My guy Andrew

I love this silly guy!  Andrew always brings out my best smiles and gives me lots of love.  I love how his teeth are growing in!  He is a ray of sunshine!

Capmping with Barlows

Michael's brother Tony and his family are totally awesome.  They always do such fun trips - their lives are never boring!  We went camping with them down in southern Utah a couple weeks back and had a great time!  We hiked a slot canyon, rode dirt bikes, enjoyed Shelly's mutli-colored camp fires, played in the dunes with cousins, hiked through goblin valley, and Josh even repelled into the goblins lair with Tony and his boys. We finished it all up with burgers and shakes at Tony's favorite restaurant. It was a great weekend!

Michael, Andrew, Peter, Josh, Owen, Brayden, and Tony

Shelly, Caitlin, Laura, and Hannah

Josh prepping with Aunt Shelly for his rappel.

Goblins Lair in Goblin Valley

Peter

Peter is growing into the most adorable toddler.  He is officially able to go to nursery now, which makes Sundays so much easier!  He loves to climb everything, and is always guilty of feeding the dog at dinnertime.  He loves his red wagon, baths, and cuddling with mom.  And as for speaking, he has hardly any vocabulary at all.  I supose he figures there is so much talking going on from the rest of us he shouldn't bother!

Summer Vacation!!

Well it is official!  Summer is here!  On the last day of school Joshua and Andrew and all their friends brought their final assignments and workbooks over for a bonfire.  They had so much fun tearing and burning their school work!  After the destructive energy was spent, we roasted marshmallows on the coals.  I think it was a very good way for the kids to launch their care free summer vacation!

Sunshine

This is Sunshine the canary.  I just got her last week.  I have been wanting to get a canary for a while now, to put in the beautiful cage Dad made before he left on his mission.  It's a great reminder of Dad!  Sunshine is energetic and not shy at all.  She loves to sing, especially to Peter.  She really is a ray of sunshine in our house.

Spring Piano Recital

We just had our spring piano recital.  It is so nice to have the piano year finished up!  Joshua and Andrew both played two songs, and performed very well. They both worked very hard and improved their skills a ton.  What awesome little musicians!

Selfies

Finally getting on board with the selfie movement!