Catching Up

Since I have been such a slacker and haven't posted anything for so long, I will have to try and catch up on a few things and vow to do better from now on. We have had a wonderful and busy spring and summer and are now gearing up for fall and the start of the school year. Sarah will be starting Pre-school and is going to be taking dance lessons. We picked up her dance clothes and she can hardly wait until next week for her first class. Lily is now 9 months old and is extremely busy. She is standing on her own and I fear will be walking any day. She is so much fun and has so much personality. Sam is getting ready for the Lotoja bike ride in September so he is spending as much time as he can on his bike. I'm acting as support crew so I'm pretty nervous as well. Here are a few pictures to catch everyone up on what we have been doing for the past oh, seven months or so.

In May Sam ran the Ogden half Marathon. He did great and the girls and I had fun cheering him on.

This spring we also went to Yellowstone. We saw a lot of wildlife and enjoyed the time together as a family. Sarah was disappointed that the "park" didn't have any slides but she said she had fun anyway.

This is one of the four bears that we saw in one day in Yellowstone. We were very excited to see so many.

Yellowstone is such a beautiful place. It gave me a wonderful opportunity to try out my new camera.

Sam ran the Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay. It is a relay race from Logan to Park City. It's really just an all day, all night party with twelve friends. He had a lot of fun and was very tired the next day.

Here he is with the guys in his van. They were called the Army of Twelve since 10 out of the 12 guys were in the armed forces. Sam and his friend Chad (the one on the far right) were the only civilians.

Of course, the 4th of July is one of our favorite holidays and the highlight of our summer. We had a great time with family visiting and all the wonderful events here in Kaysville.

Sam helps cook breakfast with the Kaysville Civic Committee every year. This year we had his cousin Ryan and family staying with us for the weekend and Ryan was able to help out. We loved having Ryan's family here, and not just because Ryan cooked for us all weekend (thanks again for the sushi and the tamales) or because his girls took care of my kids almost the entire time.

We really enjoyed having them and it was fun to spend the day with family.

Stephanie and Lily at the parade.

Lily loves Grandpa John.

We've had a lot more fun this spring and summer but those will have to go in a future post because this one is already too long. I promise I will do better for those few who check this blog periodically.