The 4th of July

This year we were in Holden for the 4th. It was pretty dang hot, but we lasted and had fun. Dawson had a pretty unfriendly attitude with the camera for the parade (mainly because he does not like being woken up, unfortunately he gets that from his mom.) We found a perfect spot for the parade and we weren't even early! 

I do have to be proud of this little guy because we didn't let him stay and play for more than 10 minutes on the bounce houses. He didn't fuss or whine, he was ready to go home. 

Of course, the heat meant it was time for swimming. From left to right its Dawson, Brant, Tilden in the back, Jetta, and Taylee. They had so much fun running in circles and making a whirl pool carry them around the pool. It was pretty impressive!

The cousins again relaxing in the cool water.

 

 Before we went to Molly and Lucas' to swim, we set up a little pool at Grandma and Grandpa's. Dawson had a great idea of setting the slide into the pool. The little kids loved this! Below is Kyson and Dawson.

Such a great weekend, and we can't get enough of cousins and Holden.

Yuba Lake this Year

We finally made it to Yuba Lake for the summer. It was a perfect day with the whole clan. 

Here is Dawson, Aunt Loni, Taylee, and Kyson building a sand castle! They had a blast kicking it down at the end of the day.

The kids spent a lot of time out in the water jumping off the tube and swimming around it. Below is Jetta and Dawson trying to catch a fish with a bucket....... no luck.

Here's the kiddos again still searching for a fish....

and another shot of the other cousins on the tube. They never wanted to get off. Out on the water when Chet was pulling the tube behind his boat Dawson just wanted to go faster and faster! He loved it! It was hilarious that he wanted to go super fast and some of the older kids just wanted to keep it slow. Dawson did get his thrill when he rode with J.D. and Parker. I wasn't on the boat, but he had quite a story to tell when he got back to the beach.

Thank you again Uncle Chet and Aunt Bobi Sue for bringing your boat and toys! It was so much fun!

Amy's Wedding

SADLY, I didn't get any photos, but my sister Amy got married!! She is so happy and we couldn't be more happy for her and her new husband. She married a man that has been a family friend for over 20 years. He is truly an amazing guy and he makes my sister so happy. 

She got married June 28th, at Angel's Landing in Kanab, UT. It was so beautiful. J.D. and I prepared and cooked all of the food. We had BBQ'd ribs (those were prepared by a restuarant), and had dutch oven potatoes and salad. After the ceremony we all ate and enjoyed a live band! We danced and danced until it was dark. Dawson was so CUTE! We tried so hard to get a picture, but the lights weren't working. All night he kept asking this little girl, (the groom's niece), to dance. She wouldn't..... and finally she did! Dawson, NO JOKE, would twirl her under his arm and rock back and forth. He was in total control and led the girl all around the dance floor twirling her. Everyone couldn't get enough of them. A true gentleman we have on our hands. 

Congratulations to Amy and Rick! We are so happy for you!

The Move to Orem, UT

On May 14th we moved up to Orem, UT to start a new business with J.D.'s brother. It's been pretty hard moving because Holden felt so much like home to us. Dawson made friends so easily, as well as J.D. and I. J.D.'s Handy man business brought him so much confidence and felt proud about what he was doing. It took us about 2 months to actually get all the boxes unpacked and sort of moved in. We have been dragging our feet because we didn't want to move. I know it will take some time to get adjusted, and there are some positives about moving. 

We live in my brother Choc's house in the upstairs for now. We are still looking for another place to live or hopefully buy.... but as things keep going on, it looks like some other options may possibly be popping up and we may or may not be moving in that direction. We will see as time moves on. 

We spent a lot of time swimming in the beginning at the Provo Rec Center.

It was so much fun until they started to change the rules and you had to slide down the slides on your back laying down..... unfortunately it is no longer where we want to swim because of the injuries that occurred from that rule.

I will post a couple pics of our front room. We are still moving in, and have not decorated anywhere in the house. Even this room needs some more decorating, but I don't think it will happen until we know if we will be here for a long time or not.

We absolutely love our new entertainment center that we traded a log bed for with J.D.'s brother. It has been wonderful and adds so much to the room. It's by far my favorite piece of furniture. We still have some decorating to do with it as well.....

 

We just transferred our records, have signed Dawson up for soccer & preschool, and are hoping to make friends soon. 

The Pet Parade

Millard county had a street fair one day where the hosted a pet parade, chicken run, bunny run, trout catch with bare hands, and lots of other activities. We did the trout catch, and chicken run. By far the best was the trout catch. What made it better was our good friends Doug and Megan came up to visit!

The night before we had a bonfire in the backyard with our friends. It was so much fun and we made some more hilarious memories. There is truly never a dull moment when we are with them. 

Dawson took a million pics- but I'm only posting 1. Lol! 

The trout catch was awesome! The first round Dawson got so close, but no fish. Then they let my age group go and I missed as well. Then Dawson was prepping for his second round and aught one before the whistle so they made him put it back....... But he redeemed himself again! He caught one and was so proud! Those things were so slippery it was amazing that he held onto it. 

Then my turn again- and i tracked down this huge fish in the bunch, and had to grab between its gills to hold onto it! I was SO excited!!! Me and Dawson had to watch and learn how to gut a fish, but in the end we just gave them to the cats.... so gross. Lol! 

The chicken run was a joke with 2 chickens and 40 kids. Not exactly fun cuz the chickens didn't run. They just got picked up in 2 seconds- Dawson was a little upset but we reminded him that he got a fish and not everyone was able to do that. After that he was once again proud and the chickens forgotten. 

There were free bounce houses which is where most of the time was spent! Also a balloonist was there and made a ninja turtle for Dawson! It was a great day and ended with a serious sunburn on my end-  whoops!

Doing the Dishes

While in Holden Dawson had wanted to spend time with mom, and I had to pick up the house so I could help out more with JD's parents for everything they have done for us. So Dawson decided he could do the dishes, which he faithfully did almost every day. Not even kidding. He did such a good job too! He'd even sing his cleaning the dishes song! So freaking cute!

I will have to upload the video when we get our computer up and going again.

Visit From Uncle Matt

My brother Matt stopped to see us in Holden one day. Dawson was so excited to see all the pigs he was hauling that day. We rarely see him, so it was a pretty rare day.