July...the first part

One of the prizes for doing the libraries summer reading program was a coupon to bahama bucks- yum!

So cute...just sitting in a cave at the zoo.

Cousin Megan was so nice to let them "decorate" her at the swim meet.

catching fireflies

I loved having this little picnic with Ethan during a ride around the block.

He loves uncle scrooge comic books

a fun day with friends

she loves riding bikes and just got a bigger one

fun on the slip and slide...ie tarp

A fun weekend with cousins in Kansas City

Andrew and Megan were in the middle of an exciting game of corn hole and Ethan was just hanging around :)

Andrew's famous homemade sausage, bacon, egg biscuits are almost as famous as his egg waffles.

He hung his hammock up in his room.

They spent many days at Aunt Martie's house in their neighbor's pool. We're so excited that soon Aunt Martie will have her own pool!

Happy Independence Day!

Hannah had a dogsitting job and has also spent a few weeks petsitting a friends hampster.

Fun at Grant's farm with friends

Visiting Megan in the hospital after her hip surgery

A fun day at the water park

I can't get the picture to download from the trip Daniel and I took to the famous Ted Drew's for frozen custard but I have to mention that we just celebrated our 15th anniversary! I'm so grateful for Daniel and love him so much! We've had a great summer so far full of lots of figuring out how to get siblings to get along better and enjoying the times that they do.

June...ish

Hannah loved to help plant the flowers for our friends birthday.

Andrew and Miranda at a swim meet...Hannah is doing swim team again this year also.

The girls and I got to go to Las Vegas to meet cute baby Simone and spend time with the Lees. Yay!

Playing with puppies at the pet store

While we were gone Andrew was also gone at scout camp all week so these two had a staycation and did lots of fun stuff together including this trip to the Science Center that they sent me.

Meanwhile, back in Vegas...

Kelsy took Riah to a doctor appointment one day so these two had fun going around with the tools and fixing everything in the house that needed to be fixed. :)

Up in the mountains...Eliza was so scared to cross but after doing it with me once she was then brave enough to do it alone.

They had fun chasing their shoes down the stream.

Wild horses!

...that weren't very wild

Eliza was so into the Blues and was so excited when they won the stanley cup.

Happy Father's Day to a wonderful dad!

I loved the sunset

A day trip to the temple...I'm not sure where Andrew was this day but I'm guessing at the pool with friends because that is where he is practically every day...he has gotten way more than his moneys worth out of that season pass.

Ethan is pretty sensitive to the sun but forgot his sunglasses so hes wearing mine.

Hopper has gotten a couple of bad eye infections...the first time we didn't know what was going on and thought he might not be around for much longer so the kids wanted last pictures with him.

Ethan and friends at the park

These two are still great friends...they have been since they were 3 years old.

Nice!

Happy Birthday to my sweet Hannah!

For her party they decorated cupcakes...

...and then went to the roller skating rink!