pioneer day and missions

the 24th of july in utah is pioneer day. this is the day the 2 stakes in our town put on a big shin dig. they had a fun parade that all the ward primaries got to be in. our primary dressed as missionaries. barrett and cameron had a blast and were so excited to be part of the "biggest parade of the year"...(here it is, anyway!) after the parade we spent the day at the city park for fun games, prizes and lunch...it was my kind of carnival...really low key. just after we got home, this happened!!

it was such a nice change to this hot hot weather! i don't think it had rained since we moved in to this house! later that day, we went over to grandma and grandpa's for a bbq, our own fireworks and we caught the orem owlz fireworks just as we were leaving the neighborhood to come home.


speaking of missions...2 days after pioneer day
we were excited be there when my little brother cuyler opened his mission call to the
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mission!!
i think he was a bit shocked! we are excited for cuyler.
wow, what a great experience he is sure to have!

cousins...

we had a great weekend with our cousins, the smalls! they live in japan so we only get to see them during the summer a little bit. we really cherish these days...

A Walk Down Memory Lane...literally!

We love a good excuse to visit any of our old stompin' grounds, so when a good family friend was having his wedding reception in Cedar City, we were excited about a trip down south. What was intended to be a quick trip ended up taking the better part of the 2 days just to get there and home. We were majorly detoured by the Milford Flats Fire so we ended up in the car much longer than we thought we would be. BUT, we still made it to the reception and got to spend a little bit of time around town. Cedar City will always be a special place to our family. It is where Clint and I met, went to college and lived for almost 3 years after we were married. Barrett was born there and we spent 6 months living there a couple of years ago. Actually, it is the place I have lived second longest of anywhere! We always love going back...there is definitely a good feeling there and some very fond memories we like to talk about and share with our kids. It was fun to see old friends, places we lived and worked, and walk around our old campus. The kids really enjoyed swimming at the hotel pool. We drove home through Brian Head and stopped to see Cedar Breaks...those are some of our favorite places. It was a nice weekend... always is when you're taking a walk down memory lane!

summer just wouldn't be summer...

without painted toenails!

mmm mmmm good...

So, we finally gave Savvy her first taste of solids... Rice Cereal! She LOVED it! I couldn't shovel it in fast enough and she kept giggling the whole time! Here we go... a whole new world for Savanna!