Ok-so I finally completed my blog and I am officially ready for you all to see it. I decided to go back to the beginning of the summer and recap the major events and happenings. I think that this took me a lot longer than I thought that it would. This summer evoked a lot of emotions in our family but through the tough times we were able to create a lot of wonderful memories. The message that I have walked away with and that I thought would be our family's "theme" is that our time is really limited here in this life-each day is precious and we need to cherish each moment we have.

It's family reunion time!

This year the theme of our family reunion was Walk a Beautiful Life through having fun! And as you can see-we had a lot of fun at bear lake. Some of the favorite activities included- boating at the lake, tie dying, playing the "cheese ball" game, the beach, eating a lot of really yummy food, launching water balloons off of the deck, fishing over the deck, and just hanging out with cousins. We had a great time and really appreciated the hard work and effort of grandma and grandpa to make it a wonderful reunion.

Lagoon!

We went up to Salt Lake a little early (before the family reunion) to have a day at Lagoon. I have to admit, I was a little nervous to do 5 kids by myself (John had to work) at Lagoon, but I was pleasantly surprised. The kids were great-the day was beautiful-there were short lines the whole time and we really did enjoy ourselves. Anna was enjoying the drinks a lot. She hung out at the wagon for a long time just tasting each one. I usually don't give my daughter soda-but today, I just gave in, she was just having too much fun to spoil it. Ally loved the bumper cars. She figured out how to turn the wheel and really got good at driving. We spent a lot of time riding them over and over.

San Diego Trip

We had a great excuse to travel to San Diego this summer. Our cute niece, Nicole was married in the San Diego Temple. We had a great time, and even threw in a trip to Sea World and the beach while we were at it. The wedding was so beautiful and the kids had fun spending time with cousins that they don't get to see very often. We are so happy for Nicole and Preston!