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More Water Fun!

The kids were hot and so we introduced the hose, sprinklers, and towels. They had so much fun as the picture shows. I think these pictures capture their personalities so well. I love the ones with the girls hugging. I want that to last forever! (Notice Bekah's hug with Olivia...she kind of hugs with intensity!)

Olivia and Teaghan were SO cute. They had played and played in the car like this. The Picture of me and Jasmine was very unexpected...but good :)

She's Got It!!!

Jasmine worked with Katrina while I was packing and this was the day she got it!! It's so fun to watch her go the length of the street!! She's so excited about it. I wish I had been out there with her when she got it, but I got the office packed :)

Beach Fun

We went down to Sand Hollow Resevior. It was so peaceful and fun... Bekah had fun playing on the dolphin with Mandy...they were role playing a whole adventure. Very cute.

Olivia was FREE. She loved being able to walk in and out of the water and digging and splashing. It was fun to watch her.

Katrina played as far out as she could with Hunter, Dawson, and Lexy. Of course she had a blast.

We missed you. Maybe we can go in October. It's down by St. George so it will still be warm...

Happy Father's Day!!!

D-Daddy - (K) Because He's so nice. (B) Because He likes us.
A-Awesome - (K)Because he always is nice and awesome and that's what awesome means. (B)Because he tells us that we need to be grateful
D-Daring (K) Because it's daring when he dances with me and then there is music on. (B) Because he is very dear.
D-Daunting (K) Because, when it's dark he carries us. (B) Because he lets us go in the woods and we are brave.
Y-Yummy-Daddy eats yummy

P- Peter - (T) Positive, patient, poignant, punctual, pictorial?, practical, Pontificating, parent, personal,
E-Eater- He's an eater...he eats his food
T- Towering - He climbs towers...:)
E- Eeeking- because..um...because he says eeks.
R-Runner- because he runs around the block. He's a runner.


J- Jumping- Because he jumps with us.
E- Egging- Because he cooks eggs!!(Bekah said that one very excitedly!)
N-Nice- Because he's very nice. He's a very nice soldier!
S- Singing - Because he's a guy that can sing.
E- Excited- (K)Because um...because he's so excited when he gets his birthday presents. (B) Cuz, because he likes to have a picture of us.
N- Never...because he'll never forget us and we'll never forget him!!!

WE LOVE YOU!

Fishermen

These pictures were taken with you in mind. They went fishing twice and the second time brought back 3 fish. You can imagine how excited John was and the war stories they had to tell. It was funny...Brian does a mean Micheal Jackson impression in that wet suit btw.

Camping 2

Here's the walkers...There Elisha is cooking her wheat-meat...it was delicious and I can't wait to cook it for you when you get home.

Baylenn and Katrina. Baylenn is minus one tooth now. She came for a walk with Bekah, Alex and I and I was able to convince her to twist her tooth out..(it was hanging before) pretty exciting. Of course that made Katrina excited for her tooth to come out. That's going to be a big deal. It's still just wiggling.

Katrina was cute on the campout...she really has been helping the other kids to be good. She encourages them to be grateful and to not be grouchy. At times it was down right funny...but really I was proud of her :) She was cute about it and just matter of fact and cheerful.















This is Olivia's shoes. She's just really started to get the hang of walking in shoes and it's fun to watch her. Here she's pulling on them. She had socks on but it was too hot in the tent to keep them on.
















The picture doesn't capture how cute this was. Olivia just started picking up leaves one by one and handing them into the tent to me. It was so precious...I would say thankyou and she would smile and do her little jabber and then pick up another one. I don't remember if I got any video of this for you...but it was really precious. I got to spend one on one with each of the girls while we were up there and it was treasured.

Another story about Olivia was I was talking to Corina in the tent with Olivia crawling around. On the other side, Nathan shows up holding Olivia...I asked him how did he get her and he said, "She fell out" I looked at the door and there was this small hole at the bottom where I guess she "fell out". It was funny.

Camping

Look at us...it took 3 women to put up the tent without you!! It was a comedy and I wish you could've seen it. But, if you'd been there, we wouldn't...I assure you...have experienced what we did.









Here's John...look for more pictures of him that I'm sure will make you smile.















The girls had so much fun. They didn't want to leave...neither did I actually. We missed you so much. I kept imagining what you would be playing with the girls, where you would take them, where you and I would've walked etc. I also imagined how I could somehow recreate it when you got home...It was so peaceful...there was nobody except our families, it was beautiful, the girls explored and played...we saw birds and nests and baby birds and fish and no dirt road with cars going by at 3 am;)















All the older kids were a huge help as usual. It was great...I honestly don't know what we're going to do without them...we were planning what to do when you get home.















Still putting up the tent :) I hope the picture communicates how much fun it was. Maybe we can reenact it for you when you get home...

The Park

Here's more pictures of the castle park. They loved it...Bekah and Camden played and played together. I didn't get any pictures of Hadlee and Katrina...they were more adventurous for sure.
Olivia had a great time too...here she is eating pizza...Little Ceasars...not healthy, but very cheap.




I love this picture of Bekah...I think it really captures her don't you?


The picture with her in the box was during one of our packing sessions. Maddie and Ashlynn wanted to come over and help pack the books...so sweet...and Bekah played in the box! That's Olivia's headband on her head.