We spent Pioneer Day in Wallsburg! Our good family friends live up Provo Canyon (across the street from Deer Creek), they invited us to the Wallsburg Pioneer Day Celebration (just in case you are not familiar with Wallsburg it is a charming little town in the Wasatch mountains, not far from the Reservoir...where about 250 people live). Part of the 'Rodeo' was a kids chicken run & bunny run...you get to keep what you catch!
These kids actually live across the street from us, their Grandma lives near Wallsburg. They caught a bunny...who now lives in their backyard.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Who holds a chicken/rooster/hen... (whatever it is) like this?
After the celebration we went to Losee's to cool off...and of course eat lots of good food! Dean has started saying ''I fish, I fish" when he wants to go swimming, he LOVES the water and has NO fear!
My grandmother used to tell my dad..."I hope you have a son just like you" (he was a bit of a pill)...lucky for him, he didn't...unlucky for me, I did!
Brielle & her best buddy Kastle playing 'blind man,' while Dean & my cousin Di's son throw wood chips on the trampoline...why are one & two year olds so naughty!?
We finished off the night roasting smores...while overlooking Deer Creek! It was another fantastic night with some of our favorite people!
Once again Dean was sporting his Pirate attire, Cash went for the superhero look & Brielle is very proud of her boys (she helped them get 'dressed up') and performing with her giant mic!
Who says superheros can't wear purple princess roller skates while throwing spider webs?!
We love spending time with the Asay's. We always have a great time together, but this was one of the funnest nights we've had in a long while...maybe because our kids were crazy!? We decided we needed a little before bedtime snack...so while the boys & kids ate ice cream (at 10:00 at night) we made 'no bake cookies'...and I wonder why Dean ended up looking like this!
The funniest part was that he was SO serious when he was smearing it all over himself! Normally he wants me to wash/wipe stuff off of his hands...but for some reason (maybe sugar overload) he LOVED this chocolate/peanut butter/oatmeal face mask! Note to self--do not bathe child (especially Dean) and put on jammies before feeding him treats late at night!
We had more visitors in July...this time it was one of Chris' best friends. Chris & Phil are friends from their LDS mission to the Canary Islands--when Chris came home he spent most of his time with Phil and Meiken. He was a 3rd wheel during their dating, engagement & early marriage! They all 3 cried when Phil & Meiken left for Law School! I thought Chris was obsessed with them when we first met...he even had their engagement picture framed in his apartment! I met them at our wedding, yet I felt like I'd known them forever...because Chris talked about them so much! We've seen them a handful of times over the last 7 years, but we both got pregnant at the same, so Meiken and I became 'email buddies'...emailing atleast once a day about the gripes of pregnancy & husbands! It had been too long since we'd seen them--we've missed them! We had such a GREAT TIME and we think they should forget about California and move to Utah, so we can play the marble game & rook every night!
Margaux, Brielle, Dean & Beatrix
The kids had a great time! Brielle and Margaux were born a couple of weeks apart...however they both inherited their fathers' size! Brielle cried when they left and has been asking for weeks when we can go visit Margaux.
We even got to celebrate Grandpa Dean's birthday with him!
Dinner with Dean's Sister (left) & her husband and his brother (right) and his wife. 
We may not have gotten a lot of time with Aunt Amanda...but Brielle made good use of the time they did have! (*notice Amanda is wearing a crown, Tinkerbell skirt & holding a wand!)
Nat & Brielle on the Balboa Island Pier. We took a little ferry boat over to the Island and my kids thought it was the best thing ever! 
Tyler & Brielle walked all the way to the end...they were so 'deep in conversation' they did not realize they'd lost us!
