Pioneer Day

In celebration of Pioneer Day, we all gathered at Mom's house for a BBQ and fireworks. Fun! Instead of like in years past, ALL my boys came outside to watch the show. Ben or I have usually had to watch with one or more of them from the couch in Mom's front room, as the fireworks were too loud (very scary!) for the boys. This year they were all so brave! Matthew even held his own sparkler, which was a FIRST! We had a great time. Most of the time anyway. Right at the end of the evening part of Isaac's sparkler dropped and, while still burning, landed between his first two toes. It burned the inside of each toe, but Grandpa bandaged them up and he's now doing great. All in all, a great night!

Summer Time!

Last Saturday we decided to spend some time in the front yard. I wanted to start my new book, Twilight, (best book I've read in SOOO long! Thanks for the suggestion, Britt! I finished it in one day if that's any indication... If you haven't read it, you should!) and Isaac wanted to run through, or stand rather, in the sprinkler.



















Matthew was spending a little quality time with his friend, Addison, across the street (this is them - below - in the Jeep!), so I jumped at the chance to be outdoors! Even though it was over 100 degrees, it was at cooler and kind of nice in the shade.




















Anyhoo , Noah and I sat on the blanket and enjoyed the sunshine. I think we only ended up staying outside for about 45 minutes before it was just too hot!

Let Freedom Ring!

Matthew, Isaac, Noah and I went to the American Fork Steele Days parade last Saturday. It was so much fun! We met Josh and Brittney, had breakfast (hosted by the American Fork High School marching band, and cooked, in part, by Britt's parents - YUM!), then sat and watched the parade. Matthew commented that it was the best parade ever, because almost every float, car, boat, etc. threw candy to the kids. We ended up with quite the haul! No wonder he thought it was the best ever! Here are some of my favorite pics from that morning.

I know... It's about time!

Welcome to our blog! It's taken me a bit longer than most to catch up with the masses of people now blogging, but here we are! Thanks for taking the time to peek in on our little family. I think I'll mostly use this as a way to share photos of our rapidly growing boys. They are changing so quickly and I cannot get it together well enough to send updated pictures to everyone. This way, hopefully, our friends and family across the country can check in on us from time to time to see how they're growing. Enjoy!