Is July already half over????

The month started off great. I am officially IN my 30's and I feel okay about it. Ryan got off work early and we all went to lunch and shopping for shoes. Pretty much my idea of a fun afternoon. Ryan actually picked out the same shoes that I did, after 10 years we are on the same page! The kids love birthdays even when its not their own so that always makes the day more fun. Thanks to everyone for making it a great day.

Lovin those candles! Happy Birthday to me, I am blessed to have these cute kids.

p.s. 2 days later those cute kids broke all of the plates in the plate rack behind us, gotta love em!

The next day we headed to Logan for the 4th of July weekend. Aaron and Mindy were blessing baby Dax which made it the perfect reason to head to the old stomping grounds. I love that town, obviously seeing that we have a name sake, it will always just feel like home. So many great memories there. When we got to town we went to A&W, this is the best A&W in the country, I promise!! The root bear is on tap the fry sauce is home made.....yum-o. It is disgrace to this lovely establishment that in most places it now shares its glory with a KFC, not it Logan it stand as a one and only... and Ryan wasn't leaving town without visiting it. Afterward we headed up to campus to meet all of Ryan's family that get to live in Cache Valley....lucky (except in the winter). The fireworks did not disappoint it was a great show. The last time we went to them I was very pregnant with Bailey, so we were due to see them again.A fairly decent family photo

Lots of cute kids!!These 2 are 2 Peas in a Pod

Saturday the guys golfed and we took the kids to a fun park and had lunch at Firehouse, another favorite, and then headed back to Matt and Jill's for our own firework fun and eating lots of watermelon. The 4rth of July and eating watermelon go hand in hand!! The girls had so much fun with Allie and playing Hannah Montana. We did so many fun things that weekend but Bailey said her favorite was putting on a Hannah Montana show on Matt and Jill's deck. Crazy girls!

Ready for some fun at the park

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY !

The ending to the Hannah Show

Watermelon pictures are my FAVORITE

This is crazy Matt's West Indies firework, I must admit it was pretty cool

Sunday was baby Dax's special day, he is such a good baby and is going to have lots of people to love him and help him grow up. It was a great day. Trae started crying when we all left, he is such a cute kid!!

Why do I not have any pictures of this???

Later that day Ryan headed back home and my dad came and picked up me and the kids. I stayed down to help Jenn while she had her baby. Before the baby came we did manage to have some fun. We went out on the boat, all of the kids are really starting to love doing that. We also went to Hoggle Zoo. The kids loved seeing the elephants and riding on the merry go round and train. It was a good day....it was hot but lots of fun.

The elephants were definitely a favorite

The zoo is always a hit, even Jackson and Logan had a good time

LiTTlE ApEs

After the zoo we headed for Heber to get ready for the baby. The girls loved being at Drew's house and visiting all of his favorite parks.

The kids have really gotten into climbing trees this summer

Baby Avery was born on July 9th weighing in at 6 lbs 7 oz. She is tiny little thing and so so cute. Ryan came back to pick us up and take us home from wearing out our welcome. I am not sure helpful I am with my own 3 crazy kids, but I am happy to do it Jenn has helped me out on so many occasions I wanted to return the favor. What a blessing family is!

Drew had very excited for the arrival of his new baby sister

It was nice to come home and get busy planning for the rest of the month. While I was in Utah, Ryan scored us some great tickets to the Kenny Chesney concert. I was so very excited. It was so much fun. That was the 3rd time I had seen him and that show was probably my favorite, even better then standing next to the stage. He put on a great show that night, so glad we were there. Thanks Ry!!



The first of of July flew by and was filled with many great moments. The 2nd half doesn't disappoint......more to come!

I just had to finish this post with this picture because its cute. Logan has been lots of fun this summer and has LOVED the pool. He discovered dad's hat this day and looked just like him!