Butterflies, Fencing and hiking

-Lucy loved her butterfly farm. We watched them inch around as caterpillars, form cocoons and emerge as butterflies. We were out of town for the actual emergence....but Lucy let them go in the wild (my mom's backyard) and thought it was magical.
-Our Boise "trip" has been great. Nate is working out of town building a fence for the antelope in the middle of nowhere Idaho. He loads 17 wooden fence stays on his back in a backpacker frame, then hikes them up a mountain because there is no vehicle access, drops them off, hikes back down the mountain....repeated all day. It's tough, grueling work. Good thing he's so buff and willing to do a lot of grungy work to support our family. We are definitely grateful for all he does for us.

-While Nate's gone all week we are staying busy running, going to the park, hiking, going to the zoo and watching the Disney movies that Grandma has that we don't. Ivy's favorite new thing is grass. We don't have any grass in Arizona and she is loving it. Of course she wants to eat it as well as crawl on it. She attempts to eat anything food or non-food that she can get her hands on, is also an avid climber and doesn't know how to sit still. She's wild and fun and it's an adventure trying to keep her safe. Lucy loves playing "go fish" with Grandma and eating breakfast every morning with Papa. Who wouldn't? - the other day I discovered crumbled up brownie on her cheerios. No wonder she'd rather eat with him than me. Spinach eggs vs. brownie cheerios? I can't compete. :)