We spent the bulk of our summer in Utah this year. The kids and I were there for 4 weeks and Dan joined us for the last 2 weeks. The kids absolutely love spending time with all of their cousins, aunts and uncles and grandparents. We are so grateful to our families who allow us to come and take up residence in their homes for so long. I know it's a huge change for both grandparents to go from peace and quiet to chaos and mayhem! Thank you, Mom and Dad and Mona and Gregg, for your hospitality!
4th of July BB-Q at Mom's House
These 3 amigos were inseparable! They played from sun-up until sun-down. Campbell had a brand new house, but didn't sleep there most nights because he wanted to keep having sleep-overs with his cousins.
Is this not the cutest photo ever? Ethan (4), Sydney (6), Campbell (4)
Bro-yo (2) chills out.
Adam (we'll leave his age out of it) is the grill-master.
Eating out on the patio and mom and dad's house-say cheese!
Sydney's 7th Birthday
Sydney opened a few presents first thing in the morning!
We celebrated Syd's birthday by going to the Capitol Theatre to see "Madagascar 3." Then onto the local pizza parlor for a pizza party with Grandpa and Grandma T., Kirk, Heidi, Campbell and Bronson, plus her mom and siblings. We ended the day with cake and ice cream back at Grandma's house. Make a wish!
The Tree House Museum
The Tree House Museum is always one of our favorite stops. Here is Campbell in his cowboy get-up.
Logan: aka radio clown.
Having a pow-wow in the teepee.
The royal Syd and E.
Ethan- the astronaut.
Splash Pad in Clearfield
The cousins cool off on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
Riding 4-wheelers at Grandpa T.'s Farm
Thanksgiving Point and Rio Tinto Mine with the Wagstaffs
Mikelle and Tasha almost perished not being able to see each other until we'd already been in UT a week, but as soon as their cousins on the other side left town, we headed to Springville to see them.
The big and the little kids enjoyed the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point.
I have to admit, the former Bingham Copper Mine--now the Rio Tinto Copper Mine--was way cooler than I thought. Ethan loved watching the enormous dump trucks! The first photo shows just how big each wheel is.
Pioneer Day Float Exhibit at South Towne Expo Center
The week before the Days of '47 Pioneer Days Parade the floats are all on display at the South Towne Expo Center. We were amazed at the creativity and man hours that went into creating so many floats. Our favorite was an ice-cream sundae one where the stems on the cherries could wave back and forth. The "highlight" was waiting in line for an hour for the little kids to get these balloon swords!
Mikelle's 13th Birthday
Mikelle and I had a mommy-daughter day: we shopped in Salt Lake at Fashion Place mall and got our hair cut at Chad's. Doesn't Mikelle look so grown up with the new 'do?
Mikelle waited until the next day to have her cake and ice cream with the Bairds, Wagstaffs, and Gr/Gr T. when we arrived in Sun Valley, ID. Happy 13th Mikelle!
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