Here's to June!

Here's our month of June in a nutshell. We were busy as ever, but that's what life is all about. Better busy than bored! Happy summer vacation. It's going fast!

We took Jaxon and 8 of his friends to Farmington Pond to go canoeing for his birthday party, then came back and cooked hotdogs and "shmarshmallows" (Canyonism). Then we decorated t-shirts with bleach (backwards tye dyeing!). It was such a fun (7 hour) party. I hope that they have good childhood memories...they BETTER!

My sister, Cindy, took one look at Brooklyn's twirly skirt and decided she had to have one too. So I made her one. It's so fun to make my sister and my daughter so very happy by such a simple act. And what a cute picture, too! Love to you both!

Of course we've been to Lagoon a few times this summer.... Canyon has decided that he is definately a BIG kid now... Colusses, Wicked, big rollar coaster... you name it. He's about 1/2 inch on the tall side of the marker, and he has left the baby boats and the whales behind now. How come my little boy grew up without asking me? They have been having so much fun going with their cousins a few times this summer, but I left my camera home those days.

Brooklyn went to the Princess Festival with her little cousin Brittany and her big "cousin friend" Kristi in Lindon. LaDawn and I went along for the ride. It was a great day and a fund raiser to boot! They had a blast meeting all the princes and princesses and doing all the fun activities.

Here is a cute picture of Brooklyn at her last dancing competition. She has since decided that she's moving on to other things in her life. She wants to try t-ball or soccer now. She also is interested in gymnastics. We'll see what her passion is in the fall. We'll take a break from it all for the rest of the summer. She was so happy to get a "trophy", a crystal glass block with a ballerina carved inside of it. She loves it, but couldn't have cared less what "place" her dance team took....as it should be. "Dance like nobody is looking" comes to mind. I can't seem to figure out how to get the video of her next to the picture of her, but search a little and somewhere in this blog is the very cute video of her dancing to "Lollipop, Lollipop". She's the one in black sleeves because she didn't feel modest enough in her dancing outfit without some sleeves. By golly, we found her some sleeves.... Yay, my daughter, way to stand up for modesty already in your own little 4 year old world.

We met some of the family and went to the Logan Rodeo, one of our very favorite summer activities. This is a picture of Brooklyn sporting her other new skirt, a fourth of July theme. It's been fun to get the sewing machine out a little bit again, especially when you're making something your daughter loves. Canyon just had to wear his cowboy shirt and hat again, but sadly, we could only find one boot right when we were leaving. A bootless cowboy? Yup, that's him. Gotta love him!

Jaxon went to Webelos day camp at Camp Tracey. They needed another parent volunteer and I was able to go capture these pictures of my boy. He had a blast, and I had a blast just watching him. I'm grateful for these small moments. What a great boy I have.

MIRACULOUS PROOF! To all those naysayers (including and especially myself) that ever said that I couldn't make bread! LOOK with your own eyes. I feel like I have conquered a huge demon on my back. And it even tastes good too! I've made about a dozen loaves in about 2 weeks. It's fun, and doesn't take all day. I have my friend JoAnne Jenkins to thanks. She is a pro, and heard of my bread woes, invited me over for private lessons, the secret to the yeast, and WHA LA! The proof is in the (bread) pudding! Thanks Friend!

Here are some BEFORE pictures of our basement remodeling job. We are turning a non finished storage room into a laundry room and preschool room/family room. Sid's brother, Scott is helping us with his abundance of skill and knowledge. He is doing a marvelous job. He's so patient with our wants and needs list as it pertains to this project.

Hopefully you'll see our beautiful AFTER pictures really soon. It's coming along! Yeah! It's amazing how remodeling one room can put your entire house into CHAOS!

Canyon went "swimming" in the front yard. This picture makes ma laugh. A little over preparation for 4 inches of water, maybe? Gotta love my Canyon!

We had fun at the Henrie Reunion in Tremonton. Here is a picture of Sid and his Aunt Teddy and cousins Wendy and Danni and sister Jayna. It was a great day.


This is the dancing video of Brooklyn. So sorry it's out of place. Someday I'll figure this thing out. P.S. the bald head that you see is NOT her dad! (Just in case you were wondering.)

So here it is. Sorry it's a little out of order. Hopefully you'll still get a good overview. I sure love keeping up on your events. Thanks for sharing. Until next time... Karen