July Happenings--2017

I love summer and our July was no exception to our great summer.  Here is what we were up to during the month of July.
 Our little Blake learning how to crawl at about 10 months old.  He does a peg leg crawl where he drags one of his legs and then crawls with the other.  It's pretty cute and he gets a lot of looks and compliments on his crawl and his blond white hair.

 We took a family hike to a hike at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon.  It was called dripping wet falls and it was a perfect hike for our family full of little people.  The trail is completely paved and at any time you can walk down to the slow flowing river to dip your feet it.  Along the sides of the river is a hangover that drips water along the whole hike.  The hike was short and the kids loved walking down to the river to walk in the water and throw rocks in.  It was such a fun outing for our little family.

We had a family party BBQ with the Mecham's.  We love spending time with family.

This boy. He has completely stolen our hearts.  We love him so much.  He is such a good baby.  He was extremely tired this day and fell asleep on my bed like this.

My favorite holiday is the 4th of July and we did a lot of celebrating.  We started out by going to the balloons on the day before the 4th of July.  The boys love the balloons.  We even got to see Smokey the Bear.  We love our tradition of going to breakfast after.

The next day was the 4th of July and we continued with all our traditions.  We started out with the Freedom race.  Casey took Mason and Tanner on the Freedom 5K run and while I was saving seats I waited for him to run by.  The boys love to run in the race with Casey.  After was the parade  I have done this tradition ever since I was little and it's one I always look forward to.  After the parade it was home for naps.  After naps we went to Tim and Natalie's for a BBQ dinner.  I love this dinner tradition because it's a chance to see family that I don't get to see very often.  Mom and Deanne also always make homemade ice cream which is always a big hit.  After dinner and ice cream we headed over to Ry and Megs for fireworks.  It was the perfect ending to my favorite holiday.

On July7th, our little family took another hike.  The boys found a hill to slide down on their bottoms.  They got pretty dirty. That night we made crazy hair before going to bed. I think these boys might need some haircuts!

Irrigation at grandma and grandpa Mecham's always calls for a party.  The water is freezing, but that doesn't stop almost everyone, except me, from getting in the water and having fun.

 Mom, Dad, Lin, Myrn, and us went up Pleasant Grove Canyon to see the humongous flag that is hanging from the middle of the canyon.  It's one of the biggest flags ever made and we got to see it. It was fun hiking up a little closer to the flag.  Mom stayed back with Blake.

Mason loves the rope swing at Amy and Jared's house.

We had so much fun on our family hike to dripping wet falls, that we headed there again with cousins.  We had fun playing in the water. Then going to the Springville splash pad after and let the kids play in more water. The splash pad offers a free kids lunch so the kids ate their lunch while the girls went to Kneaders and enjoyed yummy sandwiches.

Our little Blakey Bear.

The other night, Tanner walked into our room at about 3:00 in the morning and handed me a popsicle to eat.  I said no, it was too early in the morning, and he pouted by the side of the bed until he got tired and went back to bed.  So the next morning we had popsicles for breakfast.

Amy Jared's annual 24th of July party is always a highlight of our year and this year did not disappoint. We had yummy food, a water party, family, fireworks, and lots of fun spent with cousins.  We love this party, but I think our favorite part is just getting to spend time with family.

We've spent a lot of time at Casey's pool this summer.  We've loved going and spending our summer says with cousins at the pool.  Mason took swimming lessons this year and even was brave enough to jump off the diving board (with a lot of coaxing).  Tanner and Blake were patient poolside while Mason did his swimming lessons.

Mason and Tanner worked on puzzles inside while it was too hot to go outside.

More fun at Casey's pool. 

On the last day of July, the Hess Family invited our family to go to the lake on their new boat.  I learned how to wake surf, Mason tubed with his cousins, Tanner loved riding on the boat, and Blake loved cuddling with Casey.  We had a great time and we can't wait to go again.