Hiking up Sabino Canyon

While the Lewis's were in town we decided to take a hike up Sabino Canyon.  It was about 100 degrees but that just made the waterfall feel better!!  Jack brought up the rear!!

Scampering up a slippery rock...
...so they could slide back down....
catching frogs and tadpoles...


checking out a bush covered with butterflies...
Bailey had a fun time with her cousins, she already has ditched day from kindergarten and has not even been in school for a week.

What not to do!!

What happens when your husband parks up at the top of a down hill driveway and forgets to put the parking brake on??  Yeah , you become $1,000 poorer and get to fix a 10 year old truck *!@%!  It could have been worse I guess.  I still love you, honey!!

Where has Big Boy been all summer?

Riley got a job this summer!!  He built cell phone towers everyday and came home filthy dirty with fiberglass in his arms and the stuff even made it into his underwear (Matt confirmed this when he accidently wore a pair of Riley's undies and had some unexplainable itching!!)  He worked really hard and definitely does not like to part with his hard earned money.  He made some nice ex-con friends, saw some sweet tattoos, and realized why it is important to get a good education.  We are off to take him to BYU in a few days.  Big boy is going to be a Cougar. He was set apart as an Elder by his Dad today after church.  Grandpa and Grandma Gooch were present and then we had a delicious steak dinner at their house after.  

Mexico!!!

We took one last trip down to Rocky Point, Mexico before school started and had a fabulous time with Carl and Stephanie's family from Idaho, Doug and Mieke, and Grandpa and Grandma Gooch, and all the cousins.  We spent every minute at the pool and the beach with a few ventures into town for ice cream, tacos, shopping and of course some Pollo Lucas!!  The last day the waves were huge, and as you will see Grandma Gooch took a little tumble.  Good thing Matt was there help her and chase after her sandal!!

The beach....

The pool...
Grandma and Matt checking out the waves.
Grandma going down ....
Matt with the rescued sandal!!
Carl and Hannah..
Bailey building her masterpiece.  She wanted to make a sand castle that she had seen Curious George make on TV.  
Beach babes and Surfer dudes...
Bailey giving me the squint....
Banana Boat Rides !!!!
Family pic without Riley ( he stayed home to work).
Crazy Kids....
Noah with his goggles...
Matt and Payton would hide out in the pantry and eat chips, cookies, and the white bread.  How sad is that that they consider white bread a treat!!
Noah with his goggles, he was never far from them.....
Night swim....
Nice, hot, sweaty picture...
Keegan and Bailey "surfing"...
Noah catching some waves...
These two are soo brave in the ocean!!!
Hey, is that a mermaid washed up on the shore, or has Matt had a growth spurt in the chest region??
I think Doug and Ben are discussing who is the better artist to be trusted with the mermaids chest!!
Doug wanted to be a mermaid too, he looks a little too happy!!

Yep, this was a good vacation!!

Back To School!!

The summer is over and we all came to the consensus that the summer went way too fast!!  With the start of a new school year, the Bushman family has two new milestones that we are reaching this year.  Bailey is starting kindergarten, and Riley will be a freshman at BYU!!  I still remember the excitement and nervousness I felt when Riley got on the school bus (holding hands with his good friend Analise) to start his kindergarten. Time is just flying by and I do not feel ready to let my kids grow up!!  I got a little teary eyed last night thinking about it.  Here are a few first day of school pics.  Maddie is a sophomore at Sabino High School and Matt is a 7th grader at Magee Middle School.  Aren't they great looking kiddos if I do say so myself!!  Watch out ladies and hot guys!! 

Bailey is waking up ready to start her first day of school....
Notice how happy and smiley she is as we leave the house....
New backpack and shiny red shoes.....

Bailey will be making footprints as a Collier cougar this year....

Notice how her face is starting to look a little concerned and not too excited about the confetti she will be throwing in a minute....
She was barely holding back the tears, wondering about this whole school business!!
Off she goes, notice the bounce in her step.....
A happy smile again at the end of a great first day of school.  She made a friend named "Merrilly Ann"  and told us she wished her name was "Merrilly Ann"  too.  We told her her name is Bailey Anne, but she does not think it is as pretty!!
She was all smiles as she told us all about her day.  She especially liked the playground and proudly showed us her blisters from the monkey bars.  This little girl loves the monkey bars and always has callouses on her palms from them!!!
By the way, Matt got off the school bus happy and Maddie wanted me to call and get her schedule changed because she had to walk to the seminary building alone and she is one of only a few girls in her weight lifting class.  There is always drama with her!!  It looks like we're off to a great start and look forward to great things this year from all my kids.