Sunday, August 4, 2013

Finishing out July

This is the shirt Braden wore in the fashion show. He wears it a lot now... I think it makes him feel fashionable! Anthony wore a backpack the last time he took them to the Science Center and now Braden wants to take his backpack everywhere he goes. He packs it with quite useful things, too - bandaids, tissues, lotion... and a few toys of course. Once he brought his whole piggy bank!
The boys love sitting on the counter in the kitchen and helping to make things. Especially our family favorite Energy Balls. They are a mainstay in the Harmon household!
We made ice cream in a bag. It was yummy! Thanks, Pinterest!
We took a trip up to Tonto Natural Bridge last Sunday. We started with a picnic (you'll notice the backpack is a common feature).
There were wild blackberry bushes all around.

The boys were able to pick a handful.
A couple of the trails were closed because of high water, but we were able to hike to the bottom of the Waterfall Trail.
We love driving an hour and a half out of the desert to some new scenery!
Braden was exploring these roots.
And we got a nice view of the bridge from above.
Because there was such a high flow of water it was pretty brown. We've seen fish and bottom in this stream in the past.
But the boys were able to make it out to this "secret island."

We headed to the fish hatchery just east of Payson. A beautiful place at the base of the Mogollon Rim. We'll head to Payson any day and let the tourists visit Sedona. :)
There was a great little mountain-fed stream by the hatchery and the boys loved exploring it. The water was really cold!
Braden just couldn't get over that he wasn't allowed to catch a fish, however!

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