want dirt cake.

Cinnamon Rolls.....Yum!!

I don't make cinnamon rolls very often...a major source of disappointment for my husband and kids, but when I do they are delicious and they disappear quickly.  Yummy and sticky.

Derek Creation

My sweet boy is always coming up with new

Lego creations.  This was a pair of glasses.

They could even fold up like real glasses

Animals of the week

Derek has had a blast finding lots of insects and animals while here in Snowflake.  Below are the latest additions:

Darrell and I went for a drive and 

Darrell saw this frog.  He jumped out of the

car and grabbed it.  Huge!

Kissing cousins

Aren't they cute together:)

Derek found this frog and named 

it "Hoppy"