Princess Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn got to dress up and go with her two cousins and her grandparents to a Princess Festival.

Ashley and Kelsey decided to make it a fun day for her. They gave her a menu and fixed her French toast, fruit, and hot chocolate for breakfast. They are very sweet to their sister.

Oregon

We were able to take a trip this summer with the Morrisons to the Oregon coast. The views were beautiful and the cool weather was a welcome relief from the summer heat of Utah.

The girls didn't seem to mind the cold water. They spent several hours playing on the beach and in the water. Ashley convinced me one day that the water didn't feel very cold, so I ventured out a little further in the water. It just so happened that a big wave came rolling in at that very moment and managed to drench me. The water was definitely cold!

The beach house we stayed in is in the distance. Even though Scot and I didn't play in the water as much as the kids, we still enjoyed the beach.

Our growing boy

Justin seems to be all smiles these days, especially when he is eating. He must have gotten a little overly excited during this feeding.

Becoming more mobile has opened up an ex iting new world for him, which apparently brings even more smiles.

His excitement also seems to be growing about the prospects of being a pharmacist one day like his daddy. Can you picture our future pharmacist?

Birthdays

One of the fun things about having birthdays in the summer is that you get to play in water! During the past couple of months, each one of our girls have had a birthday.

All of the girls had fun in the water at Kaitlyn's birthday party.

Minnesota

We recently took a trip to Minnesota to visit my parents. Every year we seem to make it to the Mall of America, despite my dislike of shopping. We mainly go on a few rides and wander around for awhile. This year, however, we also visited Como Zoo and Minnehaha falls.

Justin had fun swinging at the park with Grandma ( I think Grandma was having fun swinging too.)

Of course we had several bonfires in the backyard. If the girls had it their way, we would have had a bonfire every night. As it was, I think they consumed enough smores to last them for awhile. Here is Ashley very carefully building the perfect smore.


And Kaitlyn very carefully eating one of her smores.

And Kelsey very content after eating all of her smores.

Justin missed out on the smores, but was equally happy with entertainment from daddy.

Beautiful weather!

We decided to spend an evening at the park to enjoy the beautiful 70 degree weather. The girls were excited to help Justin try out the fun playground equipment. He seemed to enjoy it as much as they did.

It turned out that there was a fitness program going on at the park that evening to remind us of the importance of physical fitness. The kids got to participate in several activities

Some of the activities may have been geared towards smaller children...but the girls still managed.

Happy Easter

The kids were excited for Easter. They put on their bunny ears as they got ready for Grandma's Easter party.

Saturday evening we had their cousins Stevie and Melanie over and they all decorated Easter eggs together.