Rest of July

As I mentioned July was pretty eventful.  Here some pics from the rest of July, minus our family reunion in Idaho, which I'll do next.

Carter just crawling over Nyles.
He's doing the "normal" crawl now instead of Army style.

Now playing w/ his button.  He loves buttons and his brother.

Nyles truck he built.  Carter loving his bath, though he wasn't feeling well.

         

Nyles at the dentist, no cavities again, great job Nyles!  Carter watching Nyles at the dentist.  He's just a little confused what's going on.  He sure loves to put his feet up!

Carter and Nyles playing the Wii at Dave/Joann's while Steve mows their lawn.

Nyles and Ryder (neighbor) doing sparklers.

 

 Nyles, me, Steve and Carter w/ LuDean.  We stopped by Saturday coming down from the cabin to wish her a Happy Birthday.  It was LuDean's 91st birthday!

Nyles at LuDean's swim party the next Friday to celebrate her birthday.

Carter wasn't feeling well, so I stayed home w/ him while Steve took Nyles to the party.

Nyles and Grandpa McGrath enjoying some food at the birthday party.

Carter chewing on a watermelon rind and just being his silly self.  

He went to bed shortly after since he wasn't feeling well.

My cute boys!  Carter still not feeling the best.

Playing ladder ball in our front yard in the shade.

Nyles throwing the ladder ball and Carter working on his balance on the water table.

It was pretty warm, so we brought out some watermelon to eat.

Then some Popsicles.  Nyles being silly w/ the ladder balls.

Carter just relaxing in the shopping cart at Sportsman's Warehouse, and at Joann's house while Steve was mowing their lawn.  Joann said he wouldn't move while sitting on the seat, so funny!

Nyles on the left and Carter on the right.  

When they first started to stand up in the crib.  Definitely brothers.

I went to the SLC temple after work one day.  I looked at a statue near the entrance of temple square, and this was on the side of it-different languages of the Book of Mormon.

Look!  The "Book of Mormon" in Slovene.

Cute Carter keeps pulling himself up on things, including our bedroom window.

Nyles went to Conor's birthday party on Saturday, pirate theme.  Giving Grandpa McGrath a hug.

Walking the plank.

Treasure hunt and going through an obstacle.

Pirate pinata time.
Afterwards Nyles stayed w/ Dave/Joann to go to the new Car's Movie w/ his cousins.

Back: Stacie, Conor, Phill, Lynsie and Carrie.  Front: Nyles, London and Joann at the movie.

Last Sunday Nyles wanted to watch a Sunday movie w/ me while Carter and Steve took a nap.  We had just started and I looked over and saw him like this.  Silly kid!

 Carter woke up, I fed him, then we played down by Nyles, and he still didn't wake up.
Carter doing his Indian chant.

Carter in the truck.  I pushed him around for a minute and Nyles still didn't wake up.
I took Carter downstairs for a while too, then Steve and Nyles came down to play for a while.
Nyles buried Steve in the balls.  Silly kid.

 

 Nyles and Carter playing in the balls.

We then went outside to set up some tents so Steve could see if they still work and if they were waterproof so he could use them on his backpacking trip w/ the young men coming up.  The boys had to play in the tents of course.

Carter loves to open and close doors so why not the fence gate too?

Carter is now crawling "normal" though he still likes to go back to the Army crawl sometime.

After putting Carter down to bed, we set up to play Badminton in the backyard.  

Nyles has wanted to play for quite some time now.

 For the 24th of July we went over to LuDean's house for dinner and fireworks.  Steve picked me up at the train after work and we went over together.

Alexa, Conor and Nyles.  Alexa turned 5 in January, Conor just turned 5 this past week, and Nyles will be 5 next week.  They'll all start Kindergarten in August.

Carter tried baked beans and LOVED them!  Alexa and London trying to help w/ Carter.

Steve in the background lighting some smaller fireworks for the kids.

Smoke bombs.

 Popsicle time!  Carter and Nyles each enjoying a purple Popsicle.

Now sparklers.

 And another Popsicle for Nyles.  

Conor w/ his cool shark blanket Aunt Diane made him for his birthday.

 Lynsie, London and Alexa w/ Popsicles as they watch the fireworks.

New windshield for the Edge after 2 years w/ a crack in it.

Nyles fell asleep in the car, cute boy :)

 

We have glass now in the shower!  It's so fancy!  It's awesome!  They did a great job installing it.

The month of July is a great month to remember both those who sacrificed for our freedom here in America, and also the Pioneers who sacrificed so much for our religious freedom.  We owe a lot to our forefathers.  How blessed we are today from their sacrifices!