Where to begin...

We had such a fun time having my sister and her family visiting from Kansas! We had a jam-packed week full of making so many fun memories. We played at the park, rode horses, went to the Rodeo, went rafting, Lagoon, Temple Square, and visited with friends and family. The time always goes by way too fast when you're having fun, but this time it REALLY did go by too fast. We laughed so much and I loved seeing all the cousins playing together. It really made me want my kids to have cousins and aunts and uncles close by while growing up! Family is so IMPORTANT! The bitter sweet part of all of this is that we got to have such an amazing trip together right before they leave for Germany for 4 years. We're really going to miss you guys and we HOPE to come and see you! You're so much fun!

Dino Triathlon

In June Mac and I completed our 2nd triathlon! We were really excited to do the Dino Tri here in Vernal. We had a blast doing it! Mac decided to do the Olympic, while I was content at doing the Sprint again. He did so awesome....I was inspired...maybe someday I'll do the olympic.

Mac just finished swimming a mile!
I just finished 1/2 mile swim.

The bike ride had to be our favorite part...so beautiful!

4th of July Weekend!

On Saturday Mac took Connor up to Diamond Mtn. to help move cows and this is how Connor looked that night. Sunday evening we took the kids to a friends' house for a BBQ and watched the fireworks from their back yard. We had a great view and the evening was filled with lots of fun, excellent food, and laughter. It was Connor's first time seeing fireworks because last year he couldn't last past 8pm.
We rode our bikes down to Main St. for the Vernal Parade on Monday and the kids had a great time. I was surprised Abby didn't get scared with all the loud noises.

Denver

Last week Mac had to go to Denver for work, so we made it a mini family vacation. It actually turned out to be so fun! Usually it's hard while Mac is at work because I don't know my way around Denver, so we typically would hang around downtown mostly. This time I was armed with a GPS and man was that NICE!!







Here we are playing at the park! Connor's favorite place was called "Fantastic Fun," a place with tons of kiddie rides and bouncy houses and slides. We spent 2 1/2 hours there and he still wasn't ready to go. The day we left we visited the Denver Train Museum up in Golden and had fun touring the old train cars...it was a little hot for us, so we headed to an early lunch at my favorite, "Panera Bread." Then off to the Denver Children's Museum, which Abigail loved just as much as Connor. They had a really cute little area for babies to explore. Connor loved the Bubble room, the grocery store, and learning how to cut with scissors...he went to

town on the paper he was supposed to be painting!

Fishing at the Lake

While we were visiting in Talmage, we took a ride up to the lake near Grandma and Grandpa Burton's house. This was Connor's first fishing excursion, thanks to Uncle Colton for his cool "Cars" fishing pole. I was so surprised at how quickly Connor picked up on the mechanics of casting. By the end of the evening he was casting out 20 or so feet! No, we did not put a hook on the end for him, just a bobber. This was a good thing because he hit his head a few times and it would have been much worse if there was something sharp on the end! Every time he'd bring in some grass, he'd say, "I caught one!" It was a perfect evening for it and Abigail enjoyed the outdoors as well.

Connor loves being a part of the "Boys!"
Tired eyes by the end of the evening.

June updates...

Abigail is almost 8 months now and and has been sitting up for a while now, but I just love taking new pictures of her sitting up...she looks like such a big girl! She's army crawling now and loves getting into Connor's toys, much to his dismay. Connor's learning to share, but mostly it's Abby who gives in when he throws her a different toy to play with. I love seeing the interaction between the two of them. This morning I awoke to giggling and found Connor in Abby's crib laying on his tummy right next to her....melted my heart.

Mac took Connor for a quick ride on a neighbor's motorcycle....both are looking pretty cute!