Fun, Fun, Fun in the Sun...

The end of June and the month July has been a whirl-wind. It feels like July just started a few days ago and now it only has a few days left. I have a ton of pictures to show, so I will try to keep my captions short so you don't get to overwhelmed.

We had the opportunity to see the inside of the Oquirrh (pronounced Oker) Mountain Temple before it is dedicated in August. It is beautiful! Interesting story... the night of the day we went, the Angel Moroni on the top was hit by lightening.

Worn out after the temple.

Daddy and Jacob wearing their matching outfits and Anna, who loves to wear everybody's clothes, tries on Jacob's shorts and tie.

Wade's company picnic was at Lagoon, the local theme park, this year and here is Jacob on all the rides, Anna declined on all of them.

Wade and the kids on Father's Day.

Jacob did awesome at swimming lesons this year and was much improved over the 4 weeks.

Just some cute pics of the kids.

The family waiting for the fireworks on the 4th.

This June marked 10 years since I graduated from High School and with that comes the Reunion. Here is a picture of the kids at the Family BBQ and big brother being very protective of little sister.

Here is Wade and I before the Cocktail Party.

So funny thing...my best friend from High school, Heather, just happened to wear almost the exact same dress. I guess we must still be pretty connected even though it has been 5 years since we have been able to see each other. Then there is the picture of us with Emily. We all had so much fun together.

Jacob Roasting "Smarshmellos" and G and G Shrader's house. Below are pictures of Anna and Uncle Zach and also with G and G. Jacob wasn't in a picture taking mood and unfortunately I never got one picture of him with my parents. Anna, on the other hand, poses whenever I take the camera out.

Trying to catch seagulls at the park (as you can tell, they didn't do very good job because there are no seagulls in the picture.

For the first time in 2 1/2 years we were able to see my older brother Rodney. The last time he saw Jacob was when he was just turning 2 and he had never met Anna. They loved their Uncle Rod, especially when he treated them to Chucky Cheese and and shopping trip to Toys R Us.

For the 24th (Pioneer Day, a state holiday) we went to the zoo (our kids could go twice a week and never get tired of it). This time we went the bird show and were really impressed!

And last but not least, just a picture of the kids looking cute before going to church!

Busy, Busy, Busy...

Well it has been an exhausting month, but it has been fun and full of exciting things.

First off, my Grandparents finished their mission here in Salt Lake. It was so nice to be able to have them close and for my kids to get to know them a bit better, but we are going to miss them.

Next up...Jacob and his pre-school class went to the zoo for the end of the year bash. I was a chaperone and then we were supposed to have 1 high school student per child to help us out. Well, somehow Jacob got lucky and got 4 girls and 1 boy to be at his beckon call whenever he needed them. It was the easiest zoo trip I have ever had.

Our Big Boy also graduated form pre-school this May (well sort of, he doesn't make the cut for Kindergarten next year so he will be going back). It was so cute each of them got to up on the stand and had something read about them and then they were handed a diploma. I couldn't believe he went up there by himself...such a switch from the begining of the year.

His Diploma!

His wonderful teacher, Ms. Linda!

Another big event for our family is Uncle Jeff (Wade's brother) heading into the Missionary Training Center, to get ready for his 2-year mission in Bangkok. The whole MTC thing was very different and sad. They aren't allowing families to come inside to see them off because of the Swine Flu thing, so we only had a few minutes to say goodbye in the parking lot and then he was off to serve the Lord. We are all so proud of him and we are just so glad that we got to be with him for the last few days.

Jeff, Jana, Joy, Chase, and Kate

Mom and Missionary

Kids not cooperating as usual to get a picture with Jeff...Oh well!

The gang at the MTC...The kids and me, Brit, Jeff, Diane, and Devin.

Last look at Jeff as he head on inside.

Another fun thig we did last Saturday, was going to the Hill Air Force Base Air show. Of couse our favorite was the Blue Angel, Thunderbirds. The kids didn't even mind the noise this time and we only had a bit of drama at the begining when Jacob thought he was going to get to fly in the plane..oh well, we should have explained that before hand.