Summer!

Dare I say that it is finally summer in Montana?! 

I finally feel warm!

Pool Party

4th of July!

Parade

Fishing up the canyon

Fireworks at home

And fireworks at the home of friends from the ward.

They live up the mountain and you could see the whole valley's fireworks in addition to theirs.

After every single firework that went off Emry said,

"Oh, that's my favorite color." 

I love summer!

Oh Asher

Asher is a character. 

The other day we wanted to go on a bike ride.

We had found a great craigslist deal on a trailer for Emry and Asher is a recent self sufficent bike rider so we really wanted to hit up a trail.

Off we went.

We went to a little trail and headed out.

There was some hesitation knowing he is a very recent bike rider, but we I didn't want to wait any longer.

He started off the night by screaming when he got stuck on a spinning apparatus on the playground and finally ended up getting flipped off.  It was quite hilarious and I wish I'd gotten a video.  I tried to get him to do it again later for entertainment's sake, when I had my camera ready, but he wasn't about to get back on it.

Then the bike ride started.

Not 30 seconds in we came to a small hill that lead down to the pond.  Isaac was in the front and I was in the back.  All I hear is Asher screaming and I see his red helmet bouncing all over the place with his feet sticking straight out.  Not even on the pedals, just straight out - headed for the water.

Isaac and I are yelling pedal backwards, brake, brake, over and over.

Isaac throws his bike down and catches Asher and bike about a foot before the water.

It was pretty funny as I kept replaying in my mind how his feet were sticking straight out as he bounced all over the place.

We continued on happily after practicing braking a bit more.

Though I do think I said pedal backwards about 50 times on the rest of the ride.

A few funny things he has said lately
 - I was scolding the boys about being upset at having to stop playing with friends to go on an errand.  I said, "life isn't just about friends".  Asher pipes in glumly, "Yeah, it's about Jesus and errands."
-He was scrutinizing Isaac's face carefully and said, "Why do you have seeds in your face and neck?"
We love our Asher boy

Mish Mash

This post is a little bit all over the place - kind of like life, right?! 

Some things that have been going on:

T-ball

The boys loved it, though it wasn't quite competitive enough for my overly competitive Kason.  Asher usually just chatted it up on the bases.  Isaac and I were so glad when we didn't have to go to "t-ball" 3 nights a week anymore!

Emry caused chaos by running away during the games and generally trying to do whatever she wanted.  

It's either super sweet or super ornery with her.

Asher learned to ride a bike without training wheels!

We had taken off the pedals of a little bike of his to mimic those balance bikes and we are fans now!

The first time he took right off.

Necessary light saber accessory

Father's Day!

These guys sure love their daddy

This was on my phone from a little while ago, but I had to stick it in.  

This is how you get home from church, Fairfield style

My birthday! Yay for not being 30 yet!  Isaac made it a great day