Totally Random

Fun with olives

Had a ladies night out and playing "Nerds" a card game.

BYU Football Season Starts on Saturday!

Gabe playing Mechanic

Luke's party and everyone is invited.

My new way of keeping Gabe busy while I make dinner.

A new niece, baby Maggie, was born this week. She's beautiful!

Gabe's definitely turning 2 soon. He's new favorite word is "no".

He says it with such gumption.

He wants to be taken seriously, but it's so cute it makes me laugh.

This is why we love Idaho

We love going to the mountains for the weekend!
Ben & I went float tubing down the river.

Aren't those hot looking blue waders and flippers.

I caught 3 trout and 2 perch. Ben caught this huge 21 inch squaw fish.

It was so big that it actually kind of scared me when i saw it.

Then we met the Richards' at Lake, and play on the beach.

water lover

Jumping into the lake

Ben did a canonball off the end of the dock and left this teenage kid speachless.

"WOAH. You ya... the water went like... Woah!"

Toyota Jump

It was kind of cold.

Gabe loves those water wings.

Buried in the Sand

Muscule Man

For a good laugh.

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME

We went to the baseball game the other night.

We thought the boys would be interested.
$20 for seats in the shade: worth it
$2.50 for a small soda: not worth it
Kids area with blow-up jumper: priceless

This is only the 2nd inning

Gabe on the way to the game. He was playing with his hat.

Luke taking pictures of himself because he's bored. Eye of the tiger.

Blow-up jumper for the kids

Backyard Fun!

We played in Holly's backyard (Ben's sister).

Gabe has really figured out how to jump on the trampoline.

The guys were playing football, helping Buddy get ready for football practice.

I think Luke was made to be a running back.

I Love Birthmoms!

Yesterday I had the privilege of going to the LDS birthmother support group. I was there to ask for volunteers that would like to help with Adoption presentations at the High Schools this Fall. I'm super excited about that. So I felt so gitty as I sat among these ANGELS, each in their different stages of the processes. I grinned as my own adoption experiences flashed through my mind and I thought about the wonderful birth families that we have in our lives. There's an adoption conference this weekend and I'm so excited. We are so blessed to have an adoptive family. Update: we haven't had any action yet, but it's only been 2 1/2 months and our baby will find us when it's time. We have two testimonies of that!

Favorite Park & Hot Date

This is my favorite park.

The only problem is that it's everyone else's favorite park too.

Pretty crowded.

They just put in Musical Play area. We Love Music!

They also have a splash park.

Gabe is "one with the water"!

Luke found the experience a little cold,

but enjoyed plugging up the sprays with his feet.

This was my hot date this last weekend! I got a new shirt for the occasion. It was really fun. We need to thank Nana and Papa for watching the kids.