Lets finish up with July

the summer has flown by!

almost every saturday in june and july we hiked the Y. then came august, and that moutain hasn't seen us since by the time we got to the top my back was soaked and so was eva
lazy summer day with dad

enjoying spagetti at grandmas one sunday night, leftovers are seen on her face

eva jane prefers to sleep with nothing in her bed, not babies, bears, minnie mouse, nothing.

so when she fell asleep like this i had to take a pic

every summer we head up to flamming gorge, this summer it was cute to a short weekend for me and jo because i had to get back for school. the weather was horrible while we were there and hardly did any boating. as soon as we left the wheather was golden.

we left eva with the rest of the crew for the week to enjoy. since i wasn't there, who knows who was in chrage of this hair do!

sleeping with aunt shanna in her tent

mamking ice cream with the kids

enjoying a little tube ride

this is while we were still there

the nights get really cool, and eva jane wasn't having it so i threw her on dads pillow knowing she hogs it all, and slept just fine

and lastly we celebrated by birthday the end on july

excuse the halloween pj's, hey if they still fit, it doesn't matter what time of year you wear them

The 3rd, 4th and the 5th

Wow, this long weekend was a cause to celebrate our Independance and Ela May's birthday. and we took every moment to to so.

We started by heading to the Zoo, yes the famous Zoo (its all for the memory of the kids)

can you tell in her face she isn't to sure about taming that lionask my sister Shanna was she thinks about a giraffes tongue?the next night, we had a drive in movie, minus the cars. it was so cold that night but so fun to have all the sibling and their kids there.
Braden, Eva Jane and Shanna

Isa, Megan, and Ciara

we started the morning of the 5th off with the traditional 5kf the 5th off with a 5k29 point something minutes later
then the rest of the day, we played of this huge water slide, perfect to cool us down

what a way to spend a long weekend

Childrens Parade

Traditionally we walk the childrens parade every July only to reward ourselves with a delicious Provo Bakery doghnut at the end!

Baby Contest Winner

I've been in school the whole summer and haven't wanted to study let alone blog. Now I have a couple weeks of summer break, and I'm willing to play a little blog catch up

Clear back in June, I put Eva Jane in the Freedom Festival Baby Contest 2010, and she looked exceptional in her tea party outfit, yes i realize it has nothing to do with America's freedom or patriotic colors, but she looked outstanding!

counting for the judgeswalking way with her participants ribbonand accessorizing her 2nd place winners medalFreedom Festivals Baby Contest Winners 2010