Fair faces and Merril's 50-miler...

On Saturday, the kids and I cleaned the house and then to prevent it from becoming dirty again, we left to go to the county fair. We played in some bounce houses and did the rock climbing wall but the highlight was a lady who did some really cool face painting. Maxine and Jack decided to go feline. Maxine was a girl kitty and Jack was a tiger.


And then they had to do their fierce cat faces for me. Here's Jack! Rarrrrrrr!

And here's Maxine!

The painting was a little pricey but it's what they wanted to do instead of ride the rides. I had a hard time convincing them we had to wash it off before bed. Maxine wanted to sleep in it and then wear the face to church.

And Merril made it home around 7 on Saturday evening. We planned a big, fancy dinner for Daddy's homecoming! Merril took our old digital camera and snapped a few pics along their hike in the Uintas. Here he is in Jared Hummel's scout shirt. Man those things are ugly.
Here's one he snapped of a lake. I'm not sure what he was trying to do but I thought it came out looking cool. I asked him if he did it on purpose and he said, "Nope. Just came out like that."

Here's one, over the shoulder, of the scouts as they were hiking!
They did great! Nobody was injured and Merril lost 5 pounds from a week-long diet of water, fish and some dehydrated dinners. He weighed 199 when he came back!! It's been a long time since he's weighed less than 200 pounds and he was thrilled to bust the 200 mark! Good job babe! Wahoo! It's nice to have him home!!