Bedtime

I love to hear Christopher, Michael, and Bethany laughing together. Sorry about the poor lighting--but the laughter is the best part.

Bethany crawls

Bethany started crawling!! I think she is trying to keep up with the boys. She is also pulling herself up and loves being mobile.

Fun Times

Blessing pic

My mom found the blessing dress that I was blessed in. Bethany still fit into it! We got a few cute pictures of her wearing it.

Pine Valley

Over the weekend wew visited my family in St. George. We went to a cool place called "Pine Valley" for a picnic lunch. The weather was beautiful. Christopher and Michael had fun sword-fighting with sticks and crossing the creek on fallen logs with their cousins. Bethany loved the trees and looking around at everything. I enjoyed the fresh pine scent and just being outside.

Scavenger Hunt: "Things American"

We had a great fourth of July weekend in St. George. After a flag fruit pizza breakfast and a grand parade through the balcony, around the couch, and up the stairs, we went to the mall and had a scavenger hunt for things American. We divided up into teams and took pictures with our cell phones of the American items we found. It was really fun. After we got back we went swimming at a neighbor's pool. The boys had a breakthrough--they both swam underwater! I was really excited. It's taken a lot of swimming--but they are making progress. We watched the fireworks from my mom's back porch, which had an amazing view. The best part was that we didn't have to drive home in traffic afterwards--and Bethany slept peacefully inside during the whole display.

Summer Fun

One of the great things about living in a desert is that it comes with a longer-than-normal outdoor swimming season! A few weeks ago, the Hickens invited us over to swim with them in their backyard pool.

A cute shot of the girls enjoying the water!

Christopher and Michael are becoming quite the swimmers (of course, a little floatation help never hurts!)

Christopher was even kind enough to share some of his swimming/diving expertise with the rest of the crowd!