Happy Birthday MOM

We celebrated my mom's 52nd birthday with an afternoon in   the park with lunch, cake, presents and play!  

tubing down the river (kid sized)

We met our friends at this super fun park and have been there 3 times since.  The kids love floating down the creek.

2-wheelin'

Daddy has been practicing with you on your Big boy bike... It quickly died off.  Besides this is way more fun anyway!

Family Night.  We decided we wanted to have a yummy dutch oven dinner so we packed up our things and went up to the Timp park in Provo canyon, it was really nice!  The weather was great and the kids played and played.  We did have a yummy dutch oven dinner & dessert!  It was a lot of fun!

                     grandma & grandpa even brought homemade rootbeer!
                                                   lookin' good Ry!
                                                 longboard, table, same thing right

     {Independence Day}

                           {   grandma & Bella,   4th of July parade!  }
                                {then on to the Schow Farm for Crafts
Rockets
&  paddle boating 

{homemade USA.  We made our 4th of July shirts this year while camping}

                        some serious slippin' sliddin'

& a 1000 count water ballon fight

then on to the park for some FIREWORKS!


everyone enjoyed the fireworks, even Bella, she just sat there with bright eyes enjoying the bright colors!   I love the 4th of July and love this country. I am so glad we were able to spend the day surrounded with family members, good times, and a lot of fun!

we love our daddy

We have had a lot a fun going to Daddy's softball game,  the boys especially love the giant dirt hills to play in the whole time.                          {Bella-dressed in her baseball gear, ready for a T-ball game and 2 softball games, what a sport!}

                                      {Marshmallow guns is what you made... you saw a marshmallow for sale during the parade and wanted one so bad, I told you we could make one... you came right home and drew one out on paper and kept telling mom and dad all about it!   Daddy took you to Home Depot and a hour or so later, you, Dad and Noah were stuck in a mini marshmallow battle.}

CouSinS

                                    {my cousins cute little girl, Macee}

                             { Joseph's baby blessing in Cedar Fort and dinner @ the park afterwards}
{Max took Noah place on the roster for a few games while they were here, I love this picture, I love that they love being together, they thought it was so cool that they were able to all be on the same team.}

{We had fun @ the Lehi parade}

                               { Bella & JoJo just hangin' out}

We have had a lot of fun spending time with our cousins this past week.   Zane and Max love being with each other and get along so so well!  

King of Pop

Today is Michael Jackson's Funeral.  I feel like I need to write a little something about it, since this is historic and this is like my journal.  It has been pretty interesting watching the news specials and clips here and there and it makes me laugh a little... he was a strange man, but a great artist.  I did see Michael once shopping in a little boutique in the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas while we were vacationing.  I do believe he was worse looking in real life than on TV, but I did enjoy and still do enjoy his music!  see-ya