Water Weenie!

Happy Birthday Jenn!

Rowdy and I had a great time playing on the water, we were the best on the water weenie!

Hang on Rowdy and Steph!

See ya later! We had a great time on the water. Later that night we had a fun family party at the Ludlow's. We were fried and exhausted, but it was so fun to talk and laugh with each other. Because I forgot to take pictures on Sunday the 29th you get the writen version, not as much fun but it will do. After church we got together at the Spencer's for a fun night. We had great food and good laughs. We loved coming home and it made us miss it all so much. We are happy and doing great in Michigan, we love the weather and the green beauty that is everywhere out here. Love y'all!

Boat Party!

Beautiful Eden on Pineview Reservoir

Hey Rowdy! Nice bum Patrick :)

What a fun summer babe! She and Sam had good times together and love to play like they are on Enchanted***

What a day! Sydney loved bouncing on the boat and was full of smiles :)


Dad turned into a comfy place to rest tired sunny heads. So sweet :)

Sahara and Sam!

Beautiful Smiles!

Such sweet kids. They had a great time playing together and miss each other living so far away. Our Utah trip was a blast and we loved being within hugging distance :)

Silly Grandma was hiding, caught ya! We didn't take nearly enough pictures while we were in Utah and I was sad. Scarlet is getting so big and she and Sydney were sweet together too.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day Greg! We love you tons and think that you are the best!

Making father's day phone calls and playing in the mud :)

What a cute bunch!

Sydney and Sam love this spot in the dirt. Sam prefers to use a stick and Syd loves to feel the grit in her fingers.

Kirtland Temple

The orginal temple they say was a blue color from the broken china that was in the plaster, and it had a red roof, there is some fun FYI.

Beautiful temple. The tour was interesting because it is done by the Community of Christ and their history differs a bit from ours, all the same it was awesome to be there.

Hello from Kirtland!

Historic Kirtland

Kirtland was beautiful and truly amazing. There was an incredible spirit in all the buildings we visited. The weather was gorgeous and we had an awesome afternoon going to places that Joseph Smith, Heavenly Father, Jesus, and many others had once been. This is the ashery, an industry that helped raise money to build the temple. Soap is made from ashes and other cool stuff too.

The Whitney Store and school of the prophets was one of our favorites. We learned a lot and even little Sam understood much of what went on there.

Cleveland Indians and a whole lot a RAIN!

The day had been stormy, but our hopes were high that the rain would pass by. The first inning was the longest inning ever! They hit a home run, then came the rain, and three hours later they finished inning 1. Thankfully we were under the awning so we stayed dry for the most part. Long night, but we love Dad and this was his happy father's day. Love ya honey.

Cute pancho pair! Sam had a great time playing in the rain and jumping in puddles!

Mom and Sydney were in hoodies, and stayed dry too.

Happy Greg :) Wearing his Father's Day Indians jacket

By the fifth inning it was nearly midnight and we were soooo tired. So we called it a night and crashed. Goodnight Indians!

Welcome to Cleveland, Ohio

After a 3 hour drive we finally made it to Cleveland, Ohio. Our hotel was within walking distance from Progressive Field, home to the Cleveland Indians! We arrived with some time to spare so we walked around and saw the city sites.

In about three minutes into the walk Sam was sleeping, in two more Sydney had joined her. What dolls, they are so good to truck around with their traveling parents!

Greg is kickin' it while the girls snooze in the stroller. Behond him is the Ritz and public offices.

Behind me was a really pretty cathedrale and a statue of some important figure in Ohio history that we didn't know.

BBQ at Bloomer Park

Pretty girl with a pretty flower.

Flower fun.

Please don't eat the flowers :)

Bloomer Park

This is a beautiful park that I discovered going to play in the park dates with my ward. Actually I am the only one that goes to these play dates, but the girls and I have fun adventures. Today we went with some friends Audrey, Derek, Isabelle, and Lydia. Issy and Sam are close in age and have so much fun together. Audrey and Derek are awesome and we are really glad to have such good friends.

Audrey and Lydia

Love the purple flowers!

Look at all those curls.

Big Boy!

These restaurants are everywhere out here so we finally tried it out. The food was ok, and we got a good laugh out of the whole experience. Be glad that restaurants are smoke free in Ut. The girls ate pancakes and Greg and I just tried not to think about the smoke smell, yumm.

Blow Kisses

Sweet girls. These moments I love to catch on camera.

Sydney has learned to blow kisses, what a love.

Peeping Toms

They love to play on the deck and peek at others as you can see!