Fun in July

July rains are one of my favorite things in the whole world.  I love them so much even when we aren't in drought conditions.  I have really been digging all the rain we've had over the last few weeks.  

Wes has enjoyed him some puddle jumping.

We were able to bust out some long sleeved clothes for our walks.

Bret put Wes on the table so he could watch construction while he ate lunch.  He decided he didn't like it after a few minutes.

Wes spelled his name.  It was backwards, but I was floored that he could do it.  Then he added a 'q' to the end.  So he's not there yet.  That's okay he is only two, and we haven't started the spelling thing yet.  Still not too bad.  (ps If you don't have The Letter Factory you really should get it.  It's under $10 and is an amazing teaching tool.)

I wanted to try on Brynn's new hair bow.  Wes decided he needed to try on the other one.

I love love love the sunset.

We also enjoyed the sunshine.

The king of mud.

I washed the windows about 10 minutes before I took this picture.  Big helper boy washing the windows with the a spray bottle and his hand.  I think sliding glass windows are just impossible to keep clean.

We went swimming for Lissy's birthday.  We had such a fun time together.

After swimming we went to the mall, and the kids did great.  If only I could always take my mom, sister, and niece shopping with us.

These little balls were so fun to play with.  It was fun to watch them grow in this water.  It was also fun to play with them.  But they break easy into tiny hard to see pieces that made me nervous with Brynn.

Brynn has been working so hard at pushing herself up.  She is so funny and proud of herself.

 I love this age of babyhood.

These kids sure make life crazy and fun.

Yellowstone - The Trip Comes to an End

This is the face I woke up to every day.

Friday morning we went floating down the river in Island Park.  I didn't take my camera.  We had a fun time except Wesley's arm got hurt when his uncle was lifting him up to sing him.  He held his arm so sad for a long time.  Luckily when we got back to the cabin a cousin had an ace bandage.

Who doesn't love babies?

Brynn loves her cousin.  I hope they grow up to be really good friends.

Wes had fun playing with his cousins, too.

One tub, multiple kids, not much time = fun

We randomly discovered feeding Brynn with a syringe works better.

We had lots of fun, but we decided to leave Friday evening instead of Saturday AM when Wes first hurt his hand.  It got a lot better with the the bandage, but we thought it would be nice to be home just in case.  Plus, we were just a little tuckered out.

Really tuckered out.

It was such a fun week spending time with family and exploring a beautiful place.

Yellowstone Continued - Back into the Park

We returned to the park on Thursday.  We saw buffalo a plenty.  No bears, but it was so beautiful.

We stopped at the Grand Canyon.  It was so beautiful.  It was spectacular.

When I lived in my in-laws basement they had a poster that I would see when I ran on the treadmill.  I never thought much about it, but when I saw it in real life I had a complete urge to go running.  Guess I am just one of Pavlov's dogs.

We took a little hike down to the falls.

Another rainbow.

Bret's bother joined us on the hike.

The rainbow on the moving water was so amazing.

Love these little wildflowers growing on the edge.

Lots of pictures.

Nappy napper.  At least he got to see the rainbow before he fell asleep.

I love how his hair looks like golden wheat in the sun.

I really wanted to stop and see some smelly mud pots.  I mean how can you really experience Yellowstone without the gross sulfur smell.

Stinky and cool.

One last stop before heading back.