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-Celebration of the boys finally at home again!

Win-it-in-a-minute activity #1: Pick up Penne noodles onto a spaghetti noodle w/ no hands--look at that boy go!

Activity #2: Balance the cookie on your forehead, get it down into your mouth w/out hands & of course w/out dropping it. Doesn't this remind you of good ol' high school/college dates? These ideas came from our Enrichment night!

What a sweetie-pie-multi-tasker! I looked into the rear-view mirror & he was reading a book while holding the bottle up & letting her put her fingers in his mouth. All to keep one little darling happy!

Good-bye Seattle...

To top it all off, there was a lady in Sarin's ward who invited us over to have an amazing ribs dinner & go out on the lake in their boat & jet-ski (my first time driving it, spectacular!). Wow, I haven't been on the water so much in a long time! Bye bye Sari & Jeri, we love & miss you! Thanks for all the amazing food, entertainment & good family bonding time!!

Forever Friends!

While in Seattle we visited our friends & look what they fed us...

Honest-to-goodness brick-oven pizza!

(See the oven in the back behind us?). Spence & Megan (& baby-girl Cobia-to-be) came too since they had JUST arrived in Seattle the night before so they can sell pest control for the summer.


Ari's first boat ride...this lake is right in their backyard!

And let's not forget the rock wall that was her favorite :)

Parks We Visited (So gorgeous!!)

Seattle Trip to visit Sarin!

"Come on babe, just go to sleep before we get on the plane, we'll all be happier..."

Seattle skyline (not bad for it being a picture through the window while driving)

I love this statue at the temple

Spiritual rejuvenation. Thanks go to Jared who watched Ari. When we called him on the way home Sarin asked him how long she'd been awake he said, "48 minutes." But don't worry, he had the secret weapon--sweet potato puff snackies!

Sarin was the ultimate hostess. She took us to see so many awesome things, including this awesome olde-time jazz n' eat place. They were fantastic & we had front-row seats!

July Catch-Ups...IDAHO!!

Tony was able to go to Idaho for a week & then I stayed a bit longer since only the house awaited me at home & I'd had enough projects for the year...

First stop, Grandma Laretta's:

We love what her hair is capable of...

Twizlberry visits (yes plural)! I just love the build-your-own yogurt places (as long as they have cheesecake bites, that is). This is Andy & Dina's family w/ grandma (Tony's oldest sister).

Tony's family reunion/visit for the 24th of July

These are pictures Tony's brother, Brett took...thanks, they're great ones!

After being mortally afraid of everyone for months, she decided Uncle Devin was the first 'stranger' she'd warm up to. After that, she grew her social butterfly wings & loved everyone!

3rd grade, we have arrived!

My big-boy darlings on their first day. I remember how pregnant I was on their last year 1st day of school...wow, has it been that long?!