July with Cousins

Dallin & Allyson blessed baby Briant.  Jared and his family were here along with Dad & Mom.  I always love seeing family.  We had all of my family over on July 2 just to get together with each other.  It was really fun to just chat while the kids played so well outside.  That evening we enjoyed going out to dinner with the adults.  I love getting to talk without any interruptions from kids. 

Carter & Parker

June ending

Cute Bradley - cannot get enough of this fun kid that is keeping me young.

Carter and Parker attended Stake Day Camp for the scouts.  They had so much fun.  Our stake put it on in Salem.  They were able to do some really fun activities along with canoeing and flying into the air on a huge tarp.  So glad they have these fun activities to look forward to attending.  Carter above with other scouts.

Parker in the middle of the group standing up with his BYU hat.  Not sure where Carter ended up during this picture - probably hiding behind:).  Sister Karla Jessop and Heather Peck are amazing leaders.

 Carter, Parker & Sam Linton are in the 3rd canoe back.

Carter getting some good air on during this fun activity for working together.

One of our many dinners in the backyard during the summer - love how my kids get so excited to make a fire and eat outside.

 Carter's yummy food.

 Silly Bradley

 Johnathan, Parker, Tricia & Tanner

 Bradley positioning himself the farthest he could from us to eat - crazy boy.

Since Byron was out of the country, we had fun facetiming him.  So glad for this amazing technology.

Once Byron came back from Asia, he brought this cool sword for Bradley.

I watched Allyson's kids one afternoon while he went to the dentist.  We had fun playing outside in the water and on the trampoline.  Above Rose, Eliza, Bradley & Carter jumping.

 Cute Myles and Parker relaxing.

 Carter doing some cool tricks.

 Cute Briant and I hanging out.

 Johnathan taking the word "relaxation" to a new level.

 Dad & Mom came up to spend some time with Allyson after having Briant.  He is such a sweet little guy.

 More water time on those hot summer days. (Carter, Parker - with red cup & Bradley)

The boys were all on a camp out along with Byron so we had fun enjoying the night together with popcorn and a movie.  Carter, Parker & Bradley

On June 30th is our annual Lehi City Parade.  For the past couple of years we have missed it due to our Adamson Family reunion.  It was fun to go again and celebrate living in Lehi.  We grabbed McDonald's for breakfast and enjoyed hanging out for about 3 hours before the parade started.  It is always so much fun seeing people we know in the parade and along the route. The kids came home with way too much candy.   (Parker - blue, Carter - red)



June miscellaneous

Crazy Bradley came out of my bedroom hopping in one of Byron's shoes.  Pretty crazy boy!

I finally finished my year and a half project with these blankets.  My goal was to get them done for Carter & Parker's birthday and I think I finished them a couple of days later.  They were so much work, but fun and exciting to be able to make something like this.  DeeDee Evans was so amazing to help me through every step.  She is such a talented women and was so nice to help me through the whole process.  I absolutely love them and it puts a smile on my face to see them on their beds.

Tanner & Cooper went fishing one afternoon and ended up catching a couple of small fish.  They threw them back, though.  How fun for these two to do something together that they both love.

We went to the Discovery Park in Pleasant Grove for a picnic and outing with the kids.  Cooper was with us also.  The kids had a great time on all of the fun equipment.  We ended up seeing the Morgan's from our ward and the kids had fun playing kickball with them.

Parker (blue), Carter (forest green)

Byron was gone on a trip over Father's Day.  It was so sad to not have him around to celebrate.  Carter, Parker & Bradley filled out some questionnaires in Primary about Byron.  It was fun to read some of their responses.  This is from Bradley- "My daddy's name is Byron.  He is 19 years old, 13 tall and weighs 13 pounds.  His favorite food is Ramen Noodles.  My daddy is really good at kick ball.  He loves to play sports.  My favorite thing to do with my dad is play games.  I'm just like my dad because I tease people.  What I love most about my daddy is he always lets me play with friends.  It makes Dad happy when I play with him."  So sweet and funny how he sees Byron from a 5 year olds world.  This is from Parker - "My daddy's name is Byron.  He is 39 years old, 5.5 tall and weighs ? pounds.  His favorite food is ?  My daddy is really good at being a dad.  He loves to camp.  My favorite thing to do with my dad is to go camping.  I'm just like my dad because I go camping.  What I love most about my daddy is that he has a job.  It makes Dad happy when I be good.  I love you.  You are one of a kind.  I like when you come home with a smile on your face."  Carter said - "My daddy's name is Byron.  He is 39 years old, 5.5 tall and weighs ? pounds.  His favorite food is what ever his wife makes.  My daddy is really good at making breakfast.  He loves to watch the O' Reilly Factor.  My favorite thing to do with my dad is to go on hikes on trips or do something fun with him.  I'm just like my dad because I tease.  What I love most about my daddy is he encourages me to go to church by being an example.  It makes Dad happy when I do the right thing."

We went up to Byron's parents house after church for dinner and some play time with cousins and family.  The kids had fun playing 4-square with everybody. 

Cadan & Bradley eating in the play set.  The beautiful sunset that Camille took a picture of.

We had fun going to eat at Chili's with Emily and all of her kids one evening while Byron was gone.  It was fun going together.  Luckily we had a very nice waiter who was patient with dealing with 11 children. 

 We enjoyed going to the new park out in Saratoga Springs that had some really fun playground equipment.  The kids all enjoyed climbing to the top of this cool structure many times.  They even had a lot of races to see who could get to the top first.  Carter in red and Parker in blue.