Okay, Catch-up time

Wow....our summer has been crazy busy and I really haven't had much time to update the blog. This is going to be a long post, but I'm going to try and briefly recap the fun summer and what's been going on since my last post. There really hasn't been many days this summer that we didn't have guests staying here or we were out of town on trips or camping, etc. We've been to Bear Lake twice, had mine and Radley's birthdays, had our 6-year Anniversary, Chris coached a bball camp and I helped coach the middle schools vball camp, Chris went on a couple scout camps and he took Radley so I could have a little bit of a break, we've been to Cherry Hill, the zoo, had weddings to attend and did lots of boating just to name a few :). I'll post some pics of all the fun:
Here's some pics from the bear lake trip with my friends, the cabin is so nice and I love the blue water, it almost seems tropical! Radley loves the water and sand and he absolutely loves jet skis, he can even drive them by himself! :) There were lots of babies, mine, Marci's and Tyrel's, all within a few weeks of each other. There were almost as many kids as adults so there was never a dull moment. The kids had plenty of junk to snack on, Radley and Maxon are being little cookie monsters.

I don't have any pics from my birthday...but Chris sent me on a fun scavenger hunt. He had rapped clues to the next place on our camera and so I had to watch them to find out where to go next. We had a fun day of shopping, eating, and going fun places. My mom was here, so we even got to leave the kids and go to dinner and a movie. There weren't many movies at that time, so we saw transformers...more of a birthday present for Chris, but it was alright I guess. Fun birthday, thanks babe for being so creative!
We finally got some baby announcements out, we didn't order very many, so here's a copy that everyone can see and here is a cute updated picture of little Demsey smiling away. She is so smiley these days and has the cutest little dimple just like Radley. I can't believe she's almost 3 months old already!

This picture is just for fun. We were looking at some old pics and realized how much Radley and Demsey look alike. They aren't the best pictures, but can you tell which is which?

We also got to go to Nicole's wedding in the Salt Lake Temple. It was great, I have some of the greatest friends and it makes me so happy to see them happy. Here's one of the girls and one of my family. Radley was also trying to break into the temple, hope he wants in that bad when he's older!

Happy 24th of July! We went to a Raptors baseball game and Radley's uncle Jeff caught a ball and gave it to Rad...he loves it.

Our 6-year anniversary was on July 29th, my mom came back up so that she could watch Radley while we went to this fun Bed and Breakfast in Salt Lake called the Armstrong Mansion. It was such a cute place, our room had its own staircase leading up to a jacuzzi. I can't believe I've been married so long and have 2 kids, I really am getting old....but I don't feel old, it's so weird.

These are our good friends from Hawaii, the Moncurs. They still live in Hawaii but they visit Utah every once in awhile to see family. It's always fun to see them and we are so excited to someday go back and visit them in Hawaii.

We found this fun park near our house that has a splash pad. It's a lot of fun and totally free because it's just a regular city park. Radley is going to be totally water logged by the end of the summer, but with Chris off for the summer we just go go go. Radley's birthday was August 2nd. I can't believe I have a two-year-old now! He talks so much now and amazes me everyday...he also tries my patience everyday. :) We were at my sisters with her kids and my mom and had a little party. Radley got a drill, because he loves to play with his dad's real drill so my sister figured he needed a toy drill. He loves it, he also got tons of cars and a carpet track to go with them. He also got a big wheel which was his favorite. Chris loved his big wheel as a kid so his mom got Radley one and he loves it. We even have to carry it up and down the stairs with us. His cake was a 'dirt' cake because Radley loves to play in the dirt so much. It had worms coming out of it and a shovel to serve it with...it was acutally pretty good too.

Here's a couple pics from the Scout Camp that Radley went on with Chris. Radley was actually mad that he had to live inside when they got back, he loves the outdoors.

We've had tons of fun in the water, we've been boating lots and went to Cherry Hill the other day. We didn't get pictures of the fun rides, but that's the best part of Cherry Hill. Here's one of my hubby posing thinking he's funny:

Here's a few from the Bear Lake trip we took with Christofer's cousins. Demsey chilled in the shade and Radley loved the boat and building sand castles with his boy cousins. We also rented a jet ski and had it all three days, I love jet skis!

We had a fun BBQ at our house this past weekend. We had yummy carne asada steak burritos. Stacy brought some yummy lime/cilantro rice, I made some homemade salsa, Noelle brought delicious tres leche desert and we all had tons of fun, there were people and kids and toys all over! Stacy, Kacey, Noelle, Tyrel, Landry, Storm and all their spouses and kids were there. We missed Nicole and Cassie...it's fun that we all still get together.

Of course we had to go to the zoo. We went with Storm and her family. Radley loved it all, but his favorite animals were the snakes and bugs, and the train ride of course :) There were a lot of cute baby animals there too, it was fun but it was hotter than heck! I'm never going to the zoo in the summer again...I think I'll try October next year!

We planted a garden this year with our next door neighbors, but they had a new baby this summer too and we were both too busy with our babies and having fun, so the weeds in our garden are as big as the plants. The veggies got a little big before we picked them :) Next summer we are going to give our garden a little more TLC.

Phew, sorry for the mega post, I told you I had a lot to catch-up on; I had way more pics and events but didn't want to be too extreme :). Today summer is officially over, Chris had to start school. I think this is the first time I'm glad summer is over...I'm tired. Hopefully I'm going to have time to keep the blog current now :)