Sadie's last day of Pre-school

Sadie and Ms. Susan

Sadie's pre-school meets sporadically over the summer.  We were able to make it for one day before we went to Nauvoo.  They weren't meeting the week that we were home after Nauvoo, so this was her last day.

Sadie and Ms. Sue

Crazy Summer post #1 UTAH

So, the day after school got out we headed to Utah for Ben's brother's wedding.  We are so excited for Matt and Janae.    Here are a few pictures of the Pittsburgh airport.

We landed late, late Friday night and the wedding was Saturday morning.  Ben's sister Jennifer and her boyfriend Matt watched the kids for us so that we could go to the wedding ceremony at the Salt Lake Temple...thanks!  

Henry didn't get to sit with us on the plane ride to Utah.  He did however, get to sit between two sight impaired people, with their helper dogs at his feet.  I was concerned, as was he, since he doesn't really like animals.  At the end of the flight though, he said it wasn't so bad.  He even said that they were cute.


The kids got to go fishing with Grandpa and their cousins, aunts, and uncles.  They had a blast.

We got to spend a couple of days with my friend Elizabeth and her family.  It was so fun.  We went miniature golfing.  Please notice that Sadie carried her new swimming suit around the whole time.

We saw so many friends.  Friends from Florida, friends from Grand Jct, friends from college, and lots of family.  The kids were so good as I dragged them all around the valley visiting strangers.  

One of the stops was In-N-Out Burger.  I had to see what all the hype was about.  I still don't get it.

We also got to spend time with Melissa's kids.  Here's Sadie rockin' out with Landen's guitar.

New House

Here are some pictures that the realtor took for me when she was at the house today for the home inspection.  Looks good to me.  I find it interesting that when I tell people that I haven't seen the house (just got these pics today) that all of the women act as though I'm crazy.  This is the 3rd time I haven't seen a house before making an offer, and the 2nd time I haven't seen the house until after closing.  So far, so good.

And this cracks me up:

The master bedroom closet.  So, our clothes will take about 2 of those sections...but hey, lots of room for food storage!

If life gives you bees...make honey

A few weeks ago the walk home from school was made more interesting by a huge swarm of bees around this tree.  A couple of days later this is what we found.

Samuel turns 7!

Samuel had a very specific list of things he wanted for his birthday.  It included: surfboard, beef jerky, watch, wallet, scooter, giant frisbee, DSi and some DS games.  He did not get the surfboard, but did get the beef jerky, along with a few other items on the list.  Here's the cake that the kids decorated.

Not sure why it's blurry, but I do know that after Henry took this picture, my camera had green frosting all over the lens and lens cover.

Yum! Beef Jerky