July 2012

 July is one of our favorite summer months.  We were able to do so many fun things this summer.  We had friends visit, we visited family, went camping, fishing, enjoyed the mountains, and enjoyed the beautiful weather.

We had the Porter's come and visit us from Idaho.  Keni was Jaeley's best friend when they lived here.  She was so sad when they moved that she named her baby doll Keni.  We had the opportunity to go the zoo while they were here with our other friends Scott and Caroline.  The kids had a great time playing with each other.  We always have a good time when our friends come to play. 

When all the family was home we had a jam packed schedule...

  We went to palisade for the annual Anderson family reunion.  We had a good time catching up with relatives and playing in the lake.

My mom and dad threw a big birthday party for all the cousins while we were all together because we aren't all together on their real birthdays.  We had a BBQ, pinata, games, and of course, cake.
  

The girls got aprons that my mom made.  The next day, they got to make cookies with my mom wearing their aprons.

Here are all the babies.  This is the best picture we could get.  They all kept trying to eat each other

The boys minus Bo (I don't know where he went).  They got birdhouses to build with grandpa

While we were home, we were able to do a sister's retreat.  We went to Cedar City and got pedicures and manicures, went shopping and went out to eat.  I love hanging out with my mom and sisters.

 Of course while we are all home we usually do a project. This year we moved the sandbox (well not me, I got there late).  The sandbox used to be right by the porch and my parents realized that was a bad idea because sand kept getting thrown on the porch and getting dragged in the house so we moved it all the way out by the shed.

Ok, I did shovel a couple scoops of sand, I'm just not shoveling in the picture...

We went camping in the Beaver mountains.  The kids loved the fire, hiking, and playing in the dirt.

In July, Brayden turned 5 months.  This is a picture of him getting his first solid food.  He loved the rice cereal. He was really ready and couldn't get enough.  He is growing up so fast.

 The 24th of July is one of our favorite holidays.  We enjoy the parade, games, fireworks, and time with family.  This year Jaeley was able to ride on the 5th ward float.  She thought that was so cool and had a really fun time.

We went camping with our friends at Bear Lake.  We had a really fun time playing in the lake and camping.  People always tell me that Bear lake is freezing but I guess this was an unusually warm year for the lake.  Jaeley could have stayed there all day, she loved the sand and the water was so shallow that I wasn't too worried about her and let her play for as long as she wanted.  Even Brayden had a fun time playing in the sand. 

Rhett had a good month of hunting.  I am glad that he has something that he enjoys that can take his mind off of school