Beautiful Afternoon

Well on Sunday we went over to the Manwaring's house for dinner and took a walk after eating a ton of pizza. It was beautiful weather and we just love hanging out with Heidi and Burke. Honestly they are great and it is so fun to hang out with them, but it always makes it a little hard because we know Burke is getting deployed in August and then they will move after his deployment. I guess that is one of the hardest things about living in a military ward. We have really great people that we get to meet, but we know from the beginning how long we have together before people move. Being a person who HATES good-byes I will get plenty of practice at it. Phil and I are here to stay so eventually we will be the "old" people in the ward (yes, at like 45), but we'll get to meet and say good-bye to lots of really great people. The Manwarings. Phil showing the girls "farmer grass".

The kids really wanted to go down to the water, but this darn cliff didn't want me to get down there with my flip-flops on.

Lyla enjoyed the walk sitting in the stroller.Cannon does a pretty good job even when he is the only boy in the whole group.

New Face

I feel like this is the face I continue to pull in each picture from our summer outings. I guess it just means we are having a great summer and enjoying our time outside. We had a fun little cookout with some friends on Friday night and the kids loved it. Phil got a water balloon launcher for his work party next week so we brought it along to test it out. The grown men laughed pretty hard as they tried to hit the little kids running from the balloons. This picture is just so dark, but you can just make out the little forms ducking and running from the balloons. They really did all have a great time.

Hot dogs and s'mores, sitting around the camp fire and water balloons made for a great Friday night. Next time we just need more people to come hang out with us all.

Swimming

I am trying to teach Lyla to swim with her life jacket on, but every time I say "kick and paddle" she starts singing "swimming in the water" and goes to float on her back. She loves to be in the water, but she is lazy and just wants me to hold her so she can float. The weather has been BEAUTIFUL this past week and we have had a lot of time in the water. I will be doing swimming lessons with all the kids while we are in Driggs so maybe when we get back everyone will be a little better.