July 2018

July.  

Tyler shows his smile off pre braces.  See you in two years teeth.  

I convinced Ang and Katie to go rappel Rocky Mouth Waterfall with me.  It was short and easy and I shouldn't' have done it with a sprained ankle but I tend to forget about those details.  

We said good bye to our sand box and playground.  We are growing up and moving on to different things.  (oh and our neighbor has one that we play at all the time) . When its 100 degrees outside we hang out inside doing fun crafts.  Thanks Aunt Rachel.  Ella got heat rash over her body on day.

Draren went on a few bike rides with his girls.  We enjoyed 7/11 free slurpies.  Captain Crunch flavor was beyond gross.  It was exactly like captain crunch!

We celebrated Darren 41st bday.  His parents came down to celebrate.  Ella got to be in the Draper Days Parade.  Her hands hurt by the end doing to many flips and tricks on the road.  Next year.... gloves! Friend Thor got to hang out with us and he loved the candy.  Tyler and Syd went biking with Darren.  Ella and friends walked over to Draper Days festivities a few times.  Its crazy how big she is getting.  

A beautiful Sunday walk/hike in the mountains.  The flowers were beautiful.  The family time was awesome.

Tyler ... waiting by the window for Aunt Jenny to come so they can go do baptisms with Isaac.  Angenette "Neti" call came in town.  We hiked up to Rocky Mouth waterfall to check it out.  

Rock Climbing at the slips with the Larrabees.  Tylers first multi Pitch climb.  I was so proud of Abby for getting up there!

Tyler has been riding a lot with Darren.  I love it.  I love the time they spend together and the connection they can have through it.  

Daddy daughter date.  Abby didnt' care that cousins were over. She was so excited to have her dad all to her self.  She wanted Wendys because Grandma balls took here there once.  Darren showed her how to dip french fries into her frosty.

Maine- Lake House

We loved staying at the Lake House in Maine!  What a dream of a place.  The house, the location, the people.  The kids slept out in the Boat House almost every night.  Abby tried to sleep out there too but she was just too tired and they stayed awake too late.  

I may have commandeered the kitchen while I was there.  Dans mom had a lovely kitchen with everything you could ever want in it.  I just cooked and cooked and loved it!  She had so much food her in pantry that I just made whatever I could with whatever she had.  Ang showed up after a few days since she is dating Dans brother Ben.  Lots of great music every day.  It felt like family since we have know Dans family for almost 20 years.  

Our last morning there we got up early to head out on the lake with just our little crew.  Everyone tried knee boarding, skiing. and tons of tubing.  Abby was so proud of herself knee boarding with one hand.

We went blueberry hunting one day.  We found bags of blackberries and blueberries.  We also drove to New Hampshire one day to jump into the COLD "Emerald Pool".  The trail was short and cold!  So proud of Abby for jumping in with me.  Tyler was awesome. We did do one big service project while in Maine. We stacked 4 "cords" of wood.  So they should be set for a few years!