Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Oh July

July is so delicious.  It's so hot outside; you start realizing your summer is whizzing by, so you start making as many plans as possible, buying your kids more popsicles, and trying to seize every moment of summer left.  When I blog, I look at the pictures we took, and it's almost as if: if there is no picture, it didn't happen.  Sad, but true.  So here we are:


We rented a boat & skied Utah Lake.


























We set up our tent in the back yard to camp out.  =)



on a full night.  Kierste  =)












We went to our red park in Alpine
















Explored our newly remodeled Hogle Zoo






Morgan LOVES eagles


We got polar bears!!!


And whose idea was this brilliant mist fan?!?








Their playground is so cute =)




Our beloved mountains caught fire.  We were horrified and fascinated, praying very hard.


See the two planes fighting it?  The lower one's dropping the red fire retardant.


At night it's easy to see how bad it really is  =(


Then the Provo Independence Day parade.  We ALL love it




Morgan & Derek are obsessed with watching Tom & Jerry!!


The fire gets much worse before it gets better.  =(


Our annual Provo MTC field viewing of the Stadium of Fire fireworks with our Madsen family.  =)




Our teenager =)  So pretty




We got a hotel, just to get a hotel and swim in the pool  =)








The kids made lemonade stands,


rode bikes & cars,




and learned to ride without training wheels!!!





Look at those faces!!!




We frequent our Alpine splash pad with cousins

















Morgan & Shaun time the buckets just right to dump on them simultaneously... I waited with them for this for a long time.  =)


We find bugs,


hold Hiccup,


and Toothless,


have Girls' night with drinks, pedis,


and face masks.


We catch frogs, namely Georgey McGeorgey George,






And we have our first annual Beacon Hill South Neighborhood Pioneer Day Party!!  Breakfast, barrel car rides, inflatables, bike parade, lunch, music, dinner, dancing, dessert & fireworks.  =)






Let's take a minute and just look at my blondy boys.  I'm so lucky.  =)

Ah July.