Summer 2012

Pool time in the backyard.

 Our little cowgirl.

 Watching videos of Uncle Jason.

 4th of July Treats.  I love the little sneaking hand.

 Fairy Princess playtime

 Double rainbow out our front yard.

 4th of July poppers

 One morning I woke up to this.  They had pulled every single book off the shelves and were having story time together.  Awesome.

 First campout of the season in our backyard.  I wouldn't say it was a huge success. The girls ended up falling asleep just after midnight due to the ongoing fireworks and Shizzie's barking at said fireworks.  But they had a blast and it was a good trial run before the next campout.

 Campout the next weekend with some friends up in Maple Canyon.  This campout went muuuuch better.

 Getting the garden ready for planting.

There is something cool about living two blocks from 7-11.

 We got to participate in Springville's Children's Parade with our dear friends the Evans.  It was an adventure :)

 Gardening.

 They liked helping get all the big rocks out of the garden.

 I love this.  My kids have no fear of bugs or worms.

 Fun time in the dollar store.

 My sister treated us to Chuck E Cheese one day and boy was it a treat.  The girls were in heaven.  What a cool place.  I can remember why I liked it so much when I was a kid. I think I had as much fun as they did.

 I love this picture.

 One day when we were in the backyard the girls kept holding hands and would wander around together.  It was heart warming.  I'm so glad they love each other so much.  There is something truly special about sisters :)

 Rachel in her new big girl forward facing carseat.  Yes she finally hit 20 pounds.

 Free Dreyers ice cream at the Freedom Festival.

 View from my mountain biking excursion.

 The pictures are a little out of order cause they come from various sources.  Here's camping again.

 I like this one.  He's so cute ;)

 Our "Day Out With Thomas" on the Heeber Creeper.  Anne and Rachel were sooo excited to see Thomas and ride on a train.  Great memories.

 Pretty cool self portrait shot.

 Picnic in the backyard.

 Pool time.

 Date night at the Pleasant Grove Rodeo.

 Another date to go play paintball.  It was AWESOME! I wish I had discovered it sooner in life!

 Mmmm....

 Helping clean the Church.

 Rachel in her nursery class.  She does pretty good comparably speaking to Anne.  She lets us leave most of the time but still gets pretty sad.

 Watching the fireworks on the 4th from our Church lawn.  What an awesome view!  The girls loooooved the fireworks.

 Rachel and her dog.

 Believe it or not they pushed this thing all the way from the garage, down our driveway and onto the grass in the front yard.  They may not be buff but they're "wiry" :) (Anyone who's seen Replacements can appreciate that)

 They LOVE to help mow the lawn.

 We go for LOTS of bikerides.

 At the 24the of July Pioneer Day Festival.

 Anne was a natural.  Rode all by herself.

 And they got to go on a "siren" (firetruck).

At the end of our hike after our campout.

 The girls found a butterfly on our hike.

Helping Daddy chop wood for our campfire.