Fourth of July

With Shantel sleeping in Boise on July 3rd, she spent most of the day driving back to Lehi and did not get back until around dinner. So we did not have an eventful 4th of July. We got the kids in bed and promised to wake them up for fireworks when they started.

As usual, we just decided to watch the Thanksgiving Point firework show from our front lawn since it is so convenient to put kids down to bed and still be able to watch the show. The Rencher family came over around 9 and we sat outside and watched the pre-show (neighbors setting off fireworks we could see). Then we went and got the kids out of bed and let them watch with us. We love being able to see the show from our lawn. Austin loved watching the show, Lydia was so tired, she barely could stay awake, but enjoyed it as well. It was fun having the Renchers over and we were grateful to celebrate this wonderful county we live in. My favorite part was that Shantel brought our google home outside and plugged it in on the porch and played "Patriotic Music" on Pandora. It was awesome to hear "God Bless America," the "Star Spangled Banner," and others as we watched the show. Happy 4th of July!

June Leftover's

Here are a few things from June that did not make it into another post. 

We had Cade and Leah Ward over for a game night. They live right across the street from us. They lived in the ward prior, and then bought a house across from us about 1 year ago and we have loved having them there. They are great people and we do game nights when we can and will just bring over baby monitors to make sure kids are sleeping nicely. We bought an Escape Room game and did it with them and it was so much fun. (And yes- we made it out with time to spare).

Look at this boy!

So fun when the kids start climbing in the cabinets. Lydia and Austin both had turns discovering they could squeeze into the cabinet under the island, so it was so much fun watching Caleb discover he could close himself in and then of course Lydia and Austin could not wait to join in the fun.

Lydia got a lego set for her birthday and loves it. She loves putting it together and then taking it apart.

Introducing...Autumn Blaze Maple

This post is mostly for posterity. As we mentioned in our Anniversary weekend post, we went out and bought a new tree for our yard. We are super excited and hope that it provides shade for years to come. We bought a pretty large tree (for us) so that hopefully that day will be sooner rather than later. However, I wanted to show a picture of the tree now, so we can see how much it grows over time. Here it is:

Good look Maple! Bring us shade soon!