Father's Day

Father's Day was a fun day!

Tyler is the BEST Daddy, so we tried to make if feel extra special with a special breakfast, cards, presents, extra hugs, and extra kisses!

We took a little photo before church to tell Tyler's cousin Marie THANK YOU for Karli's DARLING dress she made...it got a lot of compliments at church!
Some more pictures of the kiddos at my parents house

Family picture during a little "game" for father's day...Our girls have a FUN FUN DAD!

Tyler and I have TWO AMAZING DADS! We are so lucky! We are happy for the chance to still live so close to both of them, to continue to learn from them and share memories with them.

We love you both so much!

Happy Birthday Karli!

Karli had a FULL and FUN FIRST BIRTHDAY!

She was able to celebrate with both sets of grandparents, cousins, aunts/uncles, friends, and her family!

Alexa and I made her a "dirt cake" because she LOVES to play and eat dirt...so why not give her what she loves!?!

Alexa helped Karli open most of her presents...Karli definitely got a lot of nice gifts from everyone...and, yes, both Karli AND Alexa have benefited from the fun gifts!

Karli LOVED the attention and LOVED being sung to "Happy Birthday to you!" I'd say one of her favorite parts of her birthday was eating the wrapping paper and ribbons!

On Karli's birthday, Alexa (and Karli of course) was invited to her friend Kyra's PRINCESS birthday party! It was the CUTEST thing ever! Alexa felt so special and princessy getting her hair/nails/make-up done at the party, making her own princess wand, and being able to spend some time with the REAL CINDERELLA! Karli was just happy as can be to be there with so many people and fun things going on! She wasn't sad at all that this party landed on her birthday :)

Our Garden

Our garden has had a little bit of a slow start, but last night we ate the first thing out of our garden...yummy spinach! It was so good, we are excited to have it through the rest of the season (along with everything else coming)!

It has been so much fun getting our garden boxes together this year...we'll see how everything else works out!

putting our backyard to some good use

We had some of my family over last night for a little FHE!

It was a lot of fun--BBQ, Soccer, Roasting Mallows...

I LOVE having our backyard all finished, and that we are able to have so much fun in it! Thank you Tyler for all your hard work! It has really payed off! I LOVE our backyard and our home!

Valiant 12 Party

Tyler gets THE BEST PRIMARY TEACHER award

for having a fun little party with his Valiant 12 Class!

They played SOCCER!

They ROASTED MARSHMALLOWS!

They had a GOOD TIME!

It was funny...all of the neighbors came over and joined in on the soccer fun...it seemed like we had a million people in our backyard at one point!

Rainbow, Bubbles, Swings

We looked out the window last night...and saw this beautiful RAINBOW!

This rain has been a bit crazy--where is our summer sunshine?--but it was fun to enjoy this moment with our girls.

"Mom, you're the best mom in the world!" is the response I got after Alexa and I made bubbles to fill her favorite bubble containers...it was our first time, and Alexa thought it was so cool, it won't be our last!

We had the funnest night on Wednesday! We had a little BBQ and played kickball with a lot of my family. My brother Dallas and his family are in town for a couple of weeks! It is so much fun having them around...and for so long!
Tyler was pushing Alexa and Karli in the swings right at the end, and when it was time to leave, Ty pulled little Karli out of the swing...well, she cried and screamed harder than we have ever heard her. Ty set her back in and she instantly quieted down! She fell asleep really fast when we drove home! :)

Graduation and Park City Weekend

Tyler's youngest sister ASHLEY graduated highschool!

We had a good time being there with her and the rest of the fam.

Ash, you are such a sweetheart! We are so proud of you!

After celebrating with Ashley we headed off on a fun, little getaway! THANK YOU CRUMPS! We had a fun and relaxing two-night stay in Park City last weekend! It was good to get away and spend some CAREFREE time together!

Alexa and Daddy decided to take a little ride down the Alpine Slide!

It is so BEAUTIFUL in Park City

They had a GREAT time!

I think that she was a little worried at first, wasn't sure if she really wanted to do it...but she couldn't stop talking about it afterward! She was so happy and excited!