Lovin Summer

We had a great time in Utah.  Here are a ton of pictures of what we did.  I have to put them all up now or it won't happen.  Ready, go.

At the Freedom Festival Parade on the 4th of July

When the firetrucks with sirens were going by

pushing Grandpa around

Isaac, Kellie, Jenna and I got to go to Stadium of Fire, which was super fun.  Scotty McCreery, The Beach Boys, fireworks, and patriotic music.

At Hogle Zoo.  It was hot, hot hot.

Cooling off in the mist

Kason picked the gorilla on the carousel

Asher picked the tiger

This picture doesn't really show it, but the boys were pretty dirty most of the time.  They played outside all day and then washed off in the little pool.  My idea of a perfect summer day.

Throwing poppers with their aunts, the boys love them.  I don't need to do anything with the kids, my family just plays with them all day long.

A perfect summer evening

Sparklers!

Asher was pretty cautious with his

Video: at my sister's apartment

 Other things that happened:
-We went on quite possibly the hottest hike I have ever been on.
-Emry slept terribly
-My parents gave me some purple running shoes!
-My sister got her mission call to West Virginia!
-I got to see some good friends

 It was a very fun time.  Now we are back and it's good to be in Eugene too (when the sun is out). Isaac is feverishly trying to work out problems at school.  Here's to hoping we don't have to stay an extra year.  We have snuck in a family bike ride ( I try to keep up with Emry in the stroller) the last couple evenings now that Kason has taken off without training wheels.  And Asher zooms around like a maniac on his tiny little bike.  I think it could be one of my most favorite things. 

...though Asher's stubbornness usually takes him down some side path where he gets stuck.

Hey Dad!

We are in Utah!

Isaac is working hard at a conference in San Francisco, so my mom helped me drive with the kids to Utah until he can join us in a couple days.  So, here are some a ton of pictures of what we've been up to.  I wanted to get some pictures up because I know I will take a ton more. 

It is hot here, the sun is out, we played outside all day today, just how summer days should be.

I love it.

This happened far too little on the drive here, but overall the kids all did amazing.

Picking raspberries in the backyard

Still working on this eating thing

The clothes came off this morning when the water came out.

Emry doesn't love water yet.  She tolerated it for about 30 seconds and then a nap won out.

I think the boys could have played outside all day.  Summer feels so good. 

I think I will love this picture forever

Can't wait for you to get here Isaac!

All Over the Place

This post will be a bit all over the place, because that's just how life has felt lately.  I feel like I'm running around like crazy and have had some tough decisions that have been stressful, but I'm not sure what I'm accomplishing! 

We did have a glimpse of summer for a day.  That glimpse has since vanished, but I got some cute pictures.

These flowers are growing in our garden and I love them.  

Little miss Emry started solids.  She was super excited at first, but is now kind of indifferent to it.  

She is about 6 1/2 months and had a check up today.

Height: 26.5 in (70%)

Weight: 17 lbs 7 oz (70%)

Head: 16.75 in (50%)

She is also getting her first tooth- bottom right.

Between that, and a cold, and being constipated she's had some stuff to deal with, but has still been pretty happy.

I love this picture

The track and field Olympic trials are here in Eugene.  It has been pretty awesome to be around all the hype. I'm always on the look out for Tyson Gay- just because he's the one I can remember best from the last olympics.  Ashton Eaton set the world record for the decathlon and just a few weeks ago we were sitting across the aisle from him at a different track meet at Hayward field.  We ventured out into the rain to go have a look down there.  Tickets are way, way, way out of our price range, but they have tons of stuff set up around the field and it was alot of fun.

One of the things set up is a little kid area where they can "compete" in the different track and field events. 

Here is Asher doing the standing long jump, they marked him at a foot.

I didn't get too many pictures, but here are the hurdles.  Kason tried to jump over them a little, but ran around some or knocked them down.  Asher's whole goal was to knock each and every one down.  Even if Kason had managed to leave one up, Asher took it upon himself to go out of his way to knock it down.  It was a really fun set up.

Their prizes, not bad- a Nike tote bag.  I think Isaac and I will be borrowing it.

Emry wasn't too thrilled about it all.

Love these pictures too.