Summer fun!

I am not ready for the summer to end! The summer months can be exhausting because we are so busy. It's worth it though! We play lots and have a bunch of family fun.

Here's some of our summer highlights:

Caeden caught his very first fish down in Mt. Pleasant camping with his Papa!

We had kittens in our house for the very first time, we found nice families to adopt all of them, but it was sad because we were attatched to the little buggers. Caeden named them Blackie, Stripey, Silver, and Sally....although we found out later poor Sally was actually a boy kitty.

We got to go out on Uncle Wayne's boat a couple of times and Tanner was the only kid brave enough to go out on the tube......that child has NO fear!

We visited Wheeler Farm with my sister Cherie and nieces, Lexie, and Kaylin, as well as our good friends the Bowers.

Of course we have to include our unexpected visitor to our home who added a little adventure to our lives. He only stayed for a few days, but he was fun to watch!

The annual West Jordan 4th of July Parade.

and fireworks

We celebrated Tanner's Birthday at Discovery Gateway.....and he got his requested Snake Cake.

Weston was blessed by his daddy when he was 3 months old. His Grandma Bond made a beautiful quilt for his special day.

Weston also went on his very first hike to Donut Falls

Papa had his 60th birthday celebration at Golden Corral. A lot of family came and we all had a great time seeing each other and catching up.

I entered my fantastic Mother-in-law, Patsy, into a family photo give-away that was hosted by a sweet friend. A generous and wonderful photographer chose her story and Mike's family had a professional picture taken for the first time. These are pics we shot with our camera while we were all there.

Camping with our good friends the Lindsays up in Woodland. The boys got to paint model cars.

And of course you can't have any summer fun without a little swimming!

Visiting the temple

Family Reunion up at Echo Lake

And then there were the occasions I forgot to bring my camera. Mike's B-day, the boys jumping on the tramp with their daddy, family dinners....so many good memories. I love and cherish our summer family time!