Parade

Time for the annual cotton days parade.  The kids love going to the parade and getting candy thrown at them. Bryce and Michael liked looking at all the tractors and Juliet loved the princess float. They made off with a ton of candy and then we made a trip to the boys last soccer games.  

Tanner's baptism

 Tanner (Sheryl's oldest) was baptized so we made a trip up to Syracuse to see him.  It was a beautiful baptism and he was so excited to be baptized.  I hope my children could feel the spirit and that it was a good experience for them as well.  We then had a big celebration for his baptism and birthday.  It is always good to be with family.  I miss living so close to them.  Michael and Bryce also started a golf ball business, so I had to post their cute picture of them with their golf balls.  

More Hiking Fun

 This place is so beautiful and we just love exploring it.  The boys made a 4 wheeler trip back up to Toquerville Falls and we headed to the Red Cliffs Reserve with our friends the Crafts for some hiking and campfire fun.  Our kids have a blast together and I'm so glad we met their family.

Karate

 We signed the boys up for tang-so-do and they have loved learning karate moves and discipline.  They both just earned their orange striped belts.  It is so cute to watch them do their punches and kicks.  They can even count to 10 in chinese and break boards with their hands and feet! 

Duck Pond, Carnival, Kite Festival

 The fun never stops here.  We've been busy the last couple weeks.  We took the kids to the duck pond to feed the ducks and while Bryce was throwing bread to the ducks, he slipped and fell into the pond.  It was shallow enough he could touch and Jeremy jumped in after him, but it was quite the spectacle.  It actually made me laugh, but poor Bryce was terrified.  Lesson learned...don't get too close to the edge!  We also went to the kids new school carnival for carnival games and snow cones.  We even won swim passes for the family.  And we were able to go the Kite festival.  Michael earned a shark kite for reading every night for 4 months and we bought Bryce and Juliet a small kite of their own.  The kids had a good time bouncing on the bounce houses, flying their kites, and eating snow cones.  And luckily it was windy enough to fly our kites while we were there!

Duck Pond

Carnival

 Kite Festival

Plain White T's

 Jeremy and I were able to sneak away for a night and go out to dinner at Smashburger and go see the Plain White T's in concert at the Sunbowl.  They put on a great show and we had a fun time.  Our favorite songs of the night were Rhythm of Love and Take Me Away.  Hopefully there will be more concerts in our future!

Toquerville Falls

 We found a gorgeous spot to play in the water on a hot day this past weekend.  We headed up to Toquerville Falls with our friends, the Crafts, for some 4-wheeling, hiking, playing in the water, and a campfire with hotdogs and marshmallows.  We had a blast.  This is by far one of our favorite activites!