June 2014

June was GREAT! Here are a few pictures to prove it!  My boys are at SUCH a great age, I can take them anywhere and it's just not that bad. No diapers, no strollers, no need for a real set schedule, we are flexible, everyone can talk, and they are at an age where things are easily fun and exciting. It really has been a fun summer because of that, we have done a lot of fun things.

 These pictures are from the Springville Art Museam when they were doing some kind of Art Festival. As with all free activities in Utah County, there were literally 5,000 children there, luckily we got there early and left before it got unbearable. And it was HOT, cute, and fun!! :)

 

Hopefully you can handle these pictures, they are breathtakingly cute...you have been warned...;) 

 

 

  

 Here are the kids with all their loot--hats, wands, sunglasses and all. They had a blast.

Fathers Day was fun,

 the kids got Justin a "sword, so he can kill the snakes." Because that's what dad does, he kills snakes...but seriously, he does. And it's technically a "machete" ... anyway, Justin is such a great Dad/husband, we loooooove him. He made himself and everyone in his family steaks for dinner, he did a great job at cooking them perfectly. Sadly, cooking red meat is basically my worst skill below all skills, so the man has to cook his own meat on Fathers day if he wants it to be edible... 

The kids LOVE when Justin is goofy with them, I just LOVE all my boys!! And we get another one!! YAY!!!!

The Bean Museum is open after being closed for renovation, and it's pretty darn cool. However, because it's free, and in Utah County, its like a gargantuan preshool, 7-8 kids per adult. But the kids have a great time regardless, it's just the parents freaking out every other minute and counting children over and over and over... 

 Rod was especially taken with all the "scary" animals. Since he turned 3 he has become so much more energetic and social. Anyway, he thought it was awesome and I thought watching him react to everything was what was REALLY awesome. I love that kid.

  This hyena is eating this baboons leg while the baboon tries to escape...and his baboon friend is giving the death stare and scream from above, the death stare baboon scared the kids way more than the freaky hyena. I think Hazel said, "That is a bad monkey." more than once... :)

 LOVE all the cousins!! Only one missing is JAMES! He is by me (the photographer) sitting on Arianne's lap, but now he really is missing!! Well, just from Utah, waaaaaa!!! :(

 Claustrophobia did finally set in and the kids played outside the museum for like an hour. If there is a wheelchair ramp (which there was), there is a guarentee of at least 20 minutes of pure running joy.

 And then, another June time, the funnest thing happened, we went to a neighbors, sister's house to pick cherries. And they were sooo beautiful and we picked much and my boys loved it, AND there were horses, AND they saw one poop. So that was a great afternoon.

 And Jax loves Ollie. And Ollie is huge in this picture! :) Natasha and I switch off Fridays of babysitting so that we can each go out every other Friday (ideally) it works out pretty great. We always love having cousins over!!

 

Happy June. It's taking me forever to catch up....!