*Disclaimer – Here is a very long, picture filled, and probably boring post to most. Reading this post may brainwash you into wishing you were as awesome as us.
Now that you have been warned, let’s get started.
Here is our movie star Enna watching her first parade. She wasn’t a big fan, but her sister thought it was awesome. As soon as Brooke realized that a parade meant people driving by throwing candy at her, she was hooked.
For the 4th of July we went to Josh’s grandparents house. Every 4th of July, they throw a huge party. It is one of our favorite things we do all year. Here is my awesome flag cake I made for the party. I saw it in a magazine and couldn’t resist trying it.
Here is the traditional Indian Dance. This picture just makes me laugh!
Josh and his brothers all ran the Riverton 10K.
I actually found some time to work in my yard. I love my yard and I love it even more when I have time to make it look good.
We took Brooke to see Toy Story 3. She loved it so much that when she asked Grandma and Grandpa to take her, they couldn’t say no. Now she’s been twice and likes to tell everyone about how she saw Buzz and Jessie and ate popcorn.
We went and visited Fireman Jason at his station. Brooke now thinks uncle Jason has the coolest house ever. She keeps asking when she can go back and play. (Brooke’s not in the picture because she was too busy looking at everything.)
The girls in Josh’s family did a day on the lake. This was both of my girls first boating experience. Let’s just say one girl was born to be on the water, while the other appears to be more of a beach bum!
One day I got ambitious and decided to make the gravel patio we had been talking about for awhile. So with the help of my little sidekick, Brooke and I made a patio. I wish I would have gotten a picture of her. She got out all her little plastic gardening tools out and worked right beside me.
We did our annual summer Lava trip. This year was a little different because it was just my family instead of all my cousins. We still had a lot of fun. Brooke was so brave (probably a little too brave). She kept going down the slides and jumping in the water. Sometimes I wish this kid had a little more fear.
The 24th of July we spent with my family. We had a BBQ at my parents house and all the little ones played in the kiddie pool. Here is a picture of Madi and Brooke sharing a chair. These two are so cute together and already the bestest of friends.
On February 7, we were able to bless Sienna. Josh did a wonderful job and gave her a beautiful blessing. I wish I could remember the full blessing, but I know it left me in tears. I love that he is such a wonderful father and has been able to bless my girls.
Also, on a lighter note, two days before the blessing Josh sprained his ankle playing hockey, which caused him to have to hobble up to the front of the chapel on crutches to give Sienna her blessing. A lot of people suggested we postpone it until Josh could carry her himself (I think they were all just bummed that we scheduled it the same day as the Super Bowl), but we agreed that it needed to be done and the sprained ankle was just something we could laugh about later.
bout a week before Halloween, I was feeling a little sad. Normally Halloween is one of the biggest holidays of the year at our house, but due to constant sickness between Josh and Brooke throughout the month of October and me being 8 months pregnant, there just wasn’t much Halloween excitement here.
