July Extras

 Few things make me happier than a warm summer night playing in the backyard with my family. We started enjoying baseball in the back yard with the T. About 7:30 every night we end up in the back yard. Scavenging the garden for treasures and playing on the swings/ tramp. We picked SO many cucumbers! Like 100 I bet. And shared them with whomever would take them. We canned green beans and watched our tomatoes and watermelons with anticipation. We had to get creative with a sensor sprinkler to keep all the deer out. We bought a new tree to replace the one that was dying in the front park strip. We did parades and swam at the pool and made boats to race at the park. We saw old friends and went out for ice cream. Logan came home from his mission. Jake painted the turf. We are in a drought so its been a dry summer. But we love every warm day with sprinklers and crickets chirping and late nights with my favorite people. I'm so blessed.

Pioneer Day in Highland

 We didn't have plans for Pioneer Day so we decided to make a spontaneous trip to Highland. Luckily no one else had any plans either so we had a BBQ and got to swim for a bit at the neighbor's pool! Such a fun afternoon with Jake's family.

Bear Lake

 Bear Lake was a dream today. No wind, no crowed, no arguing, just my favorite people on the beach in the sun.

4th Weekend

 The 4th was on a Sunday this year. So the parades were on the 3rd. We enjoyed the usual Franklin parade and the Cruise in. Biggest bummer of the month but we learned the super awesome fire work show wouldn't be at USU stadium anymore bc of COVID. From now on they'll hold it at a park on the south end of the valley. We decided not to go but we enjoyed watching some fireworks from our drive way that night. We drove up to Anderson Cove Sunday morning and enjoyed the next few days there with the Chlarsons. My parents were supposed to come too but my mom ended up having shoulder surgery the week before. We almost didn't go either bc Charli and I were sick. Kynli had been sick a few days before. Jake and his dad and Gil and Chris all went golfing together Monday morning. We enjoyed the beach and the lake both days. We got pizza in Eden one night. 

Swim lessons

 We did swim lessons at Georgia's house again this year. We got to be there with our Chlarson friends!