Summertime Is Sweet!

Happy Independence Day!

Tradition...Neighborhood Breakfast at the Park.  The cooks rise early to prepare breakfast for our great neighborhood and everyone enjoys the food and great company.  Mark and I joined Dave and Stacey for a double date on tandem bikes :) That evening we enjoyed an amazing candle lit dinner prepared by Emily.  Tandoori Chicken.  Wow!  Was it ever amazing and beautiful evening.  The night before Emily danced at the Stadium with Inishfre and the sky over Cache Valley lit up with a spectacular fireworks show.

 Some birthdays just need to be stretched over the entire week!  This weekend we celebrated Papa Mark's Birthday with surprises....bike races....GUMBO...Berry Crisp ala Lindsey and enjoying time together as a family. Mark and Jake left early Saturday for a leisurely - HA - 70 mile bike ride around the valley.  It was their first climb up to Porcupine Dam.  We have twin spotted fawns visiting our yard - they are adorable but hard to catch with the camera.  The rest of the family is driving us nuts as they continue to slurp up flowers and tomato plants. grrrrrr.

The girl you may not recognize is Mark's cousin Wendi's daughter, Kaitlin.  She is living with us while she goes to aesthetician school.  More to come about her.  We love the spunk she adds to our family.  She won't take any of Mark's guff -- way to go girl.

Molly thought it would be a great party idea to race Papa on his bike.  She was pretty serious about getting tires all pumped up and including baby Amy in her special trunk seat.  Owen watched like he couldn't wait to be a part of the game.  It's the simple things that mean the world to these little ones.  We remember Liam racing Papa on his scooter at this age.  So fun!

 Cache Valley Cruise-In certainly says and feels like summer! We had the best seats in the sun.

Owen is growing so fast!  He will be six months old next week.  He is a joy!

So full of happiness and wonder.

Last week Mark and I drove out to Avon and he fished the Little Bear on the Evans ranch.

 In closing you can view the fun little video that Emily put together of our trip to Grandpa's Cabin.  We enjoyed four relaxing days there at the end of June.  Thanks for taking time to make the video, Em!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFrJZ_ca-H8

Happy Trails and Sweet Summer Memories to everyone!