Cousin Time

We had a blast this week with our cousins!  I had my sisters kids while she was at girls camp and Ashton got to go stay with Aaron's sister Claar at her family cabin.  We got to go to the splash pad, raptors game and hang out with gram. It was a great week for all of us. 

Toothless

This poor girl is so clumsy lately.  She fell at the splash pad and knocked out her front tooth.  Its been  rough summer on her pretty little face.

Composers

Hero

Aaron keeps finding himself in the press lately.  KSL did a news story on how he helped a neighbor of the fire station cut out a tree stump so the man could finish building his fence.  KSL later used excerpts from the story on their commercials, that's a whole lot of air time!  We're so proud of his desire to serve other people.  He's always looking out for ways he can help someone else.  He's such a great example to me and our kids.

Dad Date

Ashton loves the time he gets one on one with his dad.  And the fishing wasn't bad either.

The Big Cut

After growing his hair out for months Ashton decided to cut it off.  He says its much cooler.

July 4th

As part of Independence Day celebrations Willard City has a community talent show.  Reagan along with some other willard residence from her studio got to dance in the show!

We started off the day of the 4th right with a parade - that Reagan got to dance in!  Her dance studio did two numbers to Good Ship Lollipop (a  hip hop remix of Shirley Temple singing) and Here Comes the Navy by the Andrew Sisters.  I absolutely loved it!   They were all so adorable.

Later that evening my family all met up with us at the Willard fireworks show.  They do such a good job - we love it every year.  

She Turns 5

I can't believe my baby is 5!  Reagan is so excited to go to all-day kindergarten this year.  She is loving dance, ballet is her favorite.  She adores her stuffed bunny Boing Boing and sleeps with her most nights.  She will only wear a skirt or dress and has barley agreed to wear leggings to crossfit after a debacle when she forgot to put bike shorts on under her skirt.  She loves shoes and clothes and can out shop me any day.  She loves to "read," and will be found staring at her books with a flashlight making up stories, most nights past her bed time.  She is always bouncy and happy.  She has very contagious giggle and her brothers seem to make her laugh a lot.  She loves to mother them too.  She adores Frozen and has decided she's Anna.  Her favorite color is pink and she loves candy.

Baseball

All the kids got to play baseball this year!  Ashton and Colten were on the same coach pitch team.  Ashton still has a great swing and really improved on his fielding.  Colten was the youngest (the only kindergartener) and smallest on the team.  He really struggled at first but was hitting by the end of the season.  He was still young in fielding, spending lots of time digging in the dirt.  It was frustrating for him but I think it pushed him more than t-ball would have. 

Miss Reagan loved playing t-ball!  She was very competitive fielding (mostly because she loved to drive the boys crazy when she got the ball).  I think her favorite part was cheering for the other team when they were up to bat :)!

Magic Man

We went to the library's magic show and Ashton was lucky enough to get called up on stage to assist the magician.  He loved it!