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Max loves his daddy's getup. He often sneaks out to the garage and comes in with something of Kyrk's on.

Max wants to be just like daddy. Daddy and Max are playing and singing 'I am a Child of God' together.

Out on Utah Lake watching Daddy kiteboard.

Go, daddy, go!

One of Malia's favorite places.

Ally's first day of preschool.

Reunion at Spirit Lake.

Sand was one of the main courses for Malia this week.

This is Max on a toy jet ski. He is little, but.....

One of the highlights of the trip home this summer was Kyrk's parents 50 wedding anniversary!
It was so fun for everyone to be able to get together- we were only missing a few. We did a scrapbook(good job Niki!) and a video for them(I think I will be indebted to my neighbor Jenny for a life time!!). I went through all of Mom and Dad W's old photo albums and had so much fun seeing the progression of their lives. How amazing- 50 years- and just look at the family now. They have impacted so many with their love and selflessness. We are so grateful for them and all that they do.

This is my favorite one.

Daddy thought it would be a good idea to get the kids a LITTLE treat in the car on the way home. Next time I will be the one to go get the treats in the store!

Ally, Audrey and Bethany went to a princess camp at Hatfieldadelphia. It was amazing. They had a great time as they got to solve riddles, get potions from the witch, save Rupunzel from the ogre, learn a dance from Cinderella, and have the prince try the glass slipper on their foot and then dance with the handsome princes. The princes were pretty cute actually-I was ready to have a go! :)

This is Kyrk's birthday. He does not like to dress up, but I told him it wasn't about him anymore, it's all about the kids, and they could hardly contain their excitement.

Picking apricots at our neighbors. We got sooo many and made a lot of jam. We ate way too many apricots that next week, but we couldn't help ourselves because they were so yummy!

We went down south :) with our friends Rick and Cheri to watch Rick's brother in car racing. We have never had an experience like that before! It was really fun, and really loud.

These were the cars?? that he raced.

Earplugs for all. Cheri made flags so the kids can join in on the action.

Okay, so the earplugs didn't fit very well... but she wouldn't let me cover her ears. I was just praying she didn't have hearing loss. She didn't, I'm pretty sure she just ignores me now.

summer fun

Trying out a spoon. More actually got in her mouth then I thought would.

Abandon the spoon!

That's way more fun!

My beautiful Ally

We went to Lagoon with Travis and Hil and Mom. What a fun day. The kids didn't want to stop. They had a ton of rides for the kids, I was very impressed. This was Max's favorite ride. He had to go backwards so he could shoot Ally and Audrey in the car behind him. Nice.

Malia got brain freeze from eating a pushup too fast.

Hilary got a little car for Landon and it's Malia's favorite toy. Max and Ally love to push her.

This is one of Malia's favorite spots and as bad as it may be, if I need to do something in the kitchen for a minute I will open the fridge for her and it will definitely keep her busy. Here she has found the grapes and is seeing how many she can stuff in her mouth before she spits them out.

thank goodness for digital

Ally is our little model apparently...

While Max is picking his nose....

Yeah, we got one! This was really about the 26th.

Good enough!

4th of July

Ally and Audrey started a summer gymnastics class. They have had lots of fun and I have been really surprised at what they have had them do!

Why is it just so hard to resist dirt?

I couldn't resist and put pig tails in Malia's hair one day. She was not too happy.

Flying the kite with daddy.

Malia LOVES the water and just splashes and splashes. We got a hotel in Idaho Falls when we went up for Kyrk's family reunion and the kids loved the pool.

We went to the Provo 4th of July parade. I was really complaining before hand because I didn't want to go find a place to park, walk 5 miles and stand out in the heat to watch the back of peoples heads because the closest we could find was 200 yards away from the street. Well, we got there and found a really good spot in the shade and then the flag came down the street with all the military and everyone was cheering for the veterans and I start bawling, and I was so grateful for our country and so glad that we went to the parade. And yes, I did apologize to Kyrk for being such a stinker.