Happy 4th of July!

We went to our cousins' place and their little town of Cabool had a festival. The kids had a lot of fun!
Here they are on their way to the rides and games...



Candle Making




Riding Ponies




Blow up games





Just plain cute!





Tasty treats!




Close encounter with a train! Brayden loved it!



Time for fireworks! Katelyn is sitting next to a girl that is going to be in the Beauty and the Beast play. She plays the part of Belle. We told Katelyn that and so all day she kept wanting to hang out with "Belle." She said, "I just love princesses can I go talk to Belle for a while. She said she wants to take me to get some ice cream." It was so funny!

Festive Cooking

Katelyn helped me bake a cake for the neighborhood BBQ. We made a white chocolate cake with a few berries to decorate with. We have been blueberry picking recently and the kids did really well. We got 10 lbs of blueberries! We have been making muffins, pancakes, and slushies mostly. I would like to make some jam. I love blueberry jam!

New Couches

We finally decided to get some couches. They are a cocoa color and made of a crushed microfiber. They look like a little like leather in these pictures, but the are really soft. Each one is a recliner. Sean and I have a hard time sitting in them without falling asleep. They are very comfortable. I look forward to decorating with pillows and wall hangings and things wherever we end up here in the near future.

Baby Number 3!!!

Well, we are excited to announce our future little arrival. We are pregnant with number three! It is quite a story too. I have learned from this experience that the Lord is truly mindful of us and he is intricately involved with our lives. It was so easy to get pregnant with Katelyn and Brayden that I think it was the first time we tried with both of them. So... I just assumed that would be how it was with all of them. We have been trying since last October and I told Sean if we weren't pregnant by February than I would want to be extra careful through March and April. I just never really wanted a baby in December. Well, we were, but ironically enough I don't know how, but we got pregnant anyway. I can just see the Lord smiling down at us saying that we think we have control of our lives, but I guess we don't. Anyway, I am happy and grateful to have another special spirit in our home. It will be great! Here is our first picture of him or her. Our current due date is Jan. 2nd. and we are 12 weeks exactly!

"Busy Bees"

So while mommy was making dinner and daddy was mowing the lawn, "Pocahontas and John Smith" decided to make a home of their own on our back deck. It was so cute I couldn't resist capturing the moment. Kids are so fun and so creative. It is so cute to watch them work together to create things and use their imagination. Katelyn and Brayden play so well together. I am so glad they have each other.

Boating

We had a fun boating trip at the beginning of June. My brother's birthday is June 6th so we decided to have some fun at the lake. Our Bishop has a ski boat so their family and my brother's and mine had a great day in the water. The temperature was great in and out of the water. Sean got to ski solemn for a while, then we did some tubing with the kids and of course the banana boat was a hit for everyone. Its always fun having something that a lot of people can enjoy at the same time. We didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked since our battery was dying, but we had a lot of fun!