July Recap

Whew--since I last wrote, we traveled to Illinois for a very fast weekend trip and then moved into our new house!  I'm impressed with all these blogs I read that have several updates weekly.  I don't think that'll ever happen consistently for me, but I do apologize it's been so long since posting!

Here's our last month (Seriously? Where did July go?) in pictures:

Andrew and a neighbor friend having fun with sparklers on the 4th of July:

Craziness on our flight to Illinois the next morning:

Trip to Atwood Outdoor Rec Center.  The boys got to hang out with all 14 of their cousins!

Night Hike fun:

Lots of walks with cousins during the weekend:

Of course, uncle DJ brought his remote control helicopter and the boys loved the "round round!"

Cute lil' guy throwing some wood chips:

Andrew conquering the balancing part of the rope's course:

Came back to SLC just in time to see workers refinish the wood floors:

Before

After

With the floors done, we were ready to tackle lots of this:

We've also been dealing with our SEVERELY overgrown yard.  This is all mint!  It's everywhere!  Help!!

Andrew's loving the yard work:

Pleasant surprise--our own nectarine tree:

The boys are also hard at work on their new house:

6 days after moving, we got to host our Pittsburgh friends while they were on their way to move out west.  They were with us 2 nights and we were able to get out and hike to Doughnut Falls:

And, of course, we've had a few post-dinner ice cream trips.  Matthew's getting really great at saying "CHEESE" whenever I pull out the camera:

Whew--that's July for ya!  What a whirlwind!