Voices of San Juan Pageant

Bodell and I were in the Voices of San Juan Pageant again this year. Bodell played Bodil again (the little girl she is named after) and I played Elsie again. Shae kept asking when she could be in the pageant, so she joined the pageant this year. She played a member of another handcart family. I decided that if the pageant was going to become a yearly event I should just make us some costumes to keep (I did not make the bonnets.) The girls were excited to get dressed up. It was a fun experience for us.

"Dough" a deer. A female deer.

The other day we were taking a drive up the mountain. We spotted some deer by the road. Josh pointed them out to the kids and said they were all does. Brigham agreed. Josh asked Brigham if he knew why they were called "does." Brigham quickly responded, "because they are like a cookie." Josh and I didn't really get what he had said, until Bodell started laughing. She repeated what he said to us. We realized he was thinking we were calling the female deer a "dough." Now whenever we see a doe we have to chuckle that it is like a cookie.

Andrew Gets His First REAL Haircut

I thought it was time to give Andrew a real haircut so people would know he was a boy. Here is his BEFORE picture.



DURING.... (Andrew did not like the haircut. He hated having the hair fall on him and hated us restraining him. By the time it was over I had cut off about an inch.)



AFTER. (I must admit the before picture is a better picture. By the time we finished the haircut he was not very happy with us so these two pictures were the best I could get.)

Samson, have you lost your strength without your hair?

Sleeping out

The other night we all slept outside. (Well, I should clarify, the kids slept..I don't think I got much sleep that night between the dog, cat and kids.) A couple of nights ago, the kids wanted to sleep in a tent outside by themselves. They were so proud to be on their own. After we finally got the cat to stop attacking the tent, the kids settled down and went to sleep. I was surprised that Brigham was the only one to come in during the night.

Doesn't that look cozy?

Andrew is 5 months

Andrew is now five months. He is still so fun. It is so fun to watch him be more interactive. He loves to be around the kids. He is constantly watching them to see what they are doing. He has mastered rolling over. He moves all over the place in his crib at night. He can sit up now, although he loses his balance after a couple of minutes and falls over. He thinks he is so big when he sits up. He still loves to laugh and becomes more ticklish each day. Andrew hates his cereal. He still likes the attention that he gets when he is eating, but he spits everything out. By the end of his feeding he usually has cereal all over his face, in his hair, on his legs and hands.

4th of July

We had a great time on the fourth of July. We started the day out by Josh and I running the 5k. The girls ran the one mile race.

Here is Bodell coming down the final stretch. Bodell gets better every year.

This was Shae's first mile run. She did a great job!

We all wore our "Summer Fun Club" t-shirts for the race. I am not sure if I would include running 3 miles as "Summer Fun."

Here are all the kids at the parade. Josh's family had a big family reunion on the fourth, so we are all wearing our reunion t-shirts.

Brigham with Hunter.

Shae and Sage waiting for the candy.

Bodell ready to get out of the heat.

My favorite part of the parades... The WATER TRUCK!

Shae, Bodell and Brigham after the water truck.

Do you feel better now Bodell?

After the parade we headed up to Elk Ridge for the reunion. The kids were very sad to miss the activities at the park, but they still had a great time hanging out with their cousins and playing at the mountain.

Bodell, where are your eyes?

Shae and Whitney.

Preston, Bodell, Hunter and Cole playing in the fire.

Val, Sunny, Platte and Nate cleaning up after the afternoon of fun.

Branding Cows

Andy Black invited Josh to join the crew branding kenny's calves. Josh was excited to get back to his roots. We camped the night before by the old cabin and then helped the next morning. The kids loved camping and roaming the mountain. Bodell did NOT like watching them brand. She thought it looked like they were hurting the cows too much. However, she did like riding the horses.

Yee-Haw!

Our little cowboy.

Bodell's favorite part of the day.

Shae liked the horses too.

Brigham is ready to go!

It is hard to see Brigham's tongue in this little picture. It looks like he is really working this horse.

Too cute.