8/8/08 This is our silly dog Teddy who decided he didn't like being segregated from the rest of the family while we were eating dinner and found a way to "peek" out from under our very dog -resistant barrier! What a nut!

Let's hear a BIG HOORAY--the kids went back to school yesterday!!! HOORAY!!

We only have 3 in school --2 in middle school and 1 in high school. Weston started 7th grade and already he says his favorite class is "Performing Arts". Who would have guessed that?! Natalie is a freshman and is very sore from starting volleyball practice last week! Elise is a junior and is getting ready to cheer at all the fall sports games. She'll be one of 11 cheerleaders this year!

Camille is getting very close to moving away from home and going to EAC in Thatcher--she will leave on the 16th or so. She and her dad have had a very frustrating car experience trying to get her "mobile" in Thatcher. Cami bought a car that needed some work that Craig and she have been working hard on all summer. It still needs more work and she is ready to leave for college! It is taking more $$ than she wanted to spend, so we made her a deal. Together, we bought her another low-budget car and when the MR2 is done, Craig will drive that one! It will get lots better gas mileage than the truck he drives now and at $4 a gallon for gas, and a drive to Tucson daily, that will sure help. So, both Cami and Craig are happy. Elise is not because this all means that we have to sell the car she was going to drive to high school so we can pay Cami back all the $$ she put into her 2 cars. Elise gets to drive the scoot! Here is a picture of Elise when she decided to play dress-up like a model one boring summer day. She could pass it off, couldn't she?!

Here is a picture of a couple of very wierd kids on another boring summer day. This is what happens when parents leave the camera around and the kids get ahold of it to take "self-portraits." Not a good idea!

So, one evening during scripture study, our dog Cocoa decided she wanted to be a part of it, so she slowly climbed onto Kelli's lap; so slowly and imperceptibly that Kelli didn't even notice till Cocoa's whole doggy body was already there! OK, so we have 2 dogs that are nuts!

This last picture is of some of the Jones gang when they went camping on Mt. Graham this past summer. Craig had to go to Bishop's night at scout camp so everyone went up to join him and they set up their own camp site. Chad and Ashley joined them up there for some fun. They got to go fishing and hiking and enjoy some "time in the pines" that we desert rats don't get very often. Ask Elise and Natalie about the black bears next time you see them!!!