Time for a post - A day in the life

7-11 am - I do laundry and fill sacks with old clothes and toys for Goodwill

11am - We drop stuff at the Goodwill and head to the dentist

12pm - Appt for all three kids, I always think they look so cute in the dentist's chairs

1pm - Arrive at Target to do a little shopping, get some popcorn, kill some time, let's be honest.

3pm - get home, hot, worn out and ready to relax. Watch TV and swim for a couple hours.

5pm - head to Chick-fila family night for dinner (ty had a work dinner). Found that the Army, Sherriff's department and Fire Department were all there competing in eating contests. Funny.

6:30 pm - Went across the street to the library - talked to the librarian about new series' that my kids might like reading, checked out 23 items (plenty to read between now and school in ten days!). Got to the parking lot to find the weather had cooled, it was sprinkling and there was the most beautiful rainbow in the sky!

Great summer day.

Sites of Provo in the summer

Fun with Cousins

The rodeo with Sammy
Chuck E Cheese with the Finkleas - Luke hit the jackpot
Dressing up Jake, Brooklyn and Julia - so funny

Girls Night with Nana - out for ice cream in high heels, scarves and jewelry

We love having time with our family in Utah!

Mountain Climbing

The kids love hiking in the canyon near Hillstead's. We always climb to the top of the huge rock along the way and this year I was impressed with myself when I got it to the top - and with Ashley who looked like a strong little athlete climbing up and down on her own. There's something about standing atop a big rock and feeling like the king of the world! Natalie and Sammy, Steve and Shuana were with us too. Sammy looked so cute on Ty's back.

4th of July 2010

Here are the pictures I took on the 4th of July at Hillsteads. Everybody came over for dinner and then we did a huge box worth of street fireworks. I never could get used to how late it stays light there - so we had no chance of holding the kids off until dark - but we loved it all the same. All the kids took turns lighting them and running for their lives. It was great.