Parker's Blessing

The 4th of July was very memorable this year. The entire weekend I was busy getting things ready for Parker's blessing. But I really wanted to make sure we took Mya to fireworks Saturday night. Of course, I forgot my camera for the fireworks, but Mya is so fun to watch fireworks with! She got so excited with every firework and would shout out either Whoa, Wow, Ooh, That one almost scared me a little bit, or Oh wow, that was a big one! So cute! We went to Hooper's fireworks and there were actually no mosquitos because there was a breeze. But I was really glad we made sure between all of the busyness that we went to those. Before fireworks, Justin took Mya to our friend's house for a barbeque and she loved it. I had planned on going, but everything was taking twice as long as planned that day.

So on the 4th we blessed Parker. The day couldn't have gone better. Everything went really smooth that morning and sacrament meeting was so great. I of course cried. There's something about blessing your baby...the spirit is so strong! Then after people came over and we had a breakfast. We had cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, muffins, banana bread, cake, breakfast bakes (which, I'm putting the recipe on the side of my blog since I've had a lot of requests), fruit and lots of chocolate milk, orange juice, and milk. All of the food was yummy. I loved Parker's outfit. Such a stud! It really ended up being such a nice 4th of July weekend.

Swimming Weather!

It has been so hot lately! Once it finally started to warm up this summer, I decided to go find Mya a sprinkler toy or something since we can't seem to find her pool this year. I ended up coming home with a slip-n-slide! She loved it. She doesn't really get the whole slide-down-on-it-on-your-belly concept, but she loves crawling through it and hanging out in the little pool at the end.Then last week was our ward's swim party at the Roy Aquatic Center. She had a blast! She even went down the big slide with Justin!Ever since we went to Florida to visit Rebecca, Mya's wanted her own tube for swimming. So today I bought her one along with some floaties for her arms. I think we'll have to go swimming very soon so she can try out her new toys!
She was so excited she went and got herself dressed...what a goof!

Funny Mya

Mya loves getting a hold of my camera and taking pictures. Whenever I go to get my camera, I find new pictures that she's taken. I told her she can have my camera when I get a new one...so she really wants me to get a new one now. Here are some of her works of art she's taken lately (and yes, I do let her put her own shoes on).

Pineview

In the middle of July, we went with Justin's family up to Pineview for camping. This was taking place of their annual Lake Powell trip since we wouldn't be going to Lake Powell with Parker just born and I think Trichelle's family had some things. So they decided to plan something close so we could come and go as we needed to.

It happed to be a really cold weekend. We went up Thursday night and it rained Friday and Saturday. So they ended up not even bringing the boat up. We played games, went on walks between rain storms, and it was nice just hanging out and being away from home. Sunday and Monday were nice though. On Monday, we played kickball, football, and frisbee. Mya and Ivy kept talking and asking about going swimming. We knew the water was freezing, but decided to let them figure that out and that they didn't really want to go swimming. We got them all ready and headed down there...only that the water was cold but not as cold as we expected. So all of the kids ended up playing in the water for a while. It was a way fun weekend though and it got me way excited for more summer camping trips.
Oh, and Mya now loves rainbows since we saw one while we were up there. She'll now start drawing a whole bunch of lines on a piece of paper and say "Know what I'm drawing?...A rainbow."

Memorial Day

So, I know...Memorial Day was a ways away. But we finally have our computer fixed! So here I go...I'll just blog my little heart out.

For Memorial Day we decided to make it a fun family day. I think this is one of the first years we've been able to do this. Usually Justin has something going on (I think usually boat towers) so we don't do a whole lot. But this year we had nothing. Now, when I plan these things, everything sounds good in my head...but not always does everything work out. I guess that's what makes the memories and laughs, though.

We decided to go fishing and feed ducks...up in Logan by the mouth of the Canyon. So when we got up there...it was a little packed. Did we get any bites? Maybe 1...no fish. Did we get to feed ducks? We fed some seagulls and saw ducks swim right by our bread. But Mya was determined to feed some ducks so she ended up throwing the entire loaf in the water. As I was sitting there, I noticed at least 12 slices of bread floating around us at one point. It was pretty funny. My thoughts...we could have just gone to the Clinton pond about 40 minutes closer (and probably a lot less crowded) and fished and actually fed ducks...but oh well. It was fun.
Then after I wanted to barbecue some hamburgers that I brought along and have dinner. We brought charcoal briquettes so we could use one of the park's grills. Well, that place was really crowded and they only had one in the middle of a whole bunch of people. So I had a back up plan of this park that I was 98% sure had one of those grills. We did find the park after driving around a little and...of course, no grill. I guess I was 98% wrong! So on to plan C - we would go buy some hamburgers and go to an elementary school I remembered seeing when I would go visit my friend Stacey so Mya could play on those toys. We got the burgers and went to that school...only the playground wasn't where I remembered seeing it because it was a Junior High! (Mind you, I just had a baby). But we saw a picnic table and thought that'd be nice so we still went there...Only the picnic table didn't have seats.
But you know, it was still so fun. We brought some balls to kick around and Mya had a blast with us. She told us when we left that she wanted to go to that park again...Sorry my dear...we may just have to go to one A LOT closer next time.