July

Holy cow did July go by way too fast for me!

On a little bit of a whim we bought a little dwarf norweigian bunny that we named Bolt. He is so cute and we have had a lot of fun playing with him.  He will stay fairly small, which I think is perfect for the little rabbit hutch we have.

Austin had some fun taking more selfies.

 Dylan and Devon went to scout camp.  Dylan was so excited and had such a great time!  Camping is definitely Dylan's kind of thing.



The middle of the month just seemed to slip by with life being so crazy.  At the end of the month Rachel and David came out to visit because of Uncle Ben's wedding.  We had lots of fun having them stay with us.

And I took a bunch of random pictures mostly of Ashlyn and Lauren.  I love my little kiddos and have been feeling such great joy watching them.  They make my day!

Ashlyn suddenly loves these shoes.  What a little girl!  It is so fun and strange to see my baby become so big.

Lauren wanted me to take pictures of her dancing.  She loves to dance!

All three big boys swam on summer swim team.  It was rough at times, but they all did great!

Here is Dylan:

6/16  Meet:
100 IM 2:00.76
100 Free 1:39.97
50 Breast 1:16.11

7/1 Meet:
100 IM 1:58.40
100 Free 1:44.30
50 Breast 1:07.89

7/16 Meet:
50 Fly 1:01.62
100 IM 2:08.43
100 Free 1:45.53

7/30 Meet:
100 Im 2:06.07
100 Free 1:51.12
50 Breast 1:16.97

Ethan:

6/16 Meet:
25 Back 48.19
50 Free 1:43.82

7/1 Meet:
25 Breast 54.10
25 Back 44.78
50 Free 1:19.27

7/16 Meet:
25 Fly 54.22
50 Free 1:22.94

7/30 Meet:
25 Breast 44.60
50 Free 1:12.98

Jayden: (He was hard to get good pictures of this day for some reason)

6/16 Meet:
50 Back 1:08.78
50 Free 54.59

7/16 Meet:
50 Back 1:02.24
50 Free 51.29

7/30 Meet
50 Back 1:01.14
50 Free 49.08

Kirk Family Pictures

The Kirk family took pictures when Ben and Sierra took their wedding pictures on Temple Square.  Temple Square is so beautiful!  I wish I could have gotten a bunch more good pictures, but these are the best we got.  Good enough.

Gibson Family pictures

The Gibson Family took pictures together and we got some wonderful pictures!  

Everyone:

Grandkids and grandparents:

Adults:

It was kind of a lot of work trying to get pictures of age groups.  The last time we did this was at the pictures taken the week before Devon and I got married.  I was glad to get some with my kids this time.  I love them, and I am so glad we took the time to do it.

These two were tricky to get a picture of.  They both were very hesitant to have their pictures taken.  It also seemed like one was crying and one was happy, switching back and forth.  Rolf was so patient in trying to get something that would be wonderful, and he did a great job.

The Fourth of July

 Happy Fourth of July!! What a day, what a day! We started it off early with the traditional Murray Parade with the Kirk Fam.  Uncle Ben photo bombed the picture of the kids.  I thought it was some random person being funny that jumped in just as I took the picture, and I laughed to see it was Ben joining us after finishing an EFY session.

Lauren did not like the smell of the exhaust all the fancy cars from the car show gave off.  They were pretty smelly!

Ashlyn really enjoyed the parade.  She loved all the animals (horses, dogs, etc), the floats, (especially ones with animals), and the candy. She kept trying to get some candy and most the time all her cousins and siblings were too quick for her.  Luckily they shared.

Devon, Jon, and Stephen all competed in the juggling contest.  They all did great!  Jon was the winner of their age group.

As we were getting ready to go we saw the fireman squirt and Dylan and Jayden had fun getting soaked.



At the end the firemen were letting kids hold the hose and spray some water.  We were about one or two people too far back in line.  By the time we got up there the tanks were out of water.  Austin still got to hold the hose, but not spray it.



After all our fun in Murray we headed home for naps and food.  Then we headed to the Gibsons.  It was the first time in 7 years Devon's parents were home. They had spent 6 summers in a row at Philmont. We decided to keep the Philmont tradition of the children's parade.  It was so much fun. Devon's dad was so excited about the whole idea of being home with everyone he bought a bunch of fireworks.   Really, a bunch.  He told us it would compete with Stadium of Fire.  Then, Karli and Andrew's friend wanted to join us and he brought a bunch with him as well.  I think we had fireworks for over an hour constant.  That's not counting the ones we did during the daylight. It was a lot of fun.  Lauren was tuckered out and had me put her to sleep in the car near the beginning of the firework display.  She didn't like all the sound either.  As it began she climbed in my arms with Ashlyn and cried.  Ashlyn kept rubbing her back and head to comfort her.  It was so cute.  We also had a big barbecue and swimming fun.  Ashlyn became a fish on the 4th.  To say she loved the water is an understatement.  We had taken her swimming two times in about the last week before, and she hadn't really gotten comfortable yet.  But this day she got the hang of things and really had a lot of fun. She even got comfortable enough to eventually jump off the diving board herself.  She was so mad when I took her out.  She also cried when we walked past the pool later to go see the fireworks.  Well, first she actually giggled because she thought I was taking her to the pool, then she was so upset when she realized I wasn't.