July

We spent the 4th of July in Delta this year! We had a great time swimming in the kiddie pool outside, going on the 4-wheeler, and seeing the parade. In the park afterwards, Devin and Erin participated in the fish catch. They got to catch a fish with their hands! Colin was not interested at all. I don't blame him

Devin turned 6 this Year! I can't believe he's 6 already! We had a great low key family party. He is a sweet boy! We love you Devin.

John's work put on a great Summer party in preview of the new Harry Potter movie. We got t-shirts, and we got to make potions, be sorted into houses with the sorting hat, see cool reptiles, and dress up in Harry Potter costumes. We even got cool treats for the movie like chocolate frogs, pumpkin juice, and Butter Beer! Then we took the kids to a friend's house while we went to a 3d preview showing of the movie. It was a ton of fun!

In the middle of July we went to a really fun Family reunion with my Mom's family. They had lunch, a water slide, and some fun games to play. Thanks to Mandy, Stacy, and Valerie for putting it on.

In July Sean was 7 months old. He loves to play with toys and with his brothers and sister. up until this point he was generally staying in the same spot, but in July he really started to roll around! He could get all the way across the room eventually as he moved from one toy to another rolling along as he went.

My birthday was in July too. I'm now 32 and John treated me to dinner and a banana cream pie!

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Florida Baby!

John and I went to South Beach Florida! John had a work convention to go to there and He wanted me to go along. So, we dropped the kids off in Delta with my parents (Thanks again, Mom and Dad) and took Colin with us. (He's still dependent on Mommy.) While John was in his classes, I went to the beach, went shopping and just relaxed. We did get to see some of the sights though after his classes. Our favorite was when we went to the Everglades. It's this huge swamp land where alligators, turtles, fish and other wildlife roam free and tourists like us can take a flat-bottom boat out on the shallow water to see them up front. Yes I said Alligators! They came within a yard of us in the boat and out of the boat too! We watched an alligator demonstration and then John and I held a real one with our bare hands! Wow! Miami is Beautiful! The climate reminded me of Hawaii: Warm and Humid. I don't know if I'd go there in August or September!

We rode in a boat like these with a giant fan on the back.

That log out there is actually an alligator! Very close!

This guy's crazy!

I think I'm crazy!

A dangerous weapon!

Too close for comfort.

What a cutie!

It was a nice break away from the kids, but we missed them a lot and called them every night. When we called on the second night we were there, we found out that my Grandma died! It was really sad. She was getting very feeble though and I'm sure she's feeling much better now. Unfortunately we missed the funeral. I feel awful about that because we moved back to Utah so that we wouldn't miss those big important occasions! Well, now not only were my Mom and Dad watching the kids, but they were also in Richfield helping with the funeral arrangements. What a week to go away! Anyway, when we got back into town we went straight to Richfield and we were able to see family and pay respects to Grandma at the cemetery.