Park City

The Brough's took us to Park City again this year.  This is a fun trip for us to have.  We stayed at some different condos this year and it was really fun.  I think we all liked the new location better.  They had a really fun kid pool that Knox would have lived in if he could have.  I had just had a minor surgery and everyone was really nice to help out with my kids. 

 Eli is a good little swimmer and LOVES to be in the water.  He is a much better swimmer than I ever was at his age.

 Cousin fishies.  Laurie brought these water wings and they gave Knox the freedom to walk around the pool.  It was awesome.

 We did do things other than just swimming.  Games of tennis happened. I never played but everyone else had fun with it.

We also found a sand box and the kids had fun while the adults listened to an outdoor concert. 

The worst thing of the trip was that Eli ended up with the stomach flu on our last night. He was up all night barfing up a storm.  He asked me at one point to please kill him.  I think he was pretty miserable.  Poor little guy. I drove him and Knox home early the next morning and Stewart's dad drove him home after they went shopping to the Browning outlet.

July Birthdays

 July is a big birthday month for us.  We have a lot of extended family birthdays plus 1/2 of our family was born in July.  Stewart choose an ice cream cake (big surprise) and we just celebrated with our little family. 

 I have nice friends in my neighborhood.  Jodie made this sign and put it on my door and Gloria Helliwell made me a cake!  I love where I live.  Again we just celebrated with our little family. It was a nice day for me.  I felt really loved.

Slipping and Sliding.

For the 4th we didn't have anywhere to be during the day so we just had a family fun day.   We set up the slip and slide and stayed cool.  I love having a backyard.  It's the true benefit of having a house.  You can see the finished fence in the background of a few of these pics.  

 Knox didn't like going down the slide but he liked the little pool and getting a little wet.

 Stewart slid like a pro.  It was so funny.  He can be a big kid sometimes and Eli loves it when he acts silly.

 I can't believe how lucky I am to have these 3 boys. I love my little family.

Home Improving

We have been doing some major work on the house.  By "we" I mean Stewart.  I provide the moral support though. It's an important job.  First of all Stewart built a new fence.  He doesn't like to cut corners so he built it really sturdy and replaced everything.  It looks so good now that's it's all finished. We have a lot more privacy which is nice. 

Next, Stewart and my dad put in laminate wood flooring.  I did do the prep work which was pulling up carpet and linoleum and then a layer of plywood and more linoleum.  So I thought my part was harder but I was really glad I didn't have to do the boy's part. ;) 

 I love having a dad that know how to do all this stuff and can come help.  He and Stewart work well together so it's pretty awesome.

 Using power tools is never wrong.

 So much progress!  It took them 2 days to to  the entry and kitchen and then it took Stewart 2 nights to finish the hall and laundry room.

 The before:

 I love love love the new flooring! Now that it's all done it was SOOOOOOO worth it.

 Thanks to the wind storm in December we had roof damage.  We were able to get a new roof!

 The house looks sooooo good!  We love having a new roof.

First Haircut!

Knox had to have his first haircut a little earlier than I wanted, but after the one thousand and seventy third person called him a girl I decided I better cut it.  He hated every last second of it but I think he looks so cute! I will miss the curls though...