Summer Highlights

I'm sorry to say that I seem to only get around to updating our blog when my camera gets full of pictures. It is sad but true....so sorry for the long lapse since our last post. I'll work on being better at keeping things up to date. We have had a really fun summer and the kids have had all kinds of adventures and accomplishments. Here is a quick recap of some of our family's summer memories:


This has been what Brenna has looked like (plus or minus the hat) most of the summer. She wears her snow white dress up clothes all day every day. It is hilarious how she has to be wearing every detailed accessory from the earrings to the shoes. She is all girl! She calls her dad "Prince Daddy" and waits with anticipation for him to come home from work every day.


Matthew is growing up so fast. Over the summer he has learned to be on the move! From rolling to scooting and now he manuvers a very fast army crawl. He is all over the place and he is so proud of himself when he can get from room to room.


I taught an art workshop for kids earlier in the summer and we had an art show at the end where all the kids in the class could show their work and have their families come see it. It was really fun. We turned our living room into an art gallery for the afternoon. The students were so proud of all their work.


Every day, without fail, Brenna will ask me "Mommy, can we have a picnic?" It is one of her favorite summer pastimes. We have been going on picnics a lot this summer. I'm not sure why she loves them so much. I have a hunch it has something to do with an episode of Dora the Explorer she watched.


While Brandon was on a big campout with the Young Men in our ward, I took the kids up to Idaho for a quick trip to see Grandma. We had lots of fun looking at the horses and helping Grandma in her garden. We even went to Shoshone Falls for....you guessed it, a picnic! It was a fun trip, although I don't think I will try driving 4 hours with two toddlers on my own again. It was pretty crazy.



We spent the 4th of July watching fireworks at the USU stadium. Brandon's parents came up to visit and then we went down to their house the next day. At the stadium there was a big airplane that did a fly over before the fireworks show and it really made an impression on Brenna. She has been talking about airplanes all summer long. She even prays for airplanes and fireworks in her prayers. Matthew handled his first fireworks show pretty well. He loved it for the first 5 minutes and then he fell asleep through the rest of the show. We couldn't believe he could sleep through all the noise.



Here are some pics of a quick day trip we took up to Bear Lake with our family. Brenna loved playing in the sand and Matthew got so excited bouncing in the shallow water in his inner tube. It was a fun day at the beach. We love the lake.



We took a trip up to Idaho Falls to visit Brandon's sister, Krystal, and her family. Brenna had a blast with her cousin Rachel and it was a fun getaway for us. While we were there we went to BEAR WORLD! It is the place outside of Rexburg where they have bears that roam free around your cars as you drive through the park, kinda like Yellowstone used to be I guess. It was amazing. They also had an area with children's rides and a petting zoo with goats and deer. When Brenna saw the goats she walked up to one and said, "Hello Billy Goat's Gruff!" We had a fun time.