other nevada highlights:

Crashing in on my friends Leslie (left with her hubs and two little guys) and Natalie (right with her hubs- her little girl was in bed already). Leslie is in my parents' ward and in the course of chatting with her I found out that her sister (Natalie) was in town. They kindly invited me over that night and we had a great time catching up face to face. Love you Natalie! Leslie and I got together later in week to take the kids to the park. It was so much fun to see them.
More projects in Grammie's sewing room. She has all of these materials that change color in sunlight and many bracelets and necklaces were made. We love how both the kids fit into this step stool. So cute.
The trees, flowers, orchard, and garden around the house. I've written a little about them already, but the place is really gorgeous this time of year. My dad reports that the yards are finally the way he envisioned them when they first built the house. 

Being with Grandma Bettie. She is such a trooper with these little kids. A special treat about visiting her house is that we get to play in the street. She lives in a new community and is currently the only resident. The kids were pretty excited to run around the blacktop without having to hold any one's hand.

The animals, the animals, the animals. Grace and Grant hardly fought the whole stay and I think this is largely due to the fact that Grace had Toby and Pepper to boss around. Grammie Marla taught her how much food to put into which bowls to feed the dogs and Gracie was thrilled to take on the responsibility. And, of course, both the kids were out the door whenever it was time to feed the horses.