mikentash: July

My little princess, dancer.

Finishing the play house! so Nice to have it done. Just a little more painting to finish off.

Into drawers. This has been great in some ways and difficult in others. So nice that she can entertain herself but any drawer down low gets emptied often.

Candles from Primary.

Playing with the hair bows and water sprayer.

Fun Tara outfits!

Alden learned to croquet and croqueted around the side of this blanket. Thanks to Andrew for teaching him.

Pillow case from Tara. This girl is one happy girl with all of her specials.

Palo Duro Canyon. So nice to have Michael with us and to see this big beautiful canyon together. I especially loved being able to see "Texas" the musical.

Amarillo, Texas. We got to visit their science center. We enjoyed being out of the car, looking at the ducks, playing on the playground and trying out the things in the science museum.

Albeqerque, New Mexico. We visited a National Forest there and went for a small hike and went to the science museum there. We especially loved their science museum. It was perfect to think and explore.

Mesa Verde National Park- This was such a neat place to learn about the cave dwellers. I was amazed to see how they really lived on cliffs. Being there with my six kids I couldn't imagine living right next to a cliff... I'm assuming babies were carried until they were two and understood more of their limitations.

We visited arches but didn't get too close to any of the arches...long hikes and or long drives that we didn't want to take. But this was one that we drove right pass on the main highway, glad we got to see one up a little closer.

Goblin Valley, UT. This place was amazing. I was skeptical of a bunch of rocks being any fun and driving there it really was out in the middle of nowhere. I was very wrong about rocks they can be a whole lot of fun. We were all amazed at all of the formations and could have run around finding cool nicks and crannies for hours. It was especially fun to have Austen and Jack come and join us for the night and the morning.

Grandma's house with some of the cousins.

Maebryn loves her cousin. So fun to see these two girls together.

We had a good time at Wheeler Farm and also went to the Fairmount Aquatic Center. Both were wonderful.

Fun cousin time.

Grandma took Alden and Calvin and I so we could see the construction on the Salt Lake Temple. It was a quick trip but just what I needed. Nice to be near the temple even for a moment.

It was fun to see these two play more and more together.

This was at Deer Creak up Provo Canyon. It was neat that the boys got to go try out the canoos with their uncle.

Visiting Aunt Roberta. This women never ceases to amaze me. She is 93 years old but is still as lively as ever. Full of love is how I would describe her. She shows and gives love through all of her words and actions. So glad we got to go see her.

This was where we had our family reunion. It was at an old church building. It was a really neat place to be at and was especially nice to be with all of our family making memories together.