Summer Summary

I can hardly believe school starts next week! This summer has flown by.
Our baby turned 1!
She's a cutie-- love her bright eyes.

D did have a great experience at the temple & other places in D.C.


We kicked off our family vacation w/ a trip to a water park. Don't have any pics, though (I need a waterproof camera.)

Then we drove to Bear Lake for a reunion. That was fun! We had a 5K. Don't have any pics of that either (I need a camera that captures action shots in super high speed. Ha! Just kidding.) I'm so slow. I maybe jog about the speed of this boat...
The boat we didn't need a balloon pump to fill was faster.

We also played on the shore & rented a water trampoline.

Here are my parents and siblings.
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Look how blue the water is behind us! Bear Lake is really pretty.

My mom bought these cute flag shirts for all 20 grandkids.
With so many kids, we got our money's worth out of the cabin's hot tub!

Frigid Fluctuations

We enjoyed really nice weather in early fall.

Our kindergartner turned 6 in Oct. His primary teacher from church left a cute birthday sign on our door. We love her!

My sister & her family came to visit last week. It was cold by then. You could only get by without a coat or scarf if you were a wolf!

It was so fun to have them come.

Now it is so freezing all you want to do is stay inside, update your blog, or try to solicit sweet smiles.

Ahhh, THAT warms my heart no matter how frigid it is.

Baptism & Blessing

Miss H was so excited to be baptized!


We had 2 of my brothers and most of my husband's family celebrate with us.

The next day was the baby's blessing.

She was blessed with the gift of charity, that she could mourn with those who mourn & lift others. She was also promised she would be a mother. It was really special.

We went hiking later that day.

Also, my youngest brother got engaged this weekend! We feel like we're on top of the world! We pretty much were...

Travel Log- DC

Then we saw Lincoln again in DC.


My parents and sister live there. Here's G'ma on a Sunday walk:


We went to lots of fun parks.

One park had paddle boats. We were hoping that racing them would induce my sister's labor.

We did meet the baby that week- she's a cutie! And I was able to watch her birth. It was an amazing experience.


Good thing my kids are awesome travelers. We logged a lot of miles this summer & had a lot of fun.

Travel Log- S Dakota

In addition to our 4th of July trip, we also saw Rushmore with my husband's family.

I hadn't seen the Black Hills since I was a child. It was a fun destination.