Misc June/July moments

I know I use this kind of title a lot. I just don't have the creativity to think of anything else in these late night blog purges.

D eats breakfast in Justin's lap every morning. It's the only way he eats eggs. And oatmeal. I love that Justin lets him do it.

Justin will love that I added this picture. See those flowers in the background? They are "just because" flowers. I married Prince Charming.

We tried to go to Boulder Falls and were disappointed that they were closed due to falling boulders. But the drive and the creek were really pretty.

These were from a while ago, but I don't think I added them. We put a garden in our backyard. This was the prep work.

I got lots of help from my boys.

While we were getting some new furniture, we had only this chair functioning in our living room. The boys were fine with sharing it. Isn't it miraculous how far we've come in two years?!

This was on Father's Day (I know, out of order. Whatever.) I love their matching outfits.

I was in charge of a stake Young Men/Young Women's activity. We played water balloon volleyball, watermelon eating contests, and watermelon seed spitting contests. Justin had food poisoning, so I brought the boys along. They loved it. Mostly.

Another breakfast picture.

Cleaning the van with Dad.

Playing in the rocks on the side of our house.

We have a neighborhood pool, and the boys have the most fun when Daddy comes along.

Mason asked me to make a pancake that looked like this "super airplane." My attempt looked more like the stay-puffed marshmallow man.

I love that Mason wants to be like his Daddy. See our garden in the background?

I have a video that goes with this picture.

Playing nicely together at IKEA while we purchased our new couches.

My creation! I'm glad it actually looks and works the way I planned it to. I just hope it doesn't fall out of the wall one day.

Modelling the new couches. Now I need to find an area rug.

I had to make a record of Justin's oatmeal he eats every day. It's really delicious and filling. It looks a little less appealing.

We went to the zoo and the penguins were the first on the list to see, even though they were on the opposite side of the park. We bought a membership, so we will be going back often.

Both boys loved using the map. We kept having to stop and plan our approach to the next exhibit.

D kept shooting all the animals. Not sure how long this phase will last, but I'm okay if it's short.

D was also into the map. It was adorable.

I took this one this afternoon. The kids still love this game.

And here is one last video. I wish you could hear the music. I was being sneaky so that he wouldn't be camera shy. I love love love watching my kids dance. They inherited their parents' rhythm, but they love to dance and we encourage it. We bought a dance game that features the Nickelodeon characters and songs. Both kids love it.