the last month in pictures

Brothers.
In the van when I told Kacen that he and Jesse were my boys he started blushing. I have been able to say "girls" for the past four years with Alona and Abbi. So in the van Kacen was in awe that he and Jesse were the boys like Abbi and Alona are the girls.















Jesse playing stick puppets with Abbi (I think this is so cute)



















Fathers Day playing at the park with their daddy. We brought popsicles and Paul showed Alona how to sharpen a stick on the sidewalk. He pushed the kids on the swing and they all had a lot of fun playing together.































































sprinklers in the front yard. The most dangerous of the two yards to do it, but the back does not have a turn key. So every time that they want the sprinklers Mommy or Daddy goes out there with them. They had a lot of fun.. Alona likes the sprinkler to be really high and Kacen likes it real low and then him and Abbi put their faces in it :)

















































































CAMPING
waiting for forth of July fireworks (Lava Hot Springs, Idaho)
a very pretty place to be, very majestic and the perfect setting for celebrating our country.














We met and played with a great dane, Titan














I met my brothers girlfriend



















The kids had fun playing.
Abbi loves animals, especially dogs. This one, Sammy, I lived with him in tenth and eleventh grade when he was a little puppy. He is now an old dog, but still loves to chase his ball.









cousins got to play together up at the camp site. Only a year and 8 months between the three of them.














all of the kids loved the 4-wheeler. Kacen is definitely our little boy, he kept climbing right up on it waiting for someone to enable him to ride :)














dino ride at a park in Lava Hot Springs














feeding the dino














in the woods one last time before we left














Library story time, under the canopy at Provo City Library. We were late, so we just threw everything to make our lunch in a grocery bag and I made it after we found a place to sit down. Eating jello at the library, what a treat! There are stories acted out, skits, musical instruments on occasion and puppets and they are very interactive with the children.
One of Alona's favorite places is the library, she asks if we can just go inside so she can sit down and read. She always tells me that we don't have to check out any books, she wants to go in and read though. And that is what you can catch her doing at home 90 % of the time, reading a book.















Swimming at Veterans Memorial Pool