Pitty Pincess

Mike is trying to help Brea with her hand-eye coordination. I'll tell him to keep working on it.

Brea loves to help, so everything takes ten times longer to do, but I'm not ashamed to say that I put her to work! Sometimes cute dresses just get in the way, so Brea goes ahead and strips down to her diaper. After all, those thighs are nothing to be ashamed of!

Carter got some wicked-awesome frogs for his birthday. Brea could not get enough. She kept telling them "jump! jump!"

Brea loves her bapa!

Brea is also obsessed with Farm country. We go there at least once a week to ride the horseys and see the animals. She stands at the edge of the cages yelling for each animal to "Come!" I think eventually they'll learn not to listen. She actually kissed a cow on the head last time we went.

I knew it would happen eventually, but I didn't think it would happen at Mike and Suz's. Yep, she did it. She colored on the wall. With pen.

How could you be mad at this face, though. Oh, oops- look at my face- I guess I can.

I can't be mad at a face covered in berries, however. Brea and Costco produce are best friends.

My little fishy

Brea was trying to avoid a sunburn, and put her hat on by herself~ We have spent a TON of time this summer running through sprinklers and swimming
(taking breaks for kissing, of course)

Syd, Meg, Kathleen, Tanner, and my mom would come swim at our pool at least once a week, and without fail a fort would be make each time:

all that time in the sun has lead to some pretty awesome tan lines.

I'll spare you from having to see mine.

While Daddy's Away...

...on a scout camp death march... the girls will play!

I should probably warn you ahead of time that Brea may grow up to be a Carnie- she was SO right at home at Steel Days with the one-toothed ride operators and Great Dane dogs. I would not be surprised at all if she runs away with the City of Fun Carnival when she grows up.

Of course we braved the golf course on our own almost every day:

And we had several games of Hide and Seek. Hmmmm.... I wonder where Brea could be...

I found you!!

Brea's Favorite Places

Lavender Days

For some reason Suz, Kandis, and I had the bright idea of running in the Lavender Days 5k in Mona at 7 am the morning after we played in a night golf tournament (which didn't start until 10 pm). It was beautiful, however, and the apple slushie we stopped for at the Red Barn on the way home made it all worthwhile.

Happy 4th!

Roadtrip!! Since Lou is "pretty much the most patriotic person I know," I wouldn't dream of spending Independence Day with anyone but her and Layth. They were amazing hosts for a weekend full of adventures... golf, running through sprinklers, pedicures, Zion, fishing in Pine Valley, lots of delicious food, and almost blowing ourselves up with fireworks.

Couldn't have been better!