Back to school & Timmy's birthday

 Braden won the summer reading race with 3,406 pages! We had a back-to-school family party to celebrate the end of summer. We went to the dinosaur museum and McDonalds and everyone got a back to school gift. Susie was so excited to get a gabb watch. 

First day of 1st, 4th and 6th grade! 

Timmy and I started a new year at Bri's Bees the next day! We have the cutest class. 

Timmy turned 4! We went on a bike ride to the park and had presents and cake. Timmy is the sweetest. He loves to follow Clark around and do whatever he is doing. Star Wars is still his favorite. He loves walking the kids to school in the morning and reading books with Mom and Dad. 

 

Mirror Lake

We went up to Mirror Lake with the Largey's the first week in August. We had such a great time. Camping with cousins is the best. The kids were entertained the whole time, all except Henry of course, who we had to follow around and keep out of trouble relentlessly. 

There were lots of beautiful wild flowers that the girls loved picking and making bouquets. I also had fun fishing with the kids. We caught a couple tiger trout and I cooked one up for lunch. 

Our favorite was the walk that went all around the lake and our least favorite was the lack of flushing toilets (the bathrooms facility wasn't great).

Mirror Lake is beautiful and we are excited to go back! 

 

JULY!

We started July off by celebrating Lani and Joseph's 50th wedding anniversary. What a special occasion! All of their kids were able to come for the weekend. The adults went out to dinner on Friday and we all got together for a special party at Nicole's on Saturday. Michael brought Leah with him so we got some girls cousins together for a slumber party (minus the slumber). 

For the 4th of July we went on a family hike up to Snow Basin. We had a BBQ with friends and lit off some fireworks in the street. We made homemade root beer of course. 

We've been swimming and playing at the splash park and for morning walks while it's still cool. 

My mom and sister drove up for Mason and Hannah's wedding, it was a special day. 

After the wedding, Paul and I took off to celebrate our anniversary. 14 years! Olivia and my mom stayed and watched the kids. They are angels (the baby-sitters, not the kids). We went to the temple and finally tried out Maddox. We read and relaxed. We toured Minnetonka cave and swam around Bear Lake. It was the best. 

Susie has taken a few pet sitting jobs this summer. She loves it. She likes to spend her money on clothes.

We met some family up at Jordanelle. 

Braden started piano lessons! I was shocked when he said he wanted to learn, shocked and excited! I hope I can make him stick with it. 

We are still learning about different artists and done a few fun art projects trying to imitate their work. I love Clark's French painter impression this photo! 

 July has been busy and fast and FUN!