Summer Fun Updates

We have had lots of fun in the past few weeks.

Robert and I got new phones...we, for the first time ever, have smart phones, texting, data, everything!!
I'll let you guess who's phone is who's.

This is the first summer the kids have had swim lessons and they are doing so well.  I can see huge improvements in such a short amount of time with all of them, including Lilly.  (Lilly LOVES the water!)

We have had some monsoon storms to enjoy.
(Taken by me out our bathroom window.)

Guest Room Transformation

Now that we have four kids we no longer have a guest room and it was time for a makeover on James and Katie's Room.  I forgot to take the before picture.  But it was a...humm...perhaps you could call it a mint greenish pastel  (it was a great oops paint find)  But I found another oops paint, a nice grey color.  Then on the wall it looked purple.  So after some mixing of other random colors we came to have this color:  (more of a bluish grey)

72 Hour Kit

Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Hawaii, Louisiana, Georgia, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee.  Did you know that all of these states (and probably many more) have had evacuations due to some disaster or another THIS YEAR.  After donating needed items to our stake humanitarian specialist  for disaster relief in Arizona I decided it was time again to reassess our 72 hour kit. 

Shopping!!

Saturday I found my $10 off a $20 Kohls purchase coupon and promptly packed up the kids...all FOUR kids!  As a general rule I try to avoid taking all the kids shopping because it never ends well for me or them.  I'm happy to say this time was different!

We had pure bliss because of this:

Fathers & Sons

Our hike just north of Pioneer Pass

Cooking dinner, making S'mores, or just playing with fire?

Go Fish!

Bridgestone Tricycles

http://www.bridgestonetire.com/Brand/Ecopia#

Tricycles built with car tires to show the improved rolling resistance that improves gas mileage.

A Wedding

This weekend we were able to enjoy a lovely wedding in the Mesa Arizona Temple.  Here is the happy couple:

And I'm happy to announce that the cake is finished!!

I'm very relieved to be done with the cake. I have been working on it for about a week and a half and I'm glad it's done so we can get back to normal life.   I'm also looking forward to cleaning all the powdered sugar and cornstarch off of all horizontal surfaces.

Lately...

As some may know we have an up coming wedding we have been preparing for.  I have been asked to make the cake.  Here's a sneak peak: