I’ll let the pictures do the talking, (for the most part).

Fathers Day!

Funny Face Boys - Cali was asleep and she didn't match!

I got Ben a cool kite for his birthday – It’s a big power kite so it needs some decent wind – we tried several times so far but no luck yet. The same day that we waited 4 hours for wind we finally gave up and went to dinner – at dinner the wind was blowing the food right off our plates! not cool

Cali trying to be a big girl. She has decided that she doesn’t like rice cereal – She wants real food.

Tracie and John came and played on Friday. I wish I had free flights like them! and I wish I had all the pre-parenting energy that they still have!

I’m glad Benji got a haircut – why didn’t anyone tell me that he NEEDED one?

Cali’s new basketball blanket – LaNell and I are doing everything that we can to make her a baller!

Cali zonked out on LaNell’s lap – this was the day that she didn’t wake up for 17 hours and then she fell asleep 2 hours later – that was not a new trend however – she barely takes one nap these days. We like when Coach Brown is off for the summer.

We went to the parade on Saturday morning – it rained right before show time so the boys hid in the stroller.

At the Parade – Benji caught on to the candy idea pretty quickly and rounded up a good stash – Packer was a little slow this year.

AND TODAY the US SoCCER TEAM beat the number 1 RANKED Spain!! in the Confederations Cup. I love WATCHING SPORTS. LOVE IT.

The Night before Last I decided to roller blade on a new trail – it was getting dark so I took the dog. It was a great trail ( not much of a workout because the dog pulled me the whole time.) To make a long story short I hit a branch and tripped and the dog kept going so I got pulled across the pavement a little – I haven’t had skinned knees in a long time!

Summer is going too quickly 🙁

We Went to the Carnival Last Night! It is Strawberry Days in Pleasant Grove so we went for it even though it was threatening to rain and we couldn’t go until 8pm it was a success. Our boys actually went on a few rides, no scary ones but I felt that any ride was a success at this point. It helped that Pacen and Camry were there and they are experienced DisneyLanders so these rides weren’t scary for them. The Hancocks kept us out to late but we had a good time!

The First and Favorite Ride

Glad this ride had an umbrella cause the rain started coming down while they were on it.

I always Wanted to Marry a Cowboy!

Benj with the death grip on the carousel!

Packer was shivering from his wet rained on clothes but still enjoying it.

Proof that Cali and I were there too.

Erica and I got to go on the ORBITER together! Bringing back memories from summer '96 when a bunch of us went to the fair!

And This Was A Busy One!

7:30 – Cali wakes up and needs to eat

8:00 – Let Cali wake Ben up and make him get up for work.

8:15 – Vacuum downstairs so that I can do an exercise TV workout.

8:20 – Try to workout but the vacuum must have tripped the wire or whatever that would be called cause the Cable Box reset and Exercise TV will be available shortly. A few situps later Benji wakes up… looks like exercise is not top of the list anymore.

8:30 – Breakfast for the boys – well if you count sippies and cereal in a bag as breakfast that is.

8:45 – Laundry, Dishes, Emails, Cali down for a nap,  Lesson Prep for Sunday, make lunch, find Mikilas long lost overdue movie, get kids dressed.

11:00 – Play group and picnic with the ward. Lots of peops came and my boys actually went and played instead of sitting on my blanket with me so it was a success. They even got brave enough to try the big trampoline by the end.

1:00 – Grab some stuff and load the kids in the car for some afternoon errands.

1:30 – See LaNell on her bike ride, she had only gone 15 miles – just started – (psycho)!

2:00 – stop at the bank

2:20 – Mikilas work to give her the movie cause really can you pay 30 bucks for an old used lost movie.

2:30 – grab balloons and Candy for Grandpa Johnsons 86th?? birthday.

2:45 – Go to my grandparents house in Orem. They’ve been at their “summer home” in Kanab recently and go back tomorrow so we were glad to catch them before they left. Benji and Packer chose to stay there while I took Cali to the Dr. which is weird if you know my mommas boys but they do really well with their great grandparents and Benji didn’t want to hear Cali cry when she got her shots.

3:30 – Cali to her 6 month well check. Healthy Happy Baby – weighed in at 15.3 and 25 and 1/2 inches. 3 shots and we were out of there.

4:10 – Pick up the boys and say goodbye to my GP’s.

4:20 – Stop at the mall, say hi to Joel and hit a few stores.

5:15 – Home Sweet Home. Try calling the concrete guy one more time…

5:30 – Hotdogs for dinner.

6:00 – Clean Up, kids playing, Ben not home yet.

6:10 – more laundry, I’m tired, Ben is working from home between 7and 9pm so the kids and I head upstairs for some Toy Story 2. That’s a good movie – we watched it twice 🙂 There’s a 3rd one coming out right? can’t wait. I snuck in a few phone calls with family and friends and planning for tomorrow. Called my Dad – he’s home alone  – that doesn’t happen often at my parents place so I thought I would check in.

9:00 – Sing songs with the boys. Cali goes to bed.

9:10 – teeth, scriptures and prayers. Bedtime for the boys.

9:30 – Time to do my blog. Some ‘us’ time – he’s on his computer and I’m on mine – we’re both doing computer stuff so that counts – right?

and my super happy baby even with the immunizations this afternoon. She’s just learning to sit. Don’t you just want to kiss those cheeks? I do. Love her.