goodbye Grace

One of Abigail's best friends is moving away!  Abigail wanted to throw her a going away party, and she had a cute group of friends over.

last half of June

 Luke and I at his eye doctor appointment.

 playing and snuggling with this kid.  He is such a fun boy!

 My nephew, Kael, helped me put the new couch together.

 treats on the patio

 the gazebo is almost done!

 We had a green telephone box at the end of our driveway.... it's been a pain, but happy day, they finally came out and buried it.

 Abigail is always so good to read to Isaac

 another Lagoon day

We went swimming at aunt Becky's

 We decided to connect our patio and driveway... I don't know why we didn't think of this earlier.

 Var let Isaac ride around with him, and Isaac loved it.

 Before the hair cut..

 after! 

helping my Dad cut down his tree

Father's Day!

 The kids are lucky enough to have the best Dad in the whole world!  Isaac was so happy at his breakfast that he said, "I can't even be mad at you Dad!"  Which is hilarious... since he's never mad at Ben.

 We had a very awesome surprise!  President Oaks was sitting on the stand when we walked into sacrament meeting.  He came to visit our ward.

 My Mom got to shake his hand, but I didn't get my phone out in time.

Abigail got to shake his hand too, she was so excited!  It was so neat to hear him in person.

 Ben got new patio furniture for Father's day.

 We went to Grandma and Grandpa Dawson's for dinner, and luckily there were cousins!

We stopped by Ben's cousin's house after and Isaac was excited about this horse.

First half of June

Brent, Shelley, and their boys are in town for a visit.  Isaac likes having boy cousins around.

 We  bought a gazebo kit from Costco.  So far, lots of hours put in, and lots of helpers needed.

 We have Lagoon passes this year, and the kids want to go every day.

 We all thought it was pretty great that Luke matched this chair at Cabelas.

 Lagoon train

 One morning, Isaac wanted me to come and see how he decorated his room.  He hung up a Jazz poster and put his pillow in the window.  I just thought it was adorable!

 Hailey's primary teachers, the Boothes, go through so much work and preparation for her Primary class.  She comes home with the cutest things and can always tell me everything she learned.

 Abigail made her and Isaac a smoothie for breakfast.

 We went for a hike with cousins

Hailey's baptism

This girl is SO special, and we were so happy to celebrate her baptism.  She already has a big testimony of the Gospel for being so young.  She loves to participate in Family Home Evening and always has the most thoughtful prayers.  She is so sweet!

 She got to wear mine and aunt Jessica's dress to be baptized in.  She also was baptized the same day as one of her best friends, Matty.

 She was baptized and confirmed by her Dad!

 She was so excited that Jake could come for her special day!