Summertime!

We sure love the summer!  It's been fun to have a more lax schedule--although I'll admit I wish we moved a bit faster in the morning! Perfect time, though, to recover from having a baby.  We've sure done some fun things!

And, in no particular order...

We've gardened.

 

We've conquered our loud noises fears! (or, at least found a solution for them!)

We've watched a lot of TV. (I'll be honest here...we watch too much at our house!)

We've played with trains.

We've taken Sunday afternoon naps...(or at least some of us have!)

We've taken lots of pictures of our newest addition!

We've s'mored (inside...we got winded out). 

More pictures.

We've practiced fly-fishing with Daddy's fathers day present.

We got our hairs cut. (or, at least, I did!) 

We've gone swimming with Aunt Jillisa and Aunt Brielle

 We've gone to the zoo.  More HERE.  (Katelyn got to participate in the bird show!)

We've s'mored, again.  And this time we slept in our NEW bags in our awesome tent in the backyard.  Want one of our bags--they are great! Get them HERE.

  

   

 We POTTY TRAINED! (Holy freakin cow, it's about time!  Not Luke, just Josh.  Barely made it before 4! Whew!)

We spent a day at Antelope Island with Aunt Jenny and Uncle Jon.

  

We've hung out at Grandma and Grandpas. With new hats.

We've ridden on the party bus.

In the near future we plan to do more camping in Montana and spend a week at St. George.  We also have to squeeze in every last second of fun with Uncle Kyron before he leaves on his mission the end of July.

Meanwhile, back at the Ranch...

A HUGE shout out to my parents and Jillisa and Austin who watched our kiddos while we were gone.  It was such a great thing to be able to go--and to not worry one bit.  Thank you, thank you for loving them and taking such good care of them! All this week the kids have asked where 'Aunt Bom-Qui-Qui' is, and 'Can we go to Grandma's?'

First off, Katelyn got a haircut. This was perfect timing because Katelyn had been sad all day that we were leaving--and knowing that she got to go see Aunt Bom-Qui-Qui at work and get her hair done like Rapunzel softened the blow. And it's so stinkin' cute!! We are almost all grown out from the haircut she gave herself a few months ago! :)

At one point, I got a text from Jilli that said, "Rub a Dub Dub!" I responded..."Fun! Bathtime is our favorite!" 

She responded with this, about 5 minutes later:  "Not anymore..."

 After the poop, I think there was a fair bit of divide and conquer amongst my little monsters.  They had a great time, all the same, and I am sure grateful they were willing to take them!