Summer Picnics

I am so grateful for our new house, but I am even more grateful for our new neighborhood. Not to take away from our old neighborhood where we had/still have wonderful friends. It served it's purpose at the time. However this new neighborhood is definitely serving it's purpose at this time in our lives. Kyli has come out of her shell a bit and has been able to find some amazing friends. Tate and Haylie have also found some great new friends. There is this super cute family that has a boy Tate's age and two little girls who play with Haylie. They have become the best of friends and they are such cute little kids. Haylie and Leah are the same age. Then there is Maddie who just turned 3 who they let play with them every day. And then when they are at our house they even let cute little Addison play with them. Addison seems to be growing up faster than we can blink while she plays with the older girls. The other day they decided to have a picnic and of course Addison wanted to join in. These 4 cute little girls where smiling and giggling and having the best time. It is moments like those that help keep you sane during the not so cute moments.

Flaming Gorge 2011

Here are just a select few pictures of our annual trip to the Gorge. It was so much fun to have almost everyone there all week. We had so much fun and were always on the go. We love having our kids play with their cousins, and I really enjoyed spending a little time with Jodi (my sister) before they left to move to Connecticut.

Neighborhood Party

We have carried on the tradition from our old neighborhood of organizing a block party with the neighbors. We used to have so much fun doing them that we decided this summer even though we moved the tradition must continue. So Kalun and another new neighbor organized a whole neighborhood party. (We used to do just a street party at the old house, but we live in a newer development that is still mostly empty lots with only about 1/4 of it full so we invited the whole neighborhood). We had an amazing turnout and had so much fun. We continued the tradition of inviting the local fire department. We did that a couple times in Lehi, but it was an even bigger hit here. The neighbors all seemed to have a really good time.

Parading

We have loved going to parades this summer. We started at the Saratoga Springs parade, moved on PG, and then to Lehi. The kids have really come to love parades only because they can get lots of candy and free stuff. We also learned that Haylie is our secret weapon. The people in the parade can never resist her cute smile and little wave, so we ended with quite a collection of loot this year.

Working Hard

Haylie has really started to love to vacuum just like me!! Hey that's not a bad habit. So everytime I vacuum I have to get out a little vacuum for her to "help" me. Well, just recently Addison was feeling left out so we had to make sure she had her vacuum. The only problem is that it has made me have to give up my obsessive compulsive disorder of having my carpet lines messed up.