Shaggy to Short

Joel had is second hair cut a few weekends ago. I took off at least 3 inches and I still can't get over how different my little boy looks. Much older and boyish instead of babyish if that's possible. He didn't particularly appreciate the hair cut, but the Popsicle helped.

Shaggy Before

The cutting

So short after

Adventures in Montana

We enjoyed a weekend in Montana for the 4th of July with family. On the way up we went through Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. It was a bit longer, but fun to see the parks. Maya's favorite part of the National Parks was not the bison or Old Faithful, but feeding the ants, yep you read that right, the ants!

Beautiful Tetons
Old Faithful after an eruption that we watched from the parking lot. :-)

Hot Pots!

Bike riding in Montana. It was perfect weather for a bike ride, especially the uphill part.

Dancing while waiting for fireworks

Our free river rafting adventure, it pays to go to church on vacation!

The kids both enjoyed it, Maya more once she got over wet feet.

Joel particularly enjoyed Grandpa holding him over the side to play in the water.

Ricky's first river trip.

What a great weekend vacation!

East Coast Adventures

We had a wonderful trip to the East Coast to visit my brother and his family. We started our trip in North Carolina where we spent one night before heading north.

With a drive through the beautiful state of Virginia, I wish we could have spent more time exploring there, but maybe next time.
Then onto 5 days in our nations capital. Washington DC was quite different from my previous trips, I credit that to 6 children in tow. Little ones don't have the interests that adults do and they get tired and cranky much quicker and don't know how to suck it up because it isn't every day you get to be in Washington DC.

Finally we enjoyed some fun filled days at the beach.

And ended with several days just playing with the cousins. We had a fantastic time and there will be lots more pictures of our fun to come!

Celebrate good times!

Joel's had a month full of celebration for his birthday.

We celebrated with family and friends this past weekend with a BBQ and train birthday cake.

He loved the cake
and the presents too!

On his birthday we spent some time playing in the sand at Grandma & Grandpa's house.

We also went to the aquarium. He loved the penguins

The weekend before his birthday we were in Idaho and my sister made him this cute dinosaur cake.

We also went swimming at the hotel.