A fun Summer

We have had such a fun summer this year!  My sister and her family came to town, and so we stayed busy playing with cousins and friends.  It has been wonderful!  These are some pictures from the 4th of July week.

We hiked to the camp on Timpanogos Cave with cousins.  We saw the “heart” of the cave, and other amazing and beautiful creations.  Above, Ashley & Natalie & Evie are eating some snacks after the long hike up to the cave.Natalie & I inside the dark cave. 

On July 3rd, we decided to take the kids to the children’s parade in Centerville.  I thought about what kind of things my dad had still on hand that has wheels for the two 3 year olds.  I came up with Roller Racers!!  My dad jimmied up some rope and Megan & I pulled Jacob and Evie along the parade route.  Evelyn held on so good and just loved being pulled around.  It was  a lot of fun.  Centerville had their fireworks display on the 3rd and so the 4th of July, we had a spectacular show in front of my brother’s house.  I love this holiday!We have had some fabulous opportunities to play in water this summer.  Our family got passes to seven peaks and so we have been a few times there, to a couple splash pads with cousins & friends, and also to Tingey’s pool.  One one such occasion, Evie discovered the flippers.  She kept tripping over herself, but had fun discovering how they worked.

Shhhh... sister's bday present revealed!

My sister is very musical, and everything about their family is musical, so I decided to create these pieces for her birthday next week. The first idea came from watching a person on Studio 5 (local news/craft show). It works perfectly for her family.

I saw this quote and loved it. This is her all the way. Happy Birthday Monica!

WVC waterpark Summer 2010

We took all the Yardley Fam and went to the waterpark near our house. We had a lot of fun and Evie loved the water!

Here's Jacob running on one of the toys.

Evelyn relaxing in the sun

Temple square with cousins

Evie and I met up with Monica and her kiddos and Aunt Rachel at Temple square. We had a lot of fun wandering around and seeing the sights. It was fun to go in the tabernacle and take a picture since were weren't able to when I sang in the concert in June (copyright issues with the choir). I love this shot with the kids and the temple.

Inside the tabernacle

Evie & Maddie playing on the benches in the tabernacle

Fishing with uncle Justin

One of the favorite things to do each summer is for Justin to take my nieces & Nephews fishing. This year, we went to Farmington pond so that we could also go to the Farmington Parade right after. The fish were not biting, so Justin took Katie & Emily to the "secret spot" to fish. Emily had to leave early, and so he took Katie down the stream a little further and she finally caught a cute little trout....happily eaten for dinner the next day. Katie was so proud (as she should be!)

Evie wasn't too interested in fishing...she just wandered around the shoreline.