Boys Will Be Boys

Ready. . .

Go!!
Cody's graceful dive. Each brother took a turn dropping a toothpick into the pool. And then it was a free for all to get it back. Doesn't that sound fun?

Not sure the name of this dive, but I'm sure it will appear in the next Olympic games.

Family Fun Down South

Our weekend in Alabama wasn't all about the Air Force. After graduation we threw a proper barbeque, thanks to Reese's super pig cooker brought all the way from Florida. When Julie brought the precious Costco chocolate cake, Braden (and many others) were in a very happy place.

After the barbeque, before everyone had to leave, we stayed up far too late playing as many silly games as we could. We started with a basic slapping game, but that quickly morphed into a slapping game that involved the four Reynolds boys present slapping each other just for the fun of it. Do other families do this??






And after a day of swimming, eating, laughing, and running. . . this is pretty much how we all felt.
(looks like Lucy warmed up just fine to Jessica--sorry about your couch Braden and Julie, is leather pee-proof?)

Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder. . .

Daman's brother Braden graduated from Air Force Officer Training School in Alabama. It was cause for a Reynolds celebration, the first time we'd seen some of the family in over a year. Cody and MaShay hadn't even met Emma, our kids didn't know Jessica, and I'd never even met Jason. It was a wonderful weekend, full of patriotic joy, hearty congratulations for Braden, and many wonderful late nights enjoying being together.

Officer Braden showed us around the joint, showing off the tough helicopters and planes. They were very impressive. . so was the heat.

B-52s also double as excellent umbrellas.

Future soldiers going through their drills. The other officers on base were very impressed. Payte looks like she could be a pretty good shot.


Lucy does her Army bloodline proud--way to hold a salute Goose.

Julie let us tag along to a goodbye swim party a friend's house. Emma has no idea she can't swim and would jump off the diving board with or without my help. This girl loves some water.

Creek Joy

We have a small irrigation ditch in our yard and after a good rain, it is tons of fun. And, of course Daman went to work and built a proper dam to make an even cooler wading pool and spot to catch frogs. I love how much adventure and play he brings to our children's lives.

Crazy Hair Day

I Think This Pretty Much Sums It Up:

Stylist: Daman Dale Reynolds

To Chinatown. .

I teach Seminary in our ward and Daman teaches the same youth in Sunday School. One of the young women stopped coming shortly before we moved in and we've been trying to get to know her better. Her dad owns a restaurant in Chinatown and invited us to come down. So, one afternoon we took Isaac out of school a little early and hit the metro for our adventure to the Far East. It was really fun, really delicious, and really worth the trip.

The waitresses all hovered around our table, looking for any opportunity to interact with Emma, picking up anything she dropped, and cooing over her bouncy curls. They didn't see many curls in that neck of the woods. Or big blue eyes either.

Isaac loved the dumplings and slurped down the wonton soup with gusto. We were proud of the adventurous spirit the kids had with the food. Maybe I should cook Chinese food more often.

Oh wait, this is why I don't cook Chinese food more often. . .because it still has its face.

Xie-Xie Mr. Chen!!!!

Bob Vila Who??

Daman can build anything. "Hey honey, I need a shelf here." Done. "And here. And here, and in here would also help." Check. "You know a table right here built into the wall would be cool." You got it.

Now if he could only figure out a way to build with self-cleaning wood.